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

Total Questions: 100

61. Mc Gregor in his celebrated text, The Human Side of the Enterprise has given his famous "theoretical assumptions".

Which of the following are the correct assumptions?
A. The average human being, with relatively little ambition, prefers to be directed and wishes to avoid responsibility. Security is the main concern.
B. The average human being learns under proper conditions not only to accept but to seek responsibility.
C. The average human being has an innate antipathy to work, which he will avoid, if he can.
D. "Best management is a true science"

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, B and C only
Solution:

In his book " The Human Side of the Enterprise" from 1960, American management professor Mr. Douglas Murray McGregor presented two opposing viewpoints, the theory known as 'X' and theory 'Y'.

Theory X has assumption stating: three the average human prefers to be directed, wishes to avoid responsibility, has relatively little ambition and wants security above all. So statement A is correct, B is correct, C is correct. Statement D is incorrect.

62. Performance budget reflects how well a government entity is meeting its goals and objectives. Which of the following are the central point of Performance Budgeting?

A. It requires the establishment of performance levels and the collection of information.
B. The amount of work that is done is measured.
C. The quality or the results of that work is measured
D. This impacts how much money a department will receive in the future

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, B, C and D only
Solution:

Performance-based budget is a budget that is allocated by ascertaining the outcomes of the proposals of a budget. The budget presents the purpose for which the founds are being allocated and reflects the input of resources and the output of services of every unit of an organisation.

63. Which of the following are the advanced ideas of Mary Follett?

A. Functional Foremanship
B. Constructive Conflict
C. Zone of Acceptance
D. Integration

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) B and D only
Solution:

Frederick Winslow Taylor is headily referred to as the "Father of scientific management". Hе developed the Techniques of scientific management through a series of trials. Functional Foremanship was one of these methods. So, A is wrong. Mary Parker Follet is called as "The mother of modern administration".

64. Which of the following are the schools of "New Right Ideology"?

A. Austrian school
B. Chicago school
C. Frankfurt school
D. New York school

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and B only
Solution:

A new style to conservatism that adopted a nationalist approach to politics was introduced to the ideological spectrum by the New Rights, which developed out of political and social development in the 1960s It has two different schools Austrian and Chicago.

65. Which of the following were/are wage development and infrastructure development programmes?

A. Crash Scheme of Rural Employment
B. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
C. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
D. Changes in Agronomic Practices

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, B and C only
Solution:

1. Crash Scheme of Rural Employment → The Government of India initiated this scheme during the 1970s. It aims to creation of wage employment in rural area.

2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme → It was initiated in 2005 later renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2009.

3. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme → This programme is launched by Indira Gandhi on 15 August 1983 under the sixth five year plan. It was limited to landless laboures with guaranteed employment of 100 days.

66. Match List I with List II

List-I List-II 
A. Catherine MackinnonI. Feminism is for Everybody
B. Susan Moller OkinII. The Dialectic of Sex
C. C. S. FirestoneIIΙ. Toward a Feminist Theory of State
D. Bell HookIV. Justice, Gende and the Family
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IVIIIIII
(d)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Catherine Mackinnon Catharine ⇒ Mackinnon's insightful examination of politics, secularity and the law from the perspective of women is presented in "Toward a Feminist Theory of the State.

Susan Moller Okin ⇒ In Justice, Gender and the Family.

C. S. Firestone ⇒ The Dialectic of Sex: The case for Feminist Revolution.

Bell Hook ⇒ "Feminism is for everybody: Passionate Politics".

67. Match List I with List II

List-I List-II 
A. Bureaucratic TerrorI. Frantz fanon
B. Cultural RevolutionII. Plato
C. ApartheidIII. Mao Zedong
D. Allegory of cavesIV. Hannah arender
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IVIIIIII
(b)IIIIIIIV
(c)IIIIIIIV
(c)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

Hannah Arendt ⇒ Bureaucratic Terror

Mao Zedong ⇒ Cultural Revolution.

Frantz Fanon ⇒ Apartheid

Plato ⇒ Allegory of caves

68. Match List I with List II

List-I (Books)List-II (Author)
A. Fatawa-i-JahandariI. Charles Bettelheim
B. Thoughts on Linguistic StatesΙΙ. M. N. Roy
C. India IndependentIIΙ. Zia Barani
D. The Future of Indian PoliticsIV. B. R. Ambedkar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IVIIIIII
(c)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Fatawa-i-Jahand-ari ⇒ This book is written by Zia Barani Zia Barani is an Indo-Islamic political theorist.

Thoughts on Linguistic States ⇒ It is written by B. R. Ambedkar and published in 1955.

India Independent ⇒ Written by Charles Bettelheim and published in 1968.

The Future of Indian Politics ⇒ This book is written by M. N. Roy and published in 1926.

69. Match List I with List II

List-I (Authors)List-II (Books)
A. Lord BryceI. Comparative politics-A Developmental Approach
B. Graham WallaceII. New Aspects of Politics
C. Gabriel AlmondIII. Modern Democracies
D. Charles E. MerriamIV. Human Nature in Politics
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IVIIIIII
(c)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Lord Bryce ⇒ The book modern Democracies written by Lord Bryce published in 1921 deals with the basic principles, characteristics and valuation of democratic government.

Graham Wallace ⇒ Wallace had argued in 'human nature in politics' that new political science should favor psychological elements such non rational behaviour.

Gabriel Almond ⇒  The comparative political system, this book is a study of specific government and grouping government.

Charles E. Merriam ⇒ In new aspects of politics, mentioned greater use of statistics and measurement.

70. Match List-I with List-II

List-I List-II 
A. SALT-II. 1987
B. SALT-IIII. 1990
C. START-ІШ. 1979
D. INF TreatyIV. 1972
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IVIIIIII
(b)IIIIIIIV
(c)IIIIIIIV
(c)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

SALT-I ⇒ Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (SALT-I) was first signed between US and USSR in 1972. ⇒ For barring anti ballistic missile system.

SALT-II ⇒ SALT II came in 1979 due to the failure of SALT.

START-I ⇒ Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is a bilateral treaty between US & USSR, Signed in 1990.

INF Treaty ⇒ The intermediate - range nuclear forces treaty of 1987.