Polity

3 questions

• 2021 · Question 87 · Political Concepts

  Which one of the following best defines the term ‘State’?

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  (a)A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing an organized government(b)A politically organized people of a definite territory and possessing an authority to govern them, maintain law and order, protect their natural rights and safeguard their means of sustenance(c)A number of persons who have been living in a definite territory for a very long time with their own culture, tradition and government(d)A society permanently living in a definite territory with a central authority, an executive responsible to the central authority and an independent judiciary

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2021 · Question 90 · Political Concepts

  Which one of the following factors constitutes the best safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy?

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  (a)A committed judiciary(b)Centralization of powers(c)Elected government(d)Separation of powers

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)

• 2021 · Question 94 · Political Concepts

  Constitutional government means

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  (a)a representative government of a nation with federal structure(b)a government whose Head enjoys nominal powers(c)a government whose Head enjoys real powers(d)a government limited by the terms of the Constitution

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  Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)