UGC NET POLITICAL SCIENCE-1

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1. Which among the following is correct regarding the decline of Political theory?

(A) Historicism

(B) Hyper factualism

(D) All of the above

2. Who among the following is not an exponent of contextualism?

(A) Skinner

(B) Pocock

(D) Wittgenstein

3. Who amongst the following is a defender of Plato?

(A) Popper

(B) Crossman

(D) Levinson

4. Who defines citizen as sharing “in the civic life of ruling and being ruled in turn”?

(A) Plato

(B) Aristotle

(D) Cicero

5. Amongst the following whose political theory is based on nominalism?

(A) Hobbes

(B) Locke

(D) Green

6. John Locke’s ‘Two Treatises on Civil Government is a critique of

(A) Hobbes

(B) Filmer

(D) Diggers

7. Which among the following is correct?

General Will refers to

(A) My Own Real Will

(B) Group Mind

(D) All of the above

8. Who among the following thought of human beings as ‘home faber’?

(A) St. Simon

(B) Guizot

(D) Sismondi

9. Who among the following says that the workers do not spontaneously become socialists, but only trade unionists, and revolutionary ideology must in consequence be brought to them by professional revolutionaries?

(A) Marx

(B) M.N. Roy

(D) Lenin

10. Which among the following is correct so far as Aurobindo beliefs are concerned?

(A) Belief that his education and talent belong to God which could not be utilised for personal happiness alone.

(B) His resolve that he would not merely repeat the name of God, but have direct realisation of Him.

(D) All of the above.

11. Who among the following criticized Marxian theory of surplus value?

(A) Savarkar

(B) M.N. Roy

(D) Jayaprakash Narayan

12. Who among the following said: “Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means”?

(A) Aurobindo

(B) M.K. Gandhi

(D) M.N. Roy

13. Identify the correct sequence of the books written by F.A. Hayek

(i) Rules and Order

(ii) The Mirage of Social Justice

(iii) The Constitution of Liberty

(iv) The Road to Serfdom

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(B) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

14. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. M. Sandel i. The Restructuring of Social and Political theory

b. M. Waltzer ii. Contemporary Political Philosophy

c. W. Kymlicka iii. Spheres of Justice: A Defence of Pluralism and Equality

d. R.J. Bernstein iv. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Codes:

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iv iii ii i

(D) ii i iv iii

15. 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:

Assertion (A): Great Political theories, originated as Sabine put it, in the interstices of Political and Social crises.

Reason (R): There is no disinterested political theory.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

16. According to Almond and Verba the individuals, in a parochial culture have low

(A) Cognitive Orientation about the Political System, its leaders and operation.

(B) Affective Orientation about the system, its leaders and operation.

(D) All of the above.

17. The ‘Block Vote System’ is also known as

(A) First-past-the-post system

(B) Limited vote system

(D) List system

18. In the American Presidential election, in case no candidate secures the required majority, the decision is referred to the

(A) Electorate

(B) Electoral college

(D) House of Representatives

19. According to S.P. Huntigton Political Development takes place when

(A) Mass Mobilisation and Participation is greater than Institutionalisation.

(B) Mass Mobilisation and Participation is lesser than Institutionalisation.

(D) There is no generational change in Institutions.

20. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Model)

a. Party Identification Model i. linking voting behaviour to group membership.

b. Sociological Model ii. Voting a national actor.

c. National Choice Model iii. Voting shaped by process of ideological manipulation.

d. Dominant Ideology Model iv. Psychological attachment of people to political parties.

Codes:

a b c d

(A) iii iv i ii

(B) ii iv iii i

(D) i ii iii iv

21. The concept of Unified and divided government was invented in the U.S.A. Divided Government means

(i) That the Presidency is held by one party and Senate of the Congress is controlled by the other party.

(ii) That the Presidency is held by one party the House of Representative of the congress is held by the other party.

(iii) That the Presidency is held by one party and both the chambers of Congress are controlled by the other party.

(iv) That the Presidency and both the chambers of congress are under the control of same party.

Select the correct answer from the following codes:

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)

(D) (iii) and (iv)

22. Who among the following regards political development as political modernization plus institutionalization?

(A) Almond

(B) Helio Jaquaribe

(D) None of the above

23. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Schools of Modernization) (Writers)

a. Psychological School i. Daniel Lerner

b. Structural School ii. G.A. Almond

c. Normative School iii. Sheldon Wolin

d. Post-modernist School iv. Lyotard

Codes:

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii i iii iv

(D) iii ii iv i

24. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Walter Rodney i. Theories of Under development and Development

b. Geoffray Kay ii. How Europe Under developed Africa

c. Ronald H. Chilcote iii. Development and under development: A Marxist Analysis

d. Joseph Schumpeter iv. Imperialism: Social classes

Codes:

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii iv i ii

(D) ii iii i iv

25. The pressure groups – the National Council of Churches and the Anti-Saloon League are in

(A) The United States of America

(B) The United Kingdom

(D) Switzerland

26. Name the variety of motives that can underpin the decision to join interest groups provided by James Wilson.

(i) Instrumental

(ii) Purposive

(iii) Expressive

(iv) Selective Incentives

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

27. Who of the following makes a distinction between liberal constitutionalism and Democratic disorder?

(A) Francis Fukuyama

(B) Theda Skocpol

(D) Fareed Zakaria

28. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

a. Pre-occupations with faction and pressure groups. i. Robert Dahl

b. Managerial Revolution ii. Burnham

c. Participatory Democracy iii. Pateman

d. Instrumentalist theory of the state iv. Miliband

Codes:

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) i iii ii iv

(D) iii iv i ii

29. Which of the following are the features of the list system of voting?

(i) The Constituencies are both single and multi-member ones.

