23104668
QP CODE: 23104668 Reg No : .....................
Name : .....................
B.A DEGREE (CBCS) REGULAR/IMPROVEMENT/REAPPEARANCE
EXAMINATIONS, FEBRUARY 2023
First Semester
Complementary Course - PS1CMT01 - AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
Common to B.A Economics Model I & B.A English Language and Literature Model I
2017 Admission Onwards
49CB5261
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.
1. Discuss any two modern definitions of Political Science.
2. Explain the legal approach to the study of Political Science.
3. List the main characteristic features of Behaviouralism.
4. Briefly examine the concept of social equality.
5. Discuss the concept of Rule of Law.
6. Define Distributive Justice.
7. Briefly exlplain the Gandhian ideal of Ahimsa.
8. Briefly elucidate the Marxian concept of base and super structure.
9. Briefly explain the Marxian theory of dialectical materialism.
10. Detect how representative democracy is made accountable to the people.
11. No confidence motion
12. Unwritten constitution
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
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Each question carries 5 marks.
13. Discuss what is meant by 'politics as compromise and consensus'.
14. Examine the basic tenets of Post Behaviouralism.
15. Describe the essential elements of the state.
16. Examine the concept of negative liberty.
17. Briefly analyze the concept of Liberalism.
18. Examine the importance of civil disobedience as a method of protest.
19. Briefly elucidate the basic postulates of Fascism.
20. Discuss the classification of democratic forms of government.
21. Describe the need of Written, Rigid, and Supreme constitution in a federation.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.
22. Critically evaluate the Traditional approach to Political Science.
23. Discuss the Evoutionary theory regarding the origin of the state.
24. Write an essay on the techniques of Satyagraha envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi.
25. Prepare a note on Presidential form government. Give its merits and demerits.
(2×15=30)
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