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

Total Questions: 100

51. Which among the following is the role of representative according to John Wahlke?

A. Trustee-depute role
B. Facilitator-neutral role
C. District state or country role
D. Revolutionary role

 

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A, B, C only
Solution:

The role representative according to John Wahlke are -
• Trustee - deputy role
• Facilitator - neutral role
• District State or country role
Revolutionary role does not includes the role of the representative.

52. Who among the following dismissed the idea of natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense'?

Correct Answer: (d) J. Bentham
Solution:

The idea of natural right rejected by Jermy Bentham (1748-1832) that these were non-Legal right which were based on coercive social conventions or as the later utilitarian called it 'positive morality' and which could be created or extinguished by human, voluntary action that why it say the natural right as 'rhetorical nonsense. Bentham denied the abstract ideas of England - Neutral rights, Social contract, General will, Christian ethics. Because of his innovative ideas, Sabine: called him a 'radical philosopher'

53. Match List I with List II

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

54. Who said that "National Programme cannot be fixed according to ideology and if people want it, let them elect astrologers to govern the country. And if they believe in astrology out of ignorance let us combat it."

Correct Answer: (a) J.L. Nehru
Solution:

J. L. Nehru was supporter of secularism. He said that "National programme not be fixed according to ideology and if people want it, let them astrologers to govern the county. And if they believe in astrology out of ignorance let us combat it". He believed in maintaining a neutral stance regarding religion and ensuring equal treatment for all religious communities in the country. Nehru's vision of secularism aimed to foster a harmonious society where people of diverse faiths could coexist peacefully and contribute to the nation's progress.

55. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:

Assertion A: The concept of popular sovereignty and universal adult suffrage is complementary to each other.
Reason R: The source of sovereignty is the people and thus every adult should be given the right to vote.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Solution:

The concept of popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. That is universal adult suffrage is complementary to each other. Benjamin Franklin expressed the concept when he wrote that "In free governments the ruler are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns" That idea evolved through the writings of enlightenment philosophers are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and J. J. Rousseau.

So, the source of sovereignty is the people and thus every adult should be given the right to vote.

56. Which of the following are included in PM Modi's vision of Developed India as 'Panchpran'?

A. Atmanirbhar Bharat
B. Goal of Developed India
C. Security
D. Unity and sense of duty
E. Integrity

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the nation from the Red fort on August 15, 2022. He outlined his "Panch Pran Targets" to make India a developed country by time it celebrates its 100th Independence Day in 25 years as "extremely important for the country and in this "nectar period" a developed India, freedom from every though of slavery, on the legacy called for the 'five lives' of pride, unity and togetherness and citizen performing their duties. PM Modi request every individual to follow Panch Pran to advance with greater conviction and the determination of a developed India, and unity and sense of duties of citizens. If these five resolution (Panch Pran). On reaching 100 years of independence, PM Modi wants to transform India into the "Vishwguru".

57. Arrange the following countries as per their rank in Human Development Index from Higher to Lower, as per the latest report (2022)

A. Bahrain
B. China
C. Brazil
D. India
E. Mauritius

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The Human development India (HDI) was issued by United Nations development programme (UNDP) and used to quantify a country's average achievement in three basic dimension of human development that is per capital income, life expectancy at birth, literacy rate. The HDI was launched in 1990 and has been released annually ever.
A country's HDI value is determined by aggregating the country's scores in vast assortment of indicators inducing life expectancy, literacy rate, rural population 'access to electricity', GDP per capital, exports and imports, homicide rate, mufidemensional poverty index, income inequality and many more. These indicators are compiled into a single number between 0 and 1.0, with 1.0 being the highest possible human development. Switzerland socre 0.962 at top level.
Whereas
Bahrin - 0.875
Mauritius - 0.802
Chian - 0.768
Brazil - 0.754
India - 0.633

58. Match List I with List II

Correct Answer: (e) (c & d)
Solution:

59. Arrange the following stages of evolution of Public Administration as mentioned by Nicholas Henry.

A. Politics - Administration dichotomy
B. Principles of Administration
C. Public Administration as public administration
D. Public Administration as Administrative science
E. Public Administration as part of political science

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Nicholas Henry in his entitled "Public Administration and Public Affairs" has explained the evolution of the discipline keeping in view its definitional crisis into following five successive paradigms -

(I) The politics/Administration Dichotomy, 1900-26.
(II) The Principle of Administration - 1927-37.
(III) Public Administration as Political Science - 1950-70.
(IV) Public Administration as Management/Administration science - 1956-70.
(V) Public Administration as Public Administration - 1970.

The correct sequential stage is A, B, E, D and C is correct.

60. Tilak's understanding about the word 'Swarajya' was:

A. A moral necessity
B. It is Dharma, a duty
C. It was a life centered on others and dependent upon others
D. It meant self-control and inner spiritual freedom.

 

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, B, D only
Solution:

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) understanding about the word 'swaraj' everybody would be free and have a right to participate in the government of the country. He demanded nation self-determination for all colonized countries and argued that India's Treedom would usher in the freedom of other subject countries.
In the Lucknow congress conference of 1916, Tilak gave a great mantra to the Indians - 'Swaraj is our birthright, we will have it.' Tilak Swaraj is of all three types - political, moral and spiritual from the political point of view, Swaraj means national self- government, from the moral point of view self restraint an selfobserve and from the spiritual point of view inner freedom and attainment of meditative joy.
Tilak Book-
• The Orion 1893
• The acrtic home in the vedas (1903)
• Geeta Rahasya (1915) - originally written in marathi language in mandaley Jail. (1908-      1914).
• Vedic chronology and vedanga Jyotisha