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UGC NET December 2018 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · Political Science — 89 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

1. Who among the following said, 'Political behaviour stands for both an intellectual tendency and a concrete academic movement'? · Ans: D
2. Which of the following factors are responsible for the decline of political theory? · Ans: D
3. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Important Concepts). · Ans: A
4. Who said, 'A Government without a Constitution is a power without right'? · Ans: A
5. Who among the following described modern democracies as 'Polyarchy'? · Ans: B
6. Who among the following firmly believed that periodic communitarian correction is required because 'Liberalism is a self-subverting doctrine'? · Ans: D
7. List I gives names of newspapers and List II their Editors-in-Chief, as on July 2018. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
8. 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 most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
9. Which was the first State in independent India where the government was formed after engineering splits and defections? · Ans: B
10. List I provides perspectives and List II indicates criticisms of Indian democracy. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
11. List I provides authors and List II indicates their books. Match the two lists and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
12. Who among the following described the nationalist movement before the arrival of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as 'a movement representing the classes' as opposed to the masses? · Ans: B
13. Which of the following was not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1919? · Ans: C
14. Consider the following statements regarding Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles. · Ans: D
15. Which of the following statements about Fundamental Duties is/are not correct? · Ans: C
16. By which Constitutional Amendment Act, was 'Forest and Protection of Wild Animals' shifted from State to Concurrent list? · Ans: D
17. By which amendment of the Constitution can the same person be appointed as Governor of one or more States or Lt. Governor of the Union Territory? · Ans: D
18. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: A
19. In the two lists given below, List I provides the list of Prime Ministers, while List II indicates Governments. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
20. Once approved by Parliament, for how long can the proclamation of Financial Emergency remain in operation? · Ans: D
21. Arrange the following Speakers of the Lok Sabha in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
22. Which of the following Committees are helped by the CAG in exercising legislative control over the executive? · Ans: A
23. Who among the following has criticized the Supreme Court as a 'deeply paradoxical institution' because it wields immense power with limited accountability? · Ans: C
24. Which of the following were the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission about the appointment of the Governor? · Ans: D
25. In which of the following groups of States did the BJP win all the Lok Sabha seats in the 16th Lok Sabha elections? · Ans: C
26. In the two lists given below, List I provides the list of Electoral Problems while List II indicates Electoral Reforms. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
27. The 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts have resulted in · Ans: D
28. Consider the following statements regarding the duration of Panchayat. · Ans: D
29. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
30. Which of the following are the features of Plato's theory of education? · Ans: D
31. For Aristotle, which of the following characteristics do not necessarily qualify to become an Athenian citizen? · Ans: D
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
33. Thomas Hobbes constructed his Political Philosophy on the basis of his postulates derived from · Ans: A
34. Rousseau's general will means · Ans: D
35. Which of the following features of Hegel's Theory of State are correct? · Ans: D
36. Who among the following sought to establish the non-utilitarian proposition that some pleasures are of a higher quality than others? · Ans: D
37. Which of the following features of Marx's dialectical materialism are correct? · Ans: D
38. Arrange the following writings of Lenin in the order in which they appeared. · Ans: B
39. Which of the following statements about Gramsci's view of civil society are correct? · Ans: C
40. Who among the following conceived society as a 'cooperative venture for mutual advantage', more or less self-sufficient and necessarily governed by rules? · Ans: C
41. Which of the following factors hinder the observance of administrative ethics by the civil servants? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
42. Which of the following traits have been introduced by the Right to Information in the political-administrative system? Select the most suitable answer from the codes given below: · Ans: B
43. Who among the following said, 'Like physics or chemistry, administration is governed by principles'? · Ans: C
44. Which one of the following types of bureaucracy is found in the colonial rule? · Ans: B
45. Who among the following said, 'Bureaucracy is the price of parliamentary democracy'? · Ans: C
46. Henry Fayol mentioned the following functions of administration. Put them in correct order: · Ans: B
47. Who among the following gave the Bounded Rationality model of decision-making? · Ans: A
48. Which of the following statements are correct about development administration? · Ans: B
49. Match List I (Thinkers) with List II (Theory) and choose the correct option: · Ans: A
50. Which one of the following is the goal of Scientific Management? · Ans: C
51. In which of the following countries can a person enter the public service at almost any level and at almost any age? · Ans: B
52. Which Committee recommended a 'Unified Grading Structure' for the British Civil Service? · Ans: B
53. 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: B
54. Match List I (Author) with List II (Work/Concept) and choose the correct option: · Ans: A
55. Who among the following considered the concept of delegation as a mere myth of organizational (administrative) theory? · Ans: A
56. Which one of the following pairs is mismatched? · Ans: D
57. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
58. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
59. Which of the following statements are not correct about US policy of containment? · Ans: C
60. Who said that theories should be judged 'not by some pre-occupied abstract principle or concept unrelated to reality. Its purpose is to bring order and meaning to a mass of phenomena'? · Ans: B
61. Who among the following was the first thinker to use the term 'superpower'? · Ans: B
62. Which of the following statements is not correct about pre-emptive strategy? · Ans: D
63. Who considers self-defence, enforcing of rights, seeking reparations for injury and punishing the wrong-doer as causes for a just war? · Ans: B
64. The 'axis of evil' is a phrase deliberately used by President George W. Bush in January 2002 to characterise · Ans: A
65. Match List I (Treaties) with List II (Years) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
66. Which of the following statements is correct about the role of the UN in the Syrian Civil War? · Ans: C
67. Who was the Chairman of the UN committee meant for inspecting sites in Iraq for nuclear weapons during Saddam Hussein's regime? · Ans: B
68. Which of the following was not a part of the Millennium Development Goals approved by the UN General Assembly in 2000? · Ans: C
69. Who said, 'We must deal wisely with the world's largest democracy... We need to work harder and more consistently to assist India... while not neglecting our friends in Pakistan'? · Ans: B
70. In the two lists given below, List I provides Kautilya's organs of the State while List II indicates the organs of the human body. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
71. M.N. Roy's Integral Scientific Humanism is also known as: · Ans: D
72. Arrange the following writings of Ambedkar in the order in which they appeared. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
74. Which of the following statements with regard to Almond's characterisation of political system are correct? · Ans: B
75. According to Powell, any nation's political culture may be mapped at three levels. Identify these levels. · Ans: C
76. The primary agents of political socialisation are · Ans: B
77. In the two lists below, List I provides Revolutions and List II indicates Countries. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
78. Arrange the following developments in chronological order. · Ans: A
79. Which principle was established for the first time by the US Supreme Court in deciding the McCulloch vs Maryland case? · Ans: D
80. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
81. Which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: A
82. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
83. The Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) in America includes, among others, · Ans: C
84. Which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: B
85. Lucian Pye identified 'crises' that new states in the Third World face in achieving political development. Which one of the following groups is correct? · Ans: A
86. In the two lists below, List I provides Proponents and List II indicates Concepts. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
87. In the two lists below, List I provides Descriptions of political development and List II indicates Scholars. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
88. In the two lists below, List I provides Books and List II indicates their Authors. Match the two lists and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
89. Which of the following are the kinds of party systems described by Arend Lijphart? · Ans: A

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