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UGC NET 2023 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

188 previous-year questions from UGC NET 2023 Political Science (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

1. Which of the following is a true statement? · Ans: B
2. Which among the following statements are correct regarding Post-Behaviouralism? · Ans: D
3. Who among the following said, 'Political equality, therefore, is never accompanied by virtual economic equality: political power'? · Ans: B
4. Which among the following statements are associated with Harold J. Laski? · Ans: A
5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
6. Which among the following is the role of representative according to John Wahlke? · Ans: B
7. Which of the following statements given by Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan are true? · Ans: A
8. Who among the following thinkers is an advocate of cosmopolitan democracy? · Ans: C
9. Who among the following has defined deliberative democracy in terms of pluralistic association? · Ans: C
10. Who among the following said, 'The concept of citizenship has gone out of fashion among political thinkers'? · Ans: B
11. The functions of state according to individualism are: · Ans: B
12. Chronologically arrange the moments of crises of modern capitalism: · Ans: A
13. Given below are two statements. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
14. Who among the following rejected the claim of 'Universal Sisterhood'? · Ans: A
15. Find the correct statement with regard to Post Colonial feminism. · Ans: D
16. Match List I with List II. · Ans: C
17. Which among the following rights is not a group right, according to Will Kymlicka? · Ans: D
18. Who authored the famous essay 'Famine, Affluence and Morality'? · Ans: B
19. According to the passage, what do national leaders find it difficult to agree on? · Ans: C
20. What is the direct philosophical basis of global justice, as per the passage? · Ans: B
21. What is not termed as 'bad' in the passage? · Ans: D
22. Who said that we do not live in a just world? · Ans: C
23. Who refers to the new economic policy in 1991 as a tipping point transformation? · Ans: B
24. Which of the following are included in PM Modi's vision of Developed India as 'Panchpran'? · Ans: C
25. Which of these statements are made by Rahul Mukherjee in his book Political Economy of Reforms in India? · Ans: C
26. Which of the two factors enhanced the growth rate of Indian economy in the 1980s as per Arvind Panagariya? · Ans: A
27. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
28. Who, concerning castes in India, said, 'Every society gets encumbered with what is trivial, with dead wood from the past, and with what is positively perverse'? · Ans: C
29. Which of the following statements have not been made by M.N. Srinivas regarding caste politics in India? · Ans: B
30. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
31. Arrange the following in chronological order according to their formation. · Ans: C
32. Which of the following is/are correct about Rani Gaidinliu? · Ans: D
33. Who among the following argued that when NGOs are tied up with donors or the state, they may occasionally change their political agendas? · Ans: A
34. Who among the following scholars has written the book 'Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins'? · Ans: B
35. Match List I (States/Union Territories) with List II (Year of Establishment) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
36. 'Samvadini' is related to which of the following movements? · Ans: C
37. Which of the following statements does NOT indicate a deepening of democracy facilitated by gendering politics in India? · Ans: C
38. Who among the following scholars gave the statement that, 'In course of time, however (while Nehru was still alive), the Congress party ceased to be a movement and became a party and government'? · Ans: C
39. Arrange the following political parties according to their year of formation. · Ans: C
40. Match List I (Concept) with List II (Author/Thinker) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
41. Which amongst these resolutions were not concerned with minority rights? · Ans: A
42. Which of these postulated the introduction of an elected President in the municipalities? · Ans: D
43. Limited franchise was introduced by which of these Acts? · Ans: A
44. Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
45. Arrange the following Directive Principles of State Policy in their sequential order as mentioned in the Constitution. · Ans: B
46. Which of the following rights are declared as Fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution? · Ans: B
47. Which among the following is not included in the right to life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court? · Ans: A
48. How many minimum members of Rajya Sabha are required to move a motion of impeachment of a judge? · Ans: C
49. The Supreme Court of India in its order dated 24th August 2017 in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union of India declared that: · Ans: B
50. Identify the correct chronological sequence of the following cases. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
51. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Supreme Court of India? · Ans: D
52. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect regarding the special powers of the governors of various states? · Ans: B
53. The Governor is entrusted with pardoning powers which include the power to: · Ans: A
54. Which of the following is/are true regarding the Election Commission? · Ans: A
55. Which of the following are the common compulsory provisions of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act? · Ans: D
56. Which among the following thinkers can be equated with the statement that, 'He proposes an ascetic communication, the purpose of which is to remove objects of desire'? · Ans: B
57. Who has stated that, if life only were the object, slaves and brute animals might form a state? · Ans: B
58. Who among the following dismissed the idea of natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense'? · Ans: D
59. Who among the following claimed that the science of politics was no older than himself? · Ans: B
60. With which book is the following statement related, 'Law is the command of that person whose precept contains the reason of obedience.'? · Ans: A
61. Arrange the following books in their correct chronological sequence of publication. · Ans: B
62. Arrange the following chapters of Leviathan in their correct sequence. · Ans: A
63. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
64. Rousseau, in his book 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality', drew a distinction between two types of inequality. Which two? · Ans: D
65. Who among the following thinkers holds the view that no citizen should be sufficiently opulent to be able to purchase another, and none so poor as to be forced to sell himself? · Ans: C
