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Hannah Arendt

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1. List I refers to view of scholars on meaning of power. List II refer to name of scholars associated with these views. Match List I with List II by using the codes given below: (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2003)

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2. For a successful revolution, it is necessary to limit it to the political ambit while excluding the social one is the view of: (GUJARAT SET JULY 2004)

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3. Who among the following distinguished between work, labour and action? (University of Hyderabad Ph.D 2020)

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4. Hannah Arendt's concept of "the banality of evil" is associated with:  (Maharashtra SET 2024 Paper II)

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5. “Power is never the property of an individual; it belongs to a group and remains in existence only so long as the groups keep together”. This view about power has been expressed by: (JNU MA 2020)

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6. 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)

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7. Match the following: (DU MA 2018)

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8. Arrange the work of Hannah Arendt in ascending order (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. The origin of totalitarianis

B. The Human Condition

C. On Revolution

D. On Violence

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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9. "Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda." Who said this? (GUJARAT SET 2022)

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10. Who among the following distinguished between 'labour' and 'work'? (TELANGANA SET 2023)

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11. Hannah Arendt's term 'viva activa' denotes which of the following human activities? (TELANGANA SET 2022)

Choose the correct code:

1. Capital

2. Labour

3. Work

4. Action

Codes:

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12. Who said that "It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong." (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

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13. Who authored The Human Condition? (PUMDET 2024)

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14. Who said the following?  (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

"The 20th century totalitarianism represents an onion like structure".

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15. Who wrote the book "The Origins of Totalitarianism"? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

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16. Who proposed that power consists in collective action? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

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17. Hanna Arendt advocated the theory of------ society. (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

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18. Who is famous for the critique of totalitarianism? (University of Hyderabad MA 2017)

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19. Consider the following statements regarding Hannah Arendt's thought about human activities: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Practical activity comes in a hierarchy of three broad forms: labour, work and action.

(ii) At the top of this hierarchy is 'labour'.

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20. Who believed that the success of a revolution occurs when it is limited to the political and not extending to the social? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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21. Match List-I with List-II: (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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22. Match the following theorists with their respective theories: (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

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23. "Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it." Who said this? (GUJARAT SET 2021 DEC)

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24. Who among the following thinkers believes that the decline of traditional values and hierarchies was one of the factors which explained the advent of Nazism and Stalinism? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

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25. Who among the following has dubbed Marxism as a totalitarian doctrine? (NET November 2021 Shift II)

A. Karl Popper

B. Isaiah Berlin

C. Hannah Arendt

D. Antonio Gramsci

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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26. Choose the correct statements regarding political theorists- (NET August 2024 Shift II)

A. Mary Wollstonecraft emphasized the equal rights of women.

B. Hannah Arendt examined the nature of both Nazism and Stalinism in 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'.

C. Antonio Gramsei wrote the famous book 'On People's Democratic Dictatorship'.

D. Franz Fanon wrote the famous book 'Black Skin White Masks'.

E. In his famous book, 'Politics among Nations', Aristotle advocated a system of mixed government.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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27. Hannah Arendt analyses the Vita activa via three categories which corresponds to the three fundamental activities of our being in the world. (NET August 2024 Shift I)

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