1. Which among the following are elements of Liberalism? (NET December 2021 and June 2022 Shift II)

A. Individual should have the right to develop his own personality.

B. Man is a rational creature.

C. Society should not be plural.

D. It believes in constitutionalism.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2. Identify the incorrect statements- (NET August 2024 Shift II)

A. Jacques Derrida wrote the book 'Specters of Marx'.

B. Deendayal Upadhyay opposed the idea of Integral Humanism.

C. Federalism was borrowed by the framers of Indian Constitution from British Constitution.

D. Asif Ali Zardari is the President of Pakistan,

E. Panchayati Raj system in India provided 45% reservation for women.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

3. Plato's Republic demonstrates that democratic form of Government is essentially: (NET December 2004)

4. Which one of the following statements is not correct? (NET December 2004)

5. One of the following kinds of liberty is not acceptable in a modern State: (NET December 2004)

6. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2005)

Assertion (A): Democracy has not succeeded in most of the developing countries

Reason (R): participant political culture is lacking in developing countries

In the context of the two statements which one of the following is correct?

7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2005)

8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2005)

Assertion (A): Liberty without equality has no meaning

Reason (R): Absolute liberty is not possible

In the context of the two statements which one of the following is correct?

9. International law in its application is: (NET December 2006)

10. Who examined the case of liberal democracy from the angle of 'possessive individualism"? (NET December 2006)

11. Identify the correct chronological order in which the following approaches emerged: (NET December 2007)

(i) Philosophical Approach

(ii) Behavioural Approach

(iii) Marxist Approach

(iv) Systems Approach

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12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): (NET December 2008)

Assertion (A): Nozic was a libertarian

Reason (R): Nozic stood for individual liberty and just property.

Which one of the following is correct?

13. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (NET June 2008)

Assertion (A): The purpose of fundamental rights is to create an egalitarian society.

Reason (R): There is an inherent tendency among the individuals to dominate others.

Select the correct answer from below:

14. Who among the following has categorised political systems into political democracy, tutelary democracy, modernizing oligarchy totalitarian oligarchy and traditional oligarchy? (NET June 2008)

15. Assertion (A): Rawls's A Theory of Justice is a powerful, deep, subtle, wide-ranging, systematic work in political and moral philosophy

Reason (R): Political philosophers now must either work within Rawls's theory or explain why not.

(NET June 2009)

16. Which One of the following pairs properly matched? (NET June 2009)

17. Give, with help of the code given below, the correct chronological order of emergence of the following theories/approaches in Political Science: (NET June 2009)

(i) Post-behaviourism

(ii) Structural-functionalism

(iii) Communitarianism

(iv) Neo-liberalism

Code:

18. Identify the communitarian philosopher from among the following: (NET June 2009)

19. The book 'Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy' is authored by (NET DECEMBER 2023)

20. What is the main argument of philosophical anarchism? (NET DECEMBER 2023)

21. Which one of the following pairs is not properly matched? (NET December 2009 Paper II)

22. The core idea of ancient Greek political philosophy is (NET December 2009 Paper II)

23. Decisions of International Court of Justice are binding force (NET December 2010 Paper II)

24. Assertion (A): In a democratic country, the Government ignores the distinctions of class and property.

Reason (R): In a democratic country, the right to vote and participate in politics is determined by the fact that he or she is an adult citizen.

Select your answers to these questions using the codes given below: (NET December 2010 Paper II)

25. Assertion (A): The existence of an hereditary Second Chamber of Parliament is against the principle of equality.

Reason (R): Equality means the absence of special privileges.

Select your answers to these questions using the codes given below: (NET December 2010 Paper II)

26. What is the correct sequence of the following? (NET December 2010 Paper II)

(i) Commonwealth of Independent States

(ii) Civil Rights Movement in U.S.A.

(iii) First General Election of India

(iv) Glorious Revolution in the United Kingdom

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

27. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2010 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Human consciousness postulates Liberty ; Liberty demands Rights and Rights demand State.

Reason (R): Constitution of a State is the safest guarantee of Rights.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

28. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2010 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The State is neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of resolution or convention, nor a mere expansion of the family.

Reason (R): The State is an institution of natural growth.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

29. Which theory suggest the minor adjustments within the capitalist system to save the individual’s liberty? (NET December 2010 Paper II)

30. Who condemned Natural Rights as an invention of Fantasy? (NET December 2010 Paper II)

31. Saint Augustine “The City of God” was considered as the first book on the (NET December 2010 Paper II)

32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET June 2010 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Democratic socialism values unity in diversity.

Reason (R): Cultural Pluralism hinders the functioning of democratic institutions.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

33. The State is a necessary evil. This statement refers to (NET June 2010 Paper II)

34. The Entitlement Theory of Property has been propounded by (NET June 2010 Paper II)

35. One of the criticism for the theory of Natural Rights is that it (NET June 2010 Paper II)

36. “The public good ought to be the object of the Legislator.” – Who said it? (NET June 2010 Paper II)

37. Which theory of the State is expounded in Santhi Parva? (NET June 2010 Paper II)

38. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2011 Paper II)

39. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2011 Paper II)

40. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2011 Paper II)

41. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2011 Paper II)

42. Identify the correct chronological order of the following from the codes given below: (NET December 2011 Paper II)

(i) Arthur F. Bentley

(ii) H. D. Lasswell

(iii) James Bryce

(iv) A. V. Dicey

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43. Identify the correct chronological order in which the following approaches emerged in comparative politics. (NET December 2011 Paper II)

(i) New Institutional Approach

(ii) Marxist Approach

(iii) Philosophical Approach

(iv) Behavioural Approach

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44. Given below are two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R): (NET December 2011 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The Westphalian state system created in 1648 is not valid in the post-Communist world.

