Political Science

2013 Mains - Test 1

Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Syed Ahmed
Khan, Gandhi, M.N.Roy
Time: 3 Hours
Section - A
I. Examine the following in about 200 words each
1. In the State of Nature there wants a known and indifferent Judge, with
Authority to determine all differences according to the established
Law.
2. Locke a Reluctant Democrat. Discuss.
3. Civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a
commonwealth through social contract.
4. Hobbesian contract .vs. Lockean Contract.
5. Compare Platos education with Social Stratification system in India.

Section B
1. Why did Machiavelli justify a powerful state? (300 words)
2. Give a critical account on Machiavellis political thought
(250 words)
3. Locke is a key thinker in the development of Liberalism, placing
emphasis on Natural Rights. Substantiate. (300 words)
4. Elucidate the features of M.N. Roys Radical Democracy.
(400 words)
5. Gandhis concept of Swaraj was more than freedom of the country.
Comment. (200 words)
6. Distributive Justice is the Task of the Polis. (Aristotle). (300 words)