BLS LLB 5 Years Sem 3 Political Science 2 2023-24 ATKT 75/25 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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SECTION I - Q. No. 1: Answer any six (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 What is the significance of the 106th Amendment Act 2023 in terms of political empowerment of women?
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2. Q2 What is the sanction behind Divine Right theory of kings? What is the nature of political obligation advocated by this theory?
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3. Q3 Why is the exercise of power regarded as imposition of the will of the power holder?
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4. Q4 What is an Interest Group? Name any one private Economic interest group from India.
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5. Q5 What is General Will as given by Rousseau.
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6. Q6 What is Iron law Of Oligarchy? Who is the advocate of this theory?
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7. Q7 What is Ethical Decay Of democracy?
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8. Q8 Name any two challenges to Indian Democracy.
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SECTION II - Q. No. 2: Write short notes on any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q9 Three fold classification of Authority as given by Max Weber.
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2. Q10 Panchayat Raj System in India.
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3. Q11 Conditions essential for the successful working of democracy.
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4. Q12 Sarvodaya - Main Principles.
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SECTION III - Q. No. 3: Answer any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q13 Often a parallel has been made between activists of the Black Power movement of the 1960s led by Martin Luther King jr and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement of 2014 in the USA. (i) What is the objective of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) of 2014? (ii) Explain the Gandhian technique of resistance to unjust laws.
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2. Q14 According to this theory of punishment crime is like a disease. (i) Identify and explain the theory of punishment as reflected in the given facts. (ii) Why is giving punishment regarded as a state responsibility?
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3. Q15 In Maharashtra a three-party coalition government - the BJP led by Devendra Fadnavis, the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar is in power. (i) Give any three merits of a coalition government. (ii) What is a political party? Name any two challenges to political parties in India.
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4. Q16 The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle - karl Marx. (i) What are the two opposite classes in a given society as given by Karl Marx? What is the criteria given by Marx for the class division in the society? (ii) What is the nature of political obligation advocated by Karl Marx to the capitalist state and why?
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SECTION IV - Q. No. 4: Answer any three (39 Marks - 13 marks each)

1. Q17 Make a critical estimate of Marxism.
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2. Q18 Explain the social contract theory of Thomas Hobbes.
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3. Q19 What are the socialist features of the Indian constitution? What are the demerits of socialism?
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4. Q20 Explain the theory of Circulation of Elites as given by Pareto. Make a comparative study of Marxian theory of power & Elite theory of power.
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5. Q21 What are the basic principles of Liberalism? Explain Bentham view on sovereignty of Two Masters.
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