CUET HUQP 18 - MA Political Science& MA International Relations - Online Exam - CBT Mode was Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 11, 2021.
CUET (HUQP 18) MA Political Science - Question Analysis 2021
Summary:
The 2021 paper was very easy as compared to 2022, 2023 and 2024 CUET PG MA Political Science Paper.
There was no assertion-reason and statement type questions.
The number of chronological order questions very less as compared to 2022, 2023 and 2024 years.
World history during cold war period was covered in International Relations
Few questions were asked from Latin America which are not specifically mentioned in the syllabus.
Making of Indian constitution is also important in Indian Polity.
As usual, many questions were asked from books and authors.
Less than 8-10 questions seemed to be difficult.
Join Online Classes (CUET PG 2025 MA Political Science | MA International Relations HUQP 18) by Exam Treasury
Highlights of the Class
Lectures by JNU research scholars covering all topics
Detailed study material as per the CUET requirement
Mock Tests after completion of every topic.
Question analysis and past paper discussions
Topic-wise question bank (50 questions each) with varying difficulty
25 test series as per CUET standards and requirements
15 live mock tests
UGC NET questions (2012-2024) for practice
Specific question bank on Books & Authors, Assertion Reason, Match Type etc
Complete Guidance and Mentorship - college admission
The 2025 Exam will be conducted in March.
As per CUET 2024, 41599 students appeared. JNU has just 262 seats. Either you can delay and be out of competition or Decide and Start Preparation Now.
Online Class Starts - (7 Pm onwards : Through google meet)
Call/Whatsapp - 8448878849 for more information on online classes)
CUET (HUQP 18) MA Political Science - Question Paper 2022
CUET PG 2023 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 1:
Who was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
1. B. R. Ambedkar
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Vallabhbhai Patel
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 2:
The Prime Minister of India
2. The President of India
3. The Vice President of India
4. The Supreme Court of India
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 3.:
‘State of nature’ is a component of the political theory of
1. G. W. F. Hegel
2. Aristotle
3. Plato
4. Thomas Hobbes
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 4:
Which among the following is not associated with liberty:
1. Morality
2. Courage
3. Uncontrollable condition
4. Freedom
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 5:
Nicomachean Ethics was authored by
1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. John Locke
4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 6:
Which among the following is associated with Plato’s State?
1. State
2. people
3. tragedy
4. human good
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 7:
The right to life, liberty and estate is associated with
1. Plato
2. Karl Marx
3. John Locke
4. Niccolo Machiavelli
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 8:
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus has been written by
1. Robert Dahl
2. Steven Lukes
3. Louis Althusser
4. Antonio Gramsci
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 9:
Robert Marrison Maciver wrote the following book:
1. The Modern State
2. Leviathan
3. Modern Prince
4. Homo Sacer
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 10:
Degree of Welfare depends on
1. part system
2. liberty
3. the nature of the State in capitalism
4. justice
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 11:
The concept of ‘form’ is primarily associated with
1. Plato
2. Adam Smith
3. Thomas Hobbes
4. John Stuart Mill
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 12:
Withering away of state is associated by
1. Michel Walzer
2. Karl Marx
3. Will Kymlicka
4. Harold Laski
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 13:
Which ideology is associated with the concept of ‘absence of government’?
1. Communitarianism
2. Anarchism
3. Environmentalism
4. Liberalism
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 14:
Which one of the following is not a Key assumption of the Realist approach :
(1) States are the principal actors in International Relations.
(2) International and domestic politics are separate entities.
(3) The International system is anarchic.
(4) International peace is obtained only when states achieve self-determination.
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 15:
Mark discusses ‘alienation’ in
1. economic and philosophic manuscripts
2. theses on Feuerbach
3. the Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
4. the German ideology
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 16:
Comparative foreign policy is the study of :
(1) Different Foreign Policy options put forward by state bureaucratic agencies.
(2) Foreign Policy in various states.
(3) Foreign Policy adopted by different governments of a state.
(4) The differences in the outcomes of different Foreign Policies.
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 17:
In Oceanic circle, “there will be ever-widening, never-ascending circles”. Whose statement is this?
1. M. K. Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. B. R. Ambedkar
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 18:
The idea of “Democratic Peace” is related to which one of the following :
(1) Proliferation of WMD weapons
(2) A central plank of liberal internationalist thought
(3) Balance of power theory
(4) Terrorism
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 19:
Graded inequality is theorised by
1. B. R. Ambedkar
2. Periyar
3. Jotirao Phule
4. Karl Marx
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 20:
The 73rd Amendment Act?
