Which of the following was not one of the three types of crimes outlined by Beccaria?
(a) Crimes that involved no victims other than society
(b) Crimes that ran contrary to the social order
(c) Crimes that injured citizens or their property
(d) Crimes that threatened the security of the state
Answer. c
Which of the following categories of punishment might include the loss of the right to vote?
(a) chronic
(b) compulsive
(c) indelible
(d) restrictive
Answer. c
Systems are ones in which kinship group membership and inheritance passes through female line
(a) Matrilineal
(b) Patrilineal
(c) Matriarchy
(d) Patriarchy
Answer. a
Cultural ecology process of
(a) Human nature
(b) Human Adaptation
(c) Human behaviour
(d) Human made culture
Answer. b
What is the best definition of psychology?
(a) Study of the mind
(b) Study of personality and mental illness
(c) Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
(d) None of these
Ans: c
Who is considered the “father of psychology”?
(a) Max Wertheimer
(b) John Watson
(c) Wilhelm Wundt
(d) Pavlov
Ans: c
Wilhelm Wundt was a doctor and first psychologist, belonged to
(a) Switzerland
(b) Germany
(c) America
(d) England
Ans: b
What is international law?
(a) A binding regulations on states
(b) A combination of tradition, custom, and international agreements that sometimes limit the behaviour of states
(c) Any law passed by a country that deals with international relations
(d) A law of physics that applies in all places
Answer: b
Who coined the term International Law?
(a) Jeremy Bentham
(b) Pufendorf
(c) Hugo Grotius
(d) Oppenheim
Answer: a
Who is considered the father of International Law?
(a) Jeremy Bentham
(b) Pufendorf
(c) Hugo Grotius
(d) Oppenheim
Answer:. c
1) Which one of the following theories held that the State is a product and manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms?
(a) Evolutionary Theory
(b) Anarchist Theory
(c) Marxist-Leninist Theory
(d) Guild-Socialist Theory
Answer: (c)
2) “The Development of Capitalism in Russia was written by: (CSS-2005)
(a) Lenin
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Mao-Tung
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Who has signed an order to regulate social media platforms?
(a) Donald Trump
(b) Tsai Ing-wen
(c) Angela Merkel
(d) Kim Jong Un
Answer: (a)
Explanation: President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed – in theory – to make it easier to sue social media companies such as Twitter, days after the site placed a fact check label on two of his tweets. While the order calls for changes in regulations that shield social media companies from legal liability, the Trump administration cannot do that on its own. Those changes can only be made by independent agencies and, ultimately, the courts.
Which among the following nations has banned Hezbollah and designated it a terrorist organisation?
(a) France
(b) Denmark
(c) Switzerland
(d) Germany
Answer: (d)
Explanation: Germany has banned all Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. Israel and the United States had been pushing Germany to ban the organisation. Germany had previously distinguished between Hezbollah’s political arm and its military units, which have fought alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s army in Syria. Last December (2019) , Germany’s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil, citing its “terrorist activities” especially in Syria.
The first work on the study of public administration is attributed to:
(a) Woodrow Wilson
(b) Frederick Taylor
(c) Henry L Gant
(d) Max Weber
Answer: a
Note: Woodrow Wilson was the first to write about how public administration and politics should be separated so that one doesn’t interfere with the other. Since his 1887 essay “The Study of Public Administration” gave recognition to this discipline as a distinct subject matter.
Public Administration may be defined as:
(a) Management of industry
(b) Administration of Public
(c) Management of Property
(d) Administrative Capacity
Answer: b
Note: Woodrow Wilson defined public administration as a detailed and systematic execution of public law, he divided government institutions into two separate sectors, administration and politics.
The study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies is called
(a) Administration of Authority
(b) Public administration
(c) Property administration
(d) Administrative Capacity
Answer: b
Note: The management of public programs is called Public administration.
The “translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day” is called Public administration.
Anthropology is basic study of
(a) Human being
(b) Community
(c) Male and female
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The sub discipline of anthropology that studies diversity of human behaviour in the past is
(a) physical anthropology
(b) archaeology
(c) linguistic anthropology
(d) cultural anthropology
Answer: b
The study of the bodies and behaviour of human-like species such as monkeys and apes is called
(a) anthropology
(b) apeology
(c) primatology
(d) archaeology
Answer: c
The field of anthropology that studies cross-cultural knowledge and use of plants is called
(a) ethnobotany
(b) forensic anthropology
(c) vegetal anthropology
(d) there is no such field
Answer: a
The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “Ekuverin-VI” was held between which of the countries?
(a) Pakistan and China
(b) India and Maldives
(c) USA and Israel
(d) Russia and India
Answer: (b)
Explanation: The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “EXERCISE EKUVERIN – VI” was conducted between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Forces at Pangode Military Station, Trivandrum, Kerala from August 31 to September 13, 2015.
The largest island in Indian Ocean is:
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Sumatra
(c) Madagascar
(d) None
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa opposite Mozambique. The largest island in Indian Ocean and world’s fourth-largest island, it is twice the size of Arizona. The country’s low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been cut down.
President: Hery Rajaonarimampianina (2014)
Prime Minister: Olivier Solonandrasana (2016)
Land area: 224,533 sq mi (581,540 sq km); total area: 226,656 sq mi (587,040 sq km)
Population (2016 est.): 25,367,712
Proposal for Joint Defense between Pakistan and India was made by:
(a) Nehru
(b) Chou-En-Lie
(c) Ayub Khan
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: In 1962, a territorial differences increased between India and People’s Republic of China, the Beijing was planning to stage an invasion in northern territories of India. Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier and Mao Zedong invited Pakistan to join the raid and extricate the rest of Indian-held Kashmir from Indian control Bhutto advocated for the plan , but President Ayub Khan oppose to plan he was feared of retreat by Indian troops Instead Ayub Khan proposed a “joint defense union” with India, Bhutto was shocked by such statement and felt Ayub Khan was unlettered in international affairs
Pakistan is the sixth-largest nation in the world by way of
(a) Area
(b) Population
(c) Military Strength
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)