UGC NET 2015 Paper 2 Political Science Question Paper (27-Dec-2015)

Question 1

Which of the following is not an organ of Kautilya’s state ?

Accepted Answer

Danda

Answer

Swami

Answer

Amatya

Answer

Varna system

Question 2

Plato’s communism of family and property was largely derived from the experience of :(a) Stagira(b) Sparta(c) Athens(d) VeniceChoose the correct answer :

Accepted Answer

(c) only

Answer

(a) and (b)

Answer

(a) and (c)

Answer

(b) only

Question 3

Scholasticism of middle ages sought to establish :
(a) Supremacy of political domain over the spiritual.
(b) The autonomy of intellectual freedom over the political regimes.
(c) The ascendency of theology over the philosophy.
(d) The subordination of rational element to the theological element of the church.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Accepted Answer

(a) and (d)

Answer

(c) and (d)

Answer

(a) and (c)

Answer

(b) and (d)

Question 4

Match the following : List-IList-II(a) Modern political thinker(i) Plato(b) Positivist school(ii) Machiavelli(c) Normative political theory(iii) August Comte(d) Scientific/inductive method(iv) AristotleCodes :

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 5

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Reason (R) : Democracy is the best check against the misuse of power as the power is distributed among various groups.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?

Accepted Answer

(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Answer

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

Answer

(A) is true, but (R) is false.

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List-I	List-II
(a) Modern political thinker	(i) Plato
(b) Positivist school	(ii) Machiavelli
(c) Normative political theory	(iii) August Comte
(d) Scientific/inductive method	(iv) Aristotle