1. Ninth Schedule
2. Tenth Schedule
3. Eleventh Schedule
4. Twelfth Schedule
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 21:
Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India deals with municipalities and urban governance?
1. Ninth Schedule
2. Tenth Schedule
3. Eleventh Schedule
4. Twelfth Schedule
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 22:
Fundamental Rights is part of
1. Part II
2. Part III
3. Part IV
4. Part V
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 23:
Who among the following used the term ‘Bullcock Capitalits’?
1. Granville Austin
2. Paul Brass
3. Myron Weiner
4. Lloyd Rudolph and Susanne Rudolph
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 24:
Article 4 of Universal declaration of Human RIghts deal with
1. Abolition of Slavery
2. Right to Property
3. Individual Freedom
4. Collective Freedom
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 25:
‘Parliamentary Sovereignty’ is an intrinsic part of the
1. U. K. Constitution
2. Indian Constitution
3. USA Constitution
4. All of the above
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 26:
Constitutional Parliamentary is practiced in
1. USA
2. China
3. Brazil
4. United Kingdom
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 27:
How many days of wage employment is guaranteed in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?
1. At least 50 Days
2. At least 100 Days
3. At least 125 Days
4. At least 150 Days
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 28:
The Subjugation of Women has been written by
1. John Locke
2. James Mill
3. John Stuart Mill
4. John Rawls
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 29:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(A) Capital (I) John Rawls
(B) Prison Notebook (II) Antonio Gramsci
(C) A Theory of Justice (III) Robert Nozick
(D) Anarchy, State and Utopia (IV) Karl Marx
Choose the correct option from those given below:
1. (A)-(III); (B)-(I); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)
2. (A)-(I); (B)-(III); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)
3. (A)-(II); (B)-(IV); (C)-(III); (D)-(I)
4. (A)-(IV); (B)-(II); (C)-(I); (D)-(III)
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 30:
For John Locke, knowledge is based on
1. experience
2. divinity
3. reason
4. non-material resources
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 31:
Which Schedule of the Constitution of India contains the provisions related to Anti Defection Law enacted by fifty-second Amendment Act, 1985?
1. Seventh Schedule
2. Eighth Schedule
3. Ninth Schedule
4. Tenth Schedule
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 32:
The author of Discourses on Livy is
1. Immanuel Kant
2. Niccolo Machiavelli
3. Antonio Gramsci
4. Thomas Hobbes
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 33:
Who amongst the following thinkers is a defender of individual freedom?
1. Thomas Hobbes
2. Niccolo Machiavelli
3. John Staurt Mill
4. All of the above
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 34:
Who is the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
1. Immanuel Kant
2. John Locke
3. Antonio Gramsci
4. John Rawls
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 35:
“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery”. Who among the following is the author of the book, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right?
1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2. Thomas Hobbes
3. Karl Marx
4. Antonio Gramsci
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 36:
Who coined the term Indian Constitution as a ‘social document’?
1. Granville Austin
2. M. V. Pylee
3. Upendra Baxi
4. Rajni Kothari
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 37:
How many recognized national parties are in India?
1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 8
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 38:
Which of the following was written by Plato?
1. Politics
2. Apology
3. Nicomachean Ethics
4. Poetics
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 39:
John Dewey has influenced
1. M. K. Gandhi
2. B. R. Ambedkar
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Rammanohar Lohia
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 40:
Who amongst the following thinkers is a defender of the ‘access to advantage’ principle?
1. Ronald Dworkin
2. Robert Nozick
3. Friedrich Hayek
4. G. A. Cohen
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 41:
Who makes the distinction between ‘negative liberty’ and ‘positive liberty’?
1. Quentin Skinner
2. Philip Pettit
3. Isaiah Berlin
4. John Rawls
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 42:
Charles Taylor is known for his work on
1. imperialism
2. politics on recognition
3. feminism
4. environmentalism
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 43:
Who among the following thinkers is known for capability approach?
1. Amartya Sen
2. Abhijit Banerjee
3. Thomas Friedman
4. Jagdish Bhgawati
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 44:
‘Global Justice’ is vital for
1. Thomas Pogge
2. Thomas Piketty
3. Samir Amin
4. John Rawls
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 45:
Who compared the liberty of moderns with that of the ancients?
