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NET Unit 1: Political Theory Part II

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1. Who among the following said that Political theory contains factors of three kinds-the factual, the causal and the valuational? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

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Category: Vladimir Lenin

2. Who said, "Revolutions are the festivals of the oppressed and the exploited"? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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3. Who among the following has defined legitimacy as "conviction on the part of the member that it is right and proper to accept and obey the authorities"? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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4. Who of the following advocated economic theory of democracy? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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5. Which of the following is not a reason for the decline of political theory of David Easton? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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6. St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei is divided into (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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7. Which of the following is not a feature of liberal communitarian debate? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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8. Max Weber used the Greek word 'Charisma' to refer to (NET June 2014 Paper II)

  1. qualities acquired by experience
  2. inherited qualities
  3. supernatural qualities
  4. super human qualities

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9. Who said "A state is human activity that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory"? (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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11. Who said "Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution"? (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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12. Who of the following said "Lenin's party was designed to be an elite, a minority chosen for intellectual and moral superiority, the most advanced part of the working class and so its vanguard".? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: John Rawls

13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

14. Which one of the following answers is correct regarding Post-Marxism? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: Political Economy

15. Which one of the following answers is incorrect regarding neo-liberalism? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

16. Who of the following lamented the 'death' of political philosophy? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

17. Who among the following said that "Political theory is, quite simply, man's attempt to consciously understand and solve the problems of his group life and organization"? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

18. Communitarian theory lays emphasis on: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

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Category: Mao Ze Dong

19. Match the items of List-I with items of List-II by selecting the correct answer from the codes: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

20. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2015 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Reason (R): Democracy is the best check against the misuse of power as the power is distributed among various groups.

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

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Category: Uncategorized

21. Scholasticism of middle ages sought to establish: (NET December 2015 Paper II)

(A) Supremacy of political domain over the spiritual.

(B) The autonomy of intellectual freedom over the political regimes.

(C) The ascendency of theology over the philosophy.

(D) The subordination of rational element to the theological element of the church.

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Category: Uncategorized

22. Who among the following argued that "The belief in the principle of authority is the only reliable means of securing order". (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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Category: Mao Ze Dong

23. Arrange the following concepts in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below: (NET June 2015 Paper II)

(A) Democratic Centralism

(B) Feed - Back System

(C) New Democracy

(D) Due Process of Law

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Category: Uncategorized

24. Which one of the following is not a factor, for Fukuyama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

25. Who among the following said of Rousseau, "Ardent apostle of Reason, he has done more than most to prepare the way for the age of unreason in which he live"? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

26. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. (NET December 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Authority and responsibility are the two sides of the same coin.

Reason (R): Authority is divisible, responsibility is not.

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27. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reasoning (R). Choose the correct answer using the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Only when power combined with authority does it have legitimacy.

Reasoning (R): Power is the use of force over others.

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Category: Robert Nozick

28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

29. Which of the following is true of modern liberalism? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Freedom of the individual as against the authority of the state.

(B) Recognise the importance of group.

(C) Supports the limited role of the state.

(D) Supports the state regulation to safeguard the weak.

Choose the correct answer:

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30. Which of the following statements are true regarding Political theory? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) It accepts scientism and repudiates the normativism.

(B) It synthesises political philosophy and scientific enquiry of political phenomenon.

(C) It is structural and institutional and examines the logic and basis of political institutions and organizations.

(D) Political theory is philosophical as well as scientific, normative as well as empirical evaluative as well as explanatory; historical as well as analytical.

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Category: Uncategorized

31. Who among the following referred to the 'decline' of political theory? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) David Easton and Alfred Cobbon

(B) Lasslett and Robert Dahl

(C) Will Durant

(D) Nathenial Hawthorn

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32. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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Category: M. K. Gandhi

34. Match List-I with List-II and identify the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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35. Direct democracy is not possible in the modern times because: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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36. For whom, "ideas" and not the "material conditions of production" are the effective causes of revolution? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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37. Which one of the following statements is not true? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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Category: Neo-Liberalism in Political Theory

38. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Identify the correct answer. (NET June 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): F. A. Hayek portrayed state intervention and collectivism, even in their moderate forms, as inevitably leading to an erosion of Liberty.

Reason (R): He is a supporter of Laissez-faire and opponent of Keynesian economics and the welfare state.

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39. Who among the following characterised early liberalism as 'possessive individualism? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

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40. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET July 2016 Paper II)

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41. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET July 2016 Paper II)

Assertion (A): For Fukuyama, liberal democracy may constitute the end point of mankind's ideological evolution.

Reason (R): The earlier forms of government were characterised by grave defects and irrationalities that led to their eventual collapse.

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42. Who among the following said: "Research untutored by theory may prove trivial, and theory unsupported by data, futile"? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

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43. Arrange the following works of Isaiah Berlin in chronological order of his publications. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET July 2016 Paper II)

(A) Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

(B) Four Essays on Liberty

(C) Vico and Herder: Two Studies in the History of Ideas

(D) Karl Marx: His Life and Environment

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44. Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

45. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET July 2016 Paper II)

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46. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET July 2016 Paper III)

Assertion (A): In the advanced liberal democracies of the western nations, military is subordinate to the civilian authority.

Reason (R): Military plays a key role in countries where democracy has not been institutionalized.