66. Which among the following thinkers hold the view that liberty is destroyed because the propertied classes possess the power to dominate others? · Ans: D
67. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
68. Who among the following scholars had levelled the criticism against J.S. Mill that 'we cannot separate two different compartments of individual conduct'? · Ans: D
69. Which one among the following clearly reflects in the writings of Tocqueville? · Ans: B
70. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
71. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
72. Who among the following thinkers espoused feeling and intuition that influenced John Stuart Mill? · Ans: C
73. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
74. Who has stated that the idea of 'praxis' is most clearly developed in a short eleven paragraphs or theses that Marx had written to himself in 1845? · Ans: B
75. The terms 'war of manoeuvre' and 'war of position' are associated with: · Ans: C
76. Who said that 'It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong'? · Ans: B
77. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below. · Ans: A
78. In her work 'The Human Condition' Hannah Arendt identifies three levels of human activity: Labour, Work and Action. Which of the following statements about them are correct? · Ans: D
79. Frantz Fanon's book 'Black Skin, White Masks' includes which of the following chapters? · Ans: D
80. Which two of the following statements are correct? · Ans: A
81. Which of the following concepts are associated with John Rawls? · Ans: A
82. Local bodies Ombudsman may be established to hear complaints of corruption against local bodies. This was the view of the: · Ans: D
83. When is the International Day for Universal Access to Information celebrated? · Ans: A
84. Which of the following websites is a comprehensive website of Citizen Charters of the Government of India? · Ans: C
85. Which of the following Laws/Rules are restricting the disclosure of official information to the people? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
86. Place the following legislative Acts in ascending chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
87. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Central Information Commission (CIC)? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
88. Which of the following Commissions/Committees recommended the establishment of the Lokpal and Lokayukta for the first time? · Ans: A
89. What is not true about the Bhagidari Approach to development? · Ans: B
90. NITI Aayog was established through the Cabinet Secretariat resolution dated: · Ans: B
91. In which one of the following fields is 'The Randomized Control Trials' used? · Ans: C
92. The RCT approach administers an intervention to a group of which kind of recipients drawn from a large group of potential beneficiaries? · Ans: B
93. Which of the following techniques is considered as the 'Gold Standard'? · Ans: C
94. Arrange the following stages of evolution of Public Administration as mentioned by Nicholas Henry: · Ans: C
95. Two important institutions that contributed significantly to the development of administrative theory and practice are: · Ans: A
96. Arrange the following events/conferences of public administration in chronological order: · Ans: D
97. Which of the following are the tools of executive control over administration? · Ans: C
98. Who among the following has written the books 'Public Policy Making Reexamined' and 'Design for Policy Sciences'? · Ans: D
99. Which period of the evolution of public administration is referred to as 'The Exploratory Period'? · Ans: B
100. According to Peter Drucker, which of the following is among the 'sins' that contribute to non-performance? · Ans: C
101. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option: · Ans: C
102. Who amongst these are meant to serve the shop floor according to Frederick Taylor's functional foremanship in his scientific management theory? · Ans: C
103. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding New Public Management (NPM)? · Ans: D
104. Which of the following statements are correct regarding accountability and control over administration? · Ans: D
105. Lyndall Urwick identified eight principles of organization. Which of the following is not part of those eight? · Ans: D
106. Who among the following thinkers proposed the concept of 'Mental Revolution'? · Ans: A
107. Which of the following are the determinants of job satisfaction according to Frederick Herzberg? · Ans: C
108. Which of the following associations/groups lashed out at Mayoism and branded the Hawthorne researchers as 'Cow Sociologists'? · Ans: B
109. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
110. Arrange the following in sequence according to Maslow's scale of need hierarchy: · Ans: B
111. According to C. I. Barnard, in an organization the accomplishment of a common purpose through the persons contributing towards it can be achieved only through: · Ans: D
112. According to M. P. Follett, which of the following is not a principle for achieving coordination? · Ans: B
113. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding management according to Peter Drucker? · Ans: D
114. Kenneth Waltz was a · Ans: B
115. Which of the following are correct with regard to neorealism in international politics? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
116. Who is the author of 'Why is there no International Relations theory'? · Ans: A
117. Who among the following political thinkers reformulated the principle of realism by Hans J Morgenthau from a feminist perspective? · Ans: C
118. The idealist school of thought in international relations proposed to replace 'balance of power' by · Ans: B
119. Which among the following statements represent the principles of Just War? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
120. Arrange the following peacekeeping operations in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
121. The Commission on the Status of Women was established by a resolution of the · Ans: A
122. The three-part typology of the theories of globalization developed by Held and McGrew includes which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
123. Who among the following holds the view that globalization is transformationalism? · Ans: B
124. Which of the following statements represent the impact of globalisation on terrorism? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
125. Which of the following statements are correct about the G-20? Choose the most appropriate answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
126. Match List I (Summit) with List II (City) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
127. The Beijing Consensus in international development debates relates to · Ans: A
128. Which among the following constitute the membership criteria of the NAM? Choose the most appropriate answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
129. Which among the following countries is not a member of the NAM? · Ans: D
