Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jul 2018 Political Science
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election
- II. The Framing of India's Constitution: A Study
- III. Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience
- IV. The Politics of India Since Independence
List II
- A. B.S. Rao
- B. Granville Austin
- C. S.Y. Quraishi
- D. Paul R. Brass
AI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a
BI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d ✓ Correct
CI-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a
DI-a, II-d, III-b, IV-c
Correct answer: (B) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d — S.Y. Quraishi, a former Chief Election Commissioner, wrote "An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election" (2014), on how India conducts the world's largest elections.
Explanation
★S.Y. Quraishi, a former Chief Election Commissioner, wrote "An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election" (2014), on how India conducts the world's largest elections.
★B. Shiva Rao compiled "The Framing of India's Constitution: A Study", a documentary record of the Constituent Assembly's work.
★Granville Austin wrote "Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience" (1999), tracing how the Constitution functioned in practice after 1950.
★Paul R. Brass wrote "The Politics of India Since Independence", a standard survey of parties, ethnicity and the state.
★Austin's earlier "Cornerstone of a Nation" and this later volume together cover the making and working of the Constitution.
★For NET, fix: Quraishi-Undocumented Wonder, Shiva Rao-Framing of India's Constitution, Austin-Working a Democratic Constitution, Brass-Politics of India Since Independence.
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