1. Which of the following thinkers did not believe in women equality? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

2. Which among the following forms of government is ideal for Machiavelli? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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

4. In which of the following books of ‘Politics’ Aristotle justifies slavery: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

5. Who wrote the paper entitled ‘A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Science’? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

6. Consider the following statements regarding John Rawls’s theory of justice? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) Justice is the first virtue of Social Institutions

(B) Justice is the first virtue of State Institutions

(C) In a just society the rights Secured by justice are not subject of political bargaining

(D) In a just society the rights Secured by justice are not subject to social obligation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

7. Given below are two statements: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

Statement (I): John Stuart divided all actions of individuals into two categories viz. self-regarding actions and other-regarding actions

Statement (II): John Stuart Mills says “Libert consists is not doing what one desires”

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

8. While Justifying the slavery Aristotle says: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) “From the hour of birth some men are marked out for subjection and other’s for rule”

(B) That man of “Capacity, foresight, self-reliance and the life of virtue are intended by nature to work with their mind

(C) That they have the capacity to discharge intelligently their own duties only

(D) That they are machines without having any capacity of employ reason.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

9. Given below are two statements: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

Statement I: Karl Marx agreed with Hegel that history unfolded itself according to a dialectical plan. But according to Marx the ideas were the result of material conditions.

Statement II: Dialectical materialism believe in the inseparability of matter and motion

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

10. Who among the following identified two types of inequality: natural inequality and conventional inequality? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

11. Which among the following ideas are part of the Cultural Revolution? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

(A) Children are the master of new society.

(B) Only the poor peasants can and must be the basic force to be relied upon the land reforms.

(C) Under feudal domination marriage is barbaric and inhuman institution.

(D) The women are reserve for home making.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

12. When was the Hegal’s book ‘Philosophy of Right’ published? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

13. Given below are two statements: One is labeled A Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R. (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

Assertion (A): “Until Philosophers are kings and princes of the world have the spirit and powers of Philosophy, cities will never have rest from their evils.

Reason (R): The republic aimed at the representation of human life in a state perfected by justice and governed according to the idea of good.

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

14. Which among the following authored ‘Black Skin, White Mask’? (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

15. Which one among the following clearly reflects in the writings of Tocqueville (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

16. Given below are two statements: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

Statement I: Romantic poets taught Mill that Utilitarian psychology lacks in human terms.

Statement II: Tocqueville pointed out scientific inadequacies of Utilitarian philosophy.

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

17. Frantz Fanon's book 'Black Skin, White Masks' includes following chapters: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. The Negro and language

B. The Negro and culture

C. The Negro and Psychopathology

D. The Negro and Recognition.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

18. Gramsci holds the view that: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. Progress is an ideology and becoming is a philosophical conception

B. Becoming is a philosophical concept from which progress can be absent

C. Progress depends on a specific mentality

D. Progress and becoming were born at the same time.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

19. Karl Marx and Fredric Engels co-authored: (JMI M.A. 2016)

20. Arrange the books in sequence: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Province of jurisprudence determined

B.     Social Contract

C.     Two Treaties on Civil government

D.    Leviathan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

21. Match List I with List II: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

22. Which of the following concepts are associated with John Rawls (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Veil of ignorance

B.     Primary social goods.

C.     Pure procedural justice

D.    Principles of organization.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

23. Rousseau, in his book 'Discourse on origin of inequality' drew distinction between the two types of inequality (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Political inequality

B.     Natural inequality

C.     Conservative inequality

D.     Conventional inequality

E.    Social inequality

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

24. Who said that "It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong." (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

25. Who among the followings claimed that the science of politics was no longer than himself. (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

26. The term war of maneuver and war of position is associated with (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

27. Who among the following dismissed the idea of natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense'? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

28. Chronologically arrange books in order of their year of publication: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    The State and Revolution

B.     The Political System

C.     The German Ideology

D.    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

29. In which order, according to Hegel the absolute Consciousness (God) reveals it self: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    Reason

B.     Self-Consciousness

C.     Spirit

D.    Simple Consciousness

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

30. Arrange Chronologically in accordance with the year of publication? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    Holy Family

B.     Critique of Political Economy

C.     The Poverty of Philosophy

D.    Value, Price and Profit

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

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

36. Given below are two statements: (NET March 2023 Shift II)

Statement I: Karl Marx wrote his masters' dissertation on Hegel.

Statement II: In a Communist society, nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity.

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

37. Which of the following are related to Hobbes's philosophy? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    Human will, did not imply anything spiritual or transcendental

B.     Perpetual tranquility of mind

C.     Life itself is a motion

D.    There is existence of greatest good

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

38. Which of the following books are written by Lenin? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

A.    What is to be done

B.     State and Revolution

C.     What is History

D.    Marxism Today

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

39. Who opined that an ideal constitution keeps the political elite in good moral shape and provides lasting political excellence? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

40. Who said that England is democratic only during the elections? (NET March 2023 Shift II)

41. "Politics is war without bloodshed and war is politics with bloodshed", who said it (NET March 2023 Shift II)

42. Who said, "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions". (NET March 2023 Shift II)

43. Who has written the preface to the "Wretched of the Earth". (NET March 2023 Shift II)

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

45. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). (NET March 2023 Shift I)

Assertion (A): Inner contradictions of capitalism will destroy capitalism.

