UGC NET/JRF EXAM, (Paper-II) Dec.-2022 POLITICAL SCIENCE (SHIFT II)

Jean-Francois Lyotard was a French philosopher whose work influenced the field of philosophy and post-modernism discourse. He is associated with several concepts, including: A. Language Game: Lyotard compared discourses to language games, which are rule-governed systems of activity that involve language.
B. Airport on knowledge: He believed that knowledge is given legitimacy by grand narrative, which are the dominant modes of thought, ideology, or belief systems that shape what is perceived as true, real acceptable.
D. Communicational Transparency: It is related to the idea that communication is not always transparent.

Hobbes's main concern is the problem of social and political order, how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict.
The following are related to Hobbes's philosophy:
A. Human will, did not imply anything spiritual or transcendental → He was a materialist, and he rejected the idea of a soul or any non-material substance.
C. Life itself is a motion Hobbes argued that all life including human, even plants and animals in constant motion.

This question has been dropped by NTА. С. B. Macpherson (1911-1987) was a political theorist and professor of political science at the university of Toronto, Canada.
The concepts of Developmental Democracy, Associational capacity and Extractive capacity has been used by C. B. Macpherson.

The following statements are correct about swami Vivekanand:
A. In 1897, Vivekanand started the Ramakrishna mission.
B. Vivekananda set up the Advaita Ashram in the Himalayas.
D. Vivekananda also claimed that a nation's true worth could not always be measured in terms of its military might or material development.

The following statements are correct with reference to Tilak:
A. Tilak felt that the roots of Indian Nationalism must be in the sentiments and emotions of the Indian masses.
B. Tilak had also proposed a congress resolution the release of Ali brothers.
C. According to Tilak, swaraj was a moral necessity. for
E. Tilak wrote, that swarajya is the foundation and not the height of our future prosperity.

Gabriel Almond classified party systems into following 4 categories:
A. Authoritarian Party system: A system with one party having complete control over the government Ex- China.
B. Dominant No-Authoritarian party system: Dominated by
C. Competitive Two party System: Two main parties compete in elections for power, and other parties are small and have low chances of winning Ex. USA, UK.
E. Competitive Multi-party System: Three or more parties run for elections. Ex- India.

The constituent Assembly was formed on December 6, 1946 on the basis of the cabinet misson plan. The following statements are correct regarding the composition of the Constituent Assembly
A. Each princely state was to be allotted seats in proportion to their population.
B. Seats allotted to each British Province were divided between muslims, and sikhs and other general population.
C. The seats allotted to other community were to be elected by the member of that community in provincial legislative assembly.
D. In the above process, proportional representation by means of single transferable vote was followed.

All the given options are correct about exemption from RTI Act without any exception. Right to information (RTI) Act 2005, mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. it is an initiative taken by department of personnel and training. Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and pensions.
The basic object of the RTI Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, Contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense.

Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were all formed on the basis of language.
A. Haryana: Haryana was constituted on November 1, 1966, as a result of the partition of Punjab into two separate states Punjabi speaking Punjab and Hindi-speaking Haryana.
B. Andhra Pradesh: The state was formed in 1956 by merging the Telugu speaking areas of Madras with the Hyderabad.
C. Maharashtra: Maharashtra was formed in 1960 by merging the Marathi-speaking areas of Bombay state with the Vidarbha region.

As per Article 279 (A) of the amended Constitution. The GST Council which will be a joint forum of the centre and the states, shall consist of the following members:
1. Union Finance Minister → Chairperson
2. The Union Minister of State, in-charge of Revenue of finance Member
3. The minister in-charge of finance or taxation or any other Minister nominated by each state Government → Member.