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61. According to Lucian Pye Political development:
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A. Could be measured with industrialisation:

B. And industrialisation should be delinked from each other

C. And industrialisation were opposed to each other

D. Could not be measured with industrialisation

62. In his theory of development Schumpeter has laid stress on: __________?
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A. Capital formation

B. None of these

C. Leadership

D. Accumulated capital

E. Ownership

63. Those who view development not in purely economic terms but in socio cultural matrix attribute the development to: __________?
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A. The form of government

B. Standards of education and health

C. All the above

D. The legal system

64. Which one of the following was not included in political development by Lucian Pye?
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A. Method of paying wages to workers

B. Achievement and standards of public servants

C. Method of recruitment

D. Nature of laws passed by the state

65. Which of following thinkers built up theory of development around theory wages and rent?
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A. Marx

B. None of the above

C. Adam Smith

D. Ricardo

66. Which one of the following is not correct about classical thinkers or development?
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A. Level of wages could not be changed by the Government

B. Level of wages was linked with employment capacity of economy.

C. Level of wages could be arbitrarily fixed

D. Social product was the outcome of labour utilised

E. Level of wages could not be changed by labour unions

67. Who of the following has laid stress on the role of bureaucracy in measuring political development?
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A. Lucian Pye

B. Nax Weber

C. Edward A. Shills

D. Nettle

68. Karl Marx ideas about development theory are available in: _________?
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A. Communist Manifesto

B. None of these

C. Das Kapital

D. Capital: A. Critique of Political Economy

69. Which one of the following put forth classical theory of development?
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A. Ricardo

B. Marx

C. Marshall

D. Keynes

70. According to Marx most dependable method for capital accumulation was: __________?
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A. Technological development

B. Payment of less wages to workers

C. Denial of facilities to the workers

D. Decreased international trade

E. Increased international trade

71. Hansen used the theory of Economic Maturity to examine the problems arising:
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A. In the wake of World War II

B. In the wake of economic crisis of thrties

C. In the wake of World War I

D. In the sixties

72. According to some thinkers political development cannot be measured in terms of political modernisation because:
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A. It is not suited to third world countries

B. Both are opposed to each other

C. Western countries are opposed to it

D. Term political modernisation is ambiguous

E. None of the above

73. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of political development for Nettle?
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A. It is a continuous process

B. It includes definitional priorities

C. There is implicit rank order of development

D. It is set of values

74. Schumpeter held that significant advances in national production occur by disharmonious leaps and spurts. This idea was:
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A. His original contribution

B. None of the above

C. Borrowed by him from Marx

D. Borrowed by Schumpeter from neo-classical thinkers

75. The Entrepreneur theory of development holds that: _________________?
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A. Talented type of individuals play an important role in development

B. Rich people with the help of some enterprising persons contribute to development

C. None of the above

D. Rich capitalists play an important role in development

76. Which one of the following is not a contributory factor for development?
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A. Frequent and free elections

B. Abundance of national resources

C. Level of technology

D. Character of people

77. Who of the following has said that, underdevelopment has been the normal state of all human societies?
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A. Jean Eatwell

B. Edward A. Shills

C. Jacob Vinar

D. None of these

E. G.A. Almond

78. Hansen argued that as compared to the nineteenth century the development at present suffered from two limitations viz:
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A. Decline in purchasing capacity and growing unemployment

B. Technological changes and presence of large labour force

C. Shifting frontiers and growing population

D. Growing population and prevailing unemployment

79. Which one of the following is not correct about Marxian theory of development?
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A. For them development is non-cumulative

B. For them development has harmonious nature

C. None of these

D. They believe in continued economic progress

E. For them development is a gradual process

80. According to Edward A. Shills political development should be linked with:
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A. Standards of modernisation of a state

B. Industrialisation

C. Political modernisation

D. Economic development

E. Capital formation

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