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CBCS UG SEMESTER I
CORE -1 METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. Who among the following strongly said that “Man is a Political Animal”?
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. None of the Above.
2. Traditional approach give stress on:
A. Values.
B. Facts.
C. Objectivity.
D. Precision.
3. ‘Credo of Relevance’ Signaled
A. Modernism.
B. Behaviouralism.
C. Post-Behaviouralism.
D. Rationalism.
4. ‘The Intellectual God Father’ of Behaviouralism is
A. Charles .E.Merriam
B. David Easton.
C. Laswell.
D. None of the above.
5. Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book.
A. Republic.
B. Prince.
C. Social Contract.
D. Leviathan.
6. ‘Two Treatises of Government’ Was Written By
A. John Locke.
B. J.J Rousseau.
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C. Thomas Hobbes.
D. Spencer.
7. Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach.
A. Philosophical
B. Historical.
C. Institutional
D. Behavioural.
8. Integration of Political Science with other Social Sciences Is a basic principle of
A. Traditionalism.
B. Behaviouralism.
C. Liberalism.
D. Post – Behaviouralism.
9. The success of democracy depends upon
A. Periodic Elections.
B. Voting.
C. Campaigning in The Elections.
D. All of the above
10. Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government?
A. Voting.
B. Decision Making.
C. Military Force.
D. None of The Above.
11. “A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the state” who said this?
A. Laski
B. Bosanquet
C. Rousseau
D. Green
12 Who described democracy as “a form of government in which everyone has a share”?
A. John Seeley
B. J.S Mill
C. Bryce
D. None of The Above
13. Who said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can be his best self”
A. Hobhouse
B. Bosanquet
C. Laski
D. Hegel
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14. Who wrote the book ‘A Grammar of politics’
A. Laski
B. Hegal
C. J.S Mill
D T.H Green
15. The concept of Greek, ‘Justice’ was
A. Legal
B. Moral
C. Social
D. Political
16. The origin of democracy can be traced back to
A. Ancient Greek City States
B. Medieval Period
C. Modern Era
D. Feudalism
17. Who among the following said “Liberty is the opposite of over government”?
A. Seeley
B. Prof. Ramsay Muir
C. Laski
D. J.S Mill
18. What is meant by Social Justice.
A. All should have same Political Rights.
B. All should have same Economic rights.
C. All kinds of discrimination and privileges based on caste, colour, creed and sex should be
eliminated.
D. All should have the right to freedom of religion.
19. A democratic society is one in which
A. Government is popularly elected.
B. Liberty is given the highest value.
C. The spirit of equality and fraternity prevails.
D. All of the above.
20. Who wrote the book ‘Politics’
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Rousseau
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21. Behavioral approach in political science is “an attempt to make the empirical content of political
science more scientific” who said this?
A. Charles. E. Merriam
B. David Easton
C. Powell
D. Robert A Dahl
22. Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of political science is generally known as :
A. Regularities
B. Pure Science
C. Verifications
D. Intellectual Foundations
23. Who wrote the book ‘On liberty’?
A. Henry Maine
B. J.S Mill
C. T.H Green
D. Laski
24. ‘ A theory of justice ‘is the work of
A. J.S Mill
B. Bodin
C. John Rawls
D. Montesquieu
25. The term ‘Globalization’ was coined by
A. Kaplan
B. Theodore Levitt
C. Burton
D. Spiro
26. Democracy is rule of
A. Voters
B. People
C. Members of parliament
D. Political Parties.
27. Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Lord Bryce
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Laski
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28. Lord Bryce has written “That form of government in which the ruling power of a state is legally
vested, not in any particular class, but in the members of the community as a whole”. Which form of
government he is referring to?
A. Democracy
B. Parliamentary Government
C. Federal Government
D. Unitary Government
29. The two words ‘demos’ and ‘kratos’ from which democracy draws its origin belong to
A. Latin Language.
B. Greek Language.
C. French Language.
D. Spanish Language.
30. The two forms of democracy are
A. Parliamentary and presidential.
B. Direct and indirect.
C. Monarchical and Republican.
D. None of the above.
31. Which one of the following theories of democracy accords high priority to the political rights of
citizens?
A. Pluralist theory of democracy .
B. Elitist of democracy.
C. Marxist theory of democracy.
D. Liberal theory of democracy.
32. Which theory of democracy attaches great importance to economic rights of man?
A. Marxist theory
B. Elite Theory
C. Pluralist Theory
D. All of the above
33. The term ‘liberty’ has been drawn from the Latin term
A. Libel
B. Lingua
C. Labour
D. Liber
34. One of the major factor that has stimulated the globalization process is
A. Effective utilization of resources.
B. Increase in income and wealth.
C. Willingness to co-operate.
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D. Rapid Improvement in technology.
35. Removing barriers or restrictions said by government is called
A. Liberalization
B. Investment
C. Favorable trade
D. Free trade
36. Globalization by connecting countries leads to
A. Lesser competition among producers.
B. Greater competition among producers.
C. No competition between producers.
D. None of these.
37. ‘Euro centrism’ as the term for an ideology was coined by whom?
A. Karl Marx
B. Green
C. Samir Amin
D. Rousseau
38. During the enlightenment of the 18th century:
A. Scholars emphasized the supernatural.
B. Scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans.
C. A number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically.
D. None of these.
39. Economics deals with
A. Production of goods and services.
B. Consumption of goods and services.
C. Distribution of goods and services.
40. The social science that deals with human use of the natural environment is:
A. Genetics
B. Geography
C. Political science
D. Sociology
41. Political science stresses the study of:
A. Government
B. State
C. Power
D. All of the above
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42. Psychology deals with
A. Only violent behavior.
B. Only normal behavior.
C. Mental states of individual humans.
D. Groups of people in interaction
43. The study of human group behavior is the definition of
A. Psychology
B. Sociology
C. Geology
D. None of the above
44. The social sciences lack
A. Theories
B. Concepts
C. Scientific laws
D. Generalizations
45. Ethical neutrality is the opposite of
A. Objectivity
B. Generalization
C. Judgmental Social science
D. Participant observation
46.Anthropology is restricted to the study of:
A. Primitive people only.
B. Pre-historic people only.
C. Modern people only.
D. None of these.
47. Objectivity means
A. Precision
B. Taking nothing for granted
C. Eliminating bias
D. Repeating observations
48. The study and analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concern of
A. Sociology
B. Psychology
C. Anthropology
D. History
49. The social sciences where initially concerned with the consequences of
A. American Revolution
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B. The French Revolution
C. The Russian Revolution
D. The Industrial Revolution
50. The study of traits that appear in specific populations as adaptation to specific environment is called
A. Physical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology
C. Demography
D. Psychology
51. Furnishing historical data about past with no written records Is the task of
A. Archeology
B. Cultural geography
C. History
D. Anthropology
52. The most experimental of social sciences is
A. Sociology
B. Psychology
C. Archeology
D. Economics
53. The discipline that studies such disparate subjects as the environment religion, politics, criminality,
organization and so on, is
A. History
B. Sociology
C. Political science
D. Psychology
54. Which of the following does not fall within the preview of the political liberty
A. Right to vote.
B. Right to contest elections.
C. Right to criticize the government.
D. Right to move the court for the enforcement of rights.
55. Political liberty ensures
A. Protection against oppressive rule
B. Economic equality
C. Basic Amenities of life
56. Who said “Political liberty without economic equality is a myth”
A. T.H. green
B. J.S Mill
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C. G.D.H Cole
D. H.J. Laski
57. Liberty and equality are
A. Complementary to each other
B. Contradictory to each other
C. Unrelated to each other
58. Which of the following best describes eurocentrism?
A. Eurocentrism is a style of analysis in which European societies are compared to non –
European societies to produce an unbiased comparison of the relative merits of each.
B. Eurocentrism is a thought style in which the assessment and evaluation of non-European
societies is couched in terms of the cultural assumptions and biases of Europeans .
C. Eurocentrism describes studies or scholarly work that only consider European political or
economic systems .
59. The credit for developing behavioural approach for the study of political science goes to
A. The American political scientists.
B. The British political scientists.
C. The German political scientists.
D. The Political scientist of the third world.
60. Though the Behaviorist Approach for the study of political science was developed after the first
world war it gained popularity only
A. In the thirties of the twentieth century.
B. After the second world war .
C. In the sixties of the twentieth century .
D. In the eighties of the twentieth century.
