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UGC NET January 2026 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

94 previous-year questions from UGC NET January 2026 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 figures are related to normative Theory? · Ans: D
2. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book). · Ans: A
3. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
4. When Simone de Beauvoir claims 'one is not born but rather becomes a woman', she identifies gender as · Ans: A
5. Bhikhu Parekh produced an in-depth study of multiculturalism in his noted work: · Ans: D
6. The concept of 'Deconstruction' is associated with · Ans: D
7. Who proposed 'truth' as an 'incredulity towards metanarratives'? · Ans: A
8. The view that the physical world and natural resources should be treated as subservient to human needs and interests refers to the idea of: · Ans: B
9. The key Human Development Indicators are: · Ans: C
10. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
11. 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
12. Which university was the first to begin the protest against the imposition of the Emergency (1975)? · Ans: C
13. Which British Prime Minister stated about Jallianwala Bagh massacre that 'it was Unutterably Monstrous'? · Ans: A
14. In which year then Viceroy of India passed a resolution of local self-government which led the democratic forms of Municipal Governance in India? · Ans: A
15. The establishment of a Federal Railway Authority to look after the administration of railways was provided by the · Ans: D
16. Which Act led the foundation of a modern police bureaucracy in India? · Ans: C
17. The 'United Sovereign Bengal' (1947) proposal was advocated by- · Ans: B
18. In which year, Vithalbhai Patel was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly? · Ans: D
19. In which year Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was elected as a member of 'Bengal Legislative Council'? · Ans: C
20. Arrange the following subjects as inserted in the Constitution of India through amendments in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
21. Arrange the following Constitutional Amendments in ascending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
22. The National Democratic Alliance under Narendra Modi came to power for the second time in 2019. Few important events of NDA's second term under Modi were. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
23. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments empower women in India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
24. Narasimha Rao fought and won elections from · Ans: A
25. Arrange the following Vice-Presidents of India in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
26. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
28. Who is the final authority to determine a Bill as 'Money Bill'? · Ans: C
29. Arrange the Speakers of the Lok Sabha in ascending order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
30. Identify the Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha who were known as Deputy Presidents of the Central Legislative Assembly before independence. · Ans: A
31. Identify the characteristics of the Parliamentary form of government. · Ans: B
32. Arrange the following High Courts according to their year of establishment in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
33. In which year did the Supreme Court of the United States of America assert the power of Judicial Review? · Ans: A
34. Arrange the following Chief Justices of India in ascending order as per their tenure. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
35. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
36. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
37. Who was the first Non-Congress Chief Minister of Karnataka? · Ans: B
38. Indira Gandhi broke the cycle of simultaneous polls of the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by holding mid-term Lok Sabha elections in · Ans: D
39. Arrange the following Chief Election Commissioners of India in ascending order as per their tenure. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
40. The G.V.K. Rao Committee was appointed by the Planning Commission to review the existing administrative arrangements for rural development in - · Ans: A
41. On 2nd October 1959, who inaugurated Panchayat at Nagaur? · Ans: C
42. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II and select the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
43. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II and select the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
44. The government set up a third committee on police reforms under the stewardship of a former Union Home Secretary, K. Padmanabhaiah in the year- · Ans: A
45. Arrange the correct sequence of Attorney Generals of India in the descending order of their tenure. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
46. Arrange the following Chairmans of the Finance Commission, appointed in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
47. Who wrote that 'Women should acquire human virtues by the same means as men, instead of being educated like a fanciful kind of half being'? · Ans: B
48. John Stuart Mill was a member of Parliament (Britain) during the period of · Ans: D
49. The first Administrative Reforms Commission was established in: · Ans: B
50. Match List I (States) with List II (Year of enactment of the Lokayukta) and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
51. As per the passage, the Balwant Rai Mehta committee proposed the establishment of: · Ans: D
52. As per the passage, when was the Balwant Rai Mehta committee appointed? · Ans: C
53. As per the passage, the Balwant Rai Mehta committee recommended which body for the district level? · Ans: A
54. As per the passage, the Balwant Rai Mehta committee recommended the establishment of the scheme of: · Ans: B
55. As per the passage, the Balwant Rai Mehta committee was appointed to examine the working of the: · Ans: A
56. A special committee under the chairmanship of H.N. Sanyal was appointed in 1961 to examine: · Ans: B
57. Match List I (Events) with List II (Year) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
58. On which day, US president Woodrow Wilson issued the Fourteen Points? · Ans: C
59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
60. Identify the authoritarian regimes (countries) at the global level. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
61. The Peace of Westphalia was signed in · Ans: A
62. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
63. Match List I (War/Revolution) with List II (Year) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
64. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
65. Match List I (Treaty) with List II (Year of signing) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
66. On which day did the Triple Entente formally condemn the Ottoman Empire for crimes against humanity and civilisation in the backdrop of the Armenian Genocide? · Ans: D
67. Consider the following events of the Cold War period and arrange them in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
68. Arrange the following UN events in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
69. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
70. Arrange the following UN Secretaries-General in descending order by the time they held office at the UN. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
71. Match List I (Bretton Woods Institutions) with List II (Establishment Year) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
72. Match List I (Regional Organisations) with List II (Year of Foundation) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
73. Match List I (Regional Organizations) with List II (Number of Member Nations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
74. Arrange the following regional organisations in ascending order as per their establishment. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
75. In which year was the Yazidi genocide carried out by the Islamic State? · Ans: A
76. Arrange the following major international initiatives on the environment in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
77. Arrange the following world events in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
78. Which foreign country's Prime Minister abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017? · Ans: B
79. Arrange the following events related to Swami Vivekananda in descending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
80. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India in 1947. Events under Nehru's leadership include which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
81. Arrange the events related to the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in ascending order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
82. Who wrote the book 'A System Analysis of Political Life'? · Ans: D
83. Who defined politics as the 'Authoritative Allocation of Values'? · Ans: C
84. As per the passage, a referendum was held in East Timor in · Ans: C
85. As per the passage, approximately how many inhabitants of East Timor died in the mass executions, bombings and starvation? · Ans: D
86. As per the passage, East Timor was a Portuguese colony for · Ans: B
87. As per the passage, how much percentage of East Timorese voted for independence? · Ans: C
88. As per the passage, East Timor was invaded by Indonesian troops in · Ans: A
89. Match List I (Author) with List II (Books) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
90. In which Article of the American Constitution is a general outline about the Judiciary given? · Ans: D
91. The total number of the membership of the French Senate is · Ans: A
92. The Australian House of Representatives has the strength of · Ans: C
93. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
94. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A

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