WBSSC 2nd SLST Question Paper – 2025
- What is the goal of International Law?
(A) To help people sleep
(B) To prepare food
(C) To maintain peace between countries
(D) None of the above
- The First Secretary General of the United Nations was
(A) Ban-Ki-Moon
(B) Dag Hammarskjold
(C) Trygve Lie
(D) U. Thant
- The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is
(A) 10
(B) 5
(C) 15
(D) None of the above
- The concept of citizenship emerged during –
(A) Roman Empire
(B) Ancient India
(C) French Revolution
(D) Bolshevik Revolution
- Who propounded the concept of representative form of government?
(A) James Mill
(B) J. Stuart Mill
(C) Bentham
(D) None of them
- Who authored ‘On Liberty‘?
(A) J. S. Mill
(B) Bentham
(C) Laski
(D) Easton
- Who is considered to be the ‘Father of Liberalism‘?
(A) John Locke
(B) Thomas Hobbles
(C) Robert Nozick
(D) Thomas Hill Green
- Who among the following is a proponent of Democratic Socialism?
(A) Harold J. Laski
(B) Morgenthau
(C) E. H. Carr
(D) Kenneth Waltz
- Leader of the Lok Sabha is
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Speaker
(C) President
(D) Leader of Opposition
- The Constitution of India provides for an Election Commission under
(A) Article 302
(B) Article 324
(C) Article 315
(D) All of the above
- What is meant by the term ‘Polis‘?
(A) Greek City-state
(B) Roman Empire
(C) Duty
(D) Rights
- Who is the author of ‘Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism’?
(A) V. I. Lenin
(B) Stalin
(C) Engels
(D) Marx
- Which of the following positions in India is an extra-constitutional one?
(A) Deputy Prime Minister
(B) Vice-President
(C) Deputy Speaker
(D) All of the above
- The concept of Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis correspond to
(A) Dialectical Materialism
(B) Gandhian Thoughts
(C) Liberalism
(D) None of the above
- Who is considered as the ‘Father of International Law’?
(A) Hugo Grotius
(B) Bentham
(C) Hobbes
(D) Kant
- The terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ were incorporated in the Preamble to the Constitution by
(A) 42nd Amendment
(B) 25th Amendment
(C) 73rd Amendment
(D) 86th Amendment
- Money Bill can be introduced in
(A) Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha
(C) Vidhan Sabha
(D) None of the above
- Who authored the book ‘Grammar of Politics’?
(A) Laski
(B) Graham Wallace
(C) Bentham
(D) Adam Smith
- The number of members of the Public Accounts Committee is
(A) 22
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 2
- Who said “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”?
(A) Rosseau
(B) Plato
(C) Barker
(D) Nehru
- Which of the following Union Territories has Legislative Assembly?
(A) Puducherry
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) None of the above
- The Directive Principles in the Indian Constitution was fashioned after
(A) Irish Constitution
(B) British Constitution
(C) Australian Constitution
(D) Canadian Constitution
- For how many times Financial Emergency was declared in India?
(A) Never
(B) Once
(C) Twice
(D) None of the above
- The term ‘Veil of Ignorance‘ was coined by
(A) John Rawls
(B) John Locke
(C) John Austin
(D) Rousseau
- Which among the following is NOT associated with Marxism?
(A) Negation of negation
(B) Class struggle
(C) Base-superstructure
(D) General will
- Which one of the following is not included as a Specialised Agency under the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations?
(A) NATO
(B) FAO
(C) WHO
(D) UNESCO
- In terms of Amendment, the Indian Constitution is
(A) flexible
(B) rigid
(C) partly flexible, partly rigid
(D) None of the above
- UNESCO’s headquarters is located in
(A) London
(B) Geneva
(C) New York
(D) Paris
- The minimum age limit for becoming the Rajya Sabha members is
(A) 30 years
(B) 35 years
(C) 25 years
(D) 65 years
- Who is author of ‘Lectures on Jurisprudence’?
(A) John Austin
(B) David Ricardo
(C) Rousseau
(D) Lasswell
- What is the base unit of the Hegelian State?