61. The behaviorist approach to the study of political science was developed as a protest against
A. The historical approach.
B. The philosophical approach.
C. Descriptive-institutional approach.
62. The behaviorist approach differs from the traditional approach for the study of political science in so
far as
A. It is an analytical
B. It is general rather than particular
C. It is explanatory rather than ethical
D. It has all the above features
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63. Which one of the following is regarded as the most important contribution of behaviouralism to
political science
A. It greatly helped in theory building
B. It developed several new concepts
C. It developed several new tools of research
D. It emphasized the important role which history can’t play in research
64. Civil liberty is inherent in the laws of
A. State
B. Nature
C. Society
D. All of the above
65. Who said: “Where there is no law there is no freedom”?
A. T.H. Green
B. Locke
C. Hobbes
D. Mac Iver
66. Which one of the following statements is correct
A. Liberty means absence of all restrains
B. Liberty means power to do whatever one pleases
C. Liberty means absence of objection
D. Liberty is not total absence of restrains but the existence of socially acceptable restrains
67. The concept of natural liberty is associated with
A. Divine origin theory
B. Social contract theory
C. Force theory
D. Evolutionary theory
68. Who among the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty
A. Rousseau
B. Laski
C. Plato
D. Herbert Spencer
69. Political liberty is often taken as synonymous with
A. Democracy
B. Majority rule
C. Freedom
D. Independence of division
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70. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A. Civil liberty is basic to other kinds of liberties
B. Civil liberty is granted only to the citizens
C. Civil liberty is available to both citizens and non-citizens
D. Civil liberty exits only in civil society
71. Which one of the following statements is not correct
A. Economic liberty means freedom from fear and starvation
B. Self-government in industry is important feature of economic liberty
C. Economic liberty means common ownership of the means of production and distribution
D. Economic liberty aims at establishing a self- sufficient society
72. The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of
A. William Thomson
B. J. Schumpeter
C. Aristotle
D. Harry Johnson
73.’ Republic’ is the work of
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. None of these
74. The book ’Principles of Political Science’ was written by
A. Socrates
B. Gilchrist
C. Machiavelli
D. Jean Bodin
75. In Renaissance human reason placed above
A. Culture
B. Faith
C. Arts
D. Literature
76. The conflict between religious learning and believes and rationality learning and believes is the basic
characteristics of
A. Modern Era
B. Educated Society
C. Renaissance
D. None of These
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77. The period from 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized by the rebirth and
proliferation of
A. Modern knowledge
B. Ancient knowledge
C. Modern thinking
D. Ancient thinking
78. Enlightenment was to a large extent based on
A. Profit Motive
B. Humanitarian Principles
C. Practical wisdom
D. All of The Above
79. Enlightenment thinkers opened up new and very significant areas of
A. Observation
B. Field Study
C. Inquiry
D. Thinking
80. In the period of enlightenment as the organizing principle of knowledge, rationality replaced
A. Culture
B. Civilization
C. Religion
D. Speculation
81. The period of enlightenment was in
A. 1650 CE and 1700 CE
B. 1500 CE and 1550 CE
C. 1400 CE and 1450CE
D. None of these
82. Which of the following is not correctly matched
A. Herodotus – Political Science
B. Auguste Comte – Sociology
C. Adam Smith – Economics
D. Sigmund Fraud - Psychology
83. Who is regarded as the ‘Father of History’
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. August Comte
D. Herodotus
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84. The age of _____ saw a revolution within natural philosophy
A. Reformation
B. Renaissance
C. Enlightenment
D. Modern Age
85. The history of the social sciences begins in the routes of the ancient _______
A. Philosophy
B. Epics
C. Epigraphy
D. Literature
86. ________ is regarded as the father of Political Science.
A. Herodotus
B. Aristotle
C. Plato
D. Rousseau
87. The term sociology was derived from Greek term logos and _____ word socius meaning ‘companion’
or ‘society’
A. French
B. Latin
C. German
D. Austric
88. _____ is central to the procedures of scientific method
A. Oral History
B. Comparison
C. Objectivity
D. Customs
89. _____ affect the objectivity of the study
A. Personal Bias
B. Morality
C. Customs
D. Ethics
90. The word Psychology comes from the ancient Greek psyche which means _____
A. Society
B. Man
C. Mind
D. Brain
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91. Positivism is advocated by _____
A. Karl Marx
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Auguste Comte
D. Durkheim
92. The term Ethical Neutrality is related to the
A Knowledge
B Social Research
C Philosophy
D Commerce
93. The Book ‘ Das Capital’ was written by
A Max Weber
B Karl Marx
C Herbert Spencer
D Laski
94. A set of moral principles and values are called
A Methods
B Rules
Tools
D Ethics
95. ‘General view of positivism’ was written by?
A Hebert Spencer
B Max Weber
C Auguste Comte
D Talcot Parsons
96. The word ________ is from the Greek for ‘ human being’ or ‘person’
A . Socious
B Anthropos
C Logous
D Oikos
97. ______ is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields
A. Natural Sciences
B. Human Sciences
C. Social Sciences
D. Psychical Sciences
98. Enlightment thought laid the ground work for the development of
A. Religious notions
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B. Speculations
C. Social Scientific Thought
D. All of the above
99. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as the basis of behaviouralism moment by David
Easton
A. Quantifications
B. Values
C. Systematization
D. Pure science
100. The branch of philosophy that studies assumptions about the nature of reality and existence is
A. Epistemology
B. Ontology
C. Methodology
D. Phenomenology
101. The philosophical area which deals with the problem of being is called ______
A. Axiology
B. Epistemology
C. Materialism
D. Ontology
102. Epistemology is concerned with _____ of knowledge
A. Origin
B. Validity
C. Limitations
D. All of these
103. Rationalism and empiricism represent the philosophy of the ______ era
A. Ancient
B. Medieval
C. Contemporary
D. Modern
104. ‘Science of society is possible’ is assumed by which approach
A. Humanist
B. Positivist
C. Functionalist
D. Feminist
105. Positivism is based on strong confidence in _____
A. Positive thinking
B. Science
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C. Religion
D. All of these
106. Positivists tend to be skeptical of
A. Science
B. Religion
C. Human goodness
107. How did Post Positivism relate to Positivism
A. Its criticized Positivism but held on some of its features
B. It advocated abandoning positivism altogether
C. It was a continuation of positivism
108. The concept of Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality and Justice are related to—
A. Dictatorship
B. Aristocracy
C. Democracy
D. Oligarchy
109. The legal theory of Rights believes that—
A. The rights are created by the state
B. The rights are created by the nature
C. The rights are created by the society
D. The rights are eternal
110. Civil Rights are given to the individuals by—
A. The State
B. The People
C. Nature
D. Society
111. Who first gave the Concept of ‘Distributive Justice’?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Machiavelli
D. Locke
112. Which among the following is a Political right?
A. Right to hold public office
B. Right to freedom
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C. Right against exploitation
D. Right to work
113. Negative liberty implies that,
A. Freedom should be unlimited
B. Freedom should be restricted
C. Freedom from wants
D. Freedom to rule
114. Which law is made by the legislature?
A. International law
B. Statutory law
C Common law
D natural law
115. Who defined law as the Command of the Sovereign?
A . Austin
B. Mill
C . Marx
D. Rousseau
116. The word ‘ Democracy’ means,
A. Power of the government
B. Power of the representatives
C. Power of the people
D. Power of the executive
117. ‘Who Governs’ is a work by
A. A.B. Hall
B. Laski
C. Robert .A. Dahl
D. Plato
118. Direct democracy was established in
A. Ancient Greek city-states
B. Latin American states
C. Ancient India
D. African states
119. Which is known as the ‘Citadel of Democracy’?
A. Athens
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B. America
C. India
D. Switzerland
120. Which approach is, according to Robert A Dahl, “an attempt to make the empirical content of
Political Science more scientific “
A. Institutional Approach
B. Historical Approach
C. Philosophical Approach
D. Behavioural Approach
121. ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This statement explains the following
A. Post-behaviouralism
B. Behaviouralism
C. Positivism
D. Empiricism
122. . Who introduced the concept of natural rights?
A. John Locke
B. Green
C. Laski
D. Barker
123. Legal theory of right was propounded by
A. Mac Iver
B. Laski
C. Hegel
D. Barker
124. . Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions?
A. Strong military forces
B. Respect for individual rights
C. A one-party system
D. An Agricultural economy
125. Which Act is considered the watch dog of Democracy?
A. The right to property Act
B. Right to Live Act
C. The Right to Information Act
D. None of these
126. Who introduced the concept of negative and positive rights?
A. Andrew Haywood
B. Laski
