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Political Science — Model Syllabus Roadmap

22 Official 2024 Lecturer Disciplines — Syllabus Directory · Subjects 12–22

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Overview

Political science covers political theory, Indian and Western political thought, comparative politics, international relations, public administration and Indian government.

Key points

Western thought: Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau (social contract).
Indian thought: Kautilya, Gandhi, Ambedkar.
Comparative politics: constitutions, parties, electoral systems.
International relations: realism (Morgenthau), liberalism.
Public administration: Woodrow Wilson’s essay (1887) founded the discipline.
Indian government and politics.

Explanation

Social contract theories differ on the state of nature.
Federalism and judiciary are core Indian topics.
Political theory concepts: liberty, equality, justice.
Current debates link theory and practice.

Step by step

Place the question in its unit of the syllabus.
Recall the theory, thinker, law or work involved.
Eliminate options from other schools, periods or units.

Examples

"The Study of Administration" (1887) → Woodrow Wilson.
Classical realism in IR → Hans Morgenthau.
"The Prince" → Machiavelli.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Mixing social contract thinkers.
Trap: Wrong author–work pairs.
Trap: Ignoring Indian thought.

Quick revision

Western and Indian thought.
IR realism; Wilson 1887.
Indian government.

Practice MCQs

'The Republic' was written by
1. Rousseau
2. Aristotle
3. Machiavelli
4. Plato
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Answer: (d) Plato. It describes the ideal state.
'The Prince' (1532) was written by
1. Niccolò Machiavelli
2. Thomas Hobbes
3. John Locke
4. Montesquieu
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Answer: (a) Niccolò Machiavelli. It discusses power and statecraft.
The theory of separation of powers is mainly associated with
1. Hobbes
2. Montesquieu
3. Bentham
4. Hegel
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Answer: (b) Montesquieu. It appears in The Spirit of the Laws.
'Leviathan' (1651) was written by
1. Karl Marx
2. John Locke
3. J. S. Mill
4. Thomas Hobbes
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Answer: (d) Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes described life in the state of nature as 'nasty, brutish and short'.
The chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution was
1. B. R. Ambedkar
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. B. N. Rau
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Answer: (a) B. R. Ambedkar. B. N. Rau was the constitutional adviser.