3361: Read the following passage and answer the question that follow passage. Your answers to the question should be based on the passage only.
Passage:
In a typical Western liberal, context, deepening of democracy invariably leads to consolidation of 'liberal values'. In the Indian context, democratization is translated into greater involvement of people not as 'individuals' which is a staple to liberal discourse, but as communities or groups. Individuals are getting involved in the public sphere not as 'atomized' individuals but as members of primordial communities drawn on religious or caste identity. Community-identity seems to be the governing force. It is not therefore surprising that the so-called peripheral groups continue to maintain their identities with reference to the social groups (caste, religion or sect) to which they belong while getting involved in the political processes despite the fact that their political goals remain more or less identical. By helping to articulate the political voice of the marginalized, democracy in India has led to 'a loosening of social strictures' and empowered the peripherals to be confident of their ability to improve the socio-economic conditions in which they are placed. This is a significant political process that had led to a silent revolution through a meaningful transfer of power from the upper caste elites to various subaltern groups within the democratic framework of public governance.
Q. Greater democratization in India has not necessarily led to
(a) The dilution of caste and communal identities in the public sphere.
(b) Irrelevance of community identity as a governing force in Indian politics.
(c) Marginalization of elite groups in society
(d) Relative unimportance of hereditary identities over class identities.
3362: Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories ?
(a) Clive
(b) Dupleix
(c) Albuquerque
(d) Warren Hastings
3363: Which one of the following Organisations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006 ?
(A) NDRI
(B) IARI
(C) NDDB
(D) CLRI
3364: Consider the following pairs :
Community sometimes In the affairs of mentioned in the news
1. Kurd : Bangladesh
2. Madhesi : Nepal
3. Rohingya : Myanmar
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
3365: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I (Amendments to the Constitution)
I. The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991
II. The Constitution (Seventy-fifth Amendment) Act, 1994
III. The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000
IV. The Constitution (Eighty-third Amendment) Act, 2000
List II (Contents)
(A) Establishment of State level Rent Tribunals
(B) No reservations for Scheduled Castes in Panchayats in Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Constitution of Panchayats in Villages or at other local levels
(D) Accepting the recommendations of the Tenth Finance Commission
(E) According the status of National Capital Territory to Delhi
Codes :
(a) I-E, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(b) I-A, II-E, III-C, IV-D
(c) I-E, II-A, III-C, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-E, III-D, IV-B