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C. John Locke
D. Barker
127. Social justice is primarily concerned with
A. Who governs society
B How society is governed
C. How society is defined
D. Who should get what in society?
128. Equality of opportunity means
A. Everybody as equal right to complain
B. everybody finishes the same start in life
C. Everybody finishes the same regardless of effort
D. Everybody is equal
129. Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?
A. .James Madison
B. John Dunning
C. J Rousseau
D. De Tocqueville
130. Conception of negative liberty emphasizes:
A. Freedom of choice
B. Autonomy
C. Absence of interference
D. self determination
131. Participatory democracy calls for:
A. Increasing the voter turnout in elections
B. Greater and active engagement of citizens in government
C. Greater involvement of the legislature in the business of legislature
D. Active engagement of the representatives in the affairs of their constituencies
132. Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?
A. Leo Strauss
B. David Easton
C. George Catlin
D. Charles . E . Merriam
133. Who among the advocate of negative theory of liberty?
A. Kant
B. Marx
C. Sedgwick
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D. Isaiah Berlin
134. ............... is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between
phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena.
A. Prediction ism
B. Non reductionism
C. Reductionism
D. Deconstruction
135. A belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts is called
A. Methodological reductionism
B. Ontological reductionism
C. Theory reductionism
D. Non reductionism
136.The scientific attempt to provide explanation in terms of ever smaller entities is called
A. Methodological reductionism
B. Ontological reductionism
C. Theory reductionism
D. Non reductionism
137.Reductionism can be applied to
A .objects
B. explanations
C. theories
D. all the above
138.The phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more
fundamental phenomena, are termed as
A. Nothingness
B. Epiphenomena
C. Communication
D. Deconstruction
139. A contrast to reductionism is
A. Holism
B. Deconstruction
C. Deduction
D. Specialization
140. ................. is a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data
A. Qualitative research
B. Quantitative research
C. Positivism
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D. Empiricism
141. This type of research "refers to the meanings, concepts definitions, characteristics, metaphors,
symbols, and description of things" and not to their "counts or measures.". Which type?
C. Positivism
D. Empiricism
142. .................is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical,
mathematical or computational techniques.
C. Hypothesis
D. Experimental control
143. Quantitative research is generally, closely affiliated with ideas from 'the scientific method', which
can include:
A. The generation of models, theories and hypotheses
B. The development of instruments and methods for measurement
C. Experimental control and manipulation of variables
D. All of the above
144. Political science is a discipline
A. Which does not subscribe to any values.
B. Which provide value free analysis
C. Meant to study values.
D. That cannot ignore values
145. Which of the following combinations defines the scope of political science
A. State, governments, customs and culture.
B. Sovereignty, government, market , political parties and social classes.
C. State, governments, laws, civil society and political parties.
D. State, values, government, decision making , political parties.
146. Which of the following is not a traditional Approach to the study of political science?
A. Comparison
B. Historiography
C. Simulation
D. Legal institutions
147. Behaviouralism was a tendency in political science that
A. Based political science on human nature
B. Attempted to convert political science into a natural science.
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C. Rejected the concept of power or the concept of process
D. Replaced explanations for norms
148. Who is the celebrated author of ‘Law of the constitution’
A. A. V. Dicey
B. Herman Finer
C. R. G. Gettel
D. F. W Willoughby
149. Who expressed the view that ‘equality is unnatural and undesirable’
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Hegal
D. Hobbes
150. The ground for distributive justice include
A. Merit and desert
B. Desert and need
C. Merit and need
D. Merit, desert and need
151. The Rawlsian notion of justice is
A. Socialist
B. Utilitarian
C. Communitarian
D. Liberal
152. Who wrote the work ‘A Preface to Democratic Theory’
A. Dahl
B. Marx
C. Easton
D. MacIver
153. Who described elections as the heart of democracy?
A. Lincoln
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. James Bryce
D. Joseph Schumpter
154. The principle “fair equality of opportunity “ was developed by
A . John Rawls
B. Plato
C. Rousseau
D. Lock
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155. Political science has taken a turn toward the social sciences in its studies of:
A. law and administration
B. the moral effects of government policies
C. work as a source of identity
D. the social impact of government on groups and individuals
156. To what domain did Rawls direct his views of justice?
A. Political Domain
B. Medical domain
C. financial domain
D. private domain
157. Which one of the political thinker made valuable contribution to the growth of Scholasticism
during the medieval times?
A. Thomas Acquinas
B. Dante
C. Machiavelli
D. Karl Marx
158. Which of these is a defining characteristic of democracy ?
A. That rulers govern the interests of the ruled
B. That rulers came from a wide range of social background
C. That rulers are accountable to the ruled on a regular basis
D. That the proceedings of the legislative body are televise
159. Direct democracy is the system in which:
A. Citizens choose the representatives in free and fair elections
B. Citizens are allowed to debate with their representatives in open public meetings
C. Citizens represent themselves in the decision making process
D. Senior political leaders are known as ‘’directors’
160. In John Rawls’s theory, principles of justice are established by people who are affected by what?
A. A veil of ignorance
B. A state of nature
C. Economic inequality
D. Short sited self interest
161. Who said the liberty consists in following the moral law
A. Cole
B. Spinoza
C. Marks
D. Barker
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162. According to individualists the people have maximum liberty if
A. The state Performs Maximum functions
B. The state performs minimum functions
C. The state is abolished
163. Liberty in positive sense means
A. Liberty granted under the law
B. Liberty which people have enjoyed from earliest times
C. Provision of conditions which are conducive to human development
D. Provision of basic necessities of life to every member of society
164. The concept of natural liberty is associated with
A. Divine origin theory
B. Social contract theory
C. Force theory
D. Evolutionary theory
165. Who of the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty
A. Rousseau
B. Laski
C. Mac Iver
D. Herbert Spencer
166. Which of the following does not fall within the purview of the political liberty?
A. Right to vote
B. Right to contest elections
C. Right to criticize the government
D. Right to move the court for the enforcement of rights
167. The view that every state law enlarges individual freedom is associated with
A. Marxists
B. Idealists
C. Syndicalist
D. Individualist
168. Civil liberty stands for
A. Freedom to pursue one’s desire
B. Freedom to exercise discretion in one’s own domain
C. Liberty to mass wealth
D. Liberty to free action and immunity from interference
169. Which of the following are the sources of law?
A. Custom, religion, scientific commentaries adjudication, equity and legislation
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B. Constitution, morality, religion, custom, public opinion and equity
C. Public opinion, custom, parliament, judicature and executive
D. Judiciary, equity, nature, religious commentaries and plebiscite
170. In their essence rights are:
A. Legal injunctions
B. Moral imperatives
C. Conditions of law
D. Aspects of social life
171. The concept of liberty has developed mainly in modern times and is closely associated with the
philosophy of:
A. Utilitarianism
B. Liberalism
C. Individualism
172. Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:
A. Political Institution
B. Transformation of the mode of production
C. Inculcation of new values of human equality
D. All the above
173. Democracy in its narrow sense means
A. Rule by the many
B. A form of government
C. A type of state
D. An order of society
174. The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in the form of
A. Referendum
B. Initiative
C. Recall
D. All of the above
175. The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called
A. Economics
B. History
C. Political Science
D. Psychology
176. Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the foundations of the State
and the principles of Government?
A. Prof.Harold Laski
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B. Lasswell
C. Garner
D. Paul Janet
177. Which of the following statement is true?
A. No rights can be given to the man against the social interest
B. Grant of rights is not concerned with social interest
C. Rights can have anti-social character
178. Which of the following statements refers of Civil Rights?
A. These are the elementary conditions of good political life
B. These are the elementary conditions of good social life and without them civilized life is not
possible
C. Civil Rights are those rights which are denied to the aliens
D. These are elementary conditions of good religious life