(ii) The Constituencies are only multi-member ones.

(iii) The voters vote for the individual candidates.

(iv) Parties put up a panel of candidates for election.

Select the correct answer:

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.

30. Assertion (A): Lucian Pye identified three key ingredients of Political development as equality, capacity and differentiation.

Reason (R): High level of differentiation leads to development and capacity building.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

31. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Prime Minister) (Tenure of the Prime Minister)

a. I.K. Gujral i. 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996

b. A.B. Vajpayee ii. 21 April 1997 – 18 March 1998

c. H.D. Deve Gowda iii. 10 November 1990 – 21 June, 1991

d. Chandra Shekhar iv. 1 June, 1996 – 20 April, 1997

Codes:

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) ii i iv iii

(D) iii ii i iv

32. Which of the following is the correct sequence regarding the passage of the Budget?

1. Voting on Grants

2. General Discussion

3. Finance Bill

4. Appropriation Bill

Select the correct code from the following:

(A) 2, 1, 4, 3

(B) 3, 2, 1, 4

(D) 1, 2, 4, 3

33. Which of the following is not a Directive Principle of State Policy?

(A) Right to adequate means of livelihood.

(B) Protection of language, script or culture of minorities.

(D) To develop cottage industries.

34. Assertion (A): The President of India is indirectly elected.

Reason (R): Under a Parliamentary system of Government, the head of State is only a nominal head.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

35. Assertion (A): Money bills originate only in the Lower House of the Parliament.

Reason (R): The Lower House of the Parliament is a popularly elected body.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

36. Which one of the following committees, is an exclusive committee of Rajya Sabha?

(i) Committee on Subordinate Legislation.

(ii) Committee on Government Assurance.

(iii) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table.

(iv) Committee on Public Undertakings.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) (i), (iii), (iv)

(B) (i), (ii), (iv)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii)

37. According to Article 170, the maximum members of the State Legislative Assemblies which are directly elected could be

(A) 403

(B) 485

(D) 500

38. Who is the editor/author of the book – “Politics and the State in India”?

(A) M.N. Srinivas

(B) Dharma Kumar

(D) Atul Kohli

39. Which of the following has been provided by the Indian Constitution?

(A) Religious education cannot be imparted in private educational institutions.

(B) In private religious institutions presence is not compulsory in religious education.

(D) Religious education can be imparted in government educational institutions.

40. Which of the following is not a peasants’ movement?

(A) Kheda Movement

(B) Tabligh Movement

(D) Tebhaga Movement

41. Which of the following phrase has been used by Bendict Anderson for Indian Nationalism?

(A) Polycentric Nationalism

(B) Ethnocentric Nationalism

(D) Liberal Nationalism

42. Which of the following is Atul Kohli’s definition of the crisis of governability in India as

(i) The absence of enduring coalitions.

(ii) Policy ineffectiveness.

(iii) An incapacity to accommodate political conflict without violence.

(iv) Growing disjuncture between centralization and development.

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

43. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Ideas)

a. Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph i. State is Chief allocator of resources and Chief facilitator among social groups.

b. Partha Chatterjee ii. Indian State embedded in group and class pluralism.

c. Frankel and MSA Rao iii. Over developed post-colonial state.

d. Hamza Alavi iv. Democratic politics split between public institutions and political institutions.

Codes:

a b c d

(A) iv iii i ii

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) i ii iii iv

44. Who pointed out that the western antonym of “secular” is “religious”. But in India, the antonym of “secular” is “communal”?

(A) T.N. Madan

(B) Rajeev Bhargav

(D) Thomas Pantham

45. Which one is not an element of the Secular State is India?

(A) Civil Equality.

(B) Freedom of Religion.

(D) Taxation on religious property.

46. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Seldon Oliver i. A power of Public Administration

b. Lepaworky Albert (ed.) ii. The Philosophy of Management

c. Ashok Chanda iii. Administration the Art and Science of Organisation and Management

d. Finer S.E. iv. Indian Administration

Codes:

a b c d

(A) iv i ii iii

(B) i iv iii ii

(D) iii i ii iv

47. In India promotion cases of senior Civil Servants are decided by

(A) The Head Office

(B) The Departmental Promotion Committee

(D) The Cabinet Committee

48. Who among the following says that Public Administration includes the operations only of the executive branch of Government?

(A) Luther Gulick

(B) L.D. White

(D) L.D. White and Luther Gulick

49. The concept of the “Zone of indifference” is associated with

(A) Motivation

(B) Authority

(D) Decision-making

50. Which of the following is a feature of Public Corporation?

(A) It enjoys complete administrative autonomy from the control from ministry.

(B) It has its own budget separate from National Budget.

(D) It enjoys the initiative of a Private Enterprise.

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