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[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Karnataka Public Service Commission Political & International Relation question paper contains questions from following topics:

Section-A: Political Theory 1. Main features of ancient Indian Political thought; Manu and Kautilya; Ancient Greek thought; plato, Artistotle; General Characteristics of European medieval political thought: St. Thomas Aquinas, Marsiglio of padua; Machiavelli; Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousnenu, Eenthan, J.S. Kill T.H. Green Hegal, Mark, Lenin and MaoTse-Tung. 2. Nature and scope of Political science; Growth of Political Science as a discipline. Traditional Vs. Con-temporary approaches; Behaviouralism and Post-Behavioural developments; Systems theory and other recent approaches to political analysis, Marxist approach political analysis. 3. The emergence and nature of the modern State; Sovereignty; Monistic and Pluralistic analysis of sovereignty; Power, Authority and Legitimacy. 4. Political obligation : Resistance and Revolution; Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice. 5. Theory of Democracy. 6. Liberalism, Evolutionary Socialism (Democratic and Fabian) Marxian-Socialism; Fascism. Section - B : Government and Politics 1. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics; Traditional and structural Functional approach. 2. Political Institutions: The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; Parties and Pressure-Groups, Theories of Party system; Lenin Michels and Duverger; Electoral system.Bureaucracy - Weber's views and modern critics of wever. 3. Political Process; Political Socialization, modernization and Communication, the nature of the non-Western political process; A general study of the Constitutional and Political problems affecting Afro-Asian Societies. 4. Indian Political System (a) The Roots; Colonialism and Nationalism in India; A general study of modern Indian social and political thought; Raja Rammohan Roy, Dadabhai Nauroji, Gokhale, Tilak, Sri Aurobindo, Iqbal, Jinnah, Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy and Nehru, b) The structure : Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles; Union Government; Parliament, Cabinet, Supreme Court and Judicial Review; Indian Federalism Centre-State relations; State Government role of the Governor; Panchayath Raj. c) The functioning - Class and Caste in Indian Politics, Politics of regionalism, linguism and Communalism, problems, of secularization of the policy and national integration Political Participation; Planning and Developmental Admlnstration Socio-economic changes and its impact on Indian democracy.


PAPER-II Part-I The nature and functioning of the Soverign nation state system Concepts of International Politics; Power; National interest; Balance of Power ‘Power Vaccum', Theories of International Polities; The Realist theory; Systems theory; Decision making. Determinations of foreign policy; national interest; Ideology; elements of National Power (including nature of domestic socio Political institution). Foreign Policy choices - Imperialism; Balance of Power; Allegiances; Isolationalism; Nationalistic Universalism (Pax-Britiannica, Pax Americana - Pax - Sovietica); The "Middle Kingdom" Complex of China; Non-Alignment. The Cold War; Origin, evolution and its impact on international relations; Defence and its impact; a new Cold War? Non-alignment, Meaning-Bases (National and international) the non-aligned Movement and its role in International relations. De-colonization and expansion of the international community; Neo-colonialism and racialism, their impact on international relations; Asian-African resurgence. The present International economic order; Aid trade and economic development; the struggle for the New International Economic Order; Sovereignty over natural resources; the crisis in energy resources. The Role of international law in international relations; the International Court of Justice. Origin and Development of International Organisations; the United Nations and specialized Agencies; their role in international relations. Regional Organisation : OAS, OAU, the Arab league, the ASEAN, the EEC, their role in international relations. Arms race disarmament and arms control; Conventional and nuclear arms, the Arms, Trade, its impact on Third World role in international relations. Diplomatic theory and practice. External intervention : ideological, Political and Economic, "Cultural imperialism" Covert intervention by the major powers. Part - II The uses and mis used of nuclear energy; the impact of nuclear weapons on international relations; the Partial Test-Ban Treaty; the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), peaceful Nuclear explosions (PNE). The problems and prospects of the Indian Ocean being made a peace-zone. The conflict situation in West Asia Conflict and Co-operation in South Asia. The (Post-War) Foreign policies of the major powers; United States, Soviet Union, China. The third world in international relations; the North-South "Dialogue" in the United nation as and outside. India's foreign policy and relations; India and the Super Powers; India and its neighbour; India and South East Asia; Indian and African problems; India's economic diplomacy; India and the question of nuclear weapons

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KPSC Political Science question paper