1. Benjamin Constant
2. Thomas Pogge
3. Thomas Piketty
4. Samir Amin
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 46:
Justice as Rights has been proposed by
1. Ronald Dworkin
2. John Rawls
3. Jermany Bentham
4. John Stuart Mill
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 47:
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented in 1994 by
1. USA and Canada
2. Canada and Mexico
3. USA, Canada and Mexico
4. Mexico and USA
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 48:
What does the International Bill of Human Rights provide :
(1) A list of economic rights.
(2) The rights that all citizens hold.
(3) A list indivisible human rights covering civil and political rights.
(4) An authoritative list of human rights covering civil, political, economic, social and
cultural rights.
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 49:
The headquarters of the African Union is located at
1. Lagos
2. Durban
3. Luanda
4. Addis Ababa
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 50:
Name the country in South-east Asia which practices ‘Mahayana Buddhism’ :
(A) Myanmar
(B) Thailand
(C) Cambodia
(D) Vietnam
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 51:
Which country is the chair of the Non-Aligned Movement for the period 2019-23?
1. Uzbekistan
2. Kazakhstan
3. Kyrgyzstan
4. Azerbaijan
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 52:
G8 consist of
1. five countries
2. six countries
3. seven countries
4. eight countries
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 53:
What is the core of realism?
1. Trade
2. Diplomacy
3. Power
4. People’s relation
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 54:
Bananas, Beaches, and Bases is associated with
1. Feminism in International Relations
2. Liberalism in International Relations
3. Realism in International Relations
4. Neo-realism in International Relations
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 55:
In International relations, Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye Jr have propagated the term
1. complex interdependence
2. imperialism
3. regionalism
4. All of the above
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 56:
Which among the following is the political & economic association of 10 Southeast Asian countries?
1. Cold War
2. NAM
3. ASEAN
4. SAARC
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 57:
What is the status of the Palestinian Authority in the United Nations?
1. Full member State
2. Non-member observer State
3. No membership
4. Not clear
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 58:
BRICS member countries are
1. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
2. Bangladesh, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
3. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
4. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Korea
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 59:
When was Panchsheel Agreement signed between India and China?
1. 1954
2. 1955
3. 1956
4. 1857
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 60:
Emergency in the Constitution of India?
1. 352
2. 356
3. 360
4. 365
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 61:
What was the duration of the Constituent Assembly?
1. Two years, ten months and seventeen days
2. Two years, eleven months and seventeen days
3. Three years, eleven months and seventeen days
4. Four years, eleven months and seventeen days
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 62:
The Parliament of India consists of
1. The President
2. Lok Sabha
3. Rajya Sabha
4. All of these
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 63:
Which Article of the Constitution of India states “The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister?
1. Article 73
2. Article 74
3. Article 75
4. Article 76
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 64:
Which among the following is part of Seventh Schedule of Indian Constitution?
1. Union list
2. State list
3. Concurrent list
4. All of these
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 65:
Which rivers are covered under the Indus Water Treaty?
1. Chenab, Ravi, Beas
2. Ravi, Beas, Satluj
3. Beas, Indus, Jhelum
4. All of these
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 66:
Which among the following is the last agreement between India and US?
1. Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement
2. Comprehensive Agreement
3. Strategic Agreement
4. Military Agreement
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 67:
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India judgement pertained to
1. Inter-States Water Dispute
2. Article 356
3. Anti-Defection
4. Fundamental Rights
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 68:
Sarkaria Commission dealt with
1. Centre-State Relations
2. corruption
3. election
4. boundary dispute
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 69:
Political obligation and the State are linked together in
1. T. H. Green
2. J. S. Mill
3. R. M. MacIver
4. Harold Laski
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 70:
Justice as Entitlement has been given by
1. Michael Sandel
2. Michael Walzer
3. Charles Taylor
4. Robert Nozick
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 71:
Who among the following uses the idea of veil of ignorance?
1. Elizabeth Anderson
2. John Rawls
3. Ronald Dworkin
4. Amartya Sen
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 72:
Who is the author of the Book entitled “A History of South-East Asia” ?
1. D.R. Sardesai
2. D.G.E. Hall
3. John F. Cady
4. R.C. Majumdar
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 73:
According to John Rawls, what is the most important virtue of justice?
1. Equality
2. Fairness
3. Distribution
4. Political obligation
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 74:
‘What's the Right thing to do’ has been written by
1. Michael Sandel
2. Robert Nozick
3. Friedrich Hayek
4. Milton Friedman
CUET PG 2024 Political Science (HUQP 18) Question Number 75:
Cuban Missile Crisis was in
1. 1960
2. 1961
3. 1962
4. 1963