WBCS EXAMINATION - 2005
POLITICAL SCIENCE PAPER - I
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Full Marks .100
if the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answers may be written either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
Group—A
Answer Question No.l and any two from the rest.
1. Critically explain the Scientific Management Theory. 20
2. Explain the composition and functions of the State Public Srevice Commission in India. 7+8
3. Analyse the changing role of the district Magistrate with the emergence of the Panchayati Raj bodies in rural India. 15
4. What kind of training is available for the All-India service holders ? Do you think that the present pattern of training should be changed ? If so, on what grounds should they be changed ? 7+1=7
5. Critically discuss Herbert Simon's theory of Behaviour Alternative Model. 15
Group—B
Answer Question No.6 and any two from the rest.
6. Explain the concept of National Interest in the context of International Relations. 20
7. Discuss the role of the Prime Minister as the leader of a coalition Government. 15
8. Do you think Public Interest Litigation has enlarged the Supreme Court's power to protect Fundamental Rights and promote Social Justice ? 15
9. Examine the weaknesses of Panchayati Raj. How far has the 73rd Amendment been successful in overcoming these weaknesses. 8+7
10. Define Regionalism. What ate the curses behind the growth of regionalism in Contemporary India ?
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