Conservatism PYQs - Political Science Coaching Centre

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Conservatism

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1. Match the following and select the correct answer using the codes below: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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2. Read the following statements regarding 'Conservatism' and choose the correct code: (TELANGANA SET 2023)

A. Conservatism rests on what may be termed particularist scepticism concerning abstract rational principles.

B. Conservatives regard rationalism as "metaphysical" in ignoring particular social, economic and historical conditions.

1. A Only

2. B Only

3. A & B Both

4. Neither A nor B

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3. Conservatism stands for: (GUJARAT SET 2019 DEC)

(A) Politics of Individualism

(B) Idea of liberty and equality

(C) Maintaining the status quo of culture

(D) Politics of neglect

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4. Match the ideologists with their beliefs on freedom: (PUMDET 2019)

(A) a-3; b-4; c-1; d-2

(B) a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4

(C) a-4; b-1; c-2; d-3

(D) a-3; b-4; c-2; d-1

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5. Which are the elements of conservatism? (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET October 2023)

(ii) Tradition

(ii) Pragmatism

(iii) Human Perfection

(iv) Organicism

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(C) (iii), (iv) and (i) are correct

(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

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6. Who among the following thinkers warns that price of erosion of all natural authorities in society is the increasing military domination of Government? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

(1) Edmund Burke

(2) Joseph de Maistre

(3) Fredrick Jemson

(4) Jean-Francois Lyotard

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7. Identity among the following senses in which the Conservatives view human nature pessimistically (DU MA 2022)

A. Human beings are limited, dependent and security seeking creatures

B. Human beings are morally corrupt tainted by selfishness, greed and a thirst for power.

C. Human Rationality is unable to cope with the infinite complexity of the world

1. Only A

2. B and C only

3. A and C only

4. All of the above

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8. What are the central beliefs of conservatism? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. Tradition

B. Hierarchy and Authority

C. Social Darwinism

D. Social Liberalism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) A and B only

(b) A and C only

(c) A and D only

(d) B and C only

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9. Match the following types of state (List-I) with their respective natures (List-II): (TELANGANA SET 2022)

1

2

3

4

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10. What does the Conservatives insist? Choose the correct code: (TELANGANA SET 2022)

1. The necessity and importance of political arrangements that hinder evil.

2. The enforcement of morality, the treatment of people according to what they deserve.

3. The importance of swift and severe punishment for serious crimes.

4. The aim of justice should be equality not the rule of law.

Codes:

1. 1, 2, 3 & 4

2. 1, 2 & 3 only

3. 2, 3, & 4 only

4. 3 & 4 only

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11. Who among the following is considered as The God Father of Neo-Conservatism? (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET JUNE 2022)

(A) Irving Kristol

(B) Alexis de Tocqueville

(C) Miachael Oakshott

(D) Edmund Burke

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12. Conservatism stands for: (GUJARAT SET 2019 DECEMBER)

(A) Politics of Individualism

(B) Idea of liberty and equality

(C) Maintaining the status quo of culture

(D) Politics of neglect

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13. The 'Reign of Terror' is associated with (University of Hyderabad MA 2021)

A. Jacobins of the French Revolution

B. Quakers of the American Revolution

C. Whigs of the Glorious Revolutio n

D. Girondins of the French Revolution

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14. Who authored Reflections all the Revolution in France? (University of Hyderabad MA 2021)

A. Edmund Burke

B. Jean Jacques Rousseau

C. Thomas Paine

D. J S Mill

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15. Who among the following is NOT a key figure of 'Conservatism? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(a) T.H. Green

(b) Edmund Burke

(c) Michael Oakshott

(d) Fredrich Von Hayek

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16. Which of the following book is not written by Michael Oakeshott? (NET October 2022 Paper II Shift I)

a.) Experience and its modes

b.) Rationalism in Politics

c.) The History of England

d.) Introduction to Leviathan

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17. Who among the following described state as “a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection”? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Green

B) Laski

C) Burke

D) Hegel

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18. Which one of the following is NOT a central belief of conservatism? (KARNATAKA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(A) Tradition and authority

(B) Human perfection and property

(C) Organic society and hierarchy

(D) Human imperfection and organic society

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19. Classical conservatism emerged as a reaction to: (GUJARAT SET 2013 PAPER III)

(A) The Glorious Revolution

(B) The American Revolution

(C) The French Revolution

(D) The Russian Revolution

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20. Conservative thinkers give importance to? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Traditions

B) Revolutions

C) Contrary opinions

D) Instability

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21. According to conservatives’ the basic unit of the society is the: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) State

B) Civil Society

C) Family

D) Armed Forces

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22. Edmund Burke criticized the excesses of (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

a. the American revolution

b. the Glorious revolution

c. the industrial revolution

d. the French revolution

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23. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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24. Which of the following pairs is correct? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

(A) Conservatism — Anti-social change

(B) Conservatism — Anti-authority

(C) Conservatism — Anti-organic society

(D) Conservatism — Anti-tradition

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25. Michael Oakeshott is associated with the ideology of (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

(A) Radicalism

(B) Conservatism

(C) Neo-Marxism

(D) Fascism of the International

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26. Match the following lists by identifying the correct code: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

A

B

C

D

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