UGC NET 2024 Political Science Question Paper, Analysis: Check Previous Year Paper PDF Download with Solutions also

UGC NET 2024 Political Science Question Paper will be released by the NTA along with UGC NET Provisional Answer Key. UGC NET Political Exam will be conducted by NTA on September 4, 2024. Candidates can read & download the UGC NET Political Science Question Paper, analysis including difficulty level, student reactions, etc. in this article below.

UGC NET Political Science Question Paper

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will  release the question paper for the NTA UGC NET 2024 subject-wise exam along with the provisional answer key and response sheet. The NTA NET 2024 June exam of Political Science will be conducted on September 4, 2024 in two shifts. The candidates preparing for the  Political Science exam must go through the UGC NET question paper. The UGC NET previous year's question paper will help the candidates understand the pattern of an exam, standard of questions, section-wise weightage, and more. UGC NET Political Science Exam is conducted by the NTA along with other 82 subjects. 

University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) or NTA UGC NET is a national-level exam conducted to determine the eligibility of candidates for only Assistant Professor or both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor posts in Indian universities and colleges. 

UGC NET 2024 Political Science Question Paper

UGC NET Political Science Paper will be released by the National Testing Agency on the official website. Candidates will be able to download the Political Science Question Paper by logging into the official website along with the Provisional Answer Key & response sheet. Candidates can also check the UGC NET Political Science Previous Year Question Paper which has been provided below in this article. 

UGC NET Political Science 2023 June Question Paper PDF 

The question paper for the NTA NET June 2023 Political Science exam was released along with the provisional answer key for the NTA NET exam. The candidates can download the political science question paper in the table below:

UGC NET Political Science Previous Year Question Paper PDF Download

Candidates can download the UGC NET Political Science Previous Year Question Paper PDF through the link provided below in the table.

UGC NET Political Science Exam Pattern 2024

UGC NET Political Science exam pattern comprises two papers- Paper 1 and 2. As per the prescribed exam pattern, both papers contain multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Candidates need to complete both papers in a single duration of three hours. Have a look at the detailed UGC NET exam pattern 2024 below.

UGC NET Political Science Syllabus

The candidates who are willing to appear for the UGC NTA NET exam can check the UGC NET Political Science Syllabus below:

Unit 1: Political Theory 

• Political Traditions
• Liberalism
• Conservatism
• Socialism
• Marxism
• Feminism
• Ecologism
• Multiculturalism
• Postmodernism

Unit 2: Political Thought 

• Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt, Frantz
  Fanon, Mao Zedong, John Rawls

Also Read: UGC NET Syllabus in Detail

Unit 3:  Indian Political Thought

• Dharmashastra, Kautilya, Aggannasutta, Barani, Kabir, Pandita Ramabai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Swami Vivekanand, Rabindranath Tagore, M.K Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Muhammad Iqbal, M.N.Roy, V D Savarkar, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, J L Nehru, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jaya Prakash Narayan, Deendayal Upadhyaya

Unit 4: Comparative Political Analysis 

• Approaches: Institutional, Political Culture, Political Economy and New, Institutionalism; Comparative Methods
• Colonialism and Decolonisation: forms of Colonialism, anti-colonial Struggles and Decolonisation
• Nationalism: European and non-European
• State theory: the debate over the nature of the state in capitalist and socialist societies; post-colonial state; welfare state; globalization and nations-states
• Political regimes: democratic (Electoral, Liberal, Majoritarian and Participatory) and non-democratic regimes (Patrimonialism, Bureaucratic authoritarianism, Military dictatorship, Totalitarianism, and fascism)
• Constitutions and Constitutionalism: forms of constitutions, rule of law, judicial independence and liberal constitutionalism; emergency powers and the crisis of
  constitutionalism
• Democratisation: democratic transition and consolidation
• Development: Underdevelopment, Dependency, Modernization, World Systems, Theory, development and democracy
• Actor and Processes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Party Systems, Interest groups, Social movements, new social movements, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and civil society campaigns; Revolutions

Unit 5: International Relations

• Approaches to the study of International relations: Idealism, Realism, Structural, Marxism, Neoliberalism, Neorealism, Social Constructivism, Critical International
  Theory, Feminism, Postmodernism 
• Concepts: State, state system and non-state actors, Power, Sovereignty, Security: traditional and non-traditional
• Conflict and Peace: Changing Nature of Warfare; Weapons of mass destruction; Deterrence; conflict resolution, conflict transformation
• United Nations: Aims, Objectives, Structure, and Evaluation of the Working of UN; Peace and Development perspectives; Humanitarian intervention. International law; International Criminal Court
• Political Economy of IR; Globalisation; Global governance and Bretton Woods system, North-South Dialogue, WTO, G-20, BRICS
• Regional Organisations: European Union, African Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, ASEAN
• Contemporary Challenges: International terrorism, Climate change and Environmental Concerns, Human Rights, Migration and Refugees; Poverty and Development; Role of Religion, Culture and Identity Politics

