UGC NET/JRF EXAM, JUNE-2025 POLITICAL SCIENCE (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

41. Match the List-I with List-II

List-I (Act)List-II (Year)
A. State of Mizoram ActI. 2000
B. Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation ActII. 1986
C. Bihar Reorganisation ActIIΙ. 1966
D. Punjab Reorganisation ActIV. 1987
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IIIVIIII
(d)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Act)List-II (Year)
A. State of Mizoram ActII. 1986
B. Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation ActIV. 1987
C. Bihar Reorganisation ActI. 2000
D. Punjab Reorganisation ActIIΙ. 1966

42. Pandita Ramabai was associated with :

Correct Answer: (b) Mukti Mission
Solution:

Pandita Ramabai started operating the Mukti Mission in 1889, which was intended to provide shelter to destitute women. She returned to India in 1889 and in the same year, established Sharada Sadan in Bombay for high-caste widows.

Later, she moved this institution to Poona, where she was again subjected to severe criticism from conservative elements of the Hindu society and Tilak. Due to increasing Swadeshi (boycott) non-cooperation and criticism, she changed 'Sharada Sadan' to 'Christian Mukti Sadan,' which was later named Ramabai Mukti Mission.

43. Choose the correct sequence of articles mentioned in the Constitution of India in chronological order :

A. Council of ministers to aid and advice the President
B. Appointment of Acting Chief Justice
C. Special address by the President in Parliament
D. Power of President to consult Supreme Court
E. Appointment of district judges

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct sequence of the Articles mentioned in the Constitution of India is:
• Council of Ministers to aid and advise the President - Article 74(1)
• Special Address by the President in Parliament (Article 87)
• Appointment of acting Chief Justice (Article 126)
• Power of President to consult Supreme Court (Article 143)
• Appointment of District Judges (Article 233)

44. Rensis Likert considers 'Management Systems 1-4' as a model of management. These are:

A. Participative System
B. Consultative System
C. Benevolent Authoritative
D. Exploitative-Authoritative
E. Maturity-Immaturity

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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

Rensis Likert identified four management systems in his book "New Patterns of Management" in 1961.
1. Exploitative-Authoritative
2. Benevolent-Authoritative
3. Consultative System
4. Participative System

45. Arrange the following in chronological order.

A. Maastricht Treaty ratified
B. Chinese Brutal military massacre in Tianamen Square
C. Pinochet Coup in Chile
D. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un met at Singapore
E. Russian annexation of Crimea

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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

(1) On September 11, 1973, the army, led by General Augusto Pinochet, staged a coup d'état against the Allende government in Chile.
(2) On June 4, 1989, a brutal crackdown and massacre was carried out by the Chinese army in Tiananmen Square on hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protestors.
(3) The Maastricht Treaty or the Treaty on European Union was signed by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands, on February 7, 1992.
(4) Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
(5) Meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

46. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Correct Answer: (b) G.V. Mavalankar
Solution:

Ganesh Shankar Mavalankar, famous as the Father of Lok Sabha and Dada Saheb, was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha of India. He pioneered several parliamentary traditions like Question Hour, the formation of committees, and impartial conduct.

47. Who developed "A humanist critique of the Western Enlightement that uncovered its links to colonialism and highlighted 'narrative of oppression', cultural and ideological biases that disempowered colonized peoples by representing them as the non-western other"?

Correct Answer: (b) Edward Said
Solution:

Edward Said, an American political scientistof Palestinian origin, developed a humanistic critiqueagainst colonialism and imperialism and developed the concept of Western and non-Western in his book'Orientalism (1978)'.

48. Conisder the facts regarding Government ofIndia Act 1935 and choose the correct answer:

A. Provided the establishment of a FederalCourt.
B. Separated Burma from India.
C. Created two new provinces of Orissa and Sind.
D. Propose the establishment of Chamber ofPrinces.
E. Introduced separate electroate for Muslims

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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

The facts related to the Government of India Act, 1935 are as follows:
• The major source of the present Constitution of India is the 1935 Act.
• The Federal Court was established under it in 1937.
• Burma was separated from India in 1937 in accordance with the provisions of the • Government of India Act, 1935.
• Residuary powers were given to the Viceroy.
• Orissa and Sind were made two new provinces under this Act.

49. In which year, the BJP led National Democratic Alliance passed the Prevention of Terrorism Act?

Correct Answer: (c) 2002
Solution:

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government passed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) in 2002. ⇒ This law was introduced after the terrorist attack on Parliament in 2001 and was implemented in March 2002. ⇒ It was passed during the Prime Ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

50. Consider the facts about Afghanistan and choose the correct answers :

A. King Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan for decades
B. Mullah Muhammad Omar was the Supreme leader of the First Taliban government
C. Indus River originate from Afghanistan
D. Iraq shares land border with Afghanistan
E. Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (d) A, B, E only
Solution:

The correct facts related to Afghanistan are as follows:
• King Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan for decades.
•  Mullah Mohammed Omar was the supreme leader in the first Taliban government.
• Soviet Union's military intervention in Afghanistan in 1979.
• The Indus River originates near the Manasarovar Lake in Tibet.
• Iran, not Iraq, shares a land border with Afghanistan.