130. Arrange the following humanitarian interventions in order of their occurrence. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
131. Arrange the following countries by their rank in the Human Development Index from higher to lower, as per the latest report. Choose the correct option from below. · Ans: A
132. Consider the following statements regarding the generations of human rights. Choose the most appropriate answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
133. Match List I (Energy Company) with List II (Host Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
134. Match List I (SDG goal number) with List II (Goals) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
135. Which of the following agreements does not outline country-specific emission targets but emphasises climate change mitigation? · Ans: D
136. The justification for humanitarian intervention lies in which of the following? Choose the most appropriate answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
137. Who is related to the advent of the Zionist movement and the Zionist Congress? · Ans: B
138. Which of the following scholars observes various forms of Nehruvianism - 'militant Nehruvianism', 'classical Nehruvianism' and 'post-cold war Nehruvianism'? · Ans: C
139. Rajiv Gandhi's participation in the Six Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative was a campaign: · Ans: A
140. Which among the following statements are true about the rise of alternative perspectives on Indian foreign policy? · Ans: B
141. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Determinants of Foreign Policy). · Ans: A
142. Which agreement of defence cooperation was signed by India with the USA in 2020? · Ans: A
143. The Henderson-Brooks Report is related to which of the following? · Ans: B
144. When was the Open Skies Agreement between India and the USA signed? · Ans: C
145. Which of the following is not included in the list of India's initiatives in support of the US in strategic collaboration since 2001? · Ans: D
146. During whose government was the Look East Policy adopted? · Ans: D
147. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
148. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
149. What is the name of the exercise/initiative launched by India to link Indian Ocean Rim countries? · Ans: A
150. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
151. According to Kautilya, which among the following are the six methods of foreign policy applied by the would-be conqueror to the elements of his Circle of States? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
152. Which of the following are correct about Pandita Ramabai? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
153. Tilak's understanding about the word 'Swarajya' was which of the following? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
154. Who said that 'National Programme cannot be fixed according to ideology and if people want it, let them elect astrologers to govern the country; and if they believe in astrology out of ignorance, let us combat it'? · Ans: A
155. Which of the following Prime Ministers spoke about India's approach towards the US and the Soviet Union drifting towards a Cold War as 'They are our neighbours in Asia and inevitably we shall have to perform many common… · Ans: A
156. Who said, 'Radicalism thinks in terms neither of nation nor class; its concern is man; it conceives freedom as freedom of the individual'? · Ans: C
157. Who said, 'The function of science is to describe and that of philosophy is to explain; therefore, philosophy is called the science of science'? · Ans: A
158. Which of the following are NOT related to Jayaprakash Narayan? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
159. Which among the following statements are true about J.P. Narayan's plan for the reconstruction of Indian polity? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
160. Savarkar became the President of the Hindu Mahasabha in the year: · Ans: B
161. Who wrote the book 'The Indian War of Independence of 1857'? · Ans: D
162. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a member of which of the following committees, which was also called the Indian Franchise Committee? · Ans: D
163. According to Sri Aurobindo, the task of 'spiritual revolution' is based on: · Ans: A
164. Who among the following is the founder of Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies in Canada? · Ans: B
165. As per the passage, which one of the following is NOT correct about the 'sangha'? · Ans: C
166. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from those given below. · Ans: C
167. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
168. As per the passage, which of the following is NOT correct? · Ans: C
169. As per the passage, which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
170. Who said, 'the truth is that the spirit of conflict and conquest is at the origin and in the centre of Western nationalism'? · Ans: B
171. If we consider the Gandhian idea of satyagraha as a dialogue, then which among the following statements is NOT true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
172. The concept of political cultures involves three components of individual orientations, namely cognitive, affective and evaluative orientations. Whose statement is this? · Ans: C
173. Who amongst these is the proponent of the 'process model' of social movements in comparative politics? · Ans: B
174. Which of the following principles are used to study the 'attitudes of people', that is, political culture in comparative politics? · Ans: A
175. Which one of the following is not listed in the classification of colonialism given by Nancy Shoemaker? · Ans: D
176. Who among the following described twelve types of colonialism? · Ans: A
177. Which of the following are the basic features of Eric Hobsbawm's theory of nationalism in Europe? · Ans: C
178. Which of the following regimes of welfare states corresponds to Richard Titmuss's Institutional Redistribution Model in his three-fold classification of the welfare state? · Ans: B
179. Who wrote the book 'The State in Capitalist Society'? · Ans: D
180. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
181. Arrange the following events of US constitutional development in ascending order. · Ans: D
182. Who gave the idea of breakdown of modernization? · Ans: C
183. Chronologically arrange the stages of economic development. · Ans: A
184. Which among the following are the crises in political development described by Lucian Pye? · Ans: C
185. Match List I (Books/Article) with List II (Author) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
186. Match List I (Concepts) with List II (Thinkers) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
187. Which of the following is not a formal mode of people's participation in administration? · Ans: C
188. 'The Logic of Collective Action', explaining the mobilisation of interest groups in comparative political analysis, is given by which of the following scholars? · Ans: B

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