Political Processes in India – Solved PYQs of Sociology – UGC NET

Tribe, Nation State and Border

1. Sampurnanand Ashram is the first ‘Open Prison’, established in which State? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Kerala

2. Which among the following are obstacles in the pathway to Nation building in India? (DEC 2014)
(A) Hierarchical social order
(B) Economic inequalities
(C) Both A and B
(D) Western educated leadership

3. Assertion–Reason Question (NOV 2017)
Assertion (A): Regional, Ethnic and religious disharmonies act as barrier to Nation building.
Reason (R): Political Elites are interested in creating disharmony to create vote bank.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

4. Assertion–Reason Question (DEC 2018)
Assertion (A): Regional, Ethnic and religious disharmonies act as barrier to Nation building.
Reason (R): Political Elites are interested in creating disharmony to create vote bank.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

5. Of the following, what are the causes of the weakening of the Nation-State? (AUG 2024)
(a) Rise of post-national membership
(b) Increasing significance of transnational corporations
(c) Decrease of political interest in the rights of ‘first nations’
(d) The growing strength of supranational institutions
(e) Smooth process of governance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a), (c) and (d) only
(B) (b), (d) and (e) only
(C) (a), (b) and (d) only
(D) (c), (d) and (e) only

6. A state expressing, in a variable geometry, the aggregate interests of its constituent members is called (—)
(A) Nation-state
(B) Capitalist state
(C) Super nation-state
(D) Estate