Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution
- II. The Indian Parliament
- III. Federal Government
- IV. Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation
List II
- a. B. L. Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues
- b. K. C. Wheare
- c. Rajiv Bhargava
- d. Granville Austin
AI-c, II-b, III-a, IV-d
BI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d ✓ Correct
CI-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d
DI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a
Correct answer: (B) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d — The correct match pairs Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution with Rajiv Bhargava, The Indian Parliament with B.L. Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues, Federal Government with K.C. Wheare, and Cornerstone…
Explanation
★The correct match pairs Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution with Rajiv Bhargava, The Indian Parliament with B.L. Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues, Federal Government with K.C. Wheare, and Cornerstone of a Nation with Granville Austin, which is option (2).
★Rajiv Bhargava edited Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, a collection exploring the moral and political ideas behind the document.
★Bhargava is an Indian political theorist well known for his work on secularism and the Indian Constitution.
★B.L. Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues wrote The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, a detailed study of Parliament.
★Their book examines how the Indian Parliament has functioned as a representative and deliberative institution.
★K.C. Wheare wrote Federal Government, a classic comparative study of federations across the world.
★Wheare famously described the Indian Constitution as quasi federal, combining federal and unitary features.
★Granville Austin wrote The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, the standard account of its making.
★Austin was an American historian and the foremost scholar of the framing of the Constitution.
★The pairing tests familiarity with the leading scholarly works on the Indian Constitution and Parliament.
★Wheare's idea of quasi federalism is one of the most cited descriptions of the Indian federal system.
★Bhargava's writing connects the Constitution to wider debates in political theory and ethics.
★Shankar and Rodrigues provide an institutional account of how Parliament works in practice.
★Austin's two volumes remain the foundational history of the Constitution's making and working.
★For NET, fix Bhargava with Politics and Ethics, Shankar and Rodrigues with The Indian Parliament, Wheare with Federal Government, and Austin with Cornerstone of a Nation.
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