UGC NET/JRF EXAM, June-2023 (Paper-II) POLITICAL SCIENCE

Total Questions: 100

11. Who among the following political thinkers reformulated the principle of realism by Hans J. Morgenthau from a feminist perspective?

Correct Answer: (c) Ann Tickner
Solution:

Ann Tickner reformulated the principle of realism by Hans. J. Morgenthau from a feminist perspective. Her principle areas of teaching and research include international theory, peace and security and feminist approaches to international relations. She served as president of the association from 2006-2007.

Book of Ann Tickner
• A Feminist Voyage through international relations
• Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era
• Gender in International Relations: Feminist perspective on achieving international security.

12. Frantz Fanon's book ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ include following chapters.

A. The Negro and language
B. The Negro and culture
C. The Negro and Psychopathology
D. The Negro and Recognition

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, C, D only
Solution:

Frantz Fanon's book ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ (1952) include total eight chapters, these are :–

  1. The Negro and language

  2. The woman of color and the White Man

  3. The Man of color and the White Women

  4. The So-called dependency complex of colonized peoples

  5. The fact of blackness

  6. The Negro and Psy-chopathology

  7. The Negro and Recognition

  8. By Way of conclusion

Jean-Paul-Sartre written the introduction of Black skin, white Masks.

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) important books –
• The wretched of the earth
• Black skin, white masks
• A Dying colonialism
• Alienation and freedom
• Toward the African Revolution
• Concerning Violence
• Decolonizing Madness : The Psychiatric writings

13. Match List-I with List-II


Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (b) А-I, B-I, C-II, D-IV
Solution:

14. Аcсording to Sri Aurobindo the task of "spiritual revolution” is based on______.

Correct Answer: (a) Truth consciousness
Solution:

According to Sri Aurobindo, the task of “spiritual revolution” is based on truth consciousness. Sri Aurobindo moved to Pondicherry leaving politics for spiritual work. During his stay in the jail, he had mystical and spiritual experiences. At Pondicherry he developed a spiritual practice he called integral Yoga which is based on truth consciousness. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a divine body. He believed in a spiritual realisation that not only liberated but transformed human nature, enabling a divine life on earth. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator Mirra Alfassa (referred to as “The Mother”), Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded.

His important works are:-
• The ideal of Human Unity (1918)
• The life Divine (1919)
• Essays on Gita (1922)
• Savitri: A legend and a symbol (1940)
• Synthesis of Yoga (1948)
• The Human Cycle (1949)
• On the Veda (1956)

Article:-
• “New Lamps for old” in Indu Prakash Newspaper

Weeklies:-
• Dharma
• Karmayogin
• Bande Mataram newspaper (1905)

15. Which among the following thinkers hold the view that, liberty is destroyed because the propertied classes posses the power to dominate others?

A. Rousseau
B. Marx
C. C. Locke
D. Engels

 

Choose the correct answer from the given below.

Correct Answer: (c) A, B, D only
Solution:Rousseau, Marx and Engels view that, liberty is destroyed because the propertied classes posses the power to dominate others.

16. Who has stated that the idea of “praxis” is most clearly developed in a short eleven paragraphs or theses, that Marx had written to himself in 1845?

Correct Answer: (b) B.R. Nelson
Solution:

B.R. Nelson, stated that the idea of “Praxis” is clearly developed in a short eleven paragraphs or theses, that Marx had written to himself in 1845. The “Theses on Feuerbach” are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx as a basic outline for the first chapter of the book The German ideology in 1845.

17. Match List-I with List-II


Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (a) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
Solution:

18. Which of the following websites is a comprehensive website of Citizen Charters of Government of India?

Correct Answer: (a) www.goecharters.nic.in
Solution:

www.goicharters.nic.in website      in a comprehensive website of citizen charters of government of India.

Citizen's Charter– The concept of citizen's charter was initiated by former British Prime Minister John Major in 1991. It was started as a national programme intended to improve the quality of public services. In 1998, in the UK, the concept was renamed ‘service first’.

Citizen's charater in India– The concept of citizen's charter was first adopted at a ‘conference of chief ministers of various states and union territories held in May 1997 in the New Delhi.’
The Indian models of citizen's charter is adoption from the UK model. The task of co-ordination and formulation, and operationalization of citizen's charters are done by ‘Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).’

19. Which of the two factors enhanced the growth rate of Indian economy in the 1980s as per Arvind Panagariya?

A. Attitudinal change amongst the policy makers.
B. Expert incentives for private companies.
C. Political leadership was skeptical about import substitution industrialization
D. A more realistic exchange rate policy.

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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

In the Research Paper ‘India in 1980 and 1990s; A Triumph of Reform’ which were prepared by Arvind Panagariya. He describe the two factor enhanced the growth rate of Indian Economy in the 1980, expert incentives for private of companies, a more realistic exchange rate policy.

20. Which of the following statements does NOT indicate deepening of democracy facilitated gendering politics in India?

Correct Answer: (c) Women from upper caste carrying out a silent revolution.
Solution:

Democracy facilitated by gendering politics in India.
• Women participating in politics as a community or group
• Articulation of political voice of women
• Women getting involved in the public sphere

Democracy does not facilitated by gendering politics in India –
• Women from upper caste carrying out a silent revolution. In the revolution only marginalized people were taken part.