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The following questions contains two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine whether the statements are correct and related to each other with the help of the codes given below :

1.

Assertion (A) : Naxalite movement is an armed struggle of poor peasantry against the landlords.

Reason (R) : Naxalite movement was born in the Naxalbari village of Darjeeling District.
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Both statements are correct, but the Reason does not explain the Assertion, which makes it option B. The Naxalite movement is an armed struggle of poor peasantry against landlords, and it did begin in Naxalbari village in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal in 1967. But where it began does not explain what kind of struggle it is. Option A is wrong for that reason, and C and D are wrong because neither statement is false.

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2.

Name the human rights activist who is on hunger strike since November 2nd, 2000 against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The activist on hunger strike since 2 November 2000 against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is Irom Chanu Sharmila of Manipur. She began her fast after soldiers killed ten civilians at Malom, and she was kept alive by force-feeding until she ended the fast in 2016. Medha Patkar is associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Teesta Setalvad with communal harmony and justice work, and Shabnam Hashmi with the Act Now for Harmony and Democracy group. The answer is Irom Chanu Sharmila.

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3.

Ms. Aruna Roy, one of the founders of the movement for the right to information is associated with

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Aruna Roy is associated with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), which began in Rajasthan and led the movement that resulted in the Right to Information Act of 2005. The People's Union for Civil Liberties and the People's Union for Democratic Rights are civil liberties organisations whose founders are different people, and the National Human Rights Commission is a statutory body, not a movement she founded. The answer is Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.

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4.

Match the following concepts with the names of the supporters in List - II :

List - I ConceptsList - II Supporters
a. Swaraji. Jyotirao Phule
b. Freedomii. Gandhi
c. Developmentiii. Thomas Jefferson
d. Dalit Justiceiv. Mahbub al Haq

Codes : a b c d

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Swaraj is linked with Gandhi, freedom with Thomas Jefferson, development with Mahbub ul Haq and Dalit justice with Jyotirao Phule. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj discusses self-rule, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, Mahbub ul Haq founded the human development approach and Phule led the movement for the rights of the lower castes. The match is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i, option C; the others mismatch Phule or Jefferson.

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5.

The World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) was held in March 1995 in

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The World Summit for Social Development was held in March 1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It produced the Copenhagen Declaration and a Programme of Action on poverty eradication, full employment and social integration.

Helsinki and the Hague are European cities that did not host the summit. Vienna hosted the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993, which is why it is a tempting distractor: it is also a United Nations conference of the same decade, but on a different subject and in an earlier year.

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6.

International Women's Day is celebrated on

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March. The United Nations began to observe it in 1975, the International Women's Year, and the General Assembly invited its member States in 1977 to proclaim a day for women's rights and international peace.

10 January is World Hindi Day, 24 January is National Girl Child Day in India, and 22 February is observed as World Thinking Day by the Scouts and Guides. None of these is International Women's Day.

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7.

Arrange the chronological order of the beginning of the following environmental movements :

(i) Narmada Bachao Andolan
(ii) Navadhanya Movement
(iii) Chipko Movement
(iv) Silent Valley Movement

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The order of the beginnings of the movements is Chipko, Silent Valley, Narmada Bachao and Navadhanya. The Chipko movement began in 1973 in the Himalayan hills of Uttarakhand, the Silent Valley movement against the hydroelectric project in Kerala followed in the 1970s, the Narmada Bachao Andolan began in 1985, and Navadhanya was started by Vandana Shiva in 1987.

The other sequences place Narmada Bachao or Navadhanya before Chipko, which is wrong because Chipko is the earliest of the four. So the correct sequence is (iii), (iv), (i), (ii).

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8.

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes :

List - IList - II
(a) Sanitation, fire fighting, public safety(i) Cultural Services
(b) Art galleries, museums, public parks, zoos(ii) Welfare services
(c) Road and bridges, public utility services(iii) Physical services
(d) Education, hospitals, libraries(iv) Protective services

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct matching is a with iv, b with i, c with iii and d with ii. Sanitation, fire fighting and public safety are protective services, art galleries, museums, parks and zoos are cultural services, roads, bridges and public utility services are physical services, and education, hospitals and libraries are welfare services.

The other options mix these pairs. Only the second code puts each group of services under the right heading.

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9.

Match the persons in List - I with the area of their work in List - II :

List - IList - II
(a) Vandana Shiva(i) Right to Information
(b) Rajendra Singh(ii) Right to Food
(c) Medha Patekar(iii) Water Conservation
(d) Aruna Roy(iv) Dams & Environmental Protection

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The correct matching is a with ii, b with iii, c with iv and d with i. Vandana Shiva is known for her work on food, seeds and agriculture, so the right to food, Rajendra Singh, the water man of India, for water conservation, Medha Patkar for the movement against dams and for the environment, and Aruna Roy for the right to information.

The other codes pair the persons with wrong areas, so the third code is correct.

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10.

Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal ?

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

'To promote Sustainable Development' is not among the eight Millennium Development Goals as worded. The goals were: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development.

Options A, B and C match goals 1, 3 and 6 directly. Sustainable development appears only as a principle within the environmental goal, so it is the one that is not a goal.

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