179. _________is the earliest theory of rights
A. Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights
B. Legal theory
C. Welfare theory
180. Which of the following is a Civil Right?
A. Right to freedom of speech and expression
B. Right to vote
C. Right to become a member of parliament
D. Right to Association
181. The right to elect Member of parliament is a
A. Political right
B. Social right
C. Religious right
D. Moral right
182. Who among the following philosophers considers liberty as Obedience to Law?
A. Hegel
B. Kant
C. Spencer
D. Green
183. What is the literal meaning of liberty?
A. Absence of restraint
B. Restraint
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C. Freedom with certain limitations
D. Positive freedom
184. Natural liberty is generally identified with
A. Restricted freedom
B. Limited freedom
C. Unlimited and unrestricted freedom
185. Natural liberty implies
A. Liberty enjoyed by man in the imaginary state of nature when civil society did not exist
B. The liberty which man enjoys in the society
C. The liberty which man enjoys in the state
D. Absence of any type of liberty
186. ‘Freedom is a product of free society’ means
A. It is in a free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
B. True freedom is conceivable without a free society
C. Freedom from exploitation
187. The term “Justice” is derived from Latin word
A. Justicia
B. Justa
C. Justitia
188. The essential principle of modern justice is
A. Judges should be part of executive
B. There should be independence of judiciary
C. The judges should be under the control of the Head of the State
D. The judges should be under the control of the electorate
189. What is meant by Economic justice
A. The state should follow the theory of free trade policy
B. State should not protect the economically weaker section of society
C. The state should eliminate social discrimination
D. The basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
190. The famous work by Kautilya
A. Arthasastra
B. The Prince
C. The Republic
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191. Who evaluates public policy?
A. The media
B. Academics
C. Government officials
D. All of the above
192. Hobbes was a strong supporter of
A. Aristocracy
B. Democracy
C. Absolute Monarchy
D. Republican System
193. According to Kautilya there are ______
A. Four Elements of State
B. Five Elements of State
C. Six Elements of State
D. Seven Elements of State
194. Aristotle expressed views on revolution in his book (Politics) on the basis of the study of
constitutions of
A. 58 Greek City-states
B. 158 Greek City-states
C. 98 Greek City-states
D. Unspecified Number of City-states
195. Rousseau authored,
A. Social Contract
B. Republic
C. The Prince
D. Politics
196. Who wrote “The Political System”
A. Almond
B. Apter
C. Lasswell
D. Easton
197. Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
A. Lowell
B. T.H. Green
C. J.S. Mill
D. Laski
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198. Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
A. Mac Iver
B. Locke
C. Austin
D. Machiavelli
199. Positivist Liberals are in favour of:
A. Pushing the state out of economic field
B. Doing away the state's interference in the economic sphere
C. State regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
D. State regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists
200. The political thought of Rousseau is contained in
A. The Social Contract
B. Emile
C. The Confessions
D. All of the Above.
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ANSWER KEY
1. C. Aristotle
2. A. Values.
3. B. Behaviouralism.
4. A. Charles .E.Merriam
5. D. Leviathan.
6. A. John Locke.
7. D. Behavioural.
8. B. Behaviouralism.
9. D. All of the above
10. A. Voting.
11. B. Bosanquet
12 .A. John Seeley
13. C. Laski
14. A. Laski
15. B. Moral
16. A. Ancient Greek City States
17. A. Seeley
18. C. All kinds of discrimination and privileges based on caste, colour, creed and sex should be
eliminated
19 .D. All of the above
20. C. Aristotle
21. A. Charles. E. Merriam
22. D. Intellectual Foundations
23. B. J.S Mill
24 .C. John Rawls
25.B. Theodore Levitt
26. B. People
27. C. Abraham Lincoln
28. A. Democracy
29. B. Greek Language
30. B. Direct and indirect
31. D. Liberal theory of democracy
32. A. Marxist theory
33. D. Liber
34. D. Rapid Improvement in technology
35. A. Liberalization
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36. B. Greater competition among producers
37. C. Samir Amin
38. C. A number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically
40. B. Geography
42. C. Mental states of individual human
43. B. Sociology
44. C. Scientific laws
45. C. Judgmental Social science
46. D. None of these
47. C. Eliminating bias
48. C. Anthropology
49. D. The industrial revolution
50. A. Physical Anthropology
51. A. Archeology
52. B. Psychology
53. B. Sociology
54. D. Right to move the court for the enforcement of rights
55. A. Protection against oppressive rule
56. C. G.D.H Cole
57. A. Complementary to each other
58. B. Eurocentrism is a thought style in which the assessment and evaluation of non-European societies
is couched in terms of the cultural assumptions and biases of Europeans
59. A. The American political scientists
60. B. After the second world war
62. D. It has all the above features
63. C. It developed several new tools of research
64. A. State
65. B. Locke
66. D. Liberty is not total absence of restrains but the existence of socially acceptable restrains
67. B. Social contract theory
68. A. Rousseau
69. A. Democracy
70. B. Civil liberty is granted only to the citizens
71. C. Economic liberty means common ownership of the means of production and distribution
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72. A. William Thomson
73. B. Plato
74. B. Gilchrist
75. B. Faith
76. C. Renaissance
77. B. Ancient knowledge
78. B. Humanitarian Principles
79. C. Inquiry
80. C. Religion
81. A. 1650 CE and 1700 CE
82. A. Herodotus – Political Science
83. D. Herodotus
84. C. Enlightenment
85. A. Philosophy
86. B. Aristotle
87. B. Latin
88. C. Objectivity
89. A. Personal Bias
90. C. Mind
91. C. Auguste Comte
92. B. Social Research
93. B. Karl Marx
94. D. Ethics
95. C. Auguste Comte
96. B. Anthropos
97.C. Social Sciences
98. C. Social Scientific Thought
99. B. Values
100. B. Ontology
101.D. Ontology
102.D. All of these
103.D. Modern
104.B. Positivist
105.B. Science
106.B. Religion
107.A. Its criticized positivism but held on some of its features
108.C. Democracy
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109.A. The rights are created by the state
110.A. The State
111.B. Aristotle
112.A. Right to hold public office
113.A. Freedom should be unlimited
114.B. Statutory law
115. A. Austin
116.C. Power of the people
117.C. Robert.A. Dahl
118.A. Ancient Greek city-states
119.A. Athens
120.D. Behavioural Approach
121.A. Post-behaviouralism
122. A. John Locke
123.B. Laski
124.B. Respect for individual rights
125.C. The Right to Information Act
126. A. Andrew Haywood
127.D. Who should get what in society?
128.B. everybody finishes the same start in life
129.D. De Tocqueville
130. C. Absence of interference
131. B. greater and active engagement of citizens in government
132.B. David Easton
133. D. Isaiah Berlin
134. C. Reductionism
135.B. Ontological reductionism
136.A. Methodological reductionism
137.D. all the above
138. B. Epiphenomena
139.A. Holism
140.A. Qualitative research
141A. Qualitative research
142.B. Quantitative research
144.D. That cannot ignore values
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145. C. State, governments, laws, civil society and political parties
146. B. Historiography
147. B. Attempted to convert political science into a natural science.
148.A. A. V. Dicey
149. B. Aristotle
150. D. Merit, desert and need
151.C. Communitarian
152.A. Dahl
153. D. Joseph Schumpter
154. A . John Rawls
155. D. the social impact of government on groups and individuals
156. A. Political Domain
157. A. Thomas Acquinas
158. C. That rulers are accountable to the ruled on a regular basis
159. C. Citizens represent themselves in the decision making process
160. A. A veil of ignorance
161. B. Spinoza
162. B. The state performs minimum functions
163. C. Provision of conditions which are conducive to human development
164. B. Social contract theory
165. A. Rousseau
166. D. Right to move the court for the enforcement of rights
167. B. Ideals
168. D. Liberty to free action and immunity from interference
169.A. Custom, religion, scientific commentaries adjudication, equity and legislation
170. D. Aspects of social life
171. C. Individualism
172. D. All the above
173. A. Rule by the many
175. C. Political Science
176. D. Paul Janet
177. A. No rights can be given to the man against the social interest
178. B. These are the elementary conditions of good social life and without them civilized life is not
possible
179. A. Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights
180. A. Right to freedom of speech and expression
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181. A. Political right
182. A. Hegel
183. A. Absence of restraint
184.A. Restricted freedom
185. C. The liberty which man enjoys in the state
186. A. It is in a free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
187. C. Justitia
188. B. There should be independence of judiciary
189. D. The basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
190. A. Arthasastra
192. C. Absolute Monarchy
193. D. Seven Elements of State
194. B. 158 Greek City-states
195. A. Social Contract
196. D. Easton
197.C. J.S Mill
198. D. Machiavelli
199. C. State regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
200. D. All of the Above
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Mizoram University
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department : Political Science