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Category: Amartya Sen

47. Arrange the following works of Amartya Sen in chronological order of his publications. (NET July 2016 Paper III)

(A) Idea of Justice

(B) Inequality Re-examined

(C) Development as Freedom

(D) Choice, Welfare and Measurement

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48. Who among the following said that ideology should neither be thought (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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49. Which one of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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50. Which one of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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51. Who among the following said that political theory stands for an abstract model of the political order? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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52. Who said that federalism requires a people "Who desire union and must not desire unity"? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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53. Who among the following emphasized on 'procedural theory of democracy' highlighting three criteria? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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54. Who among the following described the welfare state as a kind of enslavement? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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55. Deliberative Democracy is: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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Category: Karl Marx

56. Who distinguished the Young Marx from the Old Marx? (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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57. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (NET November 2017 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Oakeshott says Hobbes is the greatest political thinker produced by the English speaking people.

Reason (R): No other thinker can match his philosophical foundations and clarity of thought.

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Category: Plato

58. According to Plato, justice is: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

59. Environmental Green parties originated from (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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60. Which one of the following statements is not true in case of Liberalism? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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61. Who among the following said, 'Ideology is the most elusive concept in the whole of Social Science'? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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62. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

63. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET January 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Lenin produced a new theory of the revolutionary function of the intellectuals.

Reason (R): The ideas and not the material conditions of production are the effective causes of revolution.

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Category: John Rawls

64. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

65. Who of the following said, "An important function of Political theory is not only to show what a political practice is but also to show what it means. In showing what a practice means, or what it ought to mean, Political theory can alter what it is"? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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Category: Vladimir Lenin

66. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Lenin's revolutionary seizure of power is like a coup and negation of Marxism.

Reason (R): Marx thought a communist party would capture power peacefully.

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Category: Uncategorized

67. Convergence theory pointed out the convergence between: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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Category: Karl Marx

68. Who feared that Marx's dictatorship of the proletariat would become dictatorship on the proletariat? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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Category: John Rawls

69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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Category: Uncategorized

70. Who described the classical tradition as "Epic theory"? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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71. The Classical Tradition in political theory is considered to be a common school of enquiry because: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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72. Democratic peace theory has been largely associated with the writings of: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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73. Match the items of List-I with items of List-II by selecting the correct answer from the given code below: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

74. Which one of the following is not a feature of ideology? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

75. Which of the following are Lenin's contribution to Marxist theory? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

  • His theory of the party as 'the vanguard of the proletariat' which guides the masses both before and after the revolution.
  • His theory or capitalist imperialism, which he held to constitute the intermediary stage of capitalism.
  • His version for the reconstruction of the world's first proletarian state.
  • His theory of the strategy and tactics of revolution.

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Category: Justice

76. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

77. Which of the following are the features of democracy? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

(A) Democracy requires political equality.

(B) All citizens must be entitled to stand for election regardless of race, sex, colour or religion.

(C) All citizens must possess a vote (universal adult franchise).

(D) Political equality means 'one person one vote, one vote one value'.

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Category: Uncategorized

78. Who among the following is not a proponent of commuritarianism? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

79. Who among the following has written the article "The Zigzag of Politics"? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

80. Which one of the following contentions of Isaiah Berlin is not true in the context of resurgence of political theory (political philosophy)? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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Category: Karl Marx

81. Match List-I with List-II: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

82. The positive impact of Liberalisation are: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Foreign investment

(2) Increased production

(3) Increased unemployment

(4) Technological advancement

Choose the right answer:

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Category: Uncategorized

83. Which of the following are the arguments for women's equality? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Inferiority of women to men is socially constructed and has no legal justification

(2) Non-application of the princip- les of liberty and equality to the conditions of women is paradoxical

(3) Women are naturally inferior to men

(4) Women's inequality survived because it was justifiable

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Category: Uncategorized

84. Which of the following statements about the definition of Welfare State are correct? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) It is a state that provides for its citizens a wide range of social services

(2) It is a compromise between communism on the one side and unbridled individualism on the other

(3) Welfare state sets a pattern for any humane and progressive society

(4) Welfare state guarantees a minimum standard of subsistence without removing incentives to private sector

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Category: Uncategorized

85. Vandana Shiva is known as (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: John Rawls

86. Arrange these in a chronological order: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Benn and RS Peters' Social Principles and Democratic State

(2) John Rawls' A Theory of Justice

(3) Susan Mollerokin's Justice Gender and Family

(4) Rousseau's Social Contract

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Category: Citizenship in Political Theory

87. The best propounder of Pluralist Theory of Citizenship was (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

88. Who said, "Every state is known by the rights that it maintains"? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Aristotle

89. "Distributive Justice is mainly concerned with distribution of honours or wealth". Who said it? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

90. Who is the author of the book "Escape from Freedom"? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

91. Which of the following freedoms was not mentioned by Roosevelt? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

92. Who is not a supporter of Libertarianism? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Farmers Movement

93. 'New Democracy' as hegemony of the workers, peasants and other marginalised sections of the society is associated with which one of the following? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

94. Which one of the following is an incorrect pair? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

95. Which one of the following is incorrect with regard to post modernism? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Uncategorized

96. Which one among the following is NOT related to Neo-Marxism? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Karl Marx

97. Karl Marx, the founder of Marxism, formally was the citizen of which one of the following countries? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Modernism & Post Modernism

98. Match List-I with List-II: (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: John Rawls

99. The Idea of Justice as fairness in Rawlsian theory flows from (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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Category: Citizenship in Political Theory

100. Who wrote the book, Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights (1995)? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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