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UGC NET June 2019 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · Political Science — 55 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

  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 of the following is not a correct match? · Ans: D
  4. Which one among the following is not related to Neo-Marxism? · Ans: D
  5. '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
  6. Who equated revolution with 'fever'? · Ans: C
  7. Feminists argue that women's values are based primarily on · Ans: B
  8. Who authored the book 'Silent Spring'? · Ans: C
  9. The immigrating ethnic cultural groups which never get the opportunity to become citizens under multiculturalism are called · Ans: A
  10. Who wrote the book 'Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights' (1995)? · Ans: C
  11. Match List I with List II and select the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  12. The book 'Black Skin, White Masks' is written by · Ans: C
  13. Which one of the following is incorrect with regard to post-modernism? · Ans: D
  14. Members of the Cabinet Mission Plan were · Ans: A
  15. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  16. In which case was it declared that the Preamble is not the part of the Constitution? · Ans: D
  17. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  18. Which one of the following services is not mentioned in the Constitution? · Ans: C
  19. The total number of Ministers including Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister shall not exceed · Ans: C
  20. 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
  21. Which Article of the Constitution enjoins all authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court of India? · Ans: C
  22. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide a dispute between the centre and the states falls under its · Ans: C
  23. Match List I with List II and choose the correct option from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  24. The term 'ABCD' is primarily associated with which one of the following? · Ans: A
  25. Which of the following taxes are levied by the Union but are collected and appropriated by the States? · Ans: A
  26. 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
  27. Which of the following committees was appointed on 'Revitalization of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Democracy and Development'? · Ans: D
  28. Which one of the following Commissions are statutory bodies? · Ans: D
  29. Which one of the following is the Nodal Ministry for the National Human Rights Commission? · Ans: C
  30. Dialectic method was used for the first time in the writing of which one of the following thinkers? · Ans: B
  31. 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
  32. Who stated that the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short? · Ans: B
  33. 'The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of Parliament.' Who said this? · Ans: D
  34. Who said that art, religion and philosophy differ only in form, their purpose is the same? · Ans: C
  35. Who stated that placing restrictions on freedom of expression of human beings is like robbing the present and the future races? · Ans: A
  36. Karl Marx, the founder of Marxism, formally was the citizen of which one of the following countries? · Ans: A
  37. Who is the writer of the book 'A Great and Terrible World'? · Ans: A
  38. Who said that 'political work is the lifeblood of all economic work'? · Ans: B
  39. John Rawls's concept of the 'veil of ignorance' does not imply which one of the following? · Ans: D
  40. Arrange the following committees in chronological order. Select the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  41. Which of the following are the detrimental effects of corruption on development? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: · Ans: D
  42. 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
  43. NITI Aayog is: · Ans: A
  44. Who among the following was not a member of the committee behind the Towards Equality report? · Ans: D
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. Match List I (Stages in the Evolution of Public Administration) with List II (Period) and choose the correct option: · Ans: B
  48. Who among the following make a distinction between Public Administration and Private Administration? · Ans: C
  49. The book 'The Intellectual Crisis in American Public Administration' deals with: · Ans: A
  50. Who among the following summarises the themes of New Public Administration under five heads: relevance, values, social equity, change and client-focus? · Ans: A
  51. Which of the following are the main features of scientific management? · Ans: A
  52. Which one of the following theories is known as the traditional theory? · Ans: A
  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: A
  54. Internal communications can be: · Ans: D
  55. Which of the following ways are suggested by Mary Parker Follett for resolving conflict in an organisation? · Ans: B

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