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Topics covered in UGC NET Political science syllabus:

1     Political Theory
2     Political Thought
3     Indian Political Thought
4     Comparative Political Analysis
5     International Relations
6     Indian Foreign Policy
7     Political Institutions in India
8     Political Processes in India
9     Public Administration
10     Governance & Public Policy in India

UGC NET Political Science Previous Question Paper MCQs
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1. When did the Communist Party of India (Marxist) emerge as a separate political party?
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the
codes given below: List-I List-II (Leaders) (Political Parties)
(A) Ram Vilas (i) Samajwadi Paswan Party
(B) H.D. (ii) Nationalist Kumarswamy Congress Party
(C) Praful Patel (iii) Janata Dal (Secular)
(D) Akhilesh (iv) Lok Janshakti Yadav Party
Codes: A B C D
3. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The factors and forces that constrained Nehru's India from playing its legitimate role in Asia have either been mitigated to an extent, or redefined. Reason (R): The end of the cold war and expansion of the strategic space for India to pursue its national interests has widened.
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4. Which one of the following committees dealt with political activities of civil servants in Britain?
5. Who of the following said 'Lenin's party was designed to be an elite, a minority chosen for intellectual and moral superiority, the most advanced part of the working class and so its vanguard'.?
6. Which one of the following cannot be dissolved but can be abolished?
7. Who called bureaucrats as 'ruling servants'?
8. Who wrote the biography of Jayaprakash Narayan?
9. Match the List–I with List–II and select the correct answer from the
codes given below: List–I List–II
A. Proverbs of i. Henry Fayol Administration
B. Principles of ii. Herbert Management Simon
C. Functions of iii. Morestein Executive Marx
D. Elements of iv. Chester Public Barnard Administration
Codes: A B C D
10. What are the three types of political culture according to Almond and Verba's study 'Civic Culture'?
11. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer from the
codes given below: List–I List–II (Parties) (Characteristic)
A. Indian National i. National Congress Party
B. Telugu Desam ii. State Party Party
C. Kerala Congress iii. Umbrella Party
D. Communist Party iv. Regional of India (Marxist) Party
Codes: A B C D
12. Since when the Election Commission of India has become a three member body?
13. 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: Assertion (A): Fundamental Duties are non-justiciable. Reason (R): They are supposed to inculcate a sense of patriotic and sensible citizenship
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14. Who among the following talked about the politics of scarcity in India?
15. Which of the following rights is not included in the second generation human rights?
16. Arrange the following phases in the evolution of public administration as a discipline in chronological order using the
codes given below:
(A) Ecological approach
(B) Principles approach
(C) Politics-Administration dichotomy
(D) Public Policy approach
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17. Which of the following are statutory bodies?
A. University Grants Commission
B. Official Language Commission
C. Railway Board
D. Atomic Energy Commission Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
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18. Taking an extreme view of the distinction between public and private administration, who said that all organizations share public and private features?
19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the
codes given below: List-I
(A) Granville Austin
(B) K.C. Wheare
(C) Appleby
(D) Ivor Jennings List-II
(i) 'Quasi federal' (ii) 'Federation with strong centralising tendency' (iii) 'Cooperative federalism' (iv) 'Extremely federal'
Codes: A B C D
20. John Lockes contribution chiefly lies in his:
(A) Consent theory.
(B) Limited Government.
(C) Theory of state as a corporate body.
(D) Organic conception of state. Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
21. Who distinguished the Young Marx from the Old Marx?
22. For J.S. Mill, which of the following statements is not true?
(A) Pleasures differ in quality as well as in quantity.
(B) Mill makes use of the nonutilitarian arguments.
(C) The felicific calculus is absurd.
(D) Pleasures can be objectively measured. Select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
23. The House of Lords in Great Britain is mainly retained because
24. Which one of the following rights was recognized by the Supreme Court in the Selvy Case Judgement (2010)?
25. According to Karen. A. Mingrt, which of the following conditions is not essential to make first generation peacekeeping operations most effective?