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UGC NET 24th Jun 2026 Shift 1 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET 24th Jun 2026 Shift 1 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 Political Ideology believes that human beings are merely part of a much wider natural order? · Ans: D
2. Political Philosophers held diverse views on human nature. Which of the statements given below are correct? · Ans: C
3. Who remarked that the goal of the Indian Constitution drafted by the Constituent Assembly was entirely political and not at all social or economic? · Ans: C
4. Arrange the following in a sequence that conceptually presents the Integral Humanism concept of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay: · Ans: C
5. Which of the following statements best describe New Public Management. There is a shift: · Ans: D
6. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
7. Arrange the Preventive Detention Acts enacted by the Indian Parliament in a chronological order: · Ans: B
8. Which one of the following is not related to realism? · Ans: A
9. The Citizenship Act prescribes the following ways for acquisition of citizenship of India: · Ans: B
10. The Farm laws which were repealed in November 2020 were enacted to provide - · Ans: B
11. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
12. The demand for a new Konkan state includes the districts which are part of: · Ans: D
13. Arrange the following organisations in the correct chronological order of their formation: · Ans: C
14. Arrange the organizations/institutions of the Indian Political System in chronological order according to the year of their establishment: · Ans: A
15. Which of the following are associated with the national movement of India? · Ans: C
16. Which of the following is not a variant of international Liberalism: · Ans: C
17. Identify the nodal institution for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country leading to the 2030 agenda: · Ans: C
18. "The American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history's only complete revolution, for it alone ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came with other revolutions". Whose views are these? · Ans: D
19. Which one of the following Chief Ministers resigned as a consequence of a Report submitted by the Lokayukta? · Ans: D
20. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
21. Arrange the following writings of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in ascending order as per their publication year: · Ans: A
22. What was the main reason for the introduction of Economic Reforms by the Narsimha Rao and Manmohan Singh Government? · Ans: C
23. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of 'Deep ecologism'? · Ans: B
24. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
25. Two regional forums through which India cooperates with China: · Ans: B
26. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
27. Which of the following is not related to China? · Ans: C
28. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
29. Arrange the following political parties in chronological order according to their year of establishment: · Ans: D
30. Which of the following are the factors that caused decolonisation? · Ans: B
31. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
32. Arrange the following cases chronologically: · Ans: B
33. Who gave the concept of "Congress System"? · Ans: C
34. Which form of feminism believes that women are either absent from international political activities or not relevant to global pressures? · Ans: D
35. As per the Human Development Index (HDI) developed by the UNDP, which state of the Indian Union is the most developed state? · Ans: B
36. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
37. The objective of forging an India-U.S. strategic alliance amid escalating security challenges posed by China is to: · Ans: C
38. Arrange the following Arms Control and Disarmament measures in a chronological order: · Ans: B
39. Arrange the following events related to Sino-Indian relations chronologically: · Ans: D
40. Which one of the following spoke about Development Syndrome? · Ans: C
41. Under Article 15 of the Indian Constitution the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of: · Ans: C
42. Arrange the following Revolutions in the chronological order: · Ans: B
43. In which of the following cases was it decided by the five judge bench of the Supreme Court that a Judge of the Supreme Court or High Court can be prosecuted and convicted for criminal misconduct? · Ans: B
44. Arrange the following in a sequence that conceptually presents the ever evolving concept of Marxism: · Ans: D
45. Chronologically arrange the works on organizational theory in terms of their publication: · Ans: A
46. The positive role of political parties in India could be understood as: · Ans: B
47. Match List I with List II: · Ans: A
48. The concerns of Ecologism include - · Ans: C
49. Arrange the following events related to Indian foreign Policy in a chronological order: · Ans: A
50. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
51. Jayaprakash Narayan did not participate in which one of the following Movements? · Ans: D
52. Who gave the concept of "Power Elite"? · Ans: B
