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HSST - POLITICAL SCIENCE
Kerala Higher Secondary Education
PSC Exam held on : 14-12-2015
Kerala PSC Previous Year Fully Solved Question Paper  | Year - 2015
SET - 2 | Questions : 21-40
21] The most important task in teaching is
[a] Giving assignments and evaluating it
[b] Providing experiences for the learner towards holistic development
[c] Maintaining discipline in children
[d] Giving sufficient drill

22] Remedial Teaching is a process of instruction given after
[a] Summative Evaluation
[b] Standardized Testing
[c] Formative Evaluation
[d] Diagnostic Testing

23] The state within a person or animal that drive behaviour towards some common goal is
[a] Motivation
[b] Self Actualization
[c] Adjustment
[d] Attitude

24] Which among the following is a learner related factor?
[a] Difficulty of the task
[b] Length of the task
[c] Maturation
[d] Distribution of Practice

25] Which of the following can be taken as a reflection of meaningful learning?
[a] High score in the examination
[b] High degree of retention
[c] Ability to recall
[d] Ability to transfer knowledge in different situations

26] The sampling technique generally used when the population is finite
[a] Purposive sampling
[b] Quota sampling
[c] Systematic sampling
[d] Simple random sampling

27] The purpose of review of related literature is to
[a] Use the literature to identify present knowledge and what is known
[b] Help in defining the problem and operational definition
[c] Identify strength and weakness of previous studies
[d] All of the above

28] A variable that can change due to the action of another variable is known as
[a] Dependent variable
[b] Extraneous variable
[c] Independent variable
[d] Confounding variable

29] The method of collecting data through observation and experimentation, formulation and testing of hypothesis is called
[a] Empirical method
[b] Observation method
[c] Scientific method
[d] Case study

30] First step in research is
[a] Identification of problem
[b] Survey of related literature
[c] Finding methodology
[d] Finding the solutions

31] Which of the following is rejected by Hobbes as the founder of the state?
[a] The view that might is right
[b] Individualism
[c] Concept of authorization
[d] Rational self-preservation as the ground for social contract

32] Who said "Where there is no law there is no freedom"?
[a] T.H. Green
[b] Hobbes
[c] Locke
[d] Rousseau

33] Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject
[a] "Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
[b] "Has the progress of the sciences contributed to corrupt morals?"
[c] "Has the development of the sciences contributed to corrupt or purify morals?"
[d] None of the above

34] Which one of the following theories held that the State is a product and manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms?
[a] Divine Origin Theory
[b] Anarchist Theory
[c] Marxist-Leninist Theory
[d] Guild-Socialist Theory

35] "Each to count for one and no one for more than one" was the principle propounded by
[a] Lord Bryce
[b] John S. Mill
[c] Grotius
[d] Jeremy Bentham

36] Who is the author of 'on Liberty'?
[a] Jeremy Bentham
[b] J.S. Mill
[c] Hobhouse
[d] Lindsay

37] Hegel believes that
[a] The real is the rational and the rational is real
[b] Social relations are rooted in the history
[c] It is human consciousness that determines the social life of man
[d] State protects the economic interests of the most powerful

38] The concept of 'Veil of ignorance' is related to
[a] John Rawls
[b] Karl Popper
[c] Robert Nozick
[d] Althusser

39] Which great political leader said that the process of capitalist expansion would always be unequal or uneven between countries, industries and firms?
[a] Joseph Stalin
[b] V.I. Lenin
[c] Antonio Gramsci
[d] Mao Tse Tung

40] According to Antonio Gramsci, civil society is primarily geared in the generation of
[a] Dissent
[b] Coercion
[c] Exploitation
[d] Consent