UGC NET/JRF EXAM, DEC.-2024 POLITICAL SCIENCE (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

21. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Events)	List-II (Year)
A. Boxer Rebellion in China	I. 1910-1920
B. Mexican Revolution	II. 1931
C. Japan Invaded Manchuria	IIΙ. 1936
D. Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland	IV. 1900-1901

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Code:	A	B	C	D
(a)	II	III	I	IV
(b)	IV	I	II	III
(c)	III	I	II	IV
(d)	I	II	IV	III

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct match is as follows:-

List-I (Events)	List-II (Year)
A. Boxer Rebellion in China	IV. 1900-1901
B. Mexican Revolution	I. 1910-1920
C. Japan Invaded Manchuria	II. 1931
D. Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland	IIΙ. 1936

22. Equality of opportunity in employment has been guaranteed through which article of Indian constitution?

(a) Article 12
(b) Article 19
(c) Article 16
(d) Article 18

Correct Answer: (c) Article 16

Solution:

The equality of opportunity in employment is guaranteed through Article-16 of the Indian Constitution. It's important to not that Article-16 also allows for reservation in public employment for disadvantaged groups to address historical and social inequalities.

23. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Scholar)	List-II (Work)
A. Fred Riggs	I. The Practice of Management
B. Yehezkel Dror	II. The Ecology of Public Administration
C. Peter Drucker	IIΙ. The Eighteenth Brumarie of Louis Bonaparte
D. Karl Marx	IV. Public Policy Making Re-examined

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Code:	A	B	C	D
(a)	II	IV	I	III
(b)	III	IV	II	I
(c)	IV	I	II	III
(d)	I	II	IV	III

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correct match is as follows:

List-I (Scholar)	List-II (Work)
A. Fred Riggs	II. The Ecology of Public Administration
B. Yehezkel Dror	IV. Public Policy Making Re-examined
C. Peter Drucker	I. The Practice of Management
D. Karl Marx	IIΙ. The Eighteenth Brumarie of Louis Bonaparte

24. Identify the essential facts about communism.

(A) Common Ownership
(B) Absolute Equality
(C) Classless Society
(D) Vanguard Party
(E) Dictatorship of the Priestly class

Choose the correct answer form the options given below:

(a) A, B, C, E Only
(b) A, B, C, D Only
(c) A, B, D, E Only
(d) B, C, D, E Only

Correct Answer: (b) A, B, C, D Only

Solution:

The essential facts about Commission are:
(A) Common Ownership
(B) Absolute Equality
(C) Classless Society
(D) Vanguard Party

25. M.C Rajah of Madras was the first elected president of-

(a) All India Depressed Classes Association
(b) All Assam Students Union
(c) Indian National Congress
(d) British Indian Association

Correct Answer: (a) All India Depressed Classes Association

Solution:

M.C. Rajah of Madras was the first elected president of 'All India Depressed classes Association', formed in 1926.

26. Arrange the committees on Panchayati Raj in chronological order-

(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(B) GVK Rao Committee
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee
(D) LM Singhvi Committee
(E) PK Thungan Committee

Choose the correct answer form the options given below:

(a) A, B, C, D, E
(b) A, C, B, D, E
(c) B, C, D, E, A
(d) C, B, D, E, A

Correct Answer: (b) A, C, B, D, E

Solution:

The chronological order of the following committees on Panchayati Raj:
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee - 1957
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee -1977
(B) GVK Rao Committee - 1985
(D) LM Singhvi Committee - 1986
(E) PK Thungan Committee - 1989

27. Who wrote the book 'The Human condition'?

(a) Hannah Arendt
(b) Max Weber
(c) Herbert Simon
(d) Jagdish P. Bhagwati

Correct Answer: (a) Hannah Arendt

Solution:

'The Human Condition' (1958) book by Hannah Arendt is considered one of her most important works and explores the nature of human existence and the challenges of modernity.

28. Match the LIST-I with LIST-I

List-I (Scholar)	List-II (Works)
A. Dr. S Jaishankar	I. A Theory of Human Motivation
B. Herbert Simon	II. On Organizational Learning
C. Abraham Maslow	IIΙ. The India Way
D. Chris Argyris	IV. Administrative Behaviour

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Code:	A	B	C	D
(a)	II	III	I	IV
(b)	I	IV	II	III
(c)	IV	I	II	III
(d)	III	IV	I	II

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The correct match is as follows:

List-I (Scholar)	List-II (Works)
A. Dr. S Jaishankar	IIΙ. The India Way
B. Herbert Simon	IV. Administrative Behaviour
C. Abraham Maslow	I. A Theory of Human Motivation
D. Chris Argyris	II. On Organizational Learning

29. Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution have been borrowed form:

(a) American Constitution
(b) Irish Copnstitution
(c) Canadian Constitution
(d) Australian Constitution

Correct Answer: (d) Australian Constitution

Solution:

The concurrent list in the Indian Constitution is inspired by the Constitution of Australia. The idea of concurrent list is, where both state and central governments can legislate on certain subjects.

30. Identify the characteristic not associated with prismatic societies-

(a) Selectivism
(b) Attainment
(c) Universalism
(d) Poly-functionalism

Correct Answer: (c) Universalism

Solution:

Prismatic Societies, as conceptualized by Fred Riggs, are societies in transition, typically developing countries, that exhibit a mix of characteristics from both traditional (fused) and modern (diffracted) societies. The key characteristics include attainment, selectivism, poly-funetionalism. It does not include universalism.