(A) Family
(B) Society
(C) Peer-group
(D) Individual
- Under Article 226, the High Court can issue
(A) five writs
(B) four writs
(C) no writ
(D) None of the above
- Public opinion is useful in the following type of government:
(A) Theocracy
(B) Dictatorship
(C) Military rule
(D) Democracy
- Which of the following judgements upheld that the basic structure of the Constitution cannot be amended?
(A) Keshavananda Bharati Case
(B) Goloknath Case
(C) Minnerva Mills Case
(D) All of the above
- Which among the following Amendments abolished the Fundamental Rights to Property?
(A) 44th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 10th Amendment
(D) 73rd Amendment
- Who among the following is a proponent of internationalism?
(A) Nehru
(B) Gandhi
(C) Stalin
(D) Hobbles
- Which of the following provides for administration of tribal areas under the Constitution of India?
(A) Sixth schedule
(B) Eighth schedule
(C) First schedule
(D) Twelfth schedule
- Who among the following propagated the Gandhian concept of Sarvoday?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Nehru
(C) Laski
(D) Plato
- Who said, “Political Science begins and ends with State”?
(A) Gandhi
(B) Garner
(C) Aristotle
(D) Rawls
- On which date was the Constitution of India adopted?
(A) 26th January, 1950
(B) 26th November, 1949
(C) 15th August, 1947
(D) 26th January, 1949
- Which of the following states abolished Legislative Council in 1969?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Goa
(C) Assam
(D) Nagaland
- UNDP denotes
(A) United Nations Development Programme
(B) United Nations Development Project
(C) Unidentified National Development Project
(D) None of the above
- Who among the following is a proponent of the philosophical approach?
(A) Plato
(B) Machiavelli
(C) Easton
(D) Marx
- Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(A) Vice-President
(B) President
(C) Speaker
(D) Chief Minister
- Chief Justice of the High Court is appointed by
(A) Governor of the state concerned
(B) President
(C) Chief Justice of India
(D) Prime Minister
- “Twelve Tables” correspond to the idea of
(A) Justice
(B) Equality
(C) Power
(D) Law
- Which country has unwritten conventions as a source of Constitution?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) France
(D) India
- Under ______ the Directive Principles provide for organizing Village Panchayats.
(A) Article 40
(B) Article 47
(C) Article 51A
(D) Article 15
- The following is a demerit of a Single Party System
(A) Totalitarian
(B) Free and fair election
(C) Free press
(D) None of the above
- Totalitarian State depends on
(A) Rule of Law
(B) Parliamentary Sovereignty
(C) Police Control and Surveillance
(D) All of the above
- Bi-party system exists in
(A) India
(B) China
(C) USA
(D) All of the above
- Which of the following is NOT a basic tenet of Behaviouralism?
(A) Scientific
(B) Verification
(C) Value
(D) Neutral
- Which Article under Indian Constitution guarantees Right to Education?
(A) Article 21A
(B) Article 32
(C) Article 365
(D) Article 21
- Which schedule of the Indian Constitution distributes between the Centre and the States?
(A) Second schedule
(B) First schedule
(C) Seventh schedule
(D) Sixth schedule
- Who defined Political Science as ‘authoritative allocation of values’?
(A) Mac Iver
(B) Gandhi
(C) David Easton
(D) Plato
- Quorum in Lok Sabha denotes the presence of
(A) one-tenth members
(B) two-third members
(C) one-fourth members
(D) None of the above
- The permanent members of the Security Council are
(A) India-Brazil-Germany-Japan-Italy
(B) USA-UK-Russia-China-France
(C) USA-UK-Canada-Pakistan-Bangladesh
(D) None of the above
- Who among the following is one of the proponents of pluralist view of sovereignty?
(A) Laski
(B) Wallerstein
(C) Gandhi
(D) J. S. Mill
- Which among the following is NOT a function of Pressure Groups?
(A) Contesting elections
(B) Creating pressure on government
(C) Raising public opinion
(D) None of the above
- The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution was added by
(A) 74th Amendment Act
(B) 73rd Amendment Act
(C) 25th Amendment Act
(D) 10th Amendment Act