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UGC NET January 2025 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

97 previous-year questions from UGC NET January 2025 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. Chronologically arrange the following books in order of their year of publication. · Ans: D
2. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book). · Ans: B
3. Which of the following are not part of the liberal democracy? · Ans: B
4. Consider the following statements regarding Representative Democracy and select the correct ones. · Ans: A
5. Women's movement in the United States developed strong over the years. Some of its basic facts include · Ans: A
6. Which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: A
7. The book 'Sexual Politics' was written by · Ans: B
8. Which of the following pairs are matched properly? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
9. Who wrote the book 'The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution'? · Ans: A
10. Identify the correct statements regarding the Ecologism. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
11. Which of the following terms are associated with conservatism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
12. Identify the essential facts about communism. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
13. Russian Marxist thinker and ruler Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in which year? · Ans: B
14. Who coined the term 'Possessive Individualism'? · Ans: C
15. Arrange the following states as per their year of formation in chronological order. · Ans: C
16. Match List I (Book) with List II (Author) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
17. In which year, a constructive programme was announced by Indian National Congress? · Ans: A
18. Separate representation to the Muslim community was provided by - · Ans: C
19. M.C Rajah of Madras was the first elected president of- · Ans: A
20. Who wrote the book/ article 'Civil Disobedience'? · Ans: D
21. Which Act provided that the term of the members of Rajya-Sabha shall be six years? · Ans: A
22. As per the paragraph, the political influence of Janta Party was confined mainly in - · Ans: D
23. As per the given passage, who conceptualized the 'Congress system' as one party dominance system? · Ans: C
24. As per the paragraph, who headed Bihar Pradesh Kisan Sabha in 1935? · Ans: B
25. As per the paragraph given, which party was the main opposition party inside the Bihar legislature? · Ans: C
26. As per the passage, in which year, Janta Party was formed? · Ans: A
27. Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution have been borrowed form: · Ans: D
28. Emergency powers relating to suspension of fundamental rights have been taken from:- · Ans: C
29. Protection of language, script or culture of minorities have been guaranteed through which Article of Indian Constitution? · Ans: B
30. Equality of opportunity in employment has been guaranteed through which article of Indian Constitution? · Ans: C
31. Arrange the following constitutional amendments/provisions as per their inclusion in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
32. The 52nd Constitution Amendment Act which provided for the disqualification of the members of parliament and the state legislators on the ground of defection from one political party to another was enacted in- · Ans: B
33. When was the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 amended to provide for the establishment of permanent Lok-Adalats for public utility services? · Ans: B
34. The Allahabad High Court was established in · Ans: D
35. Which of the following statements regarding the federal features of the Indian Constitution are correct? · Ans: B
36. Identify the characteristics of the Presidential form of government. · Ans: C
37. In which year did the amendment to the Constitution extend the Panchayati Raj provisions to the scheduled areas? · Ans: C
38. The Seventy Fourth Constitutional Amendment Act is intended for- · Ans: C
39. Which of the following is NOT correct about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India? · Ans: D
40. Indian National Congress won how many seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? · Ans: D
41. Arrange the following states in descending order as per their allocation of seats in Rajya Sabha. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
42. Who wrote the book 'Poverty and un-British Rule in India'? · Ans: C
43. Match List I (Author) with List II (Books) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
44. Identify the essential facts related to the German philosopher Georg Friedrich Hegel. · Ans: D
45. Who asserted bureaucracy as an exploitative class instrument? · Ans: B
46. Who suggested that bourgeois assumptions and values needed to be overthrown by the establishment of a rival 'proletarian hegemony' and the 'manufacture of consent'? · Ans: B
47. Who wrote the book 'The Human Condition'? · Ans: A
48. Who wrote the book 'The Law of Peoples'? · Ans: A
49. Who wrote the book 'The Sociology of Religion'? · Ans: A
50. Match List-I (Progress) with List-II (Year) and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
51. Consider the statements regarding the Namami Gange scheme and identify the incorrect ones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
52. Minnowbrook Conference-I occurred in: · Ans: C
53. Identify the characteristic not associated with prismatic societies: · Ans: C
54. Who wrote the book 'One-Dimensional Man'? · Ans: D
55. Match List I (Committee/Act) with List II (Outcome/Recommendation) and choose the correct option: · Ans: A
56. Who wrote the book 'The Functions of the Executive'? · Ans: A
57. Match List I (Scholar) with List II (Work) and choose the correct option: · Ans: D
58. Who has given the concept of 'Managerial Revolution'? · Ans: A
59. Match List I (Scholar) with List II (Work) and choose the correct option: · Ans: A
60. According to Waltz, what does he mean by 'system'? · Ans: D
61. According to Waltz, which system is better to prevent war? · Ans: A
62. Who has written the book 'Man, the State and War'? · Ans: A
63. What was the time frame of the evolution of the Neorealists? · Ans: C
64. Who is not a realist? · Ans: D
65. Match List I (Treaties/Agreements) with List II (Year) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
66. Which of the following pairs are not matched properly? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
67. Match List I (War and Crisis) with List II (Year) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
68. Arrange the following international events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
69. Arrange the following countries in chronological order by their year of admission to the United Nations. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
70. Arrange the following into chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
71. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
72. Arrange the following initiatives and establishments by the United Nations in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
73. Arrange the Directors-General of GATT/WTO according to their tenure in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
74. Identify the incorrect facts about GATT/WTO. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
75. Who is the first woman Director-General of the WTO? · Ans: A
76. Identify the true facts about regional organisations. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
77. Arrange the following environmental events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
78. Arrange the following terrorist attacks in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
79. Choose the correct pairs of Indian political thinkers and their views, works or ideas. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
80. Which among the following was NOT a part of the 'Self-Respect Movement' initiated by E.V. Ramaswami Naicker? · Ans: C
81. Who was a trenchant critic of Aryanism, Brahmanism and Hinduism? · Ans: C
82. Match List I (Ideology) with List II (Proponent) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
83. Ram Manohar Lohia advanced his theory of history through his famous work: · Ans: A
84. Identify the correct statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
85. Which one of the following works was NOT authored by Sri Aurobindo Ghose? · Ans: D
86. Match List I (Concept/Theory) with List II (Proponent) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
87. Which of the following are not the variables of input-output analysis of David Easton? · Ans: D
88. Which of the following are not matched correctly? · Ans: D
89. Giorgia Meloni is the PM of Italy. Meloni belongs to which political party? · Ans: C
90. Arrange the following into chronological order. · Ans: D
91. In Germany, Bundeslander is also known as · Ans: B
92. As per the passage, in which year did India pass the Right to Information Act? · Ans: B
93. According to the passage, which country adopted the provisions related to press information at the earliest? · Ans: D
94. As per the passage, which country made freedom of information and the accountability of public servants an integral part of constitutional rights? · Ans: C
95. As per the passage, in which case did the Supreme Court of India observe that the right to information is implied in the right to freedom of speech? · Ans: A
96. Who among the following is the first to coin the term 'catch-all party'? · Ans: C
97. In which year was the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress held in Beijing? · Ans: B

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