1. Theotonio Dos Santos’ conception of “New Dependency” based on monopoly capitalism is created by: (JNU MA 2021)

2. Which one of the following is not associated with liberal nationalism of the eighteenth century? (JNU MA 2021)

3. Which among the following institutions has been given the responsibility to regulate the right of citizenship including its acquisition and termination? (JNU MA 2021)

4. Which one among the following books is not authored by Partha Chatterjee? (JNU MA 2021)

5. Saskia Sassen’s book, Losing Control?: Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization (1996), analyses three levels of the erosion of sovereignty of modern nation states. Which one is not associated with it? (JNU MA 2021)

6. Who among the following is the final authority in deciding whether or not a Lok Sabha MP can be disqualified from the House on the ground of defection? (JNU MA 2021)

7. Which one of the following does not come under the categorisation of pure types of political culture by Almond and Verba? (JNU MA 2021)

8. Elections to the Rajya Sabha in India follow the principle of proportional representation. Which among the following systems is followed in this regard? (JNU MA 2021)

9. Match the Following (JNU MA 2021)

10. Who among the following distinguished four main cleavages ‐ centre‐periphery, state‐church, rural‐urban and workers‐employers cleavages ‐ created by two revolutions such as the national revolution and the industrial revolution respectively that constituted the bases for the formation of political parties in western democracies? (JNU MA 2021)

11. Who defined political culture as “the sum of the fundamental values, sentiments and knowledge that give form and substance to political processes”? (JNU MA 2021)

12. Which one of the following does not belong to the properties and characteristics of the political system propounded by Gabriel A. Almond? (JNU MA 2021)

13. Who among the following introduced The Asylum Bill, 2015 as a Private Member Bill in the Lok Sabha intended for the establishment of an effective system to protect refugees and asylum seekers by means of an appropriate legal framework to determine claims for asylum in India? (JNU MA 2021)

14. Who among the following studied the civic relations between the Hindus and Muslims in different Indian cities to contain, or even prevent ethnic violence? (JNU MA 2021)

15. Which one of the following is not a statutory commission? (JNU MA 2021)

16. What are the prominent types of authority mentioned by Max Weber? (JNU MA 2021)

17. Which of the following critique of liberalism is not made by the communitarians? (JNU MA 2021)

18. Which of the following characteristics of representative democracies best represents a significant difference with direct democracy? (JNU MA 2021)

19. The distinctive features of Steven Lukes' views on power are summarised in which of the following statements? (JNU MA 2021)

20. For Robert Nozick, taxation of earnings from labour is at par with forced labour because: (JNU MA 2021)

21. Which of the following statements is an attack on Rawls's theory of Justice? (JNU MA 2021)

22. Which of the following is not an assumption underlying the liberal theory of diversity? (JNU MA 2021)

23. Which stream of feminist theory proposes that men not only benefit from the exploitation of women but that they are responsible for the subordination of women within the family? (JNU MA 2021)

24. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

25. Who out of the following supports state intervention in development of the economy along with removal of major sources of unfreedom: poverty, tyranny and social deprivation? (JNU MA 2021)

26. Isaiah Berlin is known for his argument that: (JNU MA 2021)

27. According to Robert Dahl, polyarchy is a form of government which is : (JNU MA 2021)

28. What aspects of the capability approach to a person's advantage proposed by Amartya Sen is not captured in the following statement? (JNU MA 2021)

29. The purpose of the 'veil of ignorance' in A Theory of Justice is to: (JNU MA 2021)

30. According to David Held what are the main challenges to the modern state? (JNU MA 2021)

31. Which of the following features have not been identified with the transition to modernity in the western countries? (JNU MA 2021)

32. Match books and theory proposed in List I with thinkers in List II (JNU MA 2021)

33. Carol Gilligan 'In a Different Voice' while advancing her perspective on care, claims that her findings show: (JNU MA 2021)

34. Which theory assumes that governments will be influenced by various interest groups but will not be biased for or against any groups? (JNU MA 2021)

35. By restricting the role of which of the following can we evolve a cosmopolitan model of democracy as an ideal? (JNU MA 2021)

36. Arrange these thinkers chronologically according to the year of their birth: (JNU MA 2021)

A. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

B. Ram Mohan Roy

C. Swami Vivekananda

D. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

E. Swami Dayananda Saraswati

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37. Which of the following are associated with Rammohun Roy? (JNU MA 2021)

A) Every man is entitled by law and reason to enjoy the fruits of his honest labour and good management

B) Defended right to property

C) Defended Permanent Settlement in his report to the House of Commons in 1831

D) Derived his income from the zamindari and money‐lending business

E) Pointed out injustices of the revenue system and demanded their rectification

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38. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

39. Who drafted the resolution on 'Fundamental Rights and Duties' for the Karachi Congress 1931 in which it was said that 'The State shall observe neutrality in regards to all religions'? (JNU MA 2021)

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40. Which of the following statements go along with Swami Dayananda Saraswati and his Arya Samaj movement? (JNU MA 2021)

A) He was opposed to polytheism

B) He condemned idolatory

C) He argued that that there was no need for an intermediary between God and His devotees

D) Vedas occupy a central position in his philosophy

E) He was in favour of welfare state, not theocracy

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41. The following statement is associated with which modern Indian political thinker: (JNU MA 2021)

'The distribution of produce among the needy many and the powerful few has to be rearranged in a spirit of equality and fair play.'

