UGC NET/JRF EXAM, Dec. 2020/June-2021 POLITICAL SCIENCE (Paper-II) (SHIFT-I)

Total Questions: 100

1. Which one of the following statements is true?

Correct Answer: (a) No rights can be given to a man against the social interest
Solution:

T.H. Green defined rights idealism. Grant of Right has a concur with social interest. Rights can have social character. No rights can be given to a man against the social interest.

2. In which aspect does Modern Liberalism NOT believe?

Correct Answer: (d) Minimal state
Solution:

Positive liberalism is another name of for modern liberalism. Modern liberalism does embrace state inter ferine as a rare all for all the issues that society faces. Modern Liberalism is different from classical liberalism in terms of state interference in the life of individuals. Therefore, the minimal state is an aspect that does Modern Liberalism no believe.

3. "We are witnessing the end of history as such that is, the endpoint of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalisation of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government". Whose thesis is this?

Correct Answer: (a) Francis Fukuyama
Solution:

This is thesis given by Francis Fukuyama's thesis. Daniel Bell argued that post-industrialism would be information led and service oriented.

4. How was early liberalism characterised by С. B. Macpherson?

Correct Answer: (a) Possessive liberalism

5. Which one of the following theories is NOT related to Marx?

Correct Answer: (d) Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Solution:

Marx divided 19th century capitalism into scientific socialism or communism along with Friedrich Engels. Marx and Friedrich Engel are responsible for the development of communist philosophy.
Theories is related to Marx are following:-
• Theory of Alienalism
• Theory of Surplus value
• Dictatorship of Proletariat
• Historical Materialism
• Social Classes
• Origin of the family, private property and the state is written by Friedrich Engels.

6. Who amongst the following stated that life is "a perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in death"?

Correct Answer: (c) Hobbes
Solution:

Thomas Hobbes well known for making a significant contribution to political theory such as obligation, state of nature, and negative view of human nature. He account for human nature as self interested.

7. Who amongst the following wrote The Art of War?

Correct Answer: (a) Machiavelli
Solution:

Machiavelli wrote The Art of War. Machiavelli characterized immoral behaviour, such as lying and the murder of innocent people, as being typical and useful in politics.
Works of Machiavelli-
• The Prince (1513)
• Discourses on Livy (1517)
• The Art of War (1519-1520)

8. "Revolutionary violence is not just cathartic but it also allows the colonial subjects to recreate themselves". Whose statement is this?

Correct Answer: (b) Frantz Fanon

9. Which one of the following is NOT a part of the political philosophy of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya?

Correct Answer: (a) Consideration of man as atoms
Solution:

Integral humanism a philosophy that advocator fusing notices "Indian Culture" with the social, political and economic fabric of country. According to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya integral humanism is "a casteless and conflict free social system. I suggest that a mix of materialism, spiritualism and restrained desire may lead to pleasure.

10. "We will get nothing by appealing to or shouting hoarse in the ears of the British Bureaucracy in India". Who said this?

Correct Answer: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Solution:

The Indian Home Rule league was established by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1916, and he served as its president. He and Mohammad Ali Jinnah signed the Lucknow pact in 1916 which called for Hindu-Muslim cooperation.