UGC NET 2016 Paper 2 Political Science Question Paper (10-Jul-2016)

Question 1

For Plato which of the following statements is not true ?
(a) Ideas are substances.
(b) Ideas are essences of all things.
(c) Ideas are reflections of things.
(d) Ideas are universal.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :

Accepted Answer

(c) only

Answer

(a) and (b)

Answer

(b) and (d)

Answer

(b) only

Question 2

Who among the following called Machiavelli's "Prince" the great and true conception of a real political genius with the highest and noblest purpose ?

Accepted Answer

Hegel

Answer

Bentham

Answer

J.S. Mill

Answer

Karl Marx

Question 3

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below : List - I (Authors)List - II (Books)(a) Quentin Skinner(i) Philosophy and Human Sciences(b) Michael Sandel(ii) The Foundations of Modern Political Thought(c) Giovanni Sartori(iii) Liberalism and the Limits of Justice(d) Charles Taylor(iv) Democratic TheoryCodes :

Accepted Answer

(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

Answer

(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

Answer

(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

Answer

(a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)

Question 4

Who among the following considers Marxism to be an ideology rather than a political theory ?

Accepted Answer

Germino

Answer

David Held

Answer

R.A. Dahl

Answer

G.H. Sabine

Question 5

Arrange the following works of Isaiah Berlin in chronological order of his publications.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(a) Concepts and Categories : Philosophical Essays
(b) Four Essays on Liberty
(c) Vico and Herder : Two Studies in the History of Ideas
(d) Karl Marx : His Life and Environment
Codes :

Accepted Answer

(d), (b), (c) and (a)

Answer

(a), (b), (c) and (d)

Answer

(c), (b), (a) and (d)

Answer

(b), (d), (a) and (c)

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List - I (Authors)	List - II (Books)
(a) Quentin Skinner	(i) Philosophy and Human Sciences
(b) Michael Sandel	(ii) The Foundations of Modern Political Thought
(c) Giovanni Sartori	(iii) Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
(d) Charles Taylor	(iv) Democratic Theory