Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2016
Classification and power open the first modern-format Political Science Paper I past paper 2016. Q.2 gives a critical analysis of Aristotle’s classification of governments. Q.3 asks if Machiavelli truly was an apostle of power politics. Q.4 describes Al-Mawardi’s theory of Imamate. Q.5 sets short notes on the end of history, totalitarianism and women empowerment. Section-B turns to systems. Q.6 states that a democratic system cannot work without organized political parties. Q.7 explains confederation and sets it against federation. Q.8 closes with short notes on civil society and public opinion. This paper marks the sheet redesign: one three-hour block, and Section-A and Section-B named in Roman numerals on the sheet itself. This file holds the Part-II sheet only.
What this paper contains
- This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
- Part-II — attempt four questions: TWO from Section-A (Q.2–Q.5) and TWO from Section-B (Q.6–Q.8); each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)
Part-II questions
Section-A
Q.2 — Give a critical analysis of Aristotle’s classification of Governments. (20)
Q.3 — Is it correct to say that Machiavelli was an apostle of Power Politics? (20)
Q.4 — Describe Al-Mawardi’s theory of Imamate. (20)
Q.5 — Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) End of History
(b) Totalitarianism
(c) Women Empowerment
Section-B
Q.6 — “Democratic Political System can not function successfully without organized Political Parties.” Discuss. (20)
Q.7 — Explain, ‘Confederation’. How it is different from Federation? (20)
Q.8 — Write short notes on the following: (10 each) (20)
(a) Civil society
(b) Public opinion
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