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UGC NET October 2022 Political Science — Solved Previous Year Questions

98 previous-year questions from UGC NET October 2022 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 are correctly matched? · Ans: C
2. Which one of the following is incorrect? · Ans: D
3. Political Theory deals with · Ans: D
4. Which one of the following is correct about Political Theory? · Ans: B
5. Which of the following is NOT related to Political Theory? · Ans: D
6. Match List I (Book/Article) with List II (Author/Writer). · Ans: A
7. What does the idea of 'positive liberty' mean? · Ans: A
8. Which theories of Rights claim that Rights are inalienable and cannot be separated or taken away from the individual as they are inherent and prior to society and state? · Ans: A
9. Who among the following authored the book 'The Rights of Man'? · Ans: B
10. Which of the following principles are correct with regard to liberal democracy? · Ans: A
11. In the book 'The Spirit of the Laws', who attempted to move beyond the constitutional procedures of a country to examine its true culture and spirit? · Ans: A
12. Given below are two statements. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
13. 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
14. Which among the following are elements of Liberalism? · Ans: D
15. Which of the following functions should the state perform in the view of individualist writers? · Ans: B
16. Consider the following statements about socialism and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
17. Among the following who coined the term Ecofeminism? · Ans: A
18. Ecofeminism was a special feature of · Ans: C
19. Given below are two statements. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
20. Consider the following statements about post-modernism. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
22. Which among the following languages are conferred with Classical Language status? · Ans: B
23. Consider the following movements and arrange them in chronological order. · Ans: A
24. Verrier Elwin is associated with · Ans: C
25. Which among the following inter-state water disputes are correctly matched? · Ans: C
26. How many new languages were added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment, 2003? · Ans: B
27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
28. Who said, 'whether you call it a Federal Constitution or a Unitary Constitution or by any other name, it makes no difference as long as the Constitution serves our purpose'? · Ans: C
29. Which of the following are the issues of debate in electoral politics? · Ans: C
30. In which Indian state assembly election was the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) used for the first time? · Ans: B
31. Arrange the Articles of Municipalities in the correct sequence. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
32. Identify the correct sequence in which the following Committees were appointed. · Ans: A
33. Which of the following functions have been laid down in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India for Municipalities? · Ans: B
34. Which of the following statements are incorrect with regard to the Finance Commission? · Ans: C
35. Arrange the establishment of the following Commissions in chronological order. · Ans: D
36. Apology is a dialogue written by Plato. Which among the following are the characters of this dialogue? · Ans: C
37. What is the correct sequencing of these political thinkers on the basis of their year of birth? · Ans: A
38. Which of the following books is NOT written by Machiavelli? · Ans: C
39. Who was the founder of utilitarianism? · Ans: A
40. Who among the following envisaged that liberal democracy as a political apparatus would ensure the accountability of the Governors to the governed? · Ans: C
41. Which of the following is incorrect regarding Locke's political philosophy? · Ans: D
42. Match List I (Concepts/Ideas) with List II (Thinkers) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
43. According to Hegel, which of the following are correct? · Ans: A
44. Which of the following is NOT written by Mary Wollstonecraft? · Ans: D
45. Match List I (Books/Works) with List II (Thinkers) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
46. Arrange the following stages of human history given by Karl Marx in correct order. · Ans: C
47. Which of the following pairs (thinker and work) are correctly matched? · Ans: B
48. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
49. Consider the following statements about the RTI Act, 2005. Which of the statements given is/are correct? · Ans: D
50. Match List I (Name of the countries) with List II (Citizens' Charter implementation years) and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
51. The Lokpal Bill provides for the filing, with the Ombudsman, of complaints of corruption against: · Ans: D
52. The first Lokpal Bill was introduced in Parliament in the year: · Ans: D
53. Arrange these states in order of greater number of intermediate Panchayats. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
54. Which of the following are included in the Nine Pillars of Digital India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
55. Which of the following statements about the National Health Policy, 2017 are correct? Choose the correct option from the options given below: · Ans: A
56. Anti-poverty programmes like IRDP and NREP were initiated during: · Ans: C
57. Consider the following statements. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? · Ans: A
58. Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan was launched on: · Ans: B
59. In which one of the following years was the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme launched? · Ans: D
60. As per the passage, which will be the unit for conducting surveys of beneficiaries and voluntary teachers? · Ans: A
61. As per the passage, which age group is included under this scheme? · Ans: B
62. As per the 2011 Census, the absolute number of male non-literates of the country aged 15 years and above is: · Ans: D
63. In how many years is the target for foundational literacy and numeracy of 5 crore to be completed? · Ans: C
64. What amount will be shared by the states in this scheme? · Ans: D
65. Who said that 'Public Administration is the accomplishment of politically determined objectives'? · Ans: B
66. Who among the following brought logical positivism in the study of policy making and the relation of means and ends? · Ans: C
67. 'Bureaucrats Resist Change', who propounded this theory? · Ans: D
68. Who is the author of 'The Study of Public Administration'? · Ans: C
69. The rise and growth of the concept of New Public Administration can be traced to which of the following? · Ans: D
70. Which one of the following is NOT a hallmark of Development Administration? · Ans: C
71. Which of the following are correct about Comparative Public Administration (CPA)? · Ans: C
72. 'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives.' This was said by: · Ans: D
73. Which of the following idea(s)/concept(s) is/are given by Chester Barnard? · Ans: B
74. Which of the following are true about Regime Theory in International Politics? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
75. Who wrote 'Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Capitalism'? · Ans: D
76. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Works/Ideas) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
77. Arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
78. Which of the following are correctly matched? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
79. Which of the following are correctly matched? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
80. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
81. Which of the following works is NOT related to Barani? · Ans: D
82. In which year did Pandita Ramabai open her Sharada Sadan (Home for Learning)? · Ans: A
83. Given below are two statements. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
84. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Swami Vivekananda? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
85. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
86. Which of the following did Ram Manohar Lohia opine? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
87. Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Idea) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
88. The book 'Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History' was written by: · Ans: C
89. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
90. Arrange the following books written by B.R. Ambedkar in ascending order. Choose the correct answer from the options below. · Ans: A
91. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Aurobindo? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
92. Which ones are true about Passive Resistance and Satyagraha? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
93. Identify the first Ashram of Gandhiji in India. · Ans: C
94. Arrange chronologically the following books in order of their publication. · Ans: C
95. Which among the following is NOT a type of orientation in a political culture in Robert Dahl's view? · Ans: B
96. Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Idea of Nationalism'? · Ans: C
97. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Books) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
98. Who among the following has provided the 'Revisionist Theory of Modernity'? · Ans: B

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