W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2013 [Optional Paper]
POLITICAL SCIENCE : PAPER - I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Full Marks: 100
If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed no only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones as ignored.
Answers may be written either in English or in Bengali or in Nepali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
GROUP-A
Answer question no. 1 and any Two from the rest
1. Discuss how, through the Contract. Rousseau sought to reconcile liberty with authority. 20
2. Examine the basic tenets of the thought of Syed Ahmed Khan with special reference to his attitude towards western education. 15
3. Identify the basic principles of justice. Do you think a welfare state is necessary for ensuring justice ? 15
4. Give an overview of liberal feminism with special reference to the contributions of Mary Wollstonecraft. 15
5. What are are advantages of a federal form of government over an unitary one ? What, in your opinion, are the major prerequisites of the success of a federal system ? 15
GROUP- B:
Answer question no. 6 and any Two from the rest
6. Do you think the constitutional frame work of Union State relations in India contains the seeds of discord in the relations ? 20
7. What are the main principles mentioned in the directive Principles of State Policy ? How far have their incorporation in the constitution been meaningful ? 15
8. What do you understand by Public Interest Litigation ? Examine the growing importance of Public Interest Litigations in India. 15
9. Examine the functions and position of the chief Minister of a state. 15
10. Analyse the main difficulties faced by Indian bureaucracy in the discharge of its functions. 15
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