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UGC NET POLITICAL SCIENCE PREVIOUS SOLVED PAPER
Q. 1.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Positivism : Leo Strauss
(b) Post Modernism : Jacques Derrida
(c) Feminism : Simone de l3eauvoire
(d) Post-Structuralism : Michael Foucault
Ans. (a)
Q. 2. The libertarians among the neo-liberals are opposed to:
(a) rolling back the state
(b) slimming the bureaucracy
(c) restriction on monopolies
(d) freedom of the market
Ans. (a)
Q. 3. Karl Marx and F. Engels co-authored:
(a) Das Captial
(b) Anti-Duhring
(c) German Ideology
(d) Critique of the Gothe Programme.
Ans. (c)
Q. 4. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Karl Marx : The Poverty of Philosophy
(b) V.1. Lenin : Sate and Revolution
(c) Josef Stalin : Wage, Labour and Capital
(d) Friedrich Engels : Origin of Family, Private Property and the State
Ans. (c)
Q.5. Match List- I (Theorists) with List- II (Theories) and select the correct answer
List-I List II
A. Sydney Webb 1. Syndicalism
B. Georges Sorel 2. Fabian Socialism
C. Saint Simon 3. Utopian Socialism
Edward Bernstein 4. Revisionism
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 1 2 4 3
Ans. (a)
Q. 6. Which one of the following principles, did fascism not subscribe to?
(a) Corporatist understanding of society
(b) Racial superiority
(c) Dictatorship of the proletariat
(d) Obedience and discipline
Ans. (c)
Q. 7. “Means are after all everything. As the means, so the end; there is no wall of separation between means and end.”
The above statements are characteristic of:
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mao-Zedon
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (a)
Q. 8. According to M.K. Gandhi, the five eternal guides of human conduct are:
(a) Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Aparigraha and Brahmacharya
(b) Ahimsa, Satya, Vinaya, Daya and Tapas
(c) Ahimsa, Karuna, Shila, Bhakti and Karma
(d) Satya, Dharma, Artha, kama and Tapas
Ans (a)
Q. 9. Neibuhr used the term” Children of darkness” for the advocates of:
(a) idealism
(b) non-liberalism
(c) marxism
(d) realism
Ans. (c)
Q. 10. Match List -I with List- II from the points of view of resemblance of Political ideas and select the correct answer:
List I List-II
(Indian Thinkers) (Political Thinkers)
A. M.K. Gandhi 1. John Dewey
B. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. V.I. Lenin
C. B.R. Ambedkar 3. John Ruskin
D. E.M.S. Namboodripad 4. Sidney Webb
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (d)
Q. 11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A): and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : Through Satyagraha and Ahimsa, Gandhi not merely attempted to transform the external world but also sought freedom from inner passions and impulses
Reason (R): Gandhi’s concept of Swaraj meant not merely freedom from external constraints but also self-realization.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (a)
Q. 12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : During the inter-war period, liberal parties all over Europe became strong. Reason (R): The liberal principles were accepted by the various democratic parties.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (d)
Q. 13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : Marxists. are skeptical about that likelihood of an equitable social order following from interdependence and transationaism.
Reason (R) : Marxists believe that dominant classes f the core states would use their power to control those process ensuring that interdependence remains highly asymmetrical and that transnational institutions and regimes reinforce the capitalist
system.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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 riot the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (a)
Q. 14. The Chief modus operandi of cultural imperialism is:
(a) annexation
(b) plunder
(c) trade
(d) hegemony
Ans (d)
Q. 15. The most outstanding contemporary advocate, of libertarianism is:
(a) Rawls
(b) Habermas
(c) Dworkin
(d) Nozick
Ans. (d)
Q. 16. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer:
List- I List- II
(Phrase)
A. Hayes 1. “Of all the evils I hate, I think I have nationalism most.”
B. Organsko 2. “An organized self interest of the whole people”
C. Rabindranath Tagore 3. “As a belief nationalism has been a curse and nothing but a
curse”
D. Victor Golanez 4. “To believe that nationalism will vanish because it is
dangerous or the nations will wither away because
there are other ways of organizing mankind is false”.
