1. The Joint Consultative Machinery in India was established on the recommendation of: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

2. The report 'Right to Information: Master key to Good Governance' was submitted by: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

3. After independence, the role of the District Magistrate has undergone a substantial change mainly due to: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

4. Which of the following are the benefits of E-governance? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

(A) It makes government more accountable.

(B) It minimises people's participation in government affairs.

(C) It encourages bureaucratic tendencies.

(D) It lowers transaction costs.

(E) It helps in building trust between government and citizen.

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5. Which committee on Panchayati Raj in India takes of three phases: "The phase of ascendency The phase of stagnation and The phase of decline"? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

6. Which of the following types of policy evaluation lays emphasis on determining the success level in achieving its basic objectives? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

7. Arrange the following in an ascending chronological order: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Right to Education Act

(2) Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act

(3) Food Security Act

(4) Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act

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8. 73rd Amendment of the Constitution seeks to provide which of the following to the Panchayati Raj Institutions? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Constitutional status

(2) Financial autonomy

(3) Empowerment of marginalized sections of the rural population

(4) Decentralised planning

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9. Which constitutional provision provides for formation of a Gram Sabha? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

10. Which of the following statements about the significance of public policy is correct? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Public policies help in achieving socio-economic development

(2) Public policies help maintain national unity and integrity

(3) It's basic purpose is to serve individual interest and solve public problems

(4) Public policy aims at shaping the society for its betterment

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11. Which of the following statements about National Health Policy, 2017 are correct? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) It aims to ensure 2 beds per 1000 population

(2) It proposes free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency health care services in all public hospitals

(3) Reduction of total fertility rate to 2.1 at national and sub- national level by 2025

(4) Reduce mortality rate of children under 5 years of age to 23 (per 1000) by 2020

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12. Under which constitutional provision, elections to Panchayati Raj Bodies are conducted in India? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

13. Which of the following are the salient features of Draft National Water Policy 2012? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(i) Setting up of Water Regulatory Authority

(ii) Incentivisation of recycle and re-use

(iii) Community participation in managing the water resources projects

(iv) Water users association should be given statutory powers

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14. Arrange the introduction of the following development programmes in an ascending order: (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(B) Indira Awas Yojana

(C) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

(D) Atal Pension Yojana

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15. Which of the following traits have been introduced by the right to information in the politico-administrative system? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) Caution

(B) Care

(C) Vigilance

(D) Red-tapism

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16. Under the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act a person can be appointed Chairperson of Lokpal if he or she (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) is or has been the Chief Justice of India

(B) is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court

(C) is or has been an eminent person

(D) is or has been an administrator with at least 10 years of experience

Select the most suitable answer from the options given below:

17. NITI Aayog is (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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

19. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. (NET June 2020 Paper II)

Assertion (A): The idea of 'governance' gained in prominence by connoting a plurality of rules in place of the states' monopoly.

Reasons (R): The idea of governance owes its origin to the World Bank.

In the light of the above statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

20. Which of the following statements are true about the concept of governance? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) It does not simply mean 'rule' or 'administration'

(B) It has a specific meaning in the context of globalisation

(C) It is the manner in which power is exercised

(D) Governance and government are the same thing

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21. Which of the following are associated with the notion of governance (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Competitive democracies

(B) Participatory democracy

(C) Democratic administration

(D) Change - oriented democracy

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22. Who among the following has presented the incremental model of public policy? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

23. Who among the following was/is the first chairman of NITI Aayog in India? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

24. Which of the following indicates the nature of planning in India in Contemporary times? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

25. "Consumer Protection Bill 2019 was passed by the Indian Parliament on (NET June 2020 Paper II)

26. Which of the following statements about the 'Consumer Protection Act 2019° is NOT true? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

27. Who among the following was strongly opposed to the idea of Panchayati Raj system in India? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

28. Which of the following schemes is/are launched by the current Central Government (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna

(B) Kisan Nyay Yojna

(C) Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojna

(D) Meri Policy Mere Haath

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29. The first Lokpal bill was introduced in Parliament (NET October 2022 Paper II Shift I)

30. Which is not included in the ‘Five E’ approach in Policy analysis? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

31. Which of the following statements are incorrect with regard to Jayaprakash Narayan: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) He believed in the guarantee of full individual and civil liberty

(B) He believed in Cooperative farms run by Village Panchayats

(C) A true nationalist desires to build an old foundation

(D) He regarded the Swarajya was not only a right but a ‘Dharma’