Subject : Political Theory
Semester : IV
Multiple Choice Questions: Tick (V) the correct answer in the brackets provided.
1. The term ‘polis’ derived from Greek word, which means

(a) Policy ( )
(b) State ( )
(c) City ( )
(d) City-state ( )
2. Who is regarded as the ‘father’ of political science

(a) Aristotle ( )
(b) Plato ( )
(c) Euclid ( )
(d) None of the above ( )
3. The author of the book ‘The Republic’ is

(a) Aristotle ( )
(b) Plato ( )
(c) Herodotus ( )
(d) Cicero ( )
4. Who among them was the teacher of Plato

(a) Homer ( )
(b) Socrates ( )
(c) Aristotle ( )
(d) Herodotus ( )
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5. ‘Man is by nature political animal’ was quoted by
(a) Plato ( )
(b) Socrates ( )
(c) Euclid ( )
(d) Aristotle ( )
6. The word ‘theory’ originated from Greek word

(a) Theorem ( )
(b) Thor ( )
(c) Theoria ( )
(d) Thesis ( )
7. The word ‘theoria’ means

(a) specific ( )
(b) fantasy ( )
(c) speculation ( )
(d) spy ( )
8. Which book had been written by Aristotle

(a) The Republic ( )
(b) Political Theory ( )
(c) The Prince ( )
(d) Politics ( )
9. The significance of political theory provides

(a) systematic thinking about the nature and purpose of state and government ( )
(b) study of ecology ( )
(c) study of the history of government only ( )
(d) none of the above ( )
10. Political theory is a branch of

(a) Political philosophy ( )
(b) Political Science ( )
(c) Political Sociology ( )
(d) Public Policy ( )
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11. Who among them claimed to coin the term ‘Political Science’ in 16th Century
(a) Bodin ( )
(b) Machiavelli ( )
(c) Aristotle ( )
(d) Milton ( )
12. Which is not the approach to study of political theory

(a) Traditional approach ( )
(b) Sociological approach ( )
(c) Philosophical approach ( )
13. Which of the following approach is part of traditional approaches to political theory?
(a) Class ( )
(b) Philosophical ( )
(c) Scientific ( )
(d) Liberal ( )
14. Traditional approaches give the most important to the study of
(a) Individual ( )
(b) Community ( )
(c) Family ( )
(d) State ( )
15. Traditional approach to political theory has been criticized on which ground?
(a) Philosophical ( )
(b) Historical ( )
(c) Unscientific ( )
16. Classical political theory is primarily concerned with a search for

(a) a perfect individual liberty ( )
(b) the good life ( )
(c) a perfect political order ( )
(d) perfect theory ( )
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17. Behavioural approaches to political theory do not gives importance to
(a) Voters ( )
(b) Politicians ( )
(c) Philosophy ( )
(d) Election ( )
18. Behaviouralism analysed on the observable behaviours of

(a) Social action ( )
(b) Political actors ( )
(c) Policies ( )
(d) Theory ( )
19. ‘Behavioural approach was a protest movement in political science’ is quoted by

(a) Robert H. Dalh ( )
(b) David Easton ( )
(c) Charles Merriam ( )
20. Behaviouralism approach dominated the study of politics after

(a) World War I ( )
(b) World War II ( )
(c) Cold War ( )
(d) Prussian War ( )
21. According to Easton, which of the following is the major tenets of behavioural credo?
(a) Widened the study of political philosophy ( )
(b) Integration of political research with other social science ( )
(c) Deepen the legal approach through legislature ( )
(d) Widened the historical approach ( )
22. Behavioural approach has been criticised due to

(a) The dependent on political thought ( )
(b) Historical analysis ( )
(c) Against scientific study ( )
(d) Mad craze for scientism ( )
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23. Post Behaviouralism appeared as new approach in the late
(a) 1950s ( )
(b) 1980s ( )
(c) 1960s ( )
(d) 1990s ( )
24. Post-behaviouralism is both a movement and

(a) Intellectual tendency ( )
(b) Historical analysis ( )
(c) Sociological explanation ( )
(d) Economic revolution ( )
25. Post-behaviouralism is associated with

(a) Galston ( )
(b) David Easton ( )
(c) Karl Popper ( )
(d) David Held ( )
26. The features of post-behaviouralism is based on

(a) Facts and value ( )
(b) Normative and philosophical ( )
(c) Empirical and quantitative only ( )
27. Post-behaviouralism is also regarded as

(a) Anti-behaviouralism ( )
(b) Neo-behaviouralism ( )
(c) Neo liberalism ( )
(d) Neo-science ( )
28. With whom Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto?

(a) Hegel ( )
(b) Thomas Moore ( )
(c) Hegel ( )
(d) Friedrich Engels ( )
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29. Marxist approaches to political theory emphasize against
(a) Feudalism ( )
(b) Capitalism ( )
(c) Democracy ( )
(d) Classical theory ( )
30. ‘State’ in Marxist approaches belong to

(a) super structure ( )
(b) base ( )
(c) middle structure ( )
(d) lower structure ( )
31. Aristotle considered ‘Politics’ as

(a) master science ( )
(b) non scientific ( )
(c) empirical inquiry ( )
32. Who said, "Political Science begins and ends with the state".
a) David Held ( )
b) Earnest Barker ( )
c) James W. Garner ( )
d) Hobhouse ( )
33. Who wrote, A Grammar of Politics

a) Karl Marx ( )
b) Harold J. Laski ( )
c) George H. Sabine ( )
d) Wolin ( )
34. Who define politics as ‘authoritative allocation of values’?

