UGC NET/JRF EXAM, JUNE-2024 POLITICAL SCIENCE (Paper-II) shift (II)

Total Questions: 100

1. Pakistan exploded its first nuclear bomb at-

Correct Answer: (b) Chagai
Solution:

Pakistan conducted its first nuclear test on May 28, 1998. This series of tests, known as Chagai-I, involved five underground nuclear explosions in the Chagai District of Balochistan province.
This development marked Pakistan's entry into the nuclear club and was a response to India's nuclear tests conducted earlier that month.

2. Choose the correct statements regarding elite theory:

A. Robert Dahl advocated the Concept of polyrchial democracy.
B. John Plamenatz argued that if the will of the people is a myth, then 'will of the minority' also belongs to the same category.
C. Gaetano Mosca advocated the idea of elite theory in his classical work 'The Political Parties.
D. Robert Michels advocated the idea of 'Iron law of Oligarchy'.
E. C Right Mills advocated his idea of elite power in his book 'The Managerial Revolution'.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct statements regarding elite theory:
(A) Robert Dahl advocated the concept of polyrchial democracy.
(B) John Plamenatz argued that if the will of the people is a myth, then will of the minority' also belongs to the same category.
(D) Robert Michels advocated the idea of elite theory in his classical work 'The Political Parties'.

3. In which year, Swami Vivekananda founded the periodical 'Brahmayadin' to teach the Vedanta?

Correct Answer: (a) 1895
Solution:

In 1895, Swami Vivekanand founded the periodical 'Brahmaydin' to teach the Vedanta. Vedanta is a principal philosophy within Hinduism that emphasizes the idea of Brahman (the ultimate reality).

4. Arrange the following Political Parties (as per their year of formation) in the chronological order:

A. Janata Dal (U)
B. All India Trinamool Congress
C. Telugu Desam Party
D. ASOM Gana Parishad
E. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The chronological order of establishment of the following political parties:-
(E) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1949)
(C) Telugu Desham Party (1982)
(D) Asom Gana Parishad (1985)
(B) All India Trinamool Congress (1998)
(A) Janata Dal (United) (2003)

5. Which Chief Minister was removed first time in India by the use/misuse of Article 356?

Correct Answer: (b) E.M.S. Namboodripad
Solution:

The first Chief Minister in India to be removed using Article -356 of the Constitution was E.M.S. Namboodaripad the Chief Minister of Kerala.
This occured in 1959 when the central government dismissed the elected communist government in Kerala, following widespread protest and political unrest, including the Vimochana Samaram' (Liberation Struggle) led by opposition parties and backed by the church and certain social groups.

6. Arrange the following books in the chronological order (years of first publication)

A. The End of History and the Last Man
B. Man the State and War
C. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace
D. The Second Sex
E. The Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of World Order
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

This question was dropped by NTA.
(1) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for power and peace (1948) is written by Hans Morgenthau,
(2) Man, the State and War (1959) is written by Kenneth Waltz,
(3) The Second Sex (1949) is written by Simone de Beauvoir
(4) The End of the History and the Last man (1992) is written by Francis Fukuyama,
(5) The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World order (1996) is written by Samuel P Huntington.

7. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Correct Answer: (c) Sukumar Sen
Solution:

The first Election Commissioner of India was Sukumar Sen. He served as the CEC from March 21, 1950 to December 19, 1958.
He was instrumental in overseeing India's First general elections in 1951-52, a massive and unprecedneted task at the time. His work laid the foundation for a robust electoral process in the world's largest democracy. Gyanesh Kumar is the current CEC of India.

8. Arrange the following India constitutional Amendments in the chronological order:

A. Amendment in the Preamble and addition of 'unity and integrity of the nation'.
B. Maithili added as a language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
C. Konkani added as a language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. D. The Co-operative Societies inserted as Art.243 ZH
E. Women Reservation Act.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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

The correct chronological order is as follows:-
(A) Amendment in the Preamble and addition of unity and integrity of the nation. It was added by 42d CAA in 1976.
(C) Konkani added as a language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution by 71st CAA, enacted in 1992.
(B) Maithili added as a language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution by 92nd CAA in 2003.
(D) The Co-operative Societies inserted as Art-243zH by 97th CAA, 2011
(E) Women Reservation Act, 2023

9. Who stated- 'Sri Aurobindo has appropriated Hegel's notion of an Absolute Spirit and employed it to radically' restructure the architectonic framework of the ancient Hindu Vedanta system in contemporary terms?

Correct Answer: (d) Steve Odin
Solution:

Steve Odin stated "Sri Aurobindo has Appropriated Hegel's Notion of an Absolute spirit and employed it to radically restructure the architectonic framework of the ancient Hindu Vedanta System in coutemporary terms."

10. All- Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference was fromed in-

Correct Answer: (a) 1932
Solution:

The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference is political party in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India-It was founded in 1932 by Sheikh Abdullah.