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UGC NET 2023 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · Political Science — 58 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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. What is the direct philosophical basis of global justice, as per the passage? · Ans: B
19. What is not termed as 'bad' in the passage? · Ans: D
20. Who said that we do not live in a just world? · Ans: C
21. Who authored the famous essay 'Famine, Affluence and Morality'? · Ans: B
22. According to the passage, what do national leaders find it difficult to agree on? · 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. Match List I (States/Union Territories) with List II (Year of Establishment) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
35. Who among the following scholars has written the book 'Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins'? · Ans: B
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. The Governor is entrusted with pardoning powers which include the power to: · Ans: A
53. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect regarding the special powers of the governors of various states? · Ans: B
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

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