(a) Garner ( )
(b) Karl Marx ( )
(c) MacIntyre ( )
(d) David Easton ( )
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35. Who said, “Political Science investigates the phenomena of government."
(a) Robert Dalh ( )
(b) Keynes ( )
(c) John Seeley ( )
(d) Aristotle ( )
36. One of the basic scope of political theory is to analyse
(a) the nature and purpose of the State ( )

(b) natural science for human progression ( )
(c) the industrial revolution for economic development ( )
(d) the state economy to help the industrial sector ( )
37. Who said “capitalism is the highest form of imperialism”?

(a) Engels ( )
(b) Kothari ( )
(c) Stalin ( )
(d) Lenin ( )
38. Who made the statement that, “Political theory was political science in the full sense,
and there could be no science without theory”?
(a) Wolin ( )
(b) Germino ( )
(c) Hume ( )
(d) Ferguson ( )
39. The ultimate goal of Marxist approaches advocate for
(a) classless and stateless society ( )

(b) industrial and progressive society ( )
(c) aristocrat and capitalist society ( )
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40. Theories of origin of State is associated with
(a) Environmentalism ( )
(b) Ecologist ( )
(c) Behaviouralism ( )
(d) Social contract ( )
41. Which of the following is not associated with Social Contract theory?
(a) Bentham ( )
(b) Hobbes ( )
(c) John Locke ( )
42. Social Contract theory was against

(a) state of nature ( )
(b) veil of ignorance ( )
(c) divine right ( )
(d) civil society ( )
43. The life of man in Hobbes’ ‘state of nature’ was

(a) bright ( )
(b) peaceful ( )
(c) industrious ( )
(d) poor ( )
44. Who wrote the book The Social Contract?

(a) John Locke ( )
(b) JS Mills ( )
(c) Grotius ( )
(d) Jean Jacques Rousseau ( )
45. Who among the social contract theorist advocate for ‘absolute sovereignty’
a) Bentham ( )
b) Thomas Hobbes ( )
c) Jean Jacques Rousseau ( )
d) Pufendorf ( )
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46. Who advocate the theory of natural rights?
(a) John Locke ( )
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru ( )
(c) Plato ( )
(d) Engels ( )
47. For Marx, state is an ‘instrument’ of exploitation of the workers by the

(a) Capitalist class ( )
(b) Working class ( )
(c) Aristocrat ( )
(d) Zamindari ( )
48. Hobbes’ social contract theory was written in a book called

(a) Social Contract ( )
(b) Leviathan ( )
(c) Political Theory ( )
(d) Two Treatises ( )
49. Rousseau said the following sentence

(a) “man is born free and he is everywhere in chains” ( )
(b) “man is a social animal” ( )
(c) “state is divine” ( )
50. Marxist conceptualized ‘State’ as

(a) natural ( )
(b) perpetual ( )
(c) artificial ( )
(d) divine ( )
51. John Locke had written the book called

(a) Two Treatises of Government ( )
(b) Leviathan ( )
(c) Hard Times ( )
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52. Hobbes’ state of nature was characterised by
(a) constant evolution ( )
(b) war of all against all ( )
(c) state of happiness ( )
(d) universal altruism ( )
53. Which of the following concept was propounded by Rousseau?
(a) absolute state ( )

(b) individual liberty ( )
(c) stateless society ( )
(d) general will ( )
54. Which is not part of evolutional theory of state

(a) natural ( )
(b) kinship ( )
(c) class ( )
55. “The state is not a mere artificial creation but an institution or natural growth of
historical evolution”, was stated by
(a) Luther ( )
(b) Garner ( )
(c) Plato ( )
(d) King ( )
56. Who said, “kinship creates society and society at length creates the states”
(a) Gettle ( )
(b) Zealot ( )
(c) Garner ( )
(d) Mac Iver ( )
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57. Who said, “underlying all other elements in state formation including kinship and
religion is political consciousness, the supreme element”.
(a) Gilchirst ( )
(b) Wolin ( )
(c) Smith ( )
(d) Tagore ( )
58. Who wrote the book The Prince

(a) Sabine ( )
(b) Machiavelli ( )
(c) Popper ( )
(d) Max Weber ( )
59. The State for Marx is an executive committee of

(a) Bourgeoisie ( )
(b) Workers ( )
(c) Proletariat ( )
(d) Politician ( )
60. The author of "The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State" was
(a) Morgan ( )
(b) Thomas Hobbes ( )
(c) Friedrich Engels ( )
(d) John Dunne ( )
61. According to Marxist, the capitalist state will be taken over by

(a) Liberal State under the industrialist ( )
(b) Civil society ( )
(c) Monarchy ( )
(d) Dictatorship of the proletariat ( )
62. According to Marxist theory

(a) the state and society are created by god ( )
(b) the state is artificial creation to suit the ruling class ( )
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(c) the state is the outcome of capitalist revolution ( )
63. The term sovereignty is derived from Latin word

(a) supernatural ( )
(b) suspect ( )
(c) super ( )
(d) superanus ( )
64. Which of the following is not the characteristics of sovereignty?

(a) Plurality ( )
(b) Unity ( )
(c) Absoluteness ( )
(d) Permanence ( )
65. In popular sovereignty the ultimate source of authority is from

(a) God ( )
(b) Government ( )
(c) Community ( )
(d) People ( )
66. Austin theory of sovereignty is also known as which theory?

(a) Monistic ( )
(b) Political ( )
(c) Liberal ( )
(d) Economic ( )
67. Author of Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or The Philosophy of Positive Law is

(a) John Austin ( )
(b) Adam Smith ( )
(c) Skinner ( )
(d) Ricardo ( )
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68. Who among the following is not the exponents of pluralist theory of sovereignty
(a) Harold J. Laski ( )
(b) J. Neville Figgis ( )
(c) Earnest Barker ( )
69. Pluralist theory of sovereignty was a reaction to

(a) Classical liberalism ( )
(b) Monistic theory ( )
(c) Liberal Theory ( )
(d) Marxist Theory ( )
70. Which theory challenges the sovereignty of State and regards State as an association
of associations
(a) Monistic theory ( )
(b) Primodialist ( )
(c) Pluralist theory ( )
(d) Marxist theory ( )
71. According to pluralist theory, the basis of the state sovereignty is on

(a) rights ( )
(b) absolutism ( )
(c) will ( )
(d) force ( )
72. Who defined ‘state’ as ‘March of God on Earth’.

(a) Marx ( )
(b) Austin ( )
(c) Middleton ( )
(d) Hegel ( )
73. The statement, “every State is known by the rights that it maintains” is associated
with
(a) T. H. Green ( )
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(b) Laski ( )
(c) Lord Bryce ( )
(d) Whitehall ( )
74. Who said, “Over himself, his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”
(a) Hayek ( )
(b) Merriam ( )
(c) J. S. Mill ( )
(d) Miller ( )
75. The word 'law' is derived from an old Teutonic term

(a) log ( )
(b) lag ( )
(c) lagger ( )
(d) large ( )
76. John Austin defines law as the ‘command’ of the

(a) Sovereign ( )
(b) Monarch ( )
(c) Prime Minister ( )
(d) President ( )
77. Who explained that “Law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power
in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong”
(a) Blackstone ( )
(b) Sabine ( )
(c) Garner ( )
(d) Laski ( )
78. Which of the following is not the sources of law?