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 3 2 4 1
Ans. (d)
Q. 17. Marxism believes that:
(a) the real is the rational and the rational is the real
(b) social relations are rooted in the material conditions
(c) economic relations can be understood in the light of the progress of human mind
(d) it is human consciousness that determines the social life of man
Ans. (b)
Q. 18. Match List -I with List- II and select the correct answer:
List- I List-II
(Characteristic Features) (Political Ideology)
A. Formation of the natural harmonious, 1. Guild socialism
organic communities for the free
development of the individual and
the abolition of the main source of
coercion—state
B. Formation of self- governing autonomous 2. Democratic socialism
association of, people that will work on
cooperative basis to establish partnership
between groups and State.
C. Combination of human fellowship just 3. Syndicalism
social system, common ownership and
mutual service
D. A system of revolutionary tactics using 4. Anarchism
non-political methods to create an
economic federation
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 3 4 1
Ans. (a)
Q. 19. ‘Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State” sums up the philosophy of:
(a) Marxism
(b) Fascism
(c) Fabian Socialism
(d) Guild Socialism
Ans. (b)
Q. 20. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of ‘a six point syndrome’ of totalitarianism propounded by Friedrich and Brzezinski?
(a) An official ideology
(b) A system of terroristic policy
(c) A monopoly of means of communication
(d) A divine right to rule
Ans. (b)
Q. 21. Consider the following statements:
Classical liberalism stands for:
1. a state which is merely a watchman
2. individualism
3. welfarism
4. free market
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 22 Consider the following statements:
1. Authority that does not accept freedom is authoritarianism
2. Authoritarianism does not distinguish between authoritative personality and authoritarian personality
3. Authoritarianism is directive in its orientation and is disregardful of public opinion
4. Authoritarianism thinks that it knows what is good for the citizens.
Which of the above statements associated with authoritarianism are correct?
(a) l and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) l, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 23. Which one of the following is not a statement of Karl Marx?
(a) The State is an executive committee for managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie
(b) Capitalism digs its own grave
(c) Imperialism is the highest state of capitalism
(d) The state will wither away
Ans. (c)
Q. 24. Consider the following statements:
Marxism is critical of liberalism for its:
1. narrow concern with civic and political rights
2. legitimization of capitalist class relations
3. inability to perceive surplus value generated in
capitalist production system
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3
Ans. (b
Q. 25. In Marx’s view, the social revolution beings when relations of production become a fetter upon the further development of forces of production.
The ‘relations of production’, in this context, refer to:
(a) relations between the nations
(b) relations between surplus value and absolute surplus value
(c) relation between production and distribution
(d) relation between the basic classes
Ans. (d)
Q. 26. Democratic socialism distinguishes itself from scientific socialism by which of the following attributes?
1. Rejection of market mechanism to decide on production and distribution policies.
2. Acceptance of central planning
3. Insistence on democratic methods of decision- making
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Ans. (d)
Q. 27. Gandhi reasoned that the primary responsibility for the removal of the evil of untouchabiity in lndia rests on:
(a) Caste Hindus
(b) Indian nation
(c) untouchables themselves
(d) Indian National leadership
Ans. (a)
Q. 28. Consider the following statements about rationalism:
1. Rationalism represents a philosophical doctrine that the world is known by reason
2. Rationalism represents the pursuit of value free science
3. Rationalism represents the solutions in place of religious beliefs
4. Rationalism studies reasons for social actions.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 29. With whom of the following is conservation, as a political ideology associated?
1. Burke
2. Hobbes
3. Hegel
4. Oakeshoot
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 30. The distinction between the private sphere of ‘family’ and the public sphere of ‘politics’ is central to which one of the following trends of thought?
(a) Athenian (Greek) philosophy
(b) Liberalism
(c) Marxism
(d) Gandhism
Ans. (a)
Q. 31. Cultural nationalism is a form of nationalism that places primary emphasis on the regeneration of the nation as:
(a) a discrete political community
(b) a distinctive civilization
(c) a modern State
(d) an artificial entity
Ans. (b)
Q. 32. According to Quincy Wright, which one of the following indicates the correct order of successive stages of nationalism?
