Exam Scheme

Note :-

1. Objective type paper.
2. All questions carry equal marks.
3. There will be Negative Marking.

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Syllabus : Political Science-I

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1. Indian Political Thought
   1. Manu, Kautilya & Shukra, Traditions of Non-Violence in Buddhism & Jainism.
   2. Nature of State in Medieval India: Ziauddin Barani, Abul Fazal.
   3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dayanand Saraswati, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Aurobindo Ghosh, E.V. Ramaswami Naicker.
   4. Dadabhai Naoroji, M.K.Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar.
   5. Vinobha Bhave, Jai Prakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohiya, Amartya Sen.

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2. Political Concepts and Ideologies
   1. Perspective of the State : Ideal, Liberal, Marxist, Post-Colonial and Sub-altern.
   2. Sovereignty, Power, Authority, Legitimacy.
   3. Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Citizenship.
   4. Democracy: Classical, Liberal & Marxist theories, Models of Democracy: Representative, Participatory, deliberative.
   5. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Marxism, Fascism, Environmentalism, Feminism.

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3. Comparative Governments (With Special Reference to Constitutional Frameworks of UK, USA, France, China & Canada)
   1. Constitution, Types of Constitutions, Constitutionalism in theory and practice.
   2. Classification of Government: Democracy and Dictatorship, Unitary and Federal, Parliamentary and Presidential.
   3. Organs of Government: Theory of Separation of Powers, Executive, Legislature and Judiciary-their interrelationship in comparative perspective.

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4. Indian Constitution and Institutions
   1. Making of Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy.
   2. Constitution as an instrument of socio-economic change, Doctrine of Basic Structure and amendability of Indian Constitution, Constitutional Amendments.
   3. Constitutional Framework of Indian Federalism, Center-State Relations and Local Governments.
   4. Union Executive-President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
   5. Parliament - Composition, Power and Role.
   6. Judiciary- Supreme Court, High Court, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism and Judicial Reforms.

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5. Theories and Concepts of International Relations
   1. Theories: Idealist, Realist, Neo Realism, Systems, Marxist, Functionalist.
   2. Approaches: Decision making, Game, Communication and Bargaining.
   3. Concepts: National Power and its elements, National Interest and its instruments, Balance of Power, Collective Security.
   4. Arms Race and Arms Control, Disarmament, Nature, Causes and types of Wars, Conflict resolution and Peaceful settlement of disputes, International Terrorism.
   5. Emerging Concepts: Multiculturalism, Regionalism, End of History.