NET December 2013 - Political Science Coaching Centre

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NET December 2013 Paper II

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1. Who among the following is not a principal character in Plato's Republic? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Polemarchus

(b) Adeimantus

(c) Protagoras

(d) Glaucon

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2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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3. Identify the correct sequence of Marx's Writings in ascending order: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

i. Contribution to the Critique ofPolitical Economy

ii. Poverty of Philosophy

iii. Thesis on Feuerbach

iv. Communist Manifesto

Codes:

(a) i, ii, iii, iv

(b) ii, iii, iv, i

(c) iii, ii, iv, i

(d) iv, i, ii, iii

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4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): For behaviouralists, it was better to be wrong than vague.

Reason (R): It was better to be vague than non-relevantly precise.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(d) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

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5. Who said, "Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override"?(NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) John Rawls

(b) Robert Nozick

(c) Friedrich Hayek

(d) Habermas

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6. Who was the founder of Utilitarianism? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Bentham

(b) James Mill

(c) David Hume

(d) Priestley

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7. Which one of the following writings is not written by Mao? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) On New Democracy

(b) On Coalition Government

(c) People's War

(d) On People's Democratic Dictator- ship

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8. Why did Gandhiji go to South Africa? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) On invitation by the Indians in South Africa.

(b) To study Bar-at-Law.

(c) To fight a case of a Gujarati Business-man.

(d) To visit South Africa with family.

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9. Who founded the 'Mexican Socialist Workers' Party' which was later named as 'Mexican Communist Party'? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Jaya Prakash Narayan

(b) B. R. Ambedkar

(c) M. N. Roy

(d) Lenin

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10. Whom did Lord Minto describe as the most 'dangerous man'? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) B.G. Tilak

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(c) Gandhiji

(d) Sardar Patel

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11. Arrange in ascending order the following stages of Political Development as enunciated by A. F. K. Organski. Select the correct answer from codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

i. Primitive National Unification

ii. Abundance

iii. Industrialisation

iv. National Welfare

Codes:

(a) i, ii, iii, iv

(b) i, iii, ii, iv

(c) i, iii, iv, ii

(d) iv, ii, iii, i

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12. Who among the following talks of pseudo-pressure groups? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Jean Blondel

(b) Almond

(c) Maurice Duverger

(d) V.O. Key

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13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list. (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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15. The process of Socialisation in Modern Society is (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Specific
Universalistic
Instrumental
Ascriptive

Codes:

(a) 1, 2, 2

(b) 2, 3, 4

(c) 3, 4, 1

(d) 4, 2, 1

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16. Which one of the following is not a totalitarian form of Government? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Military Government

(b) Fascist Government

(c) Communist Government

(d) Parliamentary form of Government

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17. Who among the following writers classified Elites into broad types? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(i) Organising and directing elites.

(ii) Informally organised and diffused elites

(a) Vilfredo Pareto

(b) Robert Michaels

(c) Gaetano Mosca

(d) Karl Mannheim

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18. Who among the following classified parties under competitive system into two major categories? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(i) Turnover and Hegemonic

(ii) Ideological and Pragmatic

(a) Myron Weiner and Lapalombara

(b) G.A. Almond and Verba

(c) Neil A. Mcdonald

(d) Peter H. Merkel

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19. The concept of dependency evolved in the 1960s in (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Europe

(b) Africa

(c) Asia

(d) Latin America

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20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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21. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the codes: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Secularization does not necessarily imply that people have become anti-religious, or that religion has disappeared from both the public domain and the domain of personal belief.

Reason (R): Religion is not just one, and not necessarily the most important way in which people understand themselves and their relationships.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

(d) (R) is correct, but (A) is false.

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22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The 1980s, a period of great turbulence in Indian Politics, marked the appearance of several new political parties.

Reason (R): National Parties got marginalized or became adjuncts to State Parties in many States.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

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23. Arrange the following in their chronological sequence: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

i. Nehru Committee Report

ii. Quit India Movement

iii. Civil Disobedience Movement

iv. Declaration of Complete Independence

Codes:

(a) ii, i, iv, iii

(b) iii, ii, iv, i

(c) i, iv, iii, ii

(d) iv, ii, i, iii

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24. In which of the following case the Supreme Court of India held that, the power of amendment belonged to the Parliament, and this power was an unlimited one? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Sankari Prasad V. Union of India

(b) Bela Banerjee and Others V. State of West Bengal

(c) Kesavananda Bharati V. State of Kerala

(d) Romesh Thapar V. State of Madras

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25. Which one of the following States does not have a Bicameral Legislature? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Kerala

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26. Identify the correct chronological order of the following Prime Minister/ Chief Minister of J & K: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Sheikh Abdullah, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah.