(a) Medieval — Monarchical — Revolutionary — Liberal – Totalitarian
(b) Medieval — Revolutionary — Monarchical — Totalitarian — Liberal
(c) Medieval — Monarchical — Totalitarian — Revolutionary Liberal
(d) Monarchical — Medieval — Revolutionary — Totalitarian — Liberal
Ans (a)
Q. 33. For Gandhi, Swaraj meant:
(a) self—rule
(b) rule of law
(c) rule by morally good persons
(d) pursuit of good of all
Ans. (d)
Q. 34. Which one of the following is not a tenet of Stalinism?
(a) The theory of permanent revo1utioñ’
(b) Socialism in one country
(c) Intensification of class struggle with socialist advance
(d) Strong State under socialism
Ans. (a)
Q. 35. Political realism maintains autonomy of:
(a) social sphere
(b) political sphere
(c) national sphere
(d) international sphere
Ans. (b)
Q. 36. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List –I List- II
A. Dictatorship of the proletariat 1. Liberalism
B. Avowal of rights 2. Communism
C. Glorification of state 3. Anarchism
D. Opposition to state in general 4. Fascism
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 2 1 2
Ans. (c)
Q.37. Who among the following thinkers are associated with early socialism sometimes termed as utopian socialism?
(a) Robert Owen
(b) Saint Simon
(c) Charles Fourier
(d) Proudhon
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2, and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (a)
Q. 38. Consider the following statements:
1. Fascism can be described as a protagonist of a radical totalitarian state.
2. Hitler and Mussolini tried to transcend class-conflict. in the name of greater and higher ideal of nationalism.
3. Fascism accepted capitalism but did not stress its subordination to the ideal of welfare state.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3
Ans. (b)
Q. 39. Who among the following propagated the idea of Cultural Revolution under Socialism?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Mao-Tse-Tung
(c) V.I. Lenin
(d) J. Stalin
Ans. (b)
Q. 40. As per Marxism, which one of the following serves as the force, spurring social developing?
(a) Materialism
(b) The Communist Party
(c) Socialist ideology
(d) Class contradictions.
Ans. (d)
Q. 41. Which one of the following ideas is integral to Marxism?
(a) Materialist dialectics
(b) Priority of the economic factor
(c) Surplus value as mode of appropriation of surplus under capitalism
(d) Concept of class struggle
Ans. (a)
Q. 42. What is the cornerstone of Marxism?
(a) Attack on bourgeois way to life
(b) Economic determinism
(c) Materialist conception of history
(d) A distinctive philosophy of the state
Ans. (b)
Q. 43. On what basis does Marx’s dialectic materialism interpret and analyse the social events?
(a) Material Forces
(b) Communal Forces
(c) Political Forces
(d) International milieu
Ans. (a)
Q. 44. Which one of the following thoughts lays stress on rights of recognition and belonging?
(a) Neo-Liberalism
(b) Conservatism
(c) Communitarianism
(d) Democratic socialism
Ans. (c)
Q. 45. According to Burke a representative’s function is to:
(a) act as the mouthpiece of his constituents
(b) to exercise his independent judgment in the interest of his own nation whether it agrees with the vies of his constituents or not
(c) to exercise his independent judgment in the interest of his own constituency
(d) to consult his constituents on major issues of national importance and act accordingly Ans. (b)
Q. 46. Which of the following are the devices through which representation for minorities can be secured?
1. Cumulative Vote system
2. First-past-the-post system
3. Direct democracy
4. Proportional Representation
(a) l and 2
(b) l and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 47. The ‘realistic’ theory of democracy as a critique of the classical democracy was formulated by:
(a) Ernest Barker
(b) Harold Laski
(c). Schumpeter
(d) Hannah Arendt
Ans. (c)
Q. 48. The nineteenth century liberals were distrustful of democracy because
(a) it was in conflict with the principle of liberty
(b) it was opposed to hereditary rule
(c) it emphasized the idea of economic justice
(d) it tended to undermine the power of landed aristocracy
Ans. (a)
Q. 49. Which one of the following statements about totalitarian democracy is correct?
(a) Totalitarian democracy is a contradiction in terms
(b) Totalitarian democracy is a form of democracy consistent with mass society
(c) Totalitarian democracy was prevalent in ancient Greece and the Middle Ages
(d) Totalitarian democracy serves best the interest of each and every member of society
Ans. (a)
Q. 50. In India, partyless democracy was first advocated by:
(a) Jayprakash Narayan
(b) M. N. Roy
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (a)
(a) Positivism : Leo Strauss
(b) Post Modernism : Jacques Derrida
(c) Feminism : Simone de l3eauvoire
(d) Post-Structuralism : Michael Foucault
Ans. (a)
Q. 2. The libertarians among the neo-liberals are opposed to:
(a) rolling back the state
(b) slimming the bureaucracy
(c) restriction on monopolies
(d) freedom of the market
Ans. (a)
Q. 3. Karl Marx and F. Engels co-authored:
(a) Das Captial
(b) Anti-Duhring
(c) German Ideology
(d) Critique of the Gothe Programme.
