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Unit 2: Political Thought Mock Test for NET June 2025

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1. Who one of the following is known as reluctant democrat? (BHU MA 2014)

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2. Who is the author of the book entitle "State and Revolution"? (BHU MA 2014)

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3. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (BHU MA 2014)

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4. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (BHU MA 2014)

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5. Who one of the following regarded Plato as an enemy of open society? (BHU MA 2014)

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6. Who said that human history is the history of class struggle? (BHU MA 2014)

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7. Who one of the following said that pleasure and pain differ in quantity only? (BHU MA 2014)

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8. Who one in the following propounded the theory of political obligation? (BHU MA 2014)

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9. Who is the author of the book entitled "Political Liberalism"? (BHU MA 2014)

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10. "Theory of hegemony " was propounded by: (BHU MA 2014)

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11. In order to create a just State, Plato believed that men have to be systematically educated as just man will rarely exist except in a just State. By this analogy, Plato was leading towards the ideal of (Bihar PGT 2023)

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12. By propounding the theory of social contract, Hobbes was trying to restore monarchy in England for who among the following kings? (Bihar PGT 2023)

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13. Who propounded the theory of scientific socialism? (Bihar PGT 2023)

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14. Who among the following regarded democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority’? (Bihar PGT 2023)

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15. Match List-I with List-II (CUET PG 2024)

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16. Match List-I with List-II (CUET PG 2024)

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17. Rousseau's political philosophy furnished the basis for (CUET PG 2024)

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18. Who among the following advocates the 'Entitlement theory of Justice'? (CUET PG 2022)

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19. Which of the following constitutes the core principles of 'Utilitarianism' ? (CUET PG 2022)

A. Concept of utility

B. Greatest good of the greatest number

C. Laissez-Faire

D. Maximum happiness of maximum number of people

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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20. The author of 'Nicomachean Ethics' is (CUET PG 2022)

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21. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

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22. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

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23. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

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24. The book authored by John Rawls on justice in international relations is (CUET PG 2023)

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25. According to Marx, which types of class society have shaped human history? (DU MA 2020)

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26. Zoon politikon refers to: (DU MA 2021)

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27. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. (DU MA 2021)

Assertion A: According to Kant, "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity"

Reason R: 'Laziness' and 'Cowardice' are the reasons why man remains immature.

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

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28. In Rawls' book, The Law of Peoples (1999), 'well ordered peoples' include (DU MA 2021)

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29. Match List I with List II (DU MA 2021)

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30. Match the following: (DU MA 2018)

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31. Who is the author of the book The Rights of Man (1791)? (DU MA 2018)

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32. Lenin's theory of revolution as propounded in "The State and Revolution' emphasizes on: (GUJARAT SET JANUARY 2002)

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33. For what did Montesque proposed the theory of separation of powers? (GUJARAT SET JANUARY 2002)

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34. List I refers to view of scholars on meaning of power. List II refer to name of scholars associated with these views. Match List I with List II by using the codes given below: (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2003)

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35. 'State is a march of God on the Earth.' Who said this? (GUJARAT SET DECEMBER 2003)

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36. For a successful revolution, it is necessary to limit it to the political ambit while excluding the social one is the view of: (GUJARAT SET JULY 2004)

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37. Match the following and choose the correct answer from the given codes : (Himachal Pradesh SET 2017)

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38. Who developed the theory of falsification? (Himachal Pradesh SET 2017)

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39. Which one among the following is not a book written by Mao Zedong? (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET October 2023)

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40. Who among the following propagated the idea of Cultural Revolution under Socialism? (JMI M.A. 2023)

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41. Who among the following advocated organic theory of the state? (JMI M.A. 2023)

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42. Who among the following expressed the view that if justice is taken away, the State becomes a band of robbers? (JMI M.A. 2023)

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43. Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book. (JMI M.A. 2022)

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44. Critique of Pure Reason' is authored by? (JMI M.A. 2022)

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45. 'Black Skin, White Masks' is a book by? (JMI M.A. 2022)

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46. Who among the following advocated organic theory of the state? (JMI M.A. 2016)

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47. Karl Marx associates subsistence production with: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

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48. Which philosopher is linked to the idea of an Early Enlightenment preceding the eighteenth  century? (JNU MA 2019)

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49. The distinctive features of Steven Lukes' views on power are summarised in which of the following statements? (JNU MA 2021)

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50. In which of Hannah Arendt's books would you find mention of the phrase 'banality of evil' in the context of a famous trial? (JNU MA 2021)

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51. Who believed that democratic revolution and nationalist revolution were linked with each other and dependent on each other? (JNU MA 2020)

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52. Who is credited to have formulated a principle of medieval Secularism? (JNU MA 2020)

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53. What was Aristotle's attitude towards slavery? (JNU MA 2019)

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54. Who among the following political theorists has argued that distributing public good should be done in such a way that it should be to the benefit of the least advantaged? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

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55. Assertion (A): When Aristotle wrote "Politics" his aim was to ameliorate the then existing Constitutions?

