University of North Bengal 2003-2nd Year M.A Political Science PART-I S (HONOURS) - Question Paper

subsequent Fred Riggs. 16
3. State and examine District Planning Process. Add a brief note on the role of
Panchayatiraj institutes in this situation.
4. Write a note of Performance Budgeting in India. Illustrate your ans
suitably. 16
5. Write short notes on any 2 of the followng: 5x2 = 10
(a) Role of merit in Promotion system.
(b) Features of Panchayatiraj system in India.
(c) kinds of Audit.
(d) State Planning Borad.
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PG I / (DE)/ 2003
2003
POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE - VII
TIME – 2 HOURS, FULL MARKS – 42
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
ans any from ques. Nos. one to four and also ans ques. No. 5
1. provide a critical account of the Science-Tradition debate in International
Relations with particular reference to Hedley Bull and Morton Kaplan. 8+8
2. explain the basic assumptions of Kenneth Waltz’s ‘neo-realism’. Examine its
limitations. 16
3. Critically explain the Long-Cycle theory of international relations. 16
4. Account for the rise of terrorism and its impact on contemporary international
relations. 8+8
5. Write short notes on any 2 of the following: 5x2 = 10
(a) Communitarianism.
(b) Post-modernism in International Relations.
(c) Environmentalism.
(d) Impact of Globalisation.
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PG I / (DE)/ 2003
2003
POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE - VIII
TIME – 2 HOURS, FULL MARKS – 42
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
ans any from ques. Nos. one to four and also ans ques. No. 5
1. provide a comparative valuation of the provisions of the Covenant of the
League of Nations and the Charter of the United Nations relating to the
prevention and renunciation of war. 16
2. explain critically the economic role of the United Nations. 16
3. Examine the influence of geography in the making of India’s foreign policy.
16
4. Write an essay on Indo-US relations with particular reference to the latest
developments. 16
5. Write short notes on any 2 of the following: 5x2 = 10
(a) Sources of international legal regulations.
(b) Parliamentary control on India’s foreign policy making.
(c) Ideological roots of India’s foreign policy.
(d) Political relevance of India’s policy of non-alignment.
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PG I / (DE)/ 2003
2003
POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE - IX
TIME – 2 HOURS, FULL MARKS – 42
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
ans any from ques. Nos. one to four and also ans ques. No. 5
1. Summaries the moves against the science of politics with special reference to
the tradition of Hermeneutics. 16
2. What is an approach? Write a critical note on Rational option theory. What,
do you think, is a basic likeness ranging from behaviouralism and Rational
option Theory? 4+8+4
3. Elucidate the nature of the Marxist Approach to politics. 16
4. Write a note on pluralism and elitism. 16
5. Write short notes on any 2 of the followng: 5x2 = 10
(a) Logical Positivism and Linguistic Philosophy.
(b) David Easton on the broad kinds of regulatory mechanisms commonly
used in political systems to deal with demand stress.
(c) Modes of Production Analysis.
(d) Almond and Verba on political culture.
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PG I / (DE)/ 2003
2003
POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE – X
TIME – 2 HOURS, FULL MARKS – 42
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
1. Write an essay on any 1 of the following: 42
(a) Machiavelli as a political thinker.
(b) Political thinking in ancient India.
(c) Working of Parliamentary Democracy in India.
(d) Democratic Decentralization in India.
(e) Religion and Politics in India.
(f) Old and New Public Administration.
(g) Public Sector in India.
(h) Theories of Political Economy in International Relations.
(i) India and the U.N.O. : An valuation.
(j) Marxist theories of the state.
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