Reason (R): Because the sanctity of territorial sovereignty can be done away with UN sanctions.

Choose the correct answer from the codes below:

45. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2011 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Preferential policies need not always violate the principle of fairness.

Reason (R): Treating citizens as equals may require treating them differently.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

46. The doctrine of ‘limited sovereignty’ was propounded by (NET December 2011 Paper II)

47. Who says that a proper revolution should be restricted to the political and should not extend to the social? (NET December 2011 Paper II)

48. The thinker who synthesized German and English Liberalism was (NET December 2011 Paper II)

49. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

50. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer from the code given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

51. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer from the code given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

52. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

53. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

(i) Treaty of Versailles

(ii) Treaty of Westphalia

(iii) Philadelphia Convention

(iv) Vienna Congress

Codes:

54. Arrange the following books in order in which they appeared. Use the code: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

(i) Comparative Politics Today

(ii) The Process of Government

(iii) Comparative Politics : A Developmental Approach

(iv) The Spirit of Laws

Codes:

55. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

(i) Liberalism

(ii) Socialism

(iii) Positivism

(iv) Anarchism

Codes:

56. Arrange the following in chronological order. Use the codes given below: (NET June 2011 Paper II)

(i) Bolshevik Revolution

(ii) Puritan Revolution

(iii) Chinese Communist Revolution

(iv) Glorious Revolution

Codes:

57. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): (NET June 2011 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The system of proportional representation may solve the problem of minority representation to some extent.

Reason (R): The system of proportional representation enables due representation to all types of groups based on ethnicity, gender, interests and ideologies.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

58.
14. T.H. Marshall’s theory of citizenship is derived from his study of (NET June 2011 Paper II)

59. Marxian view treats international politics as an extension of class war in (NET June 2011 Paper II)

60. ‘The Fifth French Republic was a tailor-made Constitution by Charles de Gaulle.’ The above comment was made by (NET June 2011 Paper II)

61. As against Marx’s view that with the expansion of capitalism the middle class will vanish away, the first thinker to have given the idea that the middle class will not wither away and increasing pauperization of the proletariat will not take place, was (NET June 2011 Paper II)

62. Who of the following is considered to be one of the intellectual godfathers of neo-liberal capitalism? (NET June 2011 Paper II)

63. Who said, "Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to Marxism"? (NET December 2012 Paper II)

64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2012 Paper II)

65. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2012 Paper II)

66. Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers emphasises primarily on (NET June 2012 Paper II)

67. Which of the following countries have dual citizenship - National citizenship and State citizenship? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2012 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Once the leaders reach the pinnacle of power, nothing can bring them down.

Reason (R): The majority of human beings, according to Michels, are apathetic, indolent and slavish.

Codes:

69. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.

Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.

In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

70. Which one among the following is not a work about alienation? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

71. The term 'Leninism' was coined by (NET December 2012 Paper III)

72. Which one among the following statements is true? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

73. Who said 'negative liberty is superior to positive liberty'? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

74. Who, among the following, is not associated with decline of political theory? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

75. The word 'theory', derived from the Greek word 'Theoria' means (NET December 2012 Paper III)

76. Which among the following is not a feature of Liberalisation? (NET June 2012 Paper III)

77. Who among the following interpreted functionalism as an alternative approach to Marxism? (NET June 2012 Paper III)

78. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2012 Paper III)

79. Who adopted communism to Asiatic form? (NET June 2012 Paper III)

80. The term 'Ideology' was first used in the year (NET June 2012 Paper III)

81. Rawlsian concept of justice is based on (NET June 2012 Paper III)

82. Positive liberalism does not believe in (NET June 2012 Paper III)

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

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

85. Notion of uneven development was a response to the 19th century ideas of (NET June 2013 Paper II)

86. Who among the following criticised Bentham's Philosophy as "Pig Philosophy"? (NET June 2013 Paper II)

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

88. 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 III)

Assertion (A): Democratic values command widespread acceptance within liberal democracies as an ideal, but at the same time citizens have become more critical of the working of the core institutions of representative democracy.

Reason (R): The declining faith in government represents a deflation of the political culture, reducing the capacity of the political system to achieve shared goals.

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

Assertion (A): All Political Philosophers are political theorists.

Reason (R): All Political Theorists are not necessarily Political Philosophers.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

90. Who defined an ideology as 'a set of ideas by which men posit, explain and justify the ends and means of organized social action, irrespective of whether such action aims to preserve, amend, uproot or rebuild a given social order'? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

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

92. Neo-liberalism does not believe in (NET December 2013 Paper III)

93. Which one of the following factors is not responsible for the decline of Political Theory? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

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

Assertion (A): For Daniel Bell there is the 'end of ideology'.

Reason (R): This is to validate a single ideology and to discredit every other ideology.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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

96. Whose ideas are sometimes referred as 'Manchester Liberalism'? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

97. Which one of the following statements are false? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

98. Who among the following is associated with the resurgence of political theory? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

99. Who among the following said, "We can not shed our values in the way we remove our coats"? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

100. Who among the following said that political theory is in the doghouse in the 1950's? (NET June 2013 Paper III)