Reason (R): Exploitation of surplus value is the biggest contradiction of capitalism.

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

46. Which of the following sentences are correct in regards to John Locke? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    He subscribes empiricism

B.     He has written 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'.

C.     He believes in limited state.

D.    He is the propounder of popular sovereingty.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

47. Which of the following statements are correct in terms of Machiavelli's 'The Prince'? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    The book has been written with democratic spirit.

B.     Dual morality has been established in this book.

C.     The book is famous for anti secular approach.

D.    The book has supported a citizen army.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

48. Who among the following believes that the superstructure is relatively autonomous? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

A.    Louis Althusser

B.     Gramsci

C.     Poulantazs

D.    Mao Zedang

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

49. Why Robert Nozick agrees with anarchist assertions regarding the position of State? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

Pick the incorrect argument

50. The 'Analects' is related to: (NET March 2023 Shift I)

51. Which one of the following is perfect, eternal and fixed according to Plato? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

52. Which one of the following is not Aristotle's work? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

53. For whom among the following M.B. Foster has stated that his political thought represents more of a Pagan revival than a Protestant religion? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

54. Sophie or Sophia is a character in which of the following books? (NET March 2023 Shift I)

55. Hegel viewed civil society as an embodiment of the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

56. Who stated “The world can be moulded only with the gun. Whoever wants to seize the political power of the state and to maintain it must have strong army"? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

57. Who wrote the book “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

58. Who stated "History is the growth of reason to consciousness of itself and the constitutional legalistic state is the culmination of history"? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

59. Match List - I with List - II. (NET June 2024 Paper II)

60. Who wrote the book "The Origins of Totalitarianism"? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

61. Who among the following elitists rejected Rousseau's myth of popular sovereignty? (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2017 PAPER III)

62. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Like in many other areas, even with regard to the question of women, Marx made Hegel the starting point. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities, seeing the natural differences between men and women as immutable. Marx did not say much on the role and position of women. He took it for granted that Socialism would bring about their emancipation. In the German Ideology and the Capital, he spoke of the natural and spontaneous division of labour within the family. The natural relationship from paved the way for social one, and the first property relationship was the one when the man regarded his wife and children as his slaves. The man had power over them, and could do with their labour as he chose, though Marx did not explain how this came about. Marx did not focus his attention on the position and role of women.

Engels, in the Origins, provided a materialist account of the origins of patriarchy, and linked women's subordination with the rise of private property. In the Holy Family, Marx and Engels observed that the degree of emancipation of women could be used as a standard by which one could measure general emancipation. Marx reiterated this view in a letter to Dr. L. Kugelmann in 1868 that social progress could be assessed exactly by the social position of women. In 1845, Marx warned against treating the family regardless of its specific historic setting. In his criticism of Max Stirner (1805-1856), he observed that it was a misconception to speak of the family without qualification. Historically, the bourgeoisie endowed the family with the characteristics of the bourgeois family, whose ties were boredom and money.

Q. Social position of women vis-a-vis family can be judged by which nature of the family? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

63. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Like in many other areas, even with regard to the question of women, Marx made Hegel the starting point. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities, seeing the natural differences between men and women as immutable. Marx did not say much on the role and position of women. He took it for granted that Socialism would bring about their emancipation. In the German Ideology and the Capital, he spoke of the natural and spontaneous division of labour within the family. The natural relationship from paved the way for social one, and the first property relationship was the one when the man regarded his wife and children as his slaves. The man had power over them, and could do with their labour as he chose, though Marx did not explain how this came about. Marx did not focus his attention on the position and role of women.

Engels, in the Origins, provided a materialist account of the origins of patriarchy, and linked women's subordination with the rise of private property. In the Holy Family, Marx and Engels observed that the degree of emancipation of women could be used as a standard by which one could measure general emancipation. Marx reiterated this view in a letter to Dr. L. Kugelmann in 1868 that social progress could be assessed exactly by the social position of women. In 1845, Marx warned against treating the family regardless of its specific historic setting. In his criticism of Max Stirner (1805-1856), he observed that it was a misconception to speak of the family without qualification. Historically, the bourgeoisie endowed the family with the characteristics of the bourgeois family, whose ties were boredom and money.

