1. In Orientalism, Edward Said applied whose technique of discourse analysis to the production of knowledge about the Middle East? (JNU MA 2019)

2. Hamza Alavi's analysis of the nature of state in postcolonial societies is based on which of  the following countries? (JNU MA 2019)

3. In Comparative Politics, the concept of civic culture is used for the study of; (JNU MA 2019)

4. The national traditions, as we understand them, are more often invented than historically  evolved. Whom do you think is the proponents of this view? (JNU MA 2019)

5. The re-drawing of the boundaries of electoral constituencies to maximize the efficiency of  party's support is referred to as; (JNU MA 2019)

6. Who among the following predicted that the next world war is likely to be the conflict  between "the West and the Rest"? (JNU MA 2019)

7. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (JNU MA 2020)

8. Which one of the following statements is not correct? (JNU MA 2020)

9. The concept of social movement includes certain constitutive components. Consider the following statements: (JNU MA 2020)

A. A group of people with a conflictual orientation towards an opponent

B. A Collective Identity and a set of common beliefs and goals

C. Collective Actions

D. Similar ideological commitment

Which among the statements mentioned above is are correct?

10. Who said ‘History is the graveyard of elites’? (JNU MA 2020)

11. Arrange the following books in correct chronological order: (JNU MA 2020)

A. Anarchy, State and Itopia

B. Four Essays of Liberty

C. Clash of Civilization

D. Ideology

Codes:

12. Who among the following defines Behaviouralism as protest movement within Political Science? (JNU MA 2020)

13. Match List - I with List - II and select your answer from the codes given below: (JNU MA 2020)

14. “Action and relevance” and “better to be vague than non-relevantly precise” refers to: (JNU MA 2020)

15. It has been argued that India at the time of decolonization almost lacked all the ingredients that make liberal democracy a success. Consider the following factors. (JNU MA 2020)

A. Extreme Poverty and Low level of literacy

B. Lack of Industrialization and absence of a sizable middle class

C. Hierarchical social order ‘almost deliberately designed to resist the idea of political equality’

D. Flared up cultural, linguistic and religious distinctions

E. Ack of a pluralist and accommodative culture

Which of the factor(s) mentioned above were the concerns for the long-term success of Indian democracy?

16. In reference to Presidential system which President of U.S.A. said, “For the folly of just one man may spell disaster for the whole nation.”? (JNU MA 2020)

17. Scholars after feeling disillusioned with a purely causal theory of politics, prefer to accord some place to values, goals and norms in the study of politics are called: (JNU MA 2020)

18. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (JNU MA 2020)

19. Consider the following statements: (JNU MA 2020)

A. Duverger argues that simple plurality single ballot system leads to two party system.

B. Duverger and Sartori argue that the second ballot system/proportional representation leads to multiparty system.

C. Robert Michels has articulated ‘Iron law of Oligarchy’.

D. The two main parties in UK and USA are Mass parties.

Which of the statements mentioned above are correct?

20. What is the correct sequence of Morton Kaplan’s models of systems analysis? (JNU MA 2020)

A. Balance of Power

B. Loose Bipolarity

C. Tight Bipolarity

D. Universal International System

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

22. 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)

23. 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)

24. 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)

25. Match the Following (JNU MA 2021)

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

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

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