UGC NET/JRF EXAM, June-2019 (Paper-II) POLITICAL SCIENCE

Rajni Kothari wrote Indian politics in 1970. Kothari introduced the concept of “Congress System”.
• Rajni Kothari in his work “Caste in India Politics” (1970), argued that traditional institutions like caste resuscitate and re-established their permissibility.
• Rajni further propound that it is not politics that gets caste-ridden but it is caste that gets politicized.

Primordialism is the idea that nations or ethnic identities are fixed, natural and ancient. Primordialist approach, explains ethnicity as a fixed characteristic of individuals and communities.
• The component of Primordialism are kinship reactions, language, religion, common historical, language, religion, common historical traditions, shared homelands, caste, community and clan but class is not a component of primodialism.

Increasing participation of the people in the democratic politics of the country is broadly characterized as democratic upsurge.
• From the 1950s through the 1970s, the “First Democratic Upsurge” was based on adult India voters participating in democratic politics both at the national level and at the state level.
• Yogendra Yadav designate the rising political involvement of the lowest segments of society, including SCs, STs and OBCs as the “second democratic up surge” during the 1980s.
• The Third Democratic Upsurge symbolizes a competitive electoral market that is founded more on the survival of the ablest than the greatest.
So, none of the above is the correct answer in respect to three democratic upsurges in the democratic politics of India.

India’s component states were fleetingly split into part A, B, C and D states.
• The Government of India setting up the state reorganization on December 29, 1953 with resoluteness was to investigate the issue of redrawing the boundaries of states. Its member was KM Panikkar, Fazal Ali and HN KUNZRU.
• At the time of British taking away 565 princely states were officially acknowledged in the Indian subcontinent, apart from thousands of zamindari, estates and jagirs.

A national or state party can be a recognized political party if certain commission are fulfilled.

• At present there are six parities consider as national parties: The BJP, the INC, communist party of India (Marxist) (CPI, M), Bahujan Samaj Party BSP, National People’s Party (NPP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
• 52 state-level political parties are recognized in India.
• Regional parties is not a classified category of political parties as defined by Election Commission of India.

‘Harit Pradesh’ (also known as Paschim Pradesh & Paschimanchal) is a proposed new state of India consisting of the western parts of Uttar Pradesh state. Harit means Green which signifies the agricultural affluence of the region and Pradesh means state.

The term voluntary organizations has been used fungible with voluntary associations or agencies or action groups or non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The voluntary organizations are maverick, malleable, representative which work for the welfare of the society. The NGO is a non-governmental organization. Its funds are raised by the government council. They are also known as civil society organizations. Such as UCEP, World Vision, CARE etc.

Birsa Munda (15 Nov 1875 – 9 June 1900) selfless efforts have made the people venerate him as “Bhagwan” God. He also known as Dharati Aba (Father of Land). Birsa Munda is renowned for opposing Christian missionaries and rising up with the Munda and Oraon people in opposition to conversion efforts. On October 16, 1999 Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar the Lok Sabha’s former speaker unveiled the picture in museum.

Plan Holidays (1966-1969).
Due to miserable failure of the third plan the government was forced to proclaimed “plan holidays” (from 1966 to 1967, 1967-68 and 1968-69). Three annual plans were drawn during this intervening period. During 1966-67 there was again the problem of drought.
The reasons for these plans were war, inflation and drought is incorrect with regard to the plan Holidays.