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UGC NET June 2019 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

89 previous-year questions from UGC NET June 2019 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. 'The poor are poor... not because of what they do not have, but because of what they cannot do.' Who said this? · Ans: B
  2. The 'Clash of Civilisation' thesis means · Ans: D
  3. Which one among the following is not related to Neo-Marxism? · Ans: D
  4. 'New Democracy' as hegemony of the workers, peasants and other marginalised sections of the society is associated with which one of the following? · Ans: A
  5. Who equated revolution with 'fever'? · Ans: C
  6. Feminists argue that women's values are based primarily on · Ans: B
  7. Who authored the book 'Silent Spring'? · Ans: C
  8. The immigrating ethnic cultural groups which never get the opportunity to become citizens under multiculturalism are called · Ans: A
  9. Who wrote the book 'Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights' (1995)? · Ans: C
  10. Match List I with List II and select the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  11. The book 'Black Skin, White Masks' is written by · Ans: C
  12. Which one of the following is incorrect with regard to post-modernism? · Ans: D
  13. Who among the following is/are the exponents of three democratic upsurges in the democratic politics of India? · Ans: D
  14. Which of the following is incorrect with regard to the Plan Holidays? · Ans: D
  15. Who is the largest G-20 invested country in India? · Ans: C
  16. Who among the following used the term 'politicisation of caste' in Indian politics for the first time? · Ans: A
  17. Which of the following Indian traditions was declared recently as 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity'? · Ans: A
  18. The only tribal leader honoured by the Parliament of India through installation of his portrait in its museum is · Ans: B
  19. The demand for 'Harit Pradesh' is related to which one of the following regions in India? · Ans: A
  20. Chronologically arrange the following parties in ascending order in terms of their entry into the democratic politics of India. · Ans: B
  21. Members of the Cabinet Mission Plan were · Ans: A
  22. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  23. In which case was it declared that the Preamble is not the part of the Constitution? · Ans: D
  24. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  25. Which one of the following services is not mentioned in the Constitution? · Ans: C
  26. The total number of Ministers including Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister shall not exceed · Ans: C
  27. Which of the following appointments are made by the President of India by warrant under his sign and seal? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
  28. Which Article of the Constitution enjoins all authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court of India? · Ans: C
  29. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide a dispute between the centre and the states falls under its · Ans: C
  30. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  31. The term 'ABCD' is primarily associated with which one of the following? · Ans: A
  32. Which of the following taxes are levied by the Union but are collected and appropriated by the States? · Ans: A
  33. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  34. Which of the following committees was appointed on 'Revitalization of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Democracy and Development'? · Ans: D
  35. Which one of the following Commissions are statutory bodies? · Ans: D
  36. Dialectic method was used for the first time in the writing of which one of the following thinkers? · Ans: B
  37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). On the basis of the two statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  38. Who stated that the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short? · Ans: B
  39. 'The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of Parliament.' Who said this? · Ans: D
  40. Who said that art, religion and philosophy differ only in form, their purpose is the same? · Ans: C
  41. Who stated that placing restrictions on freedom of expression of human beings is like robbing the present and the future races? · Ans: A
  42. Karl Marx, the founder of Marxism, formally was the citizen of which one of the following countries? · Ans: A
  43. Who is the writer of the book 'A Great and Terrible World'? · Ans: A
  44. Who said that 'political work is the lifeblood of all economic work'? · Ans: B
  45. John Rawls's concept of the 'veil of ignorance' does not imply which one of the following? · Ans: D
  46. Arrange the following committees in chronological order. Select the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  47. Which of the following are the detrimental effects of corruption on development? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
  48. Under the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, a person can be appointed as Chairperson of Lokpal if he or she meets which of the following? Select the most suitable answer from the codes given below: · Ans: C
  49. NITI Aayog is: · Ans: A
  50. Who among the following was not a member of the committee behind the Towards Equality report? · Ans: D
  51. Which of the following types of policy evaluation lays emphasis on determining the success level in achieving the basic objectives of a programme? · Ans: B
  52. Who among the following predicted that bureaucracy is likely to go out of use in the wake of new social systems better suited to the 20th century demands of industrialisation? · Ans: A
  53. Match List I (Stages in the Evolution of Public Administration) with List II (Period) and choose the correct option: · Ans: B
  54. Who among the following make a distinction between Public Administration and Private Administration? · Ans: C
  55. The book 'The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration' deals with: · Ans: A
  56. Who among the following summarises the themes of New Public Administration under five heads: relevance, values, social equity, change and client-focus? · Ans: A
  57. Which of the following are the main features of scientific management? · Ans: A
  58. Which one of the following theories is known as the traditional theory? · Ans: A
  59. 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: A
  60. Internal communications can be: · Ans: D
  61. Which of the following ways are suggested by Mary Parker Follett for resolving conflict in an organisation? · Ans: B
  62. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
  63. "When diplomacy ends, war begins." Who said this? · Ans: A
  64. Which of the following is not a Violent Non-State Actor (VNSA)? · Ans: C
  65. What is meant by the term 'Jus in Bello'? · Ans: C
  66. The term 'flying geese' got associated with which one of the following? · Ans: A
  67. Which one of the following is not true with regard to BREXIT? · Ans: D
  68. The Happiness Index is the creation of which one of the following countries? · Ans: A
  69. Which international agreement gave, for the first time, legally binding targets on reducing greenhouse emissions to the countries? · Ans: B
  70. The Agganna Sutta is the: · Ans: A
  71. How many constituents of the Mandala (Circle) Theory of State are enumerated by Kautilya? · Ans: D
  72. Pandita Ramabai was accorded the title 'Pandita' for: · Ans: D
  73. Which of the following writings are associated with Muhammad Iqbal? Select the correct option from those given below. · Ans: C
  74. Which of the following newspapers are NOT related to Tilak? Select the correct option from those given below. · Ans: D
  75. Integral humanism means which of the following? Select the correct answer from the given options. · Ans: A
  76. Who wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan? · Ans: B
  77. Match List I (Books) with List II (Thinkers) and choose the correct option from those given below. · Ans: A
  78. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). On the basis of the two statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  79. Gandhiji believes in which of the following? · Ans: D
  80. Which of the following are the variables of political culture suggested by S.E. Finer? · Ans: D
  81. The fundamental difference between institutionalism and new institutionalism would primarily be located on the principle of · Ans: C
  82. Which of the following is not a component of primordialism? · Ans: B
  83. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  84. Which one of the following is an incorrect pair? · Ans: D
  85. In Samuel P. Huntington's analysis, India is placed in which one of the 'waves of democratisation'? · Ans: B
  86. Match List I (Author) with List II (Terms) and choose the correct option from those given below. · Ans: C
  87. Which of the following statements is or are correct with regard to theories of elite? · Ans: B
  88. Stasiology is the study of · Ans: C
  89. Which of the following does not form the basis of difference between voluntary organisations and NGOs? · Ans: D

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