(E) P. Was a Sarvodayi leader

32. In the event of the dissolution of a Panchayat before the completion of its time period, the Panchayat constituted thereafter shall perform – (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

33. Match List I with List II: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

34. What is the effects of globalization on food security? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

35. Which among the following proposed the concept of Constitutional Ombudsman in Parliament in India? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

36. Which of the following report is published by NITI AAYOG? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

37. Arrange the following schemes by order of launching year (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) Demonetization

(B) Goods and Services Tax Act

(C) Pradhan Mantri Jandhan Yojana

(D) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

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38. Place the following legislative acts in chronological orders: (NET JUNE 2023 Shift II)

A. Right to Information Act

B. Consumer Protection Act

C. Right to Education Act

D. Lokpal and Lokayukta Act

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39. Which among the following statements is true about JP Narayan's plan of reconstruction of Indian polity? (NET June 2023 Shift II)

A. He wanted to revive 'swaraj from below'.

B. The basic unit of political organisation would be the gram panchayat.

C. The gram sabha would act as the basis of grass roots democracy.

D. This would also involves establishing an organic link amongst the different units of the panchayati raj.

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40. Which of the following Commissions/Committees recommended for the establishment of the Lokpal and Lokayukta for First time? (NET JUNE 2023 Shift II)

41. In which year did the amendment to the Constitution extend the Panchayati raj provisions to the scheduled areas? (NET June 2023 Shift II)

42. Arrange the following Directive Principles of State Policy in their sequential order as mentioned in the constitution (NET June 2023 Shift I)

A. To organize village Panchayat

B. To secure the right to work

C. To make provision for just and humane condition

D. To secure a living wage, decent standard of life

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43. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding accountability and control over administration? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

A.     Administrative Accountability may refer to the legal and hierarchical locus of Responsibility

B.      Administrative responsibility has ethical and normative connotations

C.      Administrative responsibility implies that the public officials will adhere to the explicit and implicit values of proper administration and policy.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

44. Which of the following are the tools of executive control over administration? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

A.    Civil Service Code

B.     Staff agencies

C.     Budget

D.    Ordinances

E.     suits against public officials.

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45. Which of the following are included in PM Modi's vision of Developed India as 'Panchpran'? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Atmnirbhav Bharat

B.     Goal of Developed India.

C.     Security

D.    Unity and sense of duty

E.     Integrity.

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46. Read the following Passage and answer the question:

Public policy in India is in a state of flux. The nature of the policy process has changed dramatically with an increasing role of different actors, both locally and globally. A case is made to listen to the multiple voices that are emerging in governance processes; it is argued that it is necessary to create a space for dialogue among civil society and citizens. The demand for stronger links between research and policy has grown, as much as efforts to mainstreaming public policy education to professionalize the bureaucracy.

New discourses have emerged that shape policy choices. Several discourses have been nevertheless reduced to status of rhetoric and cliché. Emerging demographic trends at the national level-such as urbanization and environmental trends at the global level, such as climate change have redefined the contours of public policy and governance, posing new challenges for policy formulation as well as engendering debates on appropriate forms of governance. Governance refers to all manners of exercising control and authority in the allocation of resources. Governance issues are thus closely tied to the processes and mechanisms through which people access resources. However, the extent to which they have improved the control of resource users, remains a moot question. Often, this has been a question of efforts at changing control relation between the state and civil society; while policies have succeeded in creating management capacity at lower levels.

The gap between 'governance' and 'government' is understood to have widened in the Indian context, as well as globally. Actors other than the state have come to acquire a greater role in the exercise of control and authority in the allocation of resources. The locus of policy making has moved from the state to other actors; markets and civil society have created greater space for themselves. State authority has been diluted by a greater influence of other actors, both at local and global levels. New discourses such as those of neo-liberalism and good governance have altered the relationships between state, markets and civil society. While the discourse of neo-liberalism was founded on the narrative of the inefficient state, the neo- liberal paradigm evoked criticisms on account of the exclusion of the poor from the provision of service delivery.

Q. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). (NET March 2023 Shift II)

Assertion (A): Public policy education is necessary to professionalize the bureaucracy.

Reason (R): Public policy education needs strong links between research and policy making process.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

47. Read the following Passage and answer the question:

Public policy in India is in a state of flux. The nature of the policy process has changed dramatically with an increasing role of different actors, both locally and globally. A case is made to listen to the multiple voices that are emerging in governance processes; it is argued that it is necessary to create a space for dialogue among civil society and citizens. The demand for stronger links between research and policy has grown, as much as efforts to mainstreaming public policy education to professionalize the bureaucracy.