(a) custom ( )
(b) religion ( )
(c) legislation ( )
(d) liberty ( )
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79. Which of the following is considered as part of law?
(a) ordinance ( )
(b) public statement ( )
(c) free speech ( )
(d) gender ( )
80. Which regarded as the principle legitimate source of law in modern deomcartic State
(a) Custom ( )
(b) Superstition ( )
(c) Religion ( )
(d) Legislation ( )
81. Which is regarded as the supreme law of independent State

(a) Constitution ( )
(b) Judicial decision ( )
(c) Convention ( )
(d) Customary law ( )
82. According to John Locke, ‘where there is no law’

(a) ‘there are rights’ ( )
(b) ‘there is no freedom’ ( )
(c) ‘there is liberty’ ( )
(d) ‘there is no justice’ ( )
83. The aspect of ‘positive relationship’ between law and liberty is

(a) Law protects only the liberty of the individual at the cost of the society ( )
(b) Law helps in establishing a civilized society and protect the life and liberty for
individuals. ( )
(c) Law help in protecting the society at the cost of individual liberty ( )
84. Which types of law deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses
(a) criminal law ( )
(b) conventional law ( )
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(c) customary law ( )
(d) civil law ( )
85. One of the aspect of ‘negative relationship’ between law and liberty is
(a) the more the law, the more the liberty ( )
(b) the less the law, the less the liberty ( )
(c) the more the law, the less the liberty ( )
(d) the more the law, the more the rights ( )
86. Locke exerted that the state is to protect the individual’s

(a) rights and liberty ( )
(b) religion and liberty ( )
(c) wealth only ( )
(d) life and property ( )
87. Which is the types of law that regulates the actions of the people in society and it is
backed by the coercive power of the State.
(a) Civil law
(b) Moral law ( )
(c) National law ( )
(d) International law ( )
88. Monism stands for

(a) neutrality in exercise of power ( )
(b) power in the hand of many ( )
(c) partiality in exercise of power ( )
(d) absolutism in the exercise of power ( )
89. Who states that, “The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the
law”
(a) Bentham ( )
(b) John Rawls ( )
(c) F. A. Hayek ( )
(d) Macmillan ( )
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90. Which is not considered as part and source of international law
(a) Bilateral Treaties ( )
(b) International Convention ( )
(c) Agreement ( )
(d) State legislation ( )
91. The term ‘liberty’ is derived from Latin word

(a) liber ( )
(b) liberal ( )
(c) libar ( )
(d) lister ( )
92. The term ‘liberty’ mean

(a) rights ( )
(b) authority ( )
(c) pluralism ( )
(d) freedom ( )
93. Marxist analysed freedom against the background of

(a) socio-religious conditions of men ( )
(b) socio-economic conditions of men ( )
(c) socio-cultural conditions of men ( )
(d) religious-politico conditions of men ( )
94. The grant of franchise to women on equal terms with men is an assertion of the
principle of
(a) political equality ( )
(b) civil equality ( )
(c) social equality ( )
(d) economic equality ( )
95. Which is associated with classical liberalism?

(a) Adam Smith ( )
(b) Nehru ( )
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(c) Karl Marx ( )
(d) Henderson ( )
96. In his defense to individual liberty, John Lock proposed

(a) Full sovereign state ( )
(b) unlimited government ( )
(c) Socialist State ( )
(d) limited government ( )
97. Utilitarianism is based on the principle

(a) negative liberty ( )
(b) the rights of man in the society ( )
(c) the greatest happiness of the greatest number ( )
(d) the greatest happiness for the society ( )
98. Liberal concept of freedom emphasises on

(a) State liberty ( )
(b) collective rights ( )
(c) individual liberty ( )
(d) individual restraint ( )
99. J.S. Mill in support of individual liberty had written a book called
(a) An autobiography ( )
(b) Political Obligation ( )
(c) The Rights of Man ( )
(d) On Liberty ( )
100. Liberal ideas of freedom totally reject the foundational assumptions of

(a) individual rights ( )
(b) divine-rights theory ( )
(c) limited government ( )
(d) capitalist society ( )
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101. The statement, "Liberty is the freedom of individual to express without external
hindrances, his personality”, is associated with
(a) G.D.H. Cole ( )

(b) Hayek ( )
(c) Levi Strauss ( )
102. Two Concepts of Liberty was an essay written by

(a) Amartya Sen ( )
(b) Isaiah Berlin ( )
(c) Voltaire ( )
(d) Karl Popper ( )
103. The concept of ‘Negative liberty’ is the absence of

(a) law ( )
(b) rights ( )
(c) interference ( )
(d) freedom ( )
104. ‘Positive liberty’ is associated with

(a) egoism ( )
(b) altruism ( )
(c) punishment ( )
(d) self-realisation ( )
105. According to Laski, ‘Political liberty’ means
(a) ‘the power to be active in the affairs of the state’ ( )

(b) ‘the rights of an individual in the society’ ( )
(c) ‘freedom from wants’ ( )
(d) ‘the power to be active for individual liberty’ ( )
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106. Individual liberty is understood as the freedom to pursue one’s
(a) Rights and obligation without limitation ( )

(b) desires and interests without any violation with the liberty of others ( )
(c) follow government order without questioning the intention ( )
(d) unlimited rights and freedom ( )
107. Which is not part of individual liberty
(a) freedom of speech and expression ( )

(b) freedom of religion ( )
(c) freedom to violate the State law ( )
(d) freedom of fear ( )
108. Liberty means the absence of
(a) rights ( )
(b) conscience ( )
(c) restraint ( )
(d) morality ( )
109. On the Jewish Question, Marx linked personal liberty to
(a) egoism and private property ( )

(b) rights and universal altruism ( )
(c) the rights of man ( )
(d) Socio-cultural conditions of men ( )
110. The term ‘equality’ is derived from Latin Word

(a) equal ( )
(b) aequitas ( )
(c) elista ( )
(d) equinox ( )
111. Who defines, “Equality means equal rights for all the people and the abolition of all
special rights and privileges”?
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(a) Green ( )
(b) MacIver ( )
(c) Marshall ( )
(d) Barker ( )
112. Aristotle had expounded two kinds of equality i.e.,
(a) horizontal and perpendicular ( )

(b) numerical and proportional ( )
(c) negative and positive ( )
113. Economic equality stands for equitable distribution of

(a) property and privileges in the society ( )
(b) salary and leave to the workers ( )
(c) wealth and resources in the society ( )
(d) land to the family members ( )
114. Legal equality is defined as equality before

(a) Religious law ( )
(b) market ( )
(c) customary law ( )
(d) court of law ( )
115. Who said that, "The passion for equality made vain the hope for freedom".
(a) Acton ( )
(b) Voltaire ( )
(c) Paine ( )
116. The statement "Men cannot become absolutely equal unless they are entirely free"
is associated with
(a) Marshall ( )
(b) Green ( )
(c) Lincoln ( )
(d) Tocqueville ( )
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117. Liberty and equality become the two important essences in which form of
government
(a) Democratic ( )
(b) Autocratic ( )
(c) Socialist ( )
(d) Monarchical ( )
118. The exponents of ‘negative relationship’ between liberty and equality holds that
(a) the two are compatible ( )

(b) liberty and equality are both natural ( )
(c) liberty and equality are both artificial ( )
(d) liberty is natural but not equality ( )
119. According to positive view, liberty and equality are
(a) contradict to each other ( )

(b) compatible ( )
(c) non-compatible ( )
(d) oppose to each other ( )
120. Who said, “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can
seek in general, to be himself at his best”
(a) Acton ( )
(b) Skinner ( )
(c) Laski ( )
(d) Sartori ( )
121. John Locke is associated with which theory of rights?

(a) legal rights ( )
(b) natural rights ( )
(c) collective rights ( )
(d) State rights ( )
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122. The differences between legal rights and moral rights are
(a) moral right is visible and legal rights is not visible ( )
(b) legal right is enforced by law whereas moral right is not enforceable by state law
( )
(c) legal right is partial and moral right is impartial ( )
123. The rights to participate in the political process without any form of discrimination
is under
(a) economic rights ( )
(b) civic rights ( )
(c) political rights ( )
(d) natural rights ( )
124. Which is regarded as one of the principle source of human rights?