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42. Which of the following statements do reflect Jyotirao Phule's ideas? (JNU MA 2021)

A) British rule was meant by the Creator to rescue the Sudras from slavery

B) Owing to English education, true knowledge was being imparted to Sudras

C) He wanted to re‐orient the whole educational system for the upliftment of the masses

D) He wanted larger state support to higher education

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43. Who among the following political leaders was instrumental in separating the annual meetings of the Social Conference and the Indian National Congress, which used to meet at the same venue and with several common delegates till 1895? (JNU MA 2021)

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44. What does Ambedkar suggest as a real remedy to the caste system in his famous essay Annihilation of Caste? (JNU MA 2021)

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45. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

46. 'Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.'

Which of the following modern indian political thinker is associated with the statement given above?  (JNU MA 2021)

47. Which of the following are associated with Swami Vivekananda's philosophy? (JNU MA 2021)

A) If one religion is true, then all the others also must be true.

B) He addressed the delegates of the World's Parliament of Religions as 'Sisters and Brothers'

C) He started a movement against the philosophy of Vedanta

D) He critiqued the modern reform movements of his time by suggesting that most of them were inconsiderate imitations of Western means and methods of work

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48. 'Freedom was the soul of the Home Rule Movement. The divine instinct of freedom never aged....Freedom is the very life of the individual soul which Vedanta declares to be not separate from God but identical with him. This freedom was a principle that could never perish.'

Which of the following modern Indian political thinker is associated with the statement given above? (JNU MA 2021)

49. Which of the ideas are associated with V. D. Savarkar? (JNU MA 2021)

A) Blunt the edge of the demands made by the Depressed classes

B) Prevent further atomization of the Hindu community

C) Cultural concept of nationalism

D) Negate the territorial concept of nationhood propagated by Congress

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50. 'The Prime Minister is more concerned about his power than about the welfare of Parliament. His energy is concentrated upon securing the success of his party. His care is not always that Parliament shall do right. Prime Ministers are known to have made Parliament do things merely for party advantage. All this is worth thinking over.'

Which of the following modern indian political thinker is associated with the statement given above? (JNU MA 2021)

51. In John Rawls's Theory of Justice, what is the significance of the Original Position? (JNU MA 2021)

52. In Plato's philosophy the theory of forms refers to entities that are: (JNU MA 2021)

53. Which of the following is true about the National Judicial Appointments Commission? (JNU MA 2021)

A. It was meant to appoint judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts

B. Its composition did not include eminent persons from outside the judiciary

C. It was meant to replace the existing collegium system of making appointments to the judiciary

D. It was struck down by a ruling of the Supreme Court in October 2015

54. The British parliamentarian and political theorist Edmund Burke pursued the impeachment trial of which governor‐general of India? (JNU MA 2021)

55. Which of the following hold true for the Puttaswamy vs. Union of India judgment of the Supreme Court of India? (JNU MA 2021)

A. There was a nine judge bench with Justice J.S Khehar asthe Chief Justice of India

B. The judgment was not unanimous

C. Right to privacy was upheld as a fundamental right to be derived from Article 21

D. The judgment was passed in August 2017

56. In which of Karl Marx's concepts is the idea of a camera obscura mentioned? (JNU MA 2021)

57. What was the 97th Constitutional amendment of 2012 about? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Pertained to cooperative societies

B. Introduced Part IXB into the Constitution

C. Was seen as diminishing the authority of states over their cooperative societies

D. The Supreme Court of India recently struck down parts of this constitutional amendment

58. Which of the following would you not associate with the principle of free speech? (JNU MA 2021)

59. Which of the following statements most effectively captures Edward Said's 1978 book Orientalism? (JNU MA 2021)

60. Which of the following statements are true about the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution? (JNU MA 2021)

A. The term basic structure is mentioned in the Constitution

B. The term was enunciated in the Kesavananda Bharati case of 1973

C. The power to amend the Constitution is to be found in article 368 and is given to Parliament

D. The basic structure doctrine seeks to restrict Parliament's ability to amend the Constitution in a fundamental way

61. Which amendment of the Indian Constitution reduced the voting age from 21 to 18? (JNU MA 2021)

62. Ranajit Guha's book, A Rule of Property for Bengal is about which historical development of India? (JNU MA 2021)

63. When Lord Bentinck was about to set sail for India to assume the Governor‐Generalship, which school of philosophy did he refer to when he said "I am going to British India, but I shall not be governor general. It is you who will be governor general". (JNU MA 2021)

64. Which of Karl Marx's writing begins with the following famous observation? (JNU MA 2021)

'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world‐historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce'.

65. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

66. Which one of the following themes would you not expect to find in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics? (JNU MA 2021)

67. Which of the philosopher Jean Jacque Rousseau's books would you expect to find these lines?

'The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling the ditch, and crying to his fellows, "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth, belong to us all, and the earth to nobody"'. (JNU MA 2021)

68. Which of the following are characteristics of federalism in India? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Article 1 of the Constitution refers to a 'Union of States'

B. The term central government was not used in the original Constitution

C. The term Union government has been used more often to refer to the union government at the centre

D. Asymmetrical federalism

E. Residuary powers are with the states

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69. In which of Hannah Arendt's books would you find mention of the phrase 'banality of evil' in the context of a famous trial? (JNU MA 2021)

70. Which judgment has most been cited in discussions on the colonial era law of sedition? (JNU MA 2021)

71. Which scholar argues that international order is "a fusion of power with legitimate social purpose" (JNU MA 2021)

72. The sceptical view of globalization does not emphasize on: (JNU MA 2021)

A. World was more globalized economically, politically and culturally during 1870 to 1914

B. Present phase of globalization can be identified more with intensifying geopolitics than globalization per se

C. Present phase of globalization is more concerned about economic development of the global south

D. State power has increased and not decreased in the present era.

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73. On which point neoliberal institutionalism disagrees with neorealism: (JNU MA 2021)

74. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

75. Which of the statements are incorrect (JNU MA 2021)

A. Soviet army started moving out of Afghanistan in 1981

B. Cuban missile crisis happened in 1962

C. The first international organization India joined was the United Nations

D. Korean war happened between 1951‐53

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76. Hegemonic stability theory argues: (JNU MA 2021)

77. Which Indian ministry is responsible for agricultural trade related negotiations in WTO? (JNU MA 2021)

78. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

79. Which of the following statements explain rational choice understanding of international relations? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Individuals are emotional actors in international relations

B. States decide their actions in international politics rationally

C. State behavior in international politics is based on cost‐benefit analysis

D. States are the only actors in international relations

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80. which of the following statements are from the judgement on the right to privacy? (JNU MA 2021)

A. The government of India argued on the basis of judgement in Kharak Singh case that there is no specific right to privacy in the Constitution of India

B. The court mentioned the case of Aadhar and biometric attendance as a violation of right to privacy

C. Judges quoted John Stuart Mill's essay 'On Liberty' in the judgment

D. Judges argued that fundamental rights cannot be seen in isolation from each other

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81. Hans Morgenthau in his book Politics among Nations (1948) discusses following concepts: (JNU MA 2021)

A. National Interest defined in terms of power

B. National power defined in terms of institutional power

C. Balance of Power

D. Idea of World State

82. Who has argued that the relations between Indian elite and masses suffer from 'mutual incomprehension'? (JNU MA 2021)

83. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

84. Which of the following sentences are correct? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Pranab Bardhan argued that India was leading to a 'crisis of governability' during 1990s

B. Ashutosh Varshney argued that a real divide exists between 'India' and 'Bharat'

C. Leela Fernandes has argued that emerging middle class in India is not a homogeous category

D. Pradeep Chhibber and Rahul Verma argued that there is an ideological space of party politics in India

E. Zoya Hasan had argued that the new farmer movements were more closer to the right wing political ideology

F. Gopal Guru has argued that only subalterns can articulate themselves as they have lived experiences of discrimination

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85. Which of the following theories of International Relations are not associated with the framework of Marxist theory? (JNU MA 2021)

86. Which one of the following does not constitute the seven principles of POSDCORB advocated by Luther Gulick? (JNU MA 2021)

87. What is the significance of the Minnowbrook Conference of 1968 in the discipline of Public Administration? (JNU MA 2021)

88. Which one of the following does not constitute the fourteen principles of Management of Henri Fayol? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Division of work

B. Scalar chain

C. Unity of command

D. Promotion

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89. Match List I with List II (JNU MA 2021)

90. Given below are two statements (JNU MA 2021)

Statement I: Public Choice Approach is associated with Vincent Ostrom.

Statement II: Structural Approach is not associated with Herbert Simon.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

91. Who among the following is considered to be the chief proponent of the post‐bureaucratic theory? (JNU MA 2021)

92. The Hawthorne Experiment in Public Administration is associated with: (JNU MA 2021)

93. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Prismatic Society propounded by Fred W. Riggs? (JNU MA 2021)

94. Which article of the Constitution of India makes provisions for the Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the States? (JNU MA 2021)

95. Which article of the Constitution of India provides with presenting a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure by the Government of India to the Parliament every year? (JNU MA 2021)

96. Which among the following comes under the entire gamut of the activities of the NITI Aayog? (JNU MA 2021)

A. Design Policy & Programme Framework

B. Foster Cooperative Federalism

C. Monitoring & Evaluation

D. Think Tank and Knowledge & Innovation Hub

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97. When was the NITI Aayog Forum for North‐East set up to address various challenges in the region and recommend requisite interventions to achieve sustainable economic growth? (JNU MA 2021)

98. Which among the following statements is not a correct evaluation of the Right to Information Act (RTI, 2005)? (JNU MA 2021)

99. ‘Organisation of village panchayats as units of self‐governance’ has been: (JNU MA 2021)

100. Which of the following reports was prepared by the Committee on the Status of Women in India? (JNU MA 2021)