(b) Sheikh Abdullah, G.M. Sadiq, Mir Qasim, Farooq Abdullah.

(c) Sheikh Abdullah, G.M. Sadiq Shamsuddin, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

(d) Sheikh Abdulla, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Shamsuddin, G.M. Sadiq.

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27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a0

(b)

(c)

(d)

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28. Which one of the following is not a sufficient ground for convening a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Rejection of a bill by one House of the Parliament when the other House has passed it.

(b) Both Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in a bill.

(c) More than six months has elapsed from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it.

(d) President has refused to give his assent to the Bill.

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29. Who is the author of Federal India: A Design for Change? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Balveer Arora

(b) K.C. Wheare

(c) Rasheeduddin Khan

(d) Ronald Watts

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30. Who among the following has made pioneering contribution in the area of subaltern studies? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Ramachandra Guha

(b) Ranjit Guha

(c) Rajni Kothari

(d) James Manor

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31. Who among the following questioned the claim that Public Administration is a Science? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Robert Dahl

(b) Luther Gulick

(c) L. Urwick

(d) Frank Goodnow

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32. F.W. Taylor, the founding father of Scientific Management Movement, propounded the theory which was conceived to be a scientific methodology of (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Careful observation

(b) Managerial techniques

(c) Generalization

(d) All of the above

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33. Who among the following is not a protagonist of the managerial view of Public Administration? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Simon

(b) Smithburg

(c) Gulick

(d) Henry Fayol

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34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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35. The role of the Finance Commission in Centre-State fiscal relations has been undermined by the (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) The State Governments

(b) The Zonal Councils

(c) The Planning Commission

(d) The Election Commission

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36. To which of the following classes of job in the public service in India, merit-cum-seniority principle is adopted in promotion? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Class-I

(b) Class-II

(c) Class-III

(d) Class-I and II

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37. Which of the following, according to Kautilya, are the principles of good governance for a king? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Merging individuality with duties.
Leading a disciplined life with a code of conduct.
Maintaining law and order.
Replacing bad ministers by lekhaks (writers).

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 4

(b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 2, 3 and 4

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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38. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Position classification is the foundation of modern personnel administration.

Reason (R): Position - classification allows rationalization in Civil Services.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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39. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The relation between a generalist and a specialist is one of a senior and a subordinate.

Reason (R): A specialist is required to assist the generalist in the formulation and implementation of public policy.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Public Administration is generally characterised by an absence of profit motive.

Reason (R): Governmental activities are not undertaken simply to maximize profit but to promote societal welfare.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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41. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2013 Paper II)

Assertion (A): In the Post Soviet era, Nuclear armed states are likely to have military run or weak civilian governments.

Reason (R): They will lack the positive constraining mechanisms of civilian control.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(e) Question or options are wrong

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42. Where is India's Hi-Tech Naval Base "Project Varsha" located? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Rambilli

(b) Ezhimalai

(c) Araku Valley

(d) Kochi

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43. "Atoms for Peace" was a disarmament plan put forward by which world leader? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) J. Nehru

(b) Krushchev

(c) Eisenhower

(d) Kennedy

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44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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45. Who created the Global Environ- mental Facility (GEF) as an international mechanism specifically for funding environmental projects in developing countries? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) IMF

(b) UNDP

(c) UNEP

(d) World Bank

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46. Chronologically arrange the following treaties in the correct ascending order: (NET December 2013 Paper II)

i. The Charter of the UN

ii. The Treaty of Westphalia

iii. Treaties of Utrecht

iv. Treaty of Paris

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) iv, i, ii, iii

(b) iii, iv, i, ii

(c) ii, iii, iv, i

(d) i, ii, iii, iv

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47. What are the four defining elements of a regime? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) Principles, Norms, Rules, Decision making procedures.

(b) Principles, Rules, Regulations, Procedures.

(c) Norms, Rules, Regulations, Precedents

(d) Principles, Precedents, Procedures, Practises

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48. Chronologically arrange the following milestones in the Women's movement in the correct ascending order. (NET December 2013 Paper II)

i. Mexico City - UN Conference

ii. Copenhagen - UN Conference

iii. Beijing

iv. Nairobi

Codes:

(a) iv, i, iii, ii

(b) i, ii, iv, iii

(c) ii, iii, i, iv

(d) iii, iv, ii, i

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49. When did India and Nepal sign the revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) 2011

(b) 2012

(d) 2009

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50. Which of the following countries are included in ASEAN Plus Three? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

(a) China, India, Japan

(b) China, South Korea, Russia

(c) China, Russia, Japan

(d) China, Japan, South Korea

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