53. When people come together, on the basis of equal status and mutual respect, to discuss political issues they face and based on those discussions decide on the policies that will then affect their lives, it is: · Ans: B
54. Five Zonal Councils were established through the: · Ans: B
55. Arrange chronologically the different events and agreements related to the Israel-Palestine Conflict: · Ans: B
56. Which of the following is not a mechanism for legislative control over the executive in India? · Ans: D
57. Arrange the following events chronologically: · Ans: D
58. The growing Pacific orientation of India's Act East policy has been most evident in the country's deepening relations with - · Ans: A
59. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
60. Arrange chronologically as per the dates of publication: · Ans: B
61. Arrange the different schools of thought as per their origin: · Ans: B
62. Ecological approach is the key to the understanding of: · Ans: D
63. Which of the following statements are true relating to the Consumer Protection Act 2019? · Ans: B
64. Which of the following thinkers recognized the significance of informal groups in promoting organizational development? · Ans: A
65. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B. R. Ambedkar were united in their aim about: · Ans: A
66. The provision of two separate commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was provided in the constitution by: · Ans: B
67. Match List I with List II: · Ans: D
68. Arrange the following Acts chronologically: · Ans: C
69. Match List I with List II: · Ans: A
70. Who among the following thinkers used the term International Relations for the first time? · Ans: C
71. The primary concerns of Mary Wollstonecraft's social and political philosophy include: · Ans: A
72. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the working of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India? · Ans: B
73. Arrange in chronological order the creation of new States in the Indian Union: · Ans: B
74. Which thinker's philosophical system can be divided into three parts, the science of logic, the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of spirit? · Ans: A
75. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
76. The reasons for an increase in female turnout in recent Indian elections, as per some studies, may be due to: · Ans: B
77. The commitments of world leaders at the World Summit 2005 included which of these themes? · Ans: C
78. Choose which of the following statements correctly represent J. S. Mill's ideas: · Ans: B
79. Who among the following is credited with the view that any task is done best by those whose rights and interests are immediately involved? · Ans: C
80. Arrange these publications chronologically: · Ans: B
81. Who critiqued that communism will not promote the harmonious articulation of city and man, rather it undermines the integrity of the political community and precludes the proper development of the best human nature? · Ans: B
82. Mary Parker Follett suggested certain styles of handling conflict. They are: · Ans: B
83. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
84. The ideology which is based on taking things slowly and carefully on the grounds that it is better to do a little good than a lot of harm: · Ans: C
85. Which of the following term is articulated as a nation's conscience in the ideas of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya? · Ans: B
86. Which of the following words were added to the preamble of the constitution of India through the Forty second Amendment Act? · Ans: C
87. W. H. Morris Jones has termed the Indian constitutional system as: · Ans: B
88. Hierarchy of needs, Theory X and Theory Y, Hygiene theory are related to theories of: · Ans: D
89. Arrange the following events related to the cold war in a chronological order: · Ans: C
90. Among the following statements related to Integral Humanism of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, which one is not correct? · Ans: B
91. Inter-state relationship in Kautilya's Arthashastra is termed as: · Ans: A
92. Kautilya's Arthashastra contains how many books (Adhikaranas)? · Ans: B
93. Basic terms of methodology, dialectics and epistemology of Kautilya's Arthasastra are contained in: · Ans: D
94. Kautilya's Arthashastra primarily deals with: · Ans: C
95. According to Kautilya, the conduct of the courtiers of the king is called: · Ans: D
96. During which of the following were several institutions established to promote implementation and further development of Agenda 21? · Ans: B
97. A convergence of opinions of developed and developing actors was seen in which of the following? · Ans: C
98. Which of the following created a framework that balances access to genetic resources on the basis of prior informed consent and equitable sharing of benefits while taking into account the important role of traditional knowledge? · Ans: B
99. Which of the following country has declined ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001? · Ans: C
100. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development held in Brazil adopted which one of the following? · Ans: A

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