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UGC NET Political Science Quiz 2021

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Question 1

Who said “Kautilya’s Arthashastra exemplified radical Machiavellianism, compared to it, Machiavelli’s Prince is harmless”?

Question 2

Question 3

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

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

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

Question 4

Which of the following is true of Machiavelli’s political theory?

(a) Idolized Ancient Rome

(b) Used History extensively to draw lessons for state-craft

(c) Private army needed for the success of a prince / ruler

(d) Blamed religion for Italy’s moral regeneration

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

Question 5

Who among the following argued that ‘the only purpose for which power can be right fully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will, is to prevent harm to others’?

Question 6

Who questioned the view that Locke was a defender of the Glorious Revolution?

Question 7

Aristotle’s classification of constitutions was based on the categories of:

Question 8

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


Assertion (A): Oakeshott says Hobbes is the greatest political thinker produced by the English-speaking people.

Reason (R): No other thinker can match his philosophical foundations and clarity of thought.

Question 9

John Rawl’s concept of ‘veil of ignorance’ does not imply to which of the following?

Question 10

Thomas Hobbes constructed his Political Philosophy on the basis of his postulates derived from
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