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

Total Questions: 100

61. Arrange the following international events in the chronological order:-

(A) Fidel Castro assumed power in Cube
(B) John F. Kennedy became 35th president of the United States of America
(C) Pope John XXIII implored the Kremilin not to start a nuclear war
(D) An American U-2 was shot down over Cuba
(E) Soviet leader Khrushchev announced that he has agreed to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the following international events:
A. Fidel Castro assumed power in Cube (Jan 1, 1959)
B. John F Kennedy became 35th president of the United States of America. (1961)
C. Pope John XXIII implored the kremilin not to start a nuclear war. (Oct, 25, 1962)
D. An American U-2 was shot down over Cuba. (Oct 27, 1962)
E. Soviet leader Khruschev announced that he has agreed to remove the soviet missiles from Cuba. (Oct 28, 1962)

62. Who asserted bureaucracy as an exploitative class instrument?

Correct Answer: (b) Karl Marx
Solution:

Karl Marx is the most prominent figure who asserted that Bureaucracy is an exploitative class |instrument.

63. Who wrote the book/article 'Civil Disobedience'?

Correct Answer: (d) Henry David Thoreau
Solution:

'Civil Disobedience' is an essay by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, which was published in 1849.

64. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Author)List-II (Books)
A. Thomas HobbesI. Critique of Pure Reason
B. Immanual KantII. The Order of he Things: An Archacology of the Human Science
C. Michel FoucaultIIΙ. On Fire
D. Naomi KleinIV. Leviathan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IVIIIIII
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IIIIIIIV
(d)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correct match of the following:
List-I (Author)List-II (Books)
A. Thomas HobbesIV. Leviathan
B. Immanual KantI. Critique of Pure Reason
C. Michel FoucaultII. The Order of he Things: An Archacology of the Human Science
D. Naomi KleinIIΙ. On Fire

65. Arrange the following into chronological order:

(A) Hammurabi established the legal code.
(B) Model Parliament of Edward I is convened
(C) Treaty of Westphalia enforced notion of sovereignty
(D) United Nations approval the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(E) New Zealand became the first country to grant women the right to vote

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The chronological order of the following :

A. Hammurabi established the legal code - (1754 BC)
B. Model Parliament of Edward-I is convened - (1295)
C. Treaty of Westphalia enforced notion of sovereignty - (1648)
E. New Zealand became the first country to great woman the right to vote - (1893)
D. United Nations approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Right - (1948)

66. Which of the following pairs are matched properly?

(A) Sustainable Development: Development that meets the needs of the present only.
(B) Patriarchy: The power relationship between men and women.
(C) Holism: The whole is more important than it's part
(D) Fascism: Support for freedom of expression
(E) Deep Ecology: Rejection of anthropocentricion

Choose the correct answer form the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) B, C and E Only
Solution:

The following pairs are matched correctly:
(B) Patriarchy: The power relationship between men and women.
(C) Holism: The whole is more important than it's part.
(E) Deep Ecology: Rejection of anthropocentricism.

67. Arrange the following initiatives/establishments by United Nation in chronological order:

(A) Un Roll Back Malaria Initiative
(B) Universal Declaration on Human Genome and Human Rights
(C) Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(D) Establishment of University of Peace, Costa Rica
(E) Establishment of UN Forum on Forests

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The following initiatives/establishments by United Nations in chronological order:
(D) Establishment of University of Peace, Costa Rica = 1980
(C) Global Polio Eradication Initiative = 1988
(B) Universal Declaration on Human Genome and Human Rights = 1997
(A) UN Roll Back Malaria Initiative = 1998
(E) Establishment of UN Forum on Forests = 2000

68. Who wrote the book 'The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution'?

Correct Answer: (a) Carolyn Merchant
Solution:

The book 'The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the scientific Revolution' is a ground breaking book by Carolyn Merchant, published in 1980. It's considered a cornerstone of eco-feminism, a movement that explores the connections between the domination of women and domination of nature.

69. Who suggested that bourgeois assumptions and values needed to be overthrown by the establishment of a rival 'proletarian hegemony' and 'the manufacture of consent'?

Correct Answer: (c) Antonio Gramsci
Solution:

Antonio Gramsci Suggested that bourgeois assumptions and values needed to be overthrown by the establishment of a rival 'Proletarian hegemony' and 'the manufacture of consent'.

70. Russian Marxist thinker and ruler, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in

Correct Answer: (b) 1924
Solution:

Russian Marxist thinker and ruler, Vladimir Levin died on January 21, 1924, Lenin's death marked a turning point in soviet history. It led to a power struggle within the communist Party, which was eventually wan by Joseph Stalin.