New discourses have emerged that shape policy choices. Several discourses have been nevertheless reduced to status of rhetoric and cliché. Emerging demographic trends at the national level-such as urbanization and environmental trends at the global level, such as climate change have redefined the contours of public policy and governance, posing new challenges for policy formulation as well as engendering debates on appropriate forms of governance. Governance refers to all manners of exercising control and authority in the allocation of resources. Governance issues are thus closely tied to the processes and mechanisms through which people access resources. However, the extent to which they have improved the control of resource users, remains a moot question. Often, this has been a question of efforts at changing control relation between the state and civil society; while policies have succeeded in creating management capacity at lower levels.

The gap between 'governance' and 'government' is understood to have widened in the Indian context, as well as globally. Actors other than the state have come to acquire a greater role in the exercise of control and authority in the allocation of resources. The locus of policy making has moved from the state to other actors; markets and civil society have created greater space for themselves. State authority has been diluted by a greater influence of other actors, both at local and global levels. New discourses such as those of neo-liberalism and good governance have altered the relationships between state, markets and civil society. While the discourse of neo-liberalism was founded on the narrative of the inefficient state, the neo- liberal paradigm evoked criticisms on account of the exclusion of the poor from the provision of service delivery.

Q. Which of the following are correct that redefine public policy and governance? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    Issues of urbanization and environmental debates

B.     Debates on forms of governance

C.     Status of rhetoric and cliché

D.    Strengthening of state autonomy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

48. Read the following Passage and answer the question:

Public policy in India is in a state of flux. The nature of the policy process has changed dramatically with an increasing role of different actors, both locally and globally. A case is made to listen to the multiple voices that are emerging in governance processes; it is argued that it is necessary to create a space for dialogue among civil society and citizens. The demand for stronger links between research and policy has grown, as much as efforts to mainstreaming public policy education to professionalize the bureaucracy.

New discourses have emerged that shape policy choices. Several discourses have been nevertheless reduced to status of rhetoric and cliché. Emerging demographic trends at the national level-such as urbanization and environmental trends at the global level, such as climate change have redefined the contours of public policy and governance, posing new challenges for policy formulation as well as engendering debates on appropriate forms of governance. Governance refers to all manners of exercising control and authority in the allocation of resources. Governance issues are thus closely tied to the processes and mechanisms through which people access resources. However, the extent to which they have improved the control of resource users, remains a moot question. Often, this has been a question of efforts at changing control relation between the state and civil society; while policies have succeeded in creating management capacity at lower levels.

The gap between 'governance' and 'government' is understood to have widened in the Indian context, as well as globally. Actors other than the state have come to acquire a greater role in the exercise of control and authority in the allocation of resources. The locus of policy making has moved from the state to other actors; markets and civil society have created greater space for themselves. State authority has been diluted by a greater influence of other actors, both at local and global levels. New discourses such as those of neo-liberalism and good governance have altered the relationships between state, markets and civil society. While the discourse of neo-liberalism was founded on the narrative of the inefficient state, the neo- liberal paradigm evoked criticisms on account of the exclusion of the poor from the provision of service delivery.

Q. Which one of the following is not correct regarding governance? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

49. Read the following Passage and answer the question:

Public policy in India is in a state of flux. The nature of the policy process has changed dramatically with an increasing role of different actors, both locally and globally. A case is made to listen to the multiple voices that are emerging in governance processes; it is argued that it is necessary to create a space for dialogue among civil society and citizens. The demand for stronger links between research and policy has grown, as much as efforts to mainstreaming public policy education to professionalize the bureaucracy.

New discourses have emerged that shape policy choices. Several discourses have been nevertheless reduced to status of rhetoric and cliché. Emerging demographic trends at the national level-such as urbanization and environmental trends at the global level, such as climate change have redefined the contours of public policy and governance, posing new challenges for policy formulation as well as engendering debates on appropriate forms of governance. Governance refers to all manners of exercising control and authority in the allocation of resources. Governance issues are thus closely tied to the processes and mechanisms through which people access resources. However, the extent to which they have improved the control of resource users, remains a moot question. Often, this has been a question of efforts at changing control relation between the state and civil society; while policies have succeeded in creating management capacity at lower levels.

The gap between 'governance' and 'government' is understood to have widened in the Indian context, as well as globally. Actors other than the state have come to acquire a greater role in the exercise of control and authority in the allocation of resources. The locus of policy making has moved from the state to other actors; markets and civil society have created greater space for themselves. State authority has been diluted by a greater influence of other actors, both at local and global levels. New discourses such as those of neo-liberalism and good governance have altered the relationships between state, markets and civil society. While the discourse of neo-liberalism was founded on the narrative of the inefficient state, the neo- liberal paradigm evoked criticisms on account of the exclusion of the poor from the provision of service delivery.

