Note :-

1. Objective type paper
2. Duration of Paper: Three Hours
3. All questions carry equal marks.
4. There will be Negative Marking.
5. Medium of Competitive Exam : Bilingual in English& Hindi

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Syllabus

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1. Indian Political Thought

1. Manu & Kautilya.
2. Traditions of Non-Violence in Buddhism & Jainism.
3. Nature of State in Medieval India: Ziauddin Barani, Abul Fazal.
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Dayanand Saraswati, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker.
5. Dadabhai Naoroji, Aurbindo Ghosh. M. K. Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru.
6. Jai Prakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohiya, B.R. Ambedkar, Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay.

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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. Concept of Democracy: Classical, Liberal & Marxist Theories.
5. Models of Democracy: Representative, Participatory, Deliberative.
6. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Marxism, Conservatism.

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3. Comparative Politics and 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.
4. Theories of Political parties, Types and functions of Political parties, Pressure Groups and Interest Groups.

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4. Indian Constitution and Institutions

1. Making of Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties.
2. Constitutional Framework of Indian Federalism, Center-State Relations and institutions of Local Self Governments.
3. Union Executive: President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Parliament: Composition, Power and Role.
4. Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court, Judicial Review, Basic Structure Debate, Judicial Activism and Judicial Reforms.
5. State Executive: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers. State Legislature: Composition, Power and Role.

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5. Theories and Concepts of International Relations

1. Theories: Idealist, Realist, Neo-Realism, Systems, Marxist, Functionalist, Constructivism and Dependency.
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.
5. Emerging Concepts: Multiculturalism and Identity Politics, Regionalism, Green Politics, End of History.