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UGC NET August 2024 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

80 previous-year questions from UGC NET August 2024 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 does deliberative democracy champion? · Ans: C
2. The Third Wave of Feminism reflected the influence of · Ans: A
3. Match List I with List II. · Ans: D
4. Match List I with List II. · Ans: C
5. Which of the following statements are correct regarding conservatism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
6. Who has given the concept of 'Political Decay'? · Ans: B
7. Cosmopolitans argue that citizenship should extend to the: · Ans: C
8. When was the Reserve Bank of India established? · Ans: C
9. What do political parties, pressure groups, public opinion and popular movements have in common? They are · Ans: B
10. Which is/are the group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in government? · Ans: B
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
12. Which of the following statements are true? · Ans: C
13. Which among the following is a justiciable right? · Ans: D
14. 'Basic Structure' is outcome of: · Ans: D
15. Consider the statements about Constitutional Government and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
16. When the President of India resigns he/she addresses resignation letter to: · Ans: C
17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
18. Arrange the Commissions or Committees for improving Centre-State relations in India in ascending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
19. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? Choose the right answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
20. According to the Election Commission, for being considered as a national party, a political party should at least have which of the following qualifications? · Ans: B
21. The cornerstone of the ECI's mandate derives from Article 324 of the Constitution. Which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: B
22. Which statement is incorrect with reference to the Election Campaign in India? · Ans: A
23. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
24. Key elements of Machiavelli include: · Ans: B
25. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
26. Chronologically arrange the following classical works of western political philosophers. · Ans: C
27. Application of the laws of dialectics in social life is demonstrated through the principle of: · Ans: C
28. Who observed that intellectuals 'are the dominant group's deputies exercising the subaltern functions of social hegemony and political government'? · Ans: B
29. Hannah Arendt analyses the Vita Activa through three categories which correspond to the three fundamental activities of our being in the world. These are: · Ans: C
30. Arrange the following writings of John Rawls in the chronological order which indicates his evolution as a philosopher of eminence. · Ans: C
31. India's diaspora is a strategic asset for the country. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
32. Which of the following do not come under the All India Services? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
33. Which one of the following is an advantage of social audit? · Ans: B
34. New provisions under the Consumer Protection Act include which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
35. A person who is in the know of things and is willing to alert the controlling authority by disclosing the corrupt act or practice that takes place is called: · Ans: C
36. Which organization provides a robust communication system and effective support for e-governance in India? · Ans: D
37. Development Administration encompasses which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
38. Which is the nodal agency to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in India? · Ans: A
39. System Theory focuses on the study of organisation as a: · Ans: B
40. Who contended that we are concerned only with finding a choice mechanism that will lead it to pursue a 'satisficing' path, a path that will permit satisfaction at some specified level of all of its needs? · Ans: D
41. Rational Choice Theory's impact on Public Administration has been strongly felt in areas such as: · Ans: B
42. Who has given the concept of the 'Iron Law of Oligarchy'? · Ans: D
43. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and choose the correct option: · Ans: B
44. Which of the following are part of Merton's criticism of bureaucratic theory? · Ans: B
45. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option: · Ans: C
46. Who among the following thinkers said that 'the communication of intangible facts, opinions, suggestions and suspicions that cannot pass through formal channels is communicated through informal channels'? · Ans: D
47. Management by Objectives was the key idea put forward by Peter Drucker in which of the following works? · Ans: D
48. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
49. Which of the following statements are associated with the theory of international Realism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
50. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
51. Which of the following are variants of International Liberalism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
52. Arrange the following international events in ascending chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
53. Choose the correct statements from the following about India and international agreements. · Ans: C
54. The United States of America is still the 'sole superpower' of the world. Which of the following support this statement? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
55. Among the following challenges to Indian democracy, which one is not related to globalization? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
56. Arrange the following international organisations in chronological order of their establishment. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
57. Which one of the following statements related to CBDR (Common But Differentiated Responsibilities) is not correct? · Ans: C
58. Human rights are also criticised for · Ans: C
59. Arrange the following international relations thinkers in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
60. Who wrote 'Hindu Theory of International Relations'? · Ans: C
61. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
62. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
63. The Indian National Movement had many streams. One of them was the Extremist stream. From the following, identify which are correct. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
64. Who has given the concept of Integral Humanism? · Ans: A
65. Who propounded the concept of 'Total Revolution'? · Ans: C
66. Who organised the Abhinava Bharat, a secret society of revolution? · Ans: B
67. Ambedkar was a multifaceted personality. Which of the facts and opinions about him are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
68. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee, Dr. Ambedkar, observed about the Directive Principles, 'If any government ignores them, they will certainly have to answer for them before the electorate at the time of election.' What does he mean… · Ans: C
69. Which Article instructs the government to incorporate the directions given under the Directive Principles in formulating its policies? · Ans: A
70. Which Article of the Directive Principles was brought into the Fundamental Rights through the 86th Amendment of the Constitution? · Ans: A
71. Who proclaimed that the Directive Principles of State Policy are an attempt to import Fabian Socialism without Socialism? · Ans: C
72. Who said that the 'Directive Principles are merely furthering the goal of social revolution'? · Ans: B
73. Who had envisioned the evolution of human life into a divine life in a divine body? · Ans: D
74. Who founded the All India Harijan Sangh? · Ans: B
75. A thinker of anti-colonial struggle and revolutionary action is · Ans: D
76. Different countries have different kinds of political party systems. Identify the right answer from the given options. · Ans: B
77. Which of the following statements is not correct about Constitutionalism? · Ans: A
78. Who has propounded the concept of 'Power Elite'? · Ans: B
79. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
80. With reference to the Indian political system, consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C

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