Q. What has been the general understanding about women's emancipation under Marxian philosophy? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

64. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Like in many other areas, even with regard to the question of women, Marx made Hegel the starting point. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities, seeing the natural differences between men and women as immutable. Marx did not say much on the role and position of women. He took it for granted that Socialism would bring about their emancipation. In the German Ideology and the Capital, he spoke of the natural and spontaneous division of labour within the family. The natural relationship from paved the way for social one, and the first property relationship was the one when the man regarded his wife and children as his slaves. The man had power over them, and could do with their labour as he chose, though Marx did not explain how this came about. Marx did not focus his attention on the position and role of women.

Engels, in the Origins, provided a materialist account of the origins of patriarchy, and linked women's subordination with the rise of private property. In the Holy Family, Marx and Engels observed that the degree of emancipation of women could be used as a standard by which one could measure general emancipation. Marx reiterated this view in a letter to Dr. L. Kugelmann in 1868 that social progress could be assessed exactly by the social position of women. In 1845, Marx warned against treating the family regardless of its specific historic setting. In his criticism of Max Stirner (1805-1856), he observed that it was a misconception to speak of the family without qualification. Historically, the bourgeoisie endowed the family with the characteristics of the bourgeois family, whose ties were boredom and money.

Q. Write the full name of Engels' book "Origins"? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

65. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Like in many other areas, even with regard to the question of women, Marx made Hegel the starting point. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities, seeing the natural differences between men and women as immutable. Marx did not say much on the role and position of women. He took it for granted that Socialism would bring about their emancipation. In the German Ideology and the Capital, he spoke of the natural and spontaneous division of labour within the family. The natural relationship from paved the way for social one, and the first property relationship was the one when the man regarded his wife and children as his slaves. The man had power over them, and could do with their labour as he chose, though Marx did not explain how this came about. Marx did not focus his attention on the position and role of women.

Engels, in the Origins, provided a materialist account of the origins of patriarchy, and linked women's subordination with the rise of private property. In the Holy Family, Marx and Engels observed that the degree of emancipation of women could be used as a standard by which one could measure general emancipation. Marx reiterated this view in a letter to Dr. L. Kugelmann in 1868 that social progress could be assessed exactly by the social position of women. In 1845, Marx warned against treating the family regardless of its specific historic setting. In his criticism of Max Stirner (1805-1856), he observed that it was a misconception to speak of the family without qualification. Historically, the bourgeoisie endowed the family with the characteristics of the bourgeois family, whose ties were boredom and money.

Q. Prior to Marx, which political thinker had a gender bias in his/ her writings? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

66. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Like in many other areas, even with regard to the question of women, Marx made Hegel the starting point. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities, seeing the natural differences between men and women as immutable. Marx did not say much on the role and position of women. He took it for granted that Socialism would bring about their emancipation. In the German Ideology and the Capital, he spoke of the natural and spontaneous division of labour within the family. The natural relationship from paved the way for social one, and the first property relationship was the one when the man regarded his wife and children as his slaves. The man had power over them, and could do with their labour as he chose, though Marx did not explain how this came about. Marx did not focus his attention on the position and role of women.

Engels, in the Origins, provided a materialist account of the origins of patriarchy, and linked women's subordination with the rise of private property. In the Holy Family, Marx and Engels observed that the degree of emancipation of women could be used as a standard by which one could measure general emancipation. Marx reiterated this view in a letter to Dr. L. Kugelmann in 1868 that social progress could be assessed exactly by the social position of women. In 1845, Marx warned against treating the family regardless of its specific historic setting. In his criticism of Max Stirner (1805-1856), he observed that it was a misconception to speak of the family without qualification. Historically, the bourgeoisie endowed the family with the characteristics of the bourgeois family, whose ties were boredom and money.

Q. According to Karl Marx, women emancipation can be judged from which of the following? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

67. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

Assertion A: John Locke was portrayed as possessive individualist

Reason R: John Locke was not in favour of merely maximising interest

In light of the above statements

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

68. Arrange the work of Hannah Arendt in ascending order (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. The origin of totalitarianis

B. The Human Condition

C. On Revolution

D. On Violence

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

69. Who amongst the following wrote The Art of War? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

70. Match List I with List II (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

71. Which of the following aspects have been defended by J. S. Mill?  (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. The rights of women

B. Bentham's utilitarianism in toto

C. Married woman's property bill

D. Patriarchy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

72. "We are witnessing the end of history as such that is, the endpoint of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalisation of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government". Whose thesis is this? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

73. Who considered bureaucracy as the 'State's consciousness"? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

74. Who amongst the following stated that life is "a perpetual and restless desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in death"? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

75. Which one of the following theories is NOT related to Marx? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

76. Which of the following statements about Hegel are true? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. State is the march of God on Earth

B. Hegel regarded women as inferior, with less reasoning abilities

C. Hegel rejected the concept of civil society

D. Hegel does not believe in war

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

77. "Revolutionary violence is not just cathartic but it also allows the colonial subjects to recreate themselves". Whose statement is this? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

78. Who among the following are not supporters of positive liberty? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

A. T. H. Green

B. John Locke

C. Harold Laski

D. Jeremy Bentham

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