Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jan 2017 Political Science
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. The Child and the State in India
- II. The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics
- III. The Political Economy of Development in India
- IV. Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India
List II
- A. Atul Kohli
- B. Pranab Bardhan
- C. Christophe Jaffrelot
- D. Myron Weiner
AI-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b
BI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a ✓ Correct
CI-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d
DI-a, II-b, III-d, IV-c
Correct answer: (B) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a — Myron Weiner wrote "The Child and the State in India" (1991), a comparative study of child labour and compulsory education that India long resisted.
Explanation
★Myron Weiner wrote "The Child and the State in India" (1991), a comparative study of child labour and compulsory education that India long resisted.
★Christophe Jaffrelot wrote "The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics" (1996), tracing the RSS-Jana Sangh-BJP rise through Hindutva mobilisation.
★Pranab Bardhan wrote "The Political Economy of Development in India" (1984), arguing that three proprietary classes (industrialists, rich farmers, professionals) deadlock policy.
★Atul Kohli wrote "Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India" (2012), a critical reading of growth that bypasses the poor.
★Jaffrelot is associated with the "ethnicisation" of Indian politics; Bardhan with the "dominant proprietary classes" thesis.
★For NET, match each title to its author: Weiner-Child and the State, Jaffrelot-Hindu Nationalist Movement, Bardhan-Political Economy of Development, Kohli-Poverty Amid Plenty.
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