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

Total Questions: 100

31. Which movements one of the following tribal took place in post-independence India?

Correct Answer: (b) The Bodo Movement
Solution:

The Bodo movement was the tribal movements that took place in post-independence India. Bodo movement spearheaded by a student organization the All Bodo students. Union (ABSU). From March 1987 to February 1993, the ABSU led the agitation for a separate homeland for Bodos with in the Indian Union.

Santhal Rebellion ⇒ 1855, under the leadership Sidhu & Kanhu.
Birsa Munda ⇒ Birsa Munda led this in 1899-1900.
The Kol Rebellion ⇒ 1831-1832.

32. When did the first labour agitation occur in India?

Correct Answer: (a) 1875
Solution:

The origins of labour movement may be tracked back to the 1860s but India's first labour protest occured in Bombay in 1875. M.N. Lokhande founded the Bombay Mill Hands Association in 1890, Which was India's first organized labour union.

33. Frederick Herzberg is famous for which one of the following theories?

Correct Answer: (a) Human Relations Theory
Solution:

Fredrick Herzberg, an American psychologist mostly known for introducing the two-factor theory or Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory. His theory tries to get to the root of motivation in the workplaceс.

34. Which one of the following orders falls under the "zone of indifference" propounded by Chester Barnard?

Correct Answer: (b) Those which are unquestionably acceptable
Solution:

Chester Barnard employeda notion known as the zone of indifference to substantiate Authority. The psychological state of being obedient or disobedient is referred to as the zone of indifference of Denial.

35. "Conflict is not warfare, but is only an appearance of difference-difference of opinions, of interests not only between employer and employee but also between managers, between directors or wherever differences appear". Who made this statement?

Correct Answer: (c) Mary P. Follett
Solution:

Mary parker Follett was credited for the first research conducted on industrial groupings. According to Follett conflict is neither good nor bad and it must be studied without emotion or ethical preconceptions.

36. Patrick Dunleavy has enumerated which of the three key components of New Public Management (NPM)?

Correct Answer: (a) Disaggregation, competition and incentivisation
Solution:

NPM is a management strategy that focuses on applying flexibility, transparency, minimum government, de-bureaucratization, decentralization, the market orientation of public. services and privatization to establish an administration.

NPM has three characteristics ⇒
• Disaggregation
• Competition
• Incentivisation

37. Indian Institute of Public Administration was set up to serve as a "Think Tank" to the Government of India, in which year?

Correct Answer: (d) March, 1954
Solution:

'Think Tank' is an organization that gathers a group of interdisciplinary scholars to perform research around particular policies, issues or ideas. It was established by Jawahar Lal Nehru in March 1954 346 based on the recommendation of Paul H. Appleby.

38. Which one of the following committees was appointed to review the civil service examination system?

Correct Answer: (c) Satish Chandra Committee
Solution:

Report of the committee to Review the scheme of civil services examination by Satish Chandra, 1989.

• Santhanam Committee ⇒ Anti-corruption Committee by Lal Bahadur Sastri in 1962.

• Ashok Mehta Committee ⇒ Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions.

• L. M. Singhvi Committee ⇒ In 1986, the Rajiv Gandhi government formed a committee under the chairmanship of L.M. Singhvi to draft a concept paper on "Revitalization of Panchayati Raj and Development.

39. Which one of the following is a redressal mechanism of grievances?

Correct Answer: (b) Right to Information
Solution:

The grievance redressal system acts as a tool for monitoring efficiency and effectiveness. In 2005, the RTI Act was passed which allows citizens to ask the government any questions, acquire information, obtain government records and inspect government operation.

40. Who was the chairman of the 'Health Survey and Development Committee' appointed in 1943 in India?

Correct Answer: (b) Sir Joseph Bhore
Solution:

Sir Joseph Bhore was the chairman of the 'Health Survey and Development Committee appointed in 1943 in India.