W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2012 [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 Machiavelli's concept of State. 20
2. How far is Manu's concept of the ideal political dependent on a hierarchical understanding of society and the domination of elites ever lower classes ? 15
3. How far has decolonization really eradicated economic and political imperialism ? Discuss. 15
4. Critically analyze the limitations of fascism as ideology. 15
5. Discuss the links and difference, between nationalism and internationalism in the making of modern Indian political thought. 15
GROUP- B :
Answer question no. 6 and any Two from the rest
6. Do you think that the hegemony nationalist parties has been eroded by the rise of regional parties and movements ? Critically analyse with particular reference to the socio economic, cultural and political ramifications of this issue. 20
7. Discuss the importance of the Lok Sabha in the political structure of the Indian polity. 15
8. Discuss the powers and functions of the Prime Minister of India. 15
9. Discuss the role of the Governor in an Indian state. 15
10. How far have women been empowered in the Panchayat Raj of India through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment ? 15