Reason (R): Best Constitution was his ultimate goal.

In the context of the above two statements, which among the following is true? (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

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56. John Locke was a great supporter of (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER III)

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57. Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan justified. (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

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58. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

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59. Assertion (A): Lenin advocated imperialism to understand the growth of monopoly capitalism.

Reason (R): It was to reformulate Marxism as part of revisionism. (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

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60. “A successful revolt is a revolution ; a failed revolution is a revolt”. Who said this? (KARNATAKA SET 2020 PAPER II)

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61. In the medieval times, the king was considered as (KARNATAKA SET 2018 PAPER II)

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62. Who characterised peasant as ‘Sack of Potato’ and ‘Epitome of Backwardness’? (Kerala SET July 2024)

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63. One of the aims of Mao’s Cultural Revolution was: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

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64. Who among the following drew a line between self-regarding and other regarding activities of the individual? (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

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65. The thesis Democratic Centralism was propounded by: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

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66. Civil Society is not a central concept in the political thought of: (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

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67. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

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68. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched (According to Plato)? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

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69. Which is the Supreme authority according to Locke? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER III)

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70. Who held the view that even the worst state is better than the best anarchy? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER III)

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71. According to Confucius, which concept emphasizes the importance of individuals fulfilling their roles and responsibilities within the social hierarchy? (Maharashtra SET 2024 Paper II)

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72. Marx’s concept of justice demands: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

(a)  State regulated justice

(b) Abolition of class structure

(c) Making of just laws

(d) Placing means of production under state control

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73. Who for the first time separated the terms ‘Civil Society’ and ‘State’? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

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74. Match List I (Feminists Thinkers) with List II (Their books) and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

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75. What according to Marx describes communism best? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)

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76. Which of the following statements cannot be attributed to Aristotle? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)

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77. Who among the following has dubbed Marxism as a totalitarian doctrine? (NET November 2021 Shift II)

A. Karl Popper

B. Isaiah Berlin

C. Hannah Arendt

D. Antonio Gramsci

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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78. Karl Popper attacked the historicism of: (NET November 2021 Shift II)

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79. Choose the correct statements regarding political theorists- (NET August 2024 Shift II)

A. Mary Wollstonecraft emphasized the equal rights of women.

B. Hannah Arendt examined the nature of both Nazism and Stalinism in 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'.

C. Antonio Gramsei wrote the famous book 'On People's Democratic Dictatorship'.

D. Franz Fanon wrote the famous book 'Black Skin White Masks'.

E. In his famous book, 'Politics among Nations', Aristotle advocated a system of mixed government.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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80. Who stated- 'Sri Aurobindo has appropriated Hegel's notion of an Absolute Spirit and employed it to radically restructure the architectonic framework of the ancient Hindu Vedanta system in contemporary terms? (NET August 2024 Shift II)

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81. "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)

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82. 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

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

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84. 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

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85. Which thinker saw civil servants as a universal class? (WB SET 2024)

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86. Organise the following philosophers according to their time sequence: (WB SET 2024)

(I) Jean Bodin

(II) Polybius

(III) St. Augustine

(IV) Marsilius de Padua

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87. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Scientific socialism explains history in terms of class struggle.

Reasons (R): Class struggle takes place in the super-structure first.

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88. Locke was critical of patriarchy argument of: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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89. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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90. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi's 'Swaraj' is a form of participatory democracy that empowers the masses.

Reason (R): He believed that under it, the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest.

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91. Which one of the following is not a good form of government for Aristotle? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

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92. The policy of protective discrimination seeks to promote (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

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93. "The last shall be first and the first last". is the famous phrase associated with: (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

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94. Marx, in his thoughts on bureaucracy, refuted (WB SET 2020)

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95. According to Aristotle, 'polity' is the rule of (University of Hyderabad M.A. 2013)

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96. According to Aristotle, when many well-off people rule for amassing wealth, the regime is a: (University of Hyderabad MA 2015)

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97. The distinction between the City of God and the City of Man was made by (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

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98. One of the following played no role in the unification of Italy: (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

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99. Munich Agreement was signed between (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

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100. "Reason has always existed but not in a reasonable form". Who says this? (University of Hyderabad Ph.D 2019)

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