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Question 202

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Why is Aristotle the Father of Political Science?

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Question 203

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Explain Britain՚s ouster from the EU and bring out its consequences on the world economy and India in particular.

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Britain՚s Ouster from the EU

  • European Union is a supranational state that comprises of twenty seven different nations.
  • It started off as European Steel and Coal Community and eventually ended up as a shared government in 1993 through the Maastricht Treaty.
  • The United Kingdom, right from the start was sceptical about the EU.

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Question 204

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Discuss the shift in India՚s policy towards Pakistan in the aftermath of Pathankot incident.

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India՚s Policy Towards Pakistan in the Aftermath of Pathankot Incident

  • On 2nd January 2016, a group of five fedayeen attackers burst into the Pathankot Airbase in Punjab.
  • National Security Guards was brought in and the terrorists were neutralised. Seven security personnel, from Defence Security Corps, NSG and Garud Commando Force lost their lives in …

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Question 205

Appeared in Year: 2016

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The post behavioural approach

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Post Behavioural Approach

  • In the 1930՚s, a behavioural revolution had taken over the study of Political Science.
  • It was a natural continuation of the positivist methods and was inspired by the hard sciences.
  • Behaviourists claim that their focus is primarily on the behaviour of individuals and its impact on politics rather than institutions, bureaucrac…

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Question 206

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Has the recent Indo Israeli relationships given a new dynamic to India՚s stand on Palestinian statehood?

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Recent Indo Israeli Relationships

  • India՚s stance on Palestine has been greatly influenced by the Indian national movement.
  • Owing to the large Muslim population of India, the INC always took a pro Palestinian stance as the area has religious sentiments of Muslims attached to it.
  • Supporting Palestine allowed the INC to recruit large numbers of Muslims i…

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Question 207

Appeared in Year: 2016

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A combination of internal pressures (ethnic and regional forces) and external threats (EU, UN global markets etc) has produced what is commonly known as ‘crisis of the nation state’ . Elaborate.

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Crisis of the Nation State

  • Nation is a group of people bound together by either common language, history of victory or suffering, ethnicity or religion.
  • A nation is inherently a political group as it comes along with a claim over a territory and a desire for political sovereignty.
  • The nation state has been a constant in the changing international orde…

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Question 208

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Affirmative action

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Affirmative Action

  • Affirmative action is a policy followed by several governments through which they try to ease socio-economic inequality.
  • The government, through its powers of coercion can make certain exemptions for certain social groups.
  • It can do so for the following reasons. First, if the government is sure that the particular social group lags …

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Question 209

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“The development of advanced missile technology and nuclear threat by North Korea has challenged the hegemony of USA in South East Asia.” Evaluate the above statement in context of the recent developments in the region.

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North Korea՚s Nuclear Threat Challenging the Hegemony of USA

  • North Korea and South Korea are two sovereign nations that are divided by the 38th Parallel.
  • This line was drawn after the end of the 2nd World War by the Soviet Union and the US to demarcate each others regions of influence.
  • After the three years of Korean War, an uneasy armistice has been …

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