W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2013 [Optional Paper]
POLITICAL SCIENCE : PAPER - II
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. Why did weber argue that bureaucracy is rational form of administraton ? Discuss critically. 20
2. How will you distinguish between decentralization and delegation as two different principles of organizatoin ? Which of the two modes of sharing of power is better applicable in which circumtances ? Discuss with reference to concrete examples. 15
3. How do parliamentary committees control public administration and particularly public expenditure in a parliamentary democracy like India ? 15
4. Discuss the role of Union and State Public Service Commission in the recruitment of Civil servants in India. 15
5. Give an account of the changing role of District Officers in India. 15
GROUP - B :
Answer question No. 6 and any two from the rest.
6. Discuss the concept of neo-colonialism, exploring its economic, political-military, and cultural ramifications. 20
7. To what extent has the United Nations been successful in promoting international harmony ? 15
8. Discuss how ideological and geostrategic rivalries together created the foundations for the Cold War. 15
9. Discuss the transformation of Sino-lndian relations from 1947 to 1962. 15
10. Discuss the impact of 'Arab Spring' on Egypt. 15
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