Q. The Gap between Governance and Government has widened due to (NET March 2023 Shift II)

50. Arrange the following acts that promote transparency in governance, in chronological order: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    The Lokpal and Lokayukts Act

B.     The Whistle Blowers Protection Act

C.     The Prevention of Corruption Act

D.    The Right to Information Act

E.     The Central Vigilance Commission Act

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

51. Match List I with List II: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

52. Which of the following is/are not an e-governance project/projects of Government of India: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    DARPAN

B.     PRAGATI

C.     SAGAR

D.    Jeevan Pramaan

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53. Which of the following information are exempted from RTI act without any exception? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    Information that would enhance financial accessibility of government department

B.     Information pertaining to deliberation at cabinet meetings.

C.     Information which would impede the process of investigation

D.    Judicial records pertaining to appointment of judges

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54. Which of the following was not a salient feature of the National Food Security Act 2013? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

55. How was the NITI Aayog formed? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

56. Who among the following was the first President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

57. Which of the following statements is correct regarding Ashok Mehta Committee recommendations on Panchayat Raj System? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

58. Arrange the following Anti-Corruption measures taken by Government of India in chronological order: (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    Ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)

B.     Black Money (Undisclosed foreign income and assets) and Imposition of Tax Act

C.     The Prevention of Money Laundering Act

D.    The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act

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59. Arrange the following movements in chronological order. (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    Chipko Movement

B.     Jal Satyagrah

C.     Appiko Movement

D.    Jan Lokpal Movement

E.     Narmada Bachao Andolan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

60. Match List I with List II: (NET March 2023 Shift I)

61. Given below are two statements: (NET March 2023 Shift I)

Statement (I): The policy agenda is the sum of all political demands that a number of individuals or groups have tried to get onto policy agenda.

Statement (II): The policy agenda is composed of the demands that policy makers have agreed to consider.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

62. Which of the following is/are true about amendment of RTI Act in 2019? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    From a fixed term of five years, now the Commissioner holds office at the pleasure of Government.

B.     Now, there can be more than 10 Central Information Commissioners.

C.     Now, the salaries and allowances of Commissioner are also decided by the Government.

D.    Now, the age of retirement of Chief Information Commissioner will be 62 years.

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63. Which of the following Ministry/Aayog is associated with Good Governance Index? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

64. Which of the following is the first state to bring Social Audit Law? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

65. Which of the following Ministry is associated with Swachh Survekshan? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

66. Which is the fifth stage of Policy Cycle according to Harold Lasswell? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

67. Which one of the following is not a principle among the originally framed six principles of 'Citizen's Charter Movement'? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

68. Who among the following contributed to the framing of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

69. Arrange the following Committees related to Panchayati Raj Institutions in the chronological order: (NET June 2024 Paper II)

A. Working Group on Panchayats and Co-operative

B. Study Team on Nyaya - Panchayats

C. Committee on Panchayati Raj Elections

D. Committee on Panchayati Raj Training Centres

E. Committee on Community Development and Panchayati Raj

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

70. Which Committee was appointed by Janata Party Government to review the working of the Panchayati Raj Institutions? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

71. NREGA was implemented in: (NET June 2024 Paper II)

72. RTI is a means of strengthening democracy due to: (NET June 2024)

A. Openness

B. Maintaining secrecy

C. Transparency

D. Bureaucratic red tapism

E. Accountability

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

73. Arrange the following books according to the years of their publication (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. Dror, Yehezkel. Public Policy Making Re-examined

B. Dye, Thomas R. Under- standing Public Policy

C. Bhattacharya, Mohit. New Horizons of Public Administration

D. Anderson, James E. Public Policy Making

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74. Which of the following were/ are wage development and infrastructure development programmes? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. Crash Scheme of Rural Employment

B. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

C. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme

D. Changes in Agronomic Practices

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

75. Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan was launched on (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

76. Which one of the following functions is NOT the concern of the local government? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II) 

77. Performance budget reflects how well a government entity is meeting its goals and objectives. Which of the following are the central point of Performance Budgeting? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. It requires the establishment of performance levels and the collection of information

B. The amount of work that is done is measured

C. The quality or the results of that work is measured

D. This impacts how much money a department will receive in the future

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

78. "Budget is a document containing a preliminary approval plan of public revenue and expenditure”. Whose definition is this? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)