Unit 6: India’s Foreign Policy

• Perspectives on India’s Foreign Policy: India’s Identity as Postcolonial, development, rising power, and as emerging political economy
  Continuity and change in India’s Foreign Policy: Principles and determinants; Non-Alignment movement: historical background and relevance of Non-Aligned
  Movement; India’s Nuclear Policy India’s relations with major powers: USA, USSR/Russia, People’s Republic of China
• India’s Engagement with the multipolar world: India’s relations with European Union, BRICS, ASEAN, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, African Union, Southern African Development Community, Gulf Cooperation Council
• India’s relations with neighbourhood: SAARC, Gujaral doctrine, Look East/ Act East, Look WestIndia’s Negotiation Strategies in International Regimes: The United Nations, World Trade Organisation, International Monetary Fund, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  Contemporary challenges: maritime security, energy security, environmental security, migrants and refugees, water resources, international terrorism, cyber security

Also Read: UGC NET Notification 2024

Unit 7: Political Institutions in India

• Making of the Indian Constitution: Colonialism Heritage and the Contribution of Indian National Movement to the Making of the Indian Constitution
  Constituent Assembly: Composition, Ideological Moorings, Constitutional Debates
  Philosophy of the Constitution: Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles
  Constitutionalism in India: Democracy, Social Change, National Unity, Checks and Balances, Basic Structure Debate, Constitutional Amendments
  Union Executive: President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
  Union Parliament
  Judiciary
  Executive and Legislature in the States: 
  Electoral Process and Election Commission of India
  Local Government Institutions: 
  Constitutional and Statutory Bodies

Unit 8: Political Processes in India

• State, Economy and Development: Nature of Indian State, Development Planning model, New Economic Policy, Growth and Human Development
• Process of Globalisation: social and Economic Implications
• Identity Politics: Religion, Tribe, Caste, Region, Language
• Social Movements: Dalit, Tribal, Women, Farmers, labour
• Civil Society Groups: Non-Party Social Formations, Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Action Groups
• Regionalisation of Indian Politics: Reorganisation of Indian States, States as Political and Economic Units, Sub-State Regions, Regional Disparities, Demand
  for the New States
• Gender and Politics in India: Issues of Equality and Representation
• Ideology and Social Basis of Political Parties: National Parties, State Parties
• Electoral Politics: Participation, Contestation, Representation, Emerging Trends

Also Read: UGC NET Exam Analysis 2024

Unit 9: Public Administration

• Public Administration: meaning and Evolution; Public and private administration
• Approaches: System Theory, Decision Making, Ecological Approach
• Public administration theories and concepts: Scientific Management Theory, Rational Choice theory, New Public Administration, Development Administration, Comparative Public Administration, New Public Management, changing nature of Public Administration in the era of liberalisation and Globalisation
• Theories and Principles of Organization: Scientific Management Theory, Bureaucratic Theory, Human Relations Theory 
• Managing the organization: Theories of leadership and motivation
• Organisational Communication: Theories and Principles, Chester Bernard Principles of Communication, Information Management in the organization
• Managing Conflict in the Organization: Mary Parker Follett
• Management by Objectives- Peter Drucker

Unit 10: Governance and Public Policy in India

• Governance, good governance and democratic governance, role of state, civil society and individuals
• Accountability and control: Institutional mechanism for checks and balances, legislative control over the executive, administrative and budgetary control, control through parliamentary committees, judicial control over legislature and executive, administrative culture, corruption and administrative reforms
• Institutional mechanisms for good governance: Right to Information, Consumer Protection Act, Citizen Charter; Grievance redress system: Ombudsman, Lokpal, Lokayukta
• Grassroots Governance: Panchayati Raj Institutions and their functioning
• Planning and Development: Decentralised planning, planning for development, sustainable development, participatory development, e-governance; NITI Aayog
• Public policy as an instrument of socio-economic development: public policies with special reference to housing, health, drinking water, food security, MNREGA, NHRM, RTE
• Monitoring and evaluation of public policy; mechanisms of making governance process accountable: jansunwai, social audit

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