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

2. John Lockes contribution chiefly lies in his: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Consent theory.

(B) Limited Government.

(C)Theory of state as a corporate body.

(D) Organic conception of state.

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3. Which one of the following statements of Hobbes was wrong? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

4. Machiavelli is regarded as the first modern political thinker because of: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

5. Which of the following is not true of Aristotle's theory of state? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Organic conception of State.

(B) State as a magnified individual.

(C) Rights of the individual can exist only as a member of the state.

(D) There is no conflict between the end of the individual and end of the state.

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

Assertion (A): For John Locke, Natural Rights are a product of nature.

Reason (R): State has to protect and safeguard these rights.

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7. Which of the following statements relating to Maos theory of contradictions are true? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Contradictions are universal in all times and in all societies.

(B) Antagonistic contradictions exist among the hostile classes in terms of ownership of productive forces.

(C) Non-antagonistic contradictions could exist among people which could be resolved without resorting to violence.

(D) Contradictions have no place in a socialist system.

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8. Frantz Fanon was a post-colonial thinker. To which country he belonged? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

9. For Karl Marx who among the following is not a Utopian socialist? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

10. For J. S. Mill which one of the following is not true? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

11. Which of the following is not an idea of Rousseau? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

12. Who of the following notes the existence of legislative, executive and federative powers of the state? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

13. Who of the following said that felicity is "continued success in obtaining those things which a man from time-to-time desires"? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

14. Which of the following is not an expression of the constitutional rule of Aristotle? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

15. Which of the following statements is false with respect to Platos ideas? (NET June 2015 Paper III)

16. 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 Rousseau a thinking man is a depraved animal.

Reason (R): Common emotions give value to life.

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17. Who among the following conceived the society as 'a cooperative venture for mutual advantage'? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

18. Who among the following called Machiavelli's "Prince" the great and true conception of a real political genius with the highest and noblest purpose? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

19. For Plato which of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

(A) Ideas are substances.

(B) Ideas are essences of all things.

(C) Ideas are reflections of things.

(D) Ideas are universal.

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20. For J. S. Mill, which of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

(A) Pleasures differ in quality as well as in quantity.

(B) Mill makes use of the non- utilitarian arguments.

(C) The felicific calculus is absurd.

(D) Pleasures can be objectively measured.

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21. For Rousseau, which of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

(A) Two original instincts i.e. self- love and sympathy make up man's nature.

(B) A thinking man is a depraved animal.

(C) Family is the only natural society.

(D) General will is not a group mind.

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22. For Locke, which of the following statements is not true? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

(A) The state must be a constitutional state.

(B) Government must posses discretionary power.

(C) It is a tolerant state.

(D) The right to property is not a natural right.

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23. Who among the following said: "Aristotle's new general science of politics was not only empirical and descriptive, but even in some respects independent of any ethical purpose, since a statesman might need to be expert in governing even a bad state."? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

24. 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): Platonic theory of ideas is based upon the theory of knowledge.

Reason (R): For him, knowledge is perception.

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

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

27. Who among the following dismissed John Rawl's concept of social justice as a 'mirage'? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

28. At the end of cold war Francis Fukuyama constructed the thesis of 'end of history' which meant: (NET January 2017 Paper II)

29. 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)

30. Which one of the features of Rawls' concept of 'Veil of ignorance' is not true? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

31. Given below are the 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 II)

Assertion (A): For Locke, Labour is the source and justification of property.

Reason (R): Its function is to turn the earth into consumable goods.

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

33. Which one of the following is not a source of Plato's theory of Ideas? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

34. Aristotle's classification of constitu- tions was based on the categories of: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

35. 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 II)

Assertion (A): According to Weber, comparative politics could be comprehended within the larger framework of culture, which he did by demolishing Marx's theory of economic determinism.

Reason (R): As without this rejection, his theory was totally untenable. Code:

36. Gramsci characterised Fascism as: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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

38. Hegel's dialectical method was: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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

40. Who said "Kautilya's Arthashastra exemplified radical Machiavellianism, compared to it, Machiavelli's Prince is harmless"? (NET November 2017 Paper II)

41. Who among the following argued that 'the only purpose for which power can be right fully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will, is to prevent harm to others'? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

42. Who among the following defined Civil power as "the right of making laws with penalties... for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws.... All this only for the public good."? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

43. 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): Karl Marx is interpreted by some as an economic determinist but by others as a humane socialist.

Reason (R): The problem stems from the wide range and complex nature of his own writings.

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44. Whose ideas of the following were incorporated in the Philosophical radicalism of utilitarianism? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

45. 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): Machiavellism stands for double standard of morals, one for the ruler and another for the private citizen.

Reason (R): The ruler, as the creator of the state, is not only outside the Law, and outside morality as well.

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46. 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): No genuine understanding of Aristotle can endorse the opinion that his philosophical system was the opposite of Plato.

Reason (R): Aristotle's system is an attempt to Philosophize on idealism free from the defects of Plato's system.