(a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( )
(b) PETA ( )
(c) United Nations Development Programme ( )
(d) International treaties ( )
125. The phrase, “every state is known by the rights that it maintains” is developed by
(a) Sabine ( )
(b) Green ( )
(c) Laski ( )
(d) Sabine ( )
126. Rights of Man was written by

(a) Thomas Paine ( )
(b) Hemmingway ( )
(c) Laski ( )
(d) Earnest Barker ( )
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127. Social welfare theory of right has been criticised by liberal theory on the ground
that it limits the rights of the
(a) society and State ( )

(b) individual ( )
(c) society ( )
(d) State ( )
128. Who said, “a right is claim recognized by society and enforced by the state”
(a) Bosanquet ( )
(b) Plato ( )
(c) Barker ( )
(d) Marshall ( )
129. ‘Rights’ is integrally connected with
(a) equality ( )
(b) law ( )
(c) freedom ( )
(d) justice ( )
130. The phrase, “All men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights” is associated with
(a) American Declaration of Independence ( )

(b) France Revolution ( )
(c) Glorious Revolution ( )
(d) Preamble of Indian Constitution ( )
131. Which is regarded as one of the basic features of the theory of natural rights
(a) limitation ( )
(b) universality ( )
(c) partiality ( )
(d) artificial ( )
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132. Social welfare theory of rights presumes that rights are to be promoted for
(a) welfare of the environmentalist ( )
(b) welfare of the individual ( )
(c) welfare of the industrialist ( )
(d) welfare of the common citizens ( )
133. Who among the following sees individual rights as one of the goal of public policy
to maximize the total welfare of the population?
(a) Utilitarian ( )
(b) Contractualist ( )
(c) Liberalist ( )
(d) Marxist ( )
134. Aristotle concept of justice consists of what is lawful and fair by treating
(a) Unequal equally ( )

(b) Equal unequally ( )
(c) Equal equally and unequal equally ( )
(d) equals equally and unequal unequally ( )
135. The term justice is derived from Latin word

(a) jus ( )
(b) jio ( )
(c) justine ( )
(d) jam ( )
136. Plato gave his theory of justice in his book
(a) The Republic ( )

(b) The Allegory of the Cave ( )
(c) Apology ( )
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137. Who analysed justice as a virtue to respect freedom, autonomy, and dignity of
others.
(a) Marx ( )
(b) Rawls ( )
(c) Kant ( )
(d) Dreze ( )
138. Who said, "Justice is the chiefest interest of man"?
(a) Daniel Webster ( )

(b) Kant ( )
(c) Kothari ( )
(d) Merriam ( )
139. Who defined justice as “the virtue by which all people are given their due”
(a) Aquinas ( )
(b) Machiavelli ( )
(c) Augustine ( )
(d) Nelsen ( )
140. Natural justice is the concept originated from

(a) State law ( )
(b) Court of law ( )
(c) Religion ( )
(d) Law of nature ( )
141. Which is not parts of distributive justice

(a) free primary education ( )
(b) free speech ( )
(c) free health care ( )
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142. Who is the author of Principles of Social Justice?
(a) Anne Phillips ( )
(b) Jean Dreze ( )
(c) David Miller ( )
(d) Macmillan ( )
143. Political justice implies the process in which everyone has the liberty to exert their
basic political rights under
(a) the protection of the State ( )

(b) the protection of community ( )
(c) the guidance of God ( )
(d) the protection of election authority ( )
144. The principle of Legal justice is defined by
(a) customary practices ( )

(b) court of law ( )
(c) church ( )
(d) moral principles ( )
145. Corrective justice is a concept in which
(a) the wrongdoer should not benefit from his faulty behaviours ( )
(b) the wrongdoer should benefit from his faulty behaviours ( )
(c) the wrongdoer should be punished without any trail ( )
(d) the accused is set free ( )
146. “Justice as fairness” is associated with
(a) Taylor ( )
(b) Kymlicka ( )
(c) Green ( )
(d) Rawls ( )
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147. Which of the following book was written by John Rawls?
(a) Social Justice ( )
(b) A Theory of Justice ( )
(c) Game Theory ( )
(d) Theory of Rights ( )
148. Rawls defined justice in terms of maximum equal liberty based on

(a) equal rights ( )
(b) social justice ( )
(c) moral justice ( )
(d) equal opportunity ( )
149. Social justice fought against

(a) social and economic discrimination in the society ( )
(b) restraint ( )
(c) unequal liberty and rights in the society ( )
(d) private property of the rich in the society ( )
150. According to Rawls, social and economic inequalities are to be arranged

(a) for liberty to prevails ( )
(b) to promote equality ( )
(c) to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged ( )
(d) to benefit the least advance group in the society ( )
151. In Rawls’ principles of justice, equal opportunity was preceded over by
(a) basic equal liberties ( )

(b) basic rights ( )
(c) equal benefits ( )
152. The Idea of Justice was written by

(a) Popper ( )
(b) Harrier ( )
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(c) Amartya Sen ( )
(d) Nehru ( )
153. Democracy is derived from Greek words, ‘demos’ and
(a) Cracy ( )
(b) Kratos ( )
(c) Korinth ( )
(d) Krates ( )
154. In popular democracy, the ultimate authority rests with the

(a) people ( )
(b) council of minister ( )
(c) legislature ( )
(d) court ( )
155. Who defined democracy as, “Government of the people, by the people, for the
people”?
(a) Thomas Jefferson ( )

(b) Gandhi ( )
(c) John Adams ( )
(d) Abraham Lincoln ( )
156. The method of direct democracy is based on
(a) selective franchise ( )

(b) universal adult franchise ( )
(c) initiative ( )
(d) referendum ( )
157. Direct democracy still prevails in

(a) Russia ( )
(b) USA ( )
(c) Switzerland ( )
(d) China ( )
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158. Which was the first country in which all women had the right to vote?
(a) Australia ( )
(b) India ( )
(c) New Zealand ( )
(d) Switzerland ( )
159. In 2011, who became the most recent country to grant women's suffrage
(a) Saudi Arabia ( )

(b) UAE ( )
(c) North Korea ( )
(d) Cuba ( )
160. Vilfredo Pareto discussed the elitist theory of democracy in his book
(a) The Ruling Class ( )
(b) The Mind and Society ( )
(c) Political Parties ( )
(d) Politics ( )
161. Who wrote the book, The Ruling Class to explain elitist theory of democracy?
(a) Mosca ( )
(b) Michaels ( )
(c) Whitehall ( )
(d) Signur ( )
162. Robert Michels in his book Political Parties developed

(a) Iron law of oligarchy ( )
(b) Supremacy of Elite ( )
(c) Class divisions ( )
(d) Game Theory ( )
163. The book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy was written by

(a) Jackson ( )
(b) Karl Mannheim ( )
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(c) Joseph Schumpeter ( )
(d) Anthony Downs ( )
164. Which of the following is the characteristic of elite theory of democracy?

(a) proletariat revolution ( )
(b) the majority rule over the minority ( )
(c) the minority are suppressed by the majority class ( )
(d) the minor dominant class ruled over the majority mass ( )
165. According to elitist theory, the role of people is to choose their rulers from
(a) competing elites ( )
(b) the mass ( )
(c) the aristocrats ( )
(d) the working class ( )
166. For the Marxist, the elite theory is the justification and defendant of the capitalism
under
(a) consociational democracy ( )
(b) social democracy ( )
(c) distributive democracy ( )
(d) liberal democracy ( )
167. Pluralist theory of democracy believes in

(a) monