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NET Unit 3: Indian Political Thought Part II

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1. Why did Gandhiji go to South Africa? (NET December 2013 Paper II)

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2. The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru (NET June 2013 Paper II)

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

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4. Which of the following Committees of the Constituent Assembly was chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

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5. Who among the following called Jayaprakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohia and other Socialists as Japanese agents during 1942 movement? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

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6. Who made the following statement in the Constituent Assembly in connection with the Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

'That while we want this Constitution to be solid and as permanent as a structure we can make it, nevertheless there is no permanence in Constitutions. If you make anything rigid and permanent, you stop the Nation's growth, the growth of a living, vital organic people'.

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7. Identify the correct sequence of M.N. Roy's activities/events in ascending order: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

(i) Formed "The League of Radical Congressman'.

(ii) Founded "The Indian Renaissance Movement".

(iii) Expelled from "Comintern"

(iv) Founded a weekly, "The Independent India".

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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8. The Politics of Society must be based on two principles as (NET December 2013 Paper III)

(i) Treat others as self' and

(ii) 'Help the other persons in need'.

Whose saying is this?

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9. Who is the author of the book "India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy"? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

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10. Identify the correct sequence of the events undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. (NET June 2013 Paper III)

(i) Organised the industrial workers in Ahmedabad for higher wages.

(ii) Protest against the Indigo planters at Champaran.

(iii) Satyagraha movement in Kaira against the collection of land revenue.

(iv) Protest against the Asiatic Registration Act.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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11. Which one among the following is not written by Aurobindo? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

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12. Who among the following formed “The League of Radical Congressmen”? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

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13. Which of the following is not a feature of Jayaprakash Narayan's partyless democracy? (NET December 2014 Paper II)

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14. Identify the correct sequence of the books written on Mahatma Gandhi on ascending order: (NET December 2014 Paper II)

i. Richard Attenborough - In Search of Gandhi

ii. F. Andrews - Mahatma Gandhi's Ideas

iii. Bhattacharya - Evolution of the Political Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi

iv. B. Kripalani - Gandhian Thought

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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15. In which place of South Africa did Gandhiji for the first time organize mass protest? (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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16. To Kautilya, the concept "rupadarshaka" means: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

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17. "Since Indians wish to unite and develop a common culture, it is the bounden duty of all Indians to own up Hindi as their language... Any Indian who does not accept this proposal..., has no right to be Indian." Who among the following said this? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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18. Who of the following said that God had appeared to him in prison, placed the Gita in his hands and made him realize the simple truths of the Sanatana Dharma? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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19. In which of the following countries Narendranath Bhattacharya settled under the name of Manabendra Nath Roy? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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20. Who of the following is of the view that it is not Gandhi who made Satyagraha but it is Satyagraha which made Gandhi the Mahatma? (NET December 2014 Paper III)

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21. In whose description Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad formed 'an oligarchy within the (Constituent) Assembly'? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

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22. Which of the following is not an organ of Kautilyas state? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

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23. Who said, therefore, the sword of Brutus is holy. Therefore, the Baghanakha of Shivaji is of fair fame. Therefore, the beheading of Charles I is a just deed. Therefore, the arrow of William Tell is divine? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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24. Who among the following said that Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero worship is a sure road to degradation and eventual dictatorship? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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25. In Arthashastra, how many departments of the government find mention? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

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26. Which of the following is true regarding Gandhian concept of 'Sarvodaya'? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

(A) Welfare of the majority of people

(B) Government by the majority party

(C) Protection of the minorities

(D) Welfare of all sections of the society

Choose the correct answer from the below:

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27. 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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28. Who coined the slogan "No control, no co-operation"?(NET June 2015 Paper III)

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29. 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 June 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): For Gandhiji, satyagraha is not identical to passive resistance.

Reason (R): Satyagraha denoted a legitimate, moral and truthful form of political action by the people against the Brutal state power.

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30. Who among the following rejected the idea that caste status was the result of divine reward or punishment? (NET July 2016 Paper II)

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31. How many ways to embezzlement of government money have been mentioned by Kautilya in his Arthasastra? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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32. Who among the following wrote, "In the context of society today, the caste system and much that goes with it are wholly incompatible, reactionary, restrictive, and barriers to progress."? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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33. Who among the following said: "Most religious men I have met are politicians in disguise. I, however, who wear the guise of a politician in disguise, am at heart a religious man"? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

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34. Which of the following statements is not true in case of M.N. Roy? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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35. E.M.S. Namboodiripad's book Mahatma and Ism is an analysis of Mahatma Gandhi from the point of view (NET January 2017 Paper II)

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

Assertion (A): Kautilya emphasizes the need for a strong ruler.

Reason (R): He was having acute awareness of the dangers of anarchy as well as the absolute necessity to establish order in society.

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37. Which of the following cases reflect on the elements of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution? Choose correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

(A) Indira Nehru Gandhi V. Raj Narain

(B) Kesavanand Bharti V. State of Kerala

(C) P. Gupta V. Union of India

(D) Minerva Mills V. Union of India

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38. Put the following events in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

Poona Pact, Third Round Table Conference, Swaraj Party, Communal Award, Nehru Report.

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39. Roy-Lenin debate centred around: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

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

Assertion (A): Gandhi was critical of the material civilisation and particularly detested the Industrial Revolution.

Reason (R): He believed that Industrial Revolution was destroying deeper values.

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

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42. Adi Ambedkar Samaj movement is related to which State? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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43. Arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in chronological order: Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET January 2017 Paper III)

A. Love and Death

B. The Life Divine

C. Essays on Gita

D. Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

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44. Who among the following declared: "For me morals, ethics, and religion are convertible terms. A moral life without reference to religion is like a house built upon sand"? (NET January 2017 Paper III)

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45. How did Gandhi describe himself? (NET November 2017 Paper III)

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

Assertion (A): M.N. Roy did not accept Marx's materialistic interpretation of history.

Reason (R): It had an element of determinism and idealism.

Code:

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47. Who among the following had started two weeklies, the Karmayogin and the Dharma? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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48. Match the List-I (Sources) and List-II (Ideas) which influenced Gandhi and select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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49. Which one of the following statements is not correct in case of Kautilya? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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50. Which one of the following statements is not correct in case of Kautilya? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

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51. Which of the following is not related to Kabir? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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52. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore surrender the knighthood as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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53. In which year, Government of India decided to observe the birthday of Swami Vivekananda as the National Youth Day? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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

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55. Arrange the following Ashrams/ Institutions founded by Gandhi in chronological order: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Phoenix Settlement

(2) Kochrab Ashram

(3) Sevagram Ashram

(4) Tolstoy Farm

Select the correct answer from the options as given below:

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56. When was Jaiprakash Narayan awarded Bharat Ratna? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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

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58. Which incident made Periyar an Atheist? (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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59. Ram Manohar Lohia was opposed to: (NET December 2019 Paper II)

(1) Capitalism

(2) Communism

(3) Socialism

(4) Decentralisation of powers

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

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60. Arthashastra is known as (NET December 2019 Paper II)

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61. Pandita Ramabai was accorded the title 'Pandita' for (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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62. Who wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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63. Which of the following writings were associated with Muhammad Iqbal? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) Tarana-e-Hind

(B) The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in India

(C) Historical Role of Islam

(D) The Bang-e-Dara

Select the correct answer from the given options:

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64. Integrated humanism means (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) Human life is not isolated

(B) Harmony among individual, society and nation

(C) The essential unity of the man

(D) State is superior than Nation

Select the correct answer from the given options:

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65. How many prakrities of Mandal Theory of State are enumerated by Kautilya? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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

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67. Gandhi believes in (NET June 2019 Paper II)

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

Assertion (A): According to Gandhi, politics divorced from religion is a deathtrap.

Reason (R): The entry of religion into politics is necessary because without religion it may take communal colour.

On the basis of the two statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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69. Which of the following newspapers are NOT related with Tilak? (NET June 2019 Paper II)

(A) Kesari

(B) Maratha

(C) Sudharak

(D) Harijan

Select the correct answer from the given options:

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70. Given below are two statements: (NET June 2020 Paper II)

Statement I: Every constitution has a philosophy of its own.

Statement II: For the philosophy underlying Indian Constitution. we must look back into the historic Objective Resolution moved by Pandit Nehru.

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

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71. Given below are two statements: (NET June 2020 Paper II)

Statement I: M.N. Roy considered the economic interpretation of history propounded by Marx as misconceived and imperfect.

Statement II: M.N. Roy argued that the real form of social and economic process is not determined merely by types of material resources.

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

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72. 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): Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education and Passive Resistance were the means of protest used by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Reasons (R): Boycott was accepted to be an effective weapon by Tilak.

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

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73. Who called 1857 revolt as the First War of Independence? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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74. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Pandita Ramabai? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) She was a staunch supporter of Hindu Philosophy

(B) She was a pioneer in the field of education and emancipation of women in India

(C) She was the writer of "The High Caste Hindu Women'

(D) She was Anti-Christianity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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75. Jaya Prakash Narayan formed which of the following parties? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Congress Socialist Party

(B) Bhoodan Aandolan Party

(C) Praja Socialist Party

(D) Democratic Praja Socialist Party

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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76. Given below are the statements about the difference between passive resistance and satyagraha. Which ones are true? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

(A) Passive resistance is weapon of the weaker sections, Satyagraha never desires to terrorize the opponent

(B) Passive Resistance is negative in practice whereas satyagraha is positive morality

(C) Passive Resistance is equivalent to Satyagraha

(D) Passive Resistance is not afraid of the physical strength while Satyagraha is afraid of physical strength

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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77. Who has given originally the idea of 'Hindu Rashtra? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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

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79. Which one of the following party firstly joined by E.V. Ramasami Periyar? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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80. Which one of the following is not the function of State, according to Kautilya? (NET June 2020 Paper II)

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81. 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

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82. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s paper ‘Small Holding in India and their Remedies’ is related to: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

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83. When and Who launched ‘Self-Respect movement’: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

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

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

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86. Kautilya’s theory of Rajamandala belongs to: (NET 2022 Paper II October Shift I)

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87. Arrange the writings of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in a chronological order: (NET June 2023 Shift II)

A. Annihilation of Caste

B. Who were the Shudras?

C. Future of Parliamentary Democracy

D. The Untouchables

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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88. According to Sri Aurobindo the task of "spiritual revolution" is based on (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

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89. According to Kautilya, which among the following six methods of foreign policy is applied by the would-be conqueror to the element of his Circle of States? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. Making peace.

B. Remaining non-violent.

C. Staying quiet.

D. Seeking support.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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90. If we consider the Gandhian idea of satyagraha as a dialogue, then which among the following statement is not true? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. The nature of Gandhi's truth facilitates dialogues.

B. The nature of Gandhi's truth is antithetical to equality.

C. In such a dialogue party are constructed as the adversary.

D. The quest for truth is a shared exercise.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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91. Rajiv Gandhi's participation at the Six Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative was a campaign. (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

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92. Who among the following is the author of the critical scholarly memoir. "Envoy to Nehru"? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

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93. Which among the following statements is true about rise of alternative perspectives on Indian foreign policy? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. In the mid-1960s, the Swatantra party presented a classical conservative perspective on foreign policy.

B. It was led by I.K. Gujral.

C. The supporters were drawn from former bureaucrats, business community and members of princely families.

D. They united in their opposition to Nehru's Fabian economics.

E. They believed in the forces of the market and private enterprises.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the questions given below:

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

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95. Tilak's understanding about the word 'Swarajya' was: (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    A moral necessity

B.     It is Dharma, a duty

C.     It was a life centered on others and dependent upon others.

D.    It meant self-control and inner spiritual freedom.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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96. Which of the following are correct? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    'The cry of Indian women' was written originally in English by Ramabai

B.     In 1887, Ramabai published 'The High Caste Hindu Women'

C.     Ramabai published newsletter titled 'Mukti Prayer Bill'.

D.    In 1919, Ramabai was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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97. Which of the following are not related to Jayprakash Narayan? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Total Revolution

B.     Parliament of religion

C.     Ganesh Utsav

D.    Sudhi Andolan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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98. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a member of which of the following committees which was also called as India Franchise committee? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

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99. Who called Nehru, Patel, Prasad and Azad as an oligarchy within constituent Assembly? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

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100. Who said that "National Programme cannot be fixed according to ideology and if people want it, let them elect astrologers to govern the country. And if they believe in astrology out of ignorance let us combat it.:" (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

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