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

48. The essential framework of liberal political economy was provided by: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

49. Which of the following is true of Aristotle's contribution to comparative method? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

(A) To study the then existing political systems

(B) To develop an empirical science of politics

(C) To arrive at the Ideal type

(D) To apply abstract ideas in practice Code:

50. Which of the following is true of Machiavelli's political theory? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

(A) Idolized Ancient Rome

(B) Used History extensively to draw lessons for state-craft

(C) Private army needed for the success of a prince/ruler

(D) Blamed religion for Italy's moral regeneration

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

52. Power, not right is the focal point for Hobbes. Why? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

53. Who described Rousseau as a totalitarian democrat? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

54. Which political thinker rejects Aristotle completely? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

55. Who questioned the view that Locke was a defender of the Glorious Revolution? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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

Assertion (A): In spite of the fact that Rawls theory has strong procedural features it can also be seen as a major contribution to social justice.

Reason (R): He is categorical that there is a need for rational justification of all departures from equality.

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

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

60. Which of the following are features of Marx's theory of surplus value? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

(A) It is an extension of Ricardo's theory.

(B) Labour power equals the brain, muscle and nerve of the labourer.

(C) The value of every commodity is not proportional to the quantity or labour contained in it.

(D) The worker must be paid a price proportional to the number of Labour hours that entered into its production.

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61. Who among the following conceived society as a 'Cooperative venture for mutual advantage', more or less self-sufficient, and necessarily governed by rules? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

62. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

Assertion (A): For J.S. Mill will is the basis of all institutions including the state.

Reason (R): Will is not only dependent on number, it has a qualitative foundation and the Will which makes the institutions takes on the form of a belief.

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63. For Rousseau which one of the following is not true? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

64. For Locke which of the following is not true in case of social contract? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

65. Who among the following said that in order of time state is latter than the family or the individual, but in order of nature, prior to them? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

66. Who among the following said that the Republic pictures a Utopia not because it is a romance but because Plato intended it to be the start of a scientific attack upon the "idea of the good"? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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

68. Which of the following two are correct regarding the adoption of inductive method? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Plato

(2) Machiavelli

(3) Thomas Aquinas

(4) Thomas Hobbes

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69. Theory of form and allegory of caves is related with (NET December 2019 Paper II)

70. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2019 Paper II)

Assertion (A): Aristotle was the first thinker to adopt inductive method but it was accidental

Reason (R): In case of Machiavelli use of Inductive method was intentional

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71. Which of the following two are correct? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) According to August Comte, the principal methods are observation, experiment and comparison

(2) According to Bluntschli, the true methods are philosophical and historical

(3) Very few thinkers are pragmatic and inductive methods in contemporary times

(4) John Rawls had used deductive and dogmatic methods

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72. 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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73. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) John Rawls - Egalitarian

(2) Plato - Idealist

(3) Mary Wollstonecraft - Communist

(4) Gramsci - Feminist

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74. Which among the following is the full title of the book written by Mary Wollstonecraft? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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

76. Which of the following two are correct? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Plato laid more emphasis on duties than rights

(2) His ideal state was merely an idea not reality

(3) He was not a feminist

(4) He did speak about class state

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77. Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R): (NET December 2019 Paper II)

Assertion (A): According to Plato, human soul consists of three elements - Reason, spirit and aptitude

Reason (R): The state is the individual writ large

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

79. Who had condemned utilitarianism in his Theory of justice? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

80. Who had differentiated between natural and conventional inequality? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

81. Who stated that the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

82. Who said that art, religion and philosophy differ only in form, their purpose is the same? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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

84. Black Skin, White Masks is written by (NET June 2019 Paper II)

85. "The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament."Who said this? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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

87. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). (NET June 2019 Paper II)

Assertion (A): In Machiavellian thought end justifies the means.

Reason (R): The key objective of the Prince was to bring unity and integrity of the State.

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88. Who said that political work is the life blood of all economic work? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

89. Who stated that placing restrictions on freedom of expressions of human beings is like robbing off the present and the future races? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

90. Dialectic method was used for the first time in the writing of which one of the following thinkers? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

91. Who is the writer of the book, A Great and Terrible World? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

92. Arrange the works of Karl Marx in ascending order: (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) The Capital (Das Capital)

(B) The Communist Manifesto

(C) The Critique of the Gotha Programme

(D) The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts

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

94. Marx's concept of alienated labour includes (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Alienation from the Product

(B) Alienation from the Process

(C) Alienation from Species

(D) Alienation from Nature

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95. According to Aristotle, which of the following statements are correct? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Polis should be large enough to guarantee self-sufficiency and small enough to ensure food government

(B) The Polis was natural and prior to the individual not chronologically but teleologically

(C) Polis is the highest and most comprehensive of Human Associations

(D) Polis is man writ large

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96. According to Greek system of classification of regimes. The degenerative form of rule by many is known as (NET June 2020 Paper II)

97. Who among the following rejected 'scientific determinism' and advocated political and intellectual struggle? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

98. Hegemony refers to (NET June 2020 Paper II)

99. Aristotle's "ideal state is always Plato's second best". Who said this? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

100. In "The Considerations on Representative Government", J.S. Mill did not elaborate upon (NET June 2020 Paper II)