Ans. (c)
Q. 4. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Karl Marx : The Poverty of Philosophy
(b) V.1. Lenin : Sate and Revolution
(c) Josef Stalin : Wage, Labour and Capital
(d) Friedrich Engels : Origin of Family, Private Property and the State
Ans. (c)
Q.5. Match List- I (Theorists) with List- II (Theories) and select the correct answer
List-I List II
A. Sydney Webb 1. Syndicalism
B. Georges Sorel 2. Fabian Socialism
C. Saint Simon 3. Utopian Socialism
Edward Bernstein 4. Revisionism
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 1 2 4 3
Ans. (a)
Q. 6. Which one of the following principles, did fascism not subscribe to?
(a) Corporatist understanding of society
(b) Racial superiority
(c) Dictatorship of the proletariat
(d) Obedience and discipline
Ans. (c)
Q. 7. “Means are after all everything. As the means, so the end; there is no wall of separation between means and end.”
The above statements are characteristic of:
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mao-Zedon
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (a)
Q. 8. According to M.K. Gandhi, the five eternal guides of human conduct are:
(a) Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Aparigraha and Brahmacharya
(b) Ahimsa, Satya, Vinaya, Daya and Tapas
(c) Ahimsa, Karuna, Shila, Bhakti and Karma
(d) Satya, Dharma, Artha, kama and Tapas
Ans (a)
Q. 9. Neibuhr used the term” Children of darkness” for the advocates of:
(a) idealism
(b) non-liberalism
(c) marxism
(d) realism
Ans. (c)
Q. 10. Match List -I with List- II from the points of view of resemblance of Political ideas and select the correct answer:
List I List-II
(Indian Thinkers) (Political Thinkers)
A. M.K. Gandhi 1. John Dewey
B. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. V.I. Lenin
C. B.R. Ambedkar 3. John Ruskin
D. E.M.S. Namboodripad 4. Sidney Webb
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (d)
Q. 11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A): and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : Through Satyagraha and Ahimsa, Gandhi not merely attempted to transform the external world but also sought freedom from inner passions and impulses
Reason (R): Gandhi’s concept of Swaraj meant not merely freedom from external constraints but also self-realization.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (a)
Q. 12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : During the inter-war period, liberal parties all over Europe became strong. Reason (R): The liberal principles were accepted by the various democratic parties.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (d)
Q. 13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : Marxists. are skeptical about that likelihood of an equitable social order following from interdependence and transationaism.
Reason (R) : Marxists believe that dominant classes f the core states would use their power to control those process ensuring that interdependence remains highly asymmetrical and that transnational institutions and regimes reinforce the capitalist
system.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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 riot the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (a)
Q. 14. The Chief modus operandi of cultural imperialism is:
(a) annexation
(b) plunder
(c) trade
(d) hegemony
Ans (d)
Q. 15. The most outstanding contemporary advocate, of libertarianism is:
(a) Rawls
(b) Habermas
(c) Dworkin
(d) Nozick
Ans. (d)
Q. 16. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer:
List- I List- II
(Phrase)
A. Hayes 1. “Of all the evils I hate, I think I have nationalism most.”
B. Organsko 2. “An organized self interest of the whole people”
C. Rabindranath Tagore 3. “As a belief nationalism has been a curse and nothing but a
curse”
D. Victor Golanez 4. “To believe that nationalism will vanish because it is
dangerous or the nations will wither away because
there are other ways of organizing mankind is false”.
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 3 2 4 1
Ans. (d)
Q. 17. Marxism believes that:
(a) the real is the rational and the rational is the real
(b) social relations are rooted in the material conditions
(c) economic relations can be understood in the light of the progress of human mind
(d) it is human consciousness that determines the social life of man
Ans. (b)
Q. 18. Match List -I with List- II and select the correct answer:
List- I List-II
(Characteristic Features) (Political Ideology)
A. Formation of the natural harmonious, 1. Guild socialism
organic communities for the free
development of the individual and
the abolition of the main source of
coercion—state
B. Formation of self- governing autonomous 2. Democratic socialism
association of, people that will work on
cooperative basis to establish partnership
between groups and State.
C. Combination of human fellowship just 3. Syndicalism
social system, common ownership and
mutual service
D. A system of revolutionary tactics using 4. Anarchism
non-political methods to create an
economic federation
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 3 4 1
Ans. (a)
Q. 19. ‘Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State” sums up the philosophy of:
(a) Marxism
(b) Fascism
(c) Fabian Socialism
(d) Guild Socialism
Ans. (b)
Q. 20. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of ‘a six point syndrome’ of totalitarianism propounded by Friedrich and Brzezinski?
(a) An official ideology
(b) A system of terroristic policy
(c) A monopoly of means of communication
(d) A divine right to rule
Ans. (b)
Q. 21. Consider the following statements:
Classical liberalism stands for:
1. a state which is merely a watchman
2. individualism
3. welfarism
4. free market
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 22 Consider the following statements:
1. Authority that does not accept freedom is authoritarianism
2. Authoritarianism does not distinguish between authoritative personality and authoritarian personality
3. Authoritarianism is directive in its orientation and is disregardful of public opinion
4. Authoritarianism thinks that it knows what is good for the citizens.
Which of the above statements associated with authoritarianism are correct?
(a) l and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) l, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 23. Which one of the following is not a statement of Karl Marx?
(a) The State is an executive committee for managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie
(b) Capitalism digs its own grave
(c) Imperialism is the highest state of capitalism
(d) The state will wither away
Ans. (c)
Q. 24. Consider the following statements:
Marxism is critical of liberalism for its:
1. narrow concern with civic and political rights
2. legitimization of capitalist class relations
3. inability to perceive surplus value generated in
capitalist production system
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3
Ans. (b
Q. 25. In Marx’s view, the social revolution beings when relations of production become a fetter upon the further development of forces of production.
The ‘relations of production’, in this context, refer to:
(a) relations between the nations
(b) relations between surplus value and absolute surplus value
(c) relation between production and distribution
(d) relation between the basic classes
Ans. (d)
Q. 26. Democratic socialism distinguishes itself from scientific socialism by which of the following attributes?
1. Rejection of market mechanism to decide on production and distribution policies.
2. Acceptance of central planning
3. Insistence on democratic methods of decision- making
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Ans. (d)
Q. 27. Gandhi reasoned that the primary responsibility for the removal of the evil of untouchabiity in lndia rests on:
(a) Caste Hindus
(b) Indian nation
(c) untouchables themselves
(d) Indian National leadership
Ans. (a)
Q. 28. Consider the following statements about rationalism:
1. Rationalism represents a philosophical doctrine that the world is known by reason
2. Rationalism represents the pursuit of value free science
3. Rationalism represents the solutions in place of religious beliefs
4. Rationalism studies reasons for social actions.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 29. With whom of the following is conservation, as a political ideology associated?
1. Burke
2. Hobbes
3. Hegel
4. Oakeshoot
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
Q. 30. The distinction between the private sphere of ‘family’ and the public sphere of ‘politics’ is central to which one of the following trends of thought?
(a) Athenian (Greek) philosophy
(b) Liberalism
(c) Marxism
(d) Gandhism
Ans. (a)
Q. 31. Cultural nationalism is a form of nationalism that places primary emphasis on the regeneration of the nation as:
(a) a discrete political community
(b) a distinctive civilization
(c) a modern State
(d) an artificial entity
Ans. (b)
Q. 32. According to Quincy Wright, which one of the following indicates the correct order of successive stages of nationalism?
(a) Medieval — Monarchical — Revolutionary — Liberal – Totalitarian
(b) Medieval — Revolutionary — Monarchical — Totalitarian — Liberal
(c) Medieval — Monarchical — Totalitarian — Revolutionary Liberal
(d) Monarchical — Medieval — Revolutionary — Totalitarian — Liberal
Ans (a)
Q. 33. For Gandhi, Swaraj meant:
(a) self—rule
(b) rule of law
(c) rule by morally good persons
(d) pursuit of good of all
Ans. (d)
Q. 34. Which one of the following is not a tenet of Stalinism?
(a) The theory of permanent revo1utioñ’
(b) Socialism in one country
(c) Intensification of class struggle with socialist advance
(d) Strong State under socialism
Ans. (a)
Q. 35. Political realism maintains autonomy of:
(a) social sphere
(b) political sphere
(c) national sphere
(d) international sphere
Ans. (b)
Q. 36. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List –I List- II
A. Dictatorship of the proletariat 1. Liberalism
B. Avowal of rights 2. Communism
C. Glorification of state 3. Anarchism
D. Opposition to state in general 4. Fascism
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 2 1 2
Ans. (c)
Q.37. Who among the following thinkers are associated with early socialism sometimes termed as utopian socialism?
(a) Robert Owen
(b) Saint Simon
(c) Charles Fourier
(d) Proudhon
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2, and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (a)
Q. 38. Consider the following statements:
1. Fascism can be described as a protagonist of a radical totalitarian state.
2. Hitler and Mussolini tried to transcend class-conflict. in the name of greater and higher ideal of nationalism.
3. Fascism accepted capitalism but did not stress its subordination to the ideal of welfare state.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3
Ans. (b)
Q. 39. Who among the following propagated the idea of Cultural Revolution under Socialism?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Mao-Tse-Tung
(c) V.I. Lenin
(d) J. Stalin
Ans. (b)
Q. 40. As per Marxism, which one of the following serves as the force, spurring social developing?
(a) Materialism
(b) The Communist Party
(c) Socialist ideology
(d) Class contradictions.
Ans. (d)
Q. 41. Which one of the following ideas is integral to Marxism?
(a) Materialist dialectics
(b) Priority of the economic factor
(c) Surplus value as mode of appropriation of surplus under capitalism
(d) Concept of class struggle
Ans. (a)
Q. 42. What is the cornerstone of Marxism?
(a) Attack on bourgeois way to life
(b) Economic determinism
(c) Materialist conception of history
(d) A distinctive philosophy of the state
Ans. (b)
Q. 43. On what basis does Marx’s dialectic materialism interpret and analyse the social events?
(a) Material Forces
(b) Communal Forces
(c) Political Forces
(d) International milieu
Ans. (a)
Q. 44. Which one of the following thoughts lays stress on rights of recognition and belonging?
(a) Neo-Liberalism
(b) Conservatism
(c) Communitarianism
(d) Democratic socialism
Ans. (c)
Q. 45. According to Burke a representative’s function is to:
(a) act as the mouthpiece of his constituents
(b) to exercise his independent judgment in the interest of his own nation whether it agrees with the vies of his constituents or not
(c) to exercise his independent judgment in the interest of his own constituency
(d) to consult his constituents on major issues of national importance and act accordingly Ans. (b)
Q. 46. Which of the following are the devices through which representation for minorities can be secured?
1. Cumulative Vote system
2. First-past-the-post system
3. Direct democracy
4. Proportional Representation
(a) l and 2
(b) l and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 47. The ‘realistic’ theory of democracy as a critique of the classical democracy was formulated by:
(a) Ernest Barker
(b) Harold Laski
(c). Schumpeter
(d) Hannah Arendt
Ans. (c)
Q. 48. The nineteenth century liberals were distrustful of democracy because
(a) it was in conflict with the principle of liberty
(b) it was opposed to hereditary rule
(c) it emphasized the idea of economic justice
(d) it tended to undermine the power of landed aristocracy
Ans. (a)
Q. 49. Which one of the following statements about totalitarian democracy is correct?
(a) Totalitarian democracy is a contradiction in terms
(b) Totalitarian democracy is a form of democracy consistent with mass society
(c) Totalitarian democracy was prevalent in ancient Greece and the Middle Ages
(d) Totalitarian democracy serves best the interest of each and every member of society
Ans. (a)
Q. 50. In India, partyless democracy was first advocated by:
(a) Jayprakash Narayan
(b) M. N. Roy
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (a)
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