Political Science Paper I Past Paper 2020
Sovereignty and its limits frame the Political Science Paper I past paper 2020. Q.2 asks why the monistic, absolute concept of sovereignty fell out of use, and it tests the legal concept in its place. Q.3 returns to Montesquieu and his separation of powers, and to his tag of Aristotle of the eighteenth century. Q.4 analyses the social contract theory of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau side by side. Q.5 reads the Hegelian spirit as human consciousness moving toward political maturity. Section-B takes up systems. Q.6 examines the basic principles of fascism. Q.7 separates unitary from federal government. Q.8 closes with short notes on Asbiyah and on Marx’s class struggle. 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 — Why monistic or absolute concept of sovereignty has been abandoned? Analyse legal concept of sovereignty. (20)
Q.3 — Examine Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers. Why has he been called “Aristotle” of eighteenth century? Discuss. (20)
Q.4 — Critically analyze the Social Contract Theory of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. (20)
Q.5 — Examine the view that the Hegelian spirit is nothing but evolution of human consciousness to the realization of political maturity for global human co-existence. (20)
Section-B
Q.6 — Critically examine the basic principles of Fascism. (20)
Q.7 — Bring out clearly the difference between unitary and federal forms of government. (20)
Q.8 — Write short notes on the following:- (10 each) (20)
(a) Ibn-e-Khaldun’s concept of Asbiyah
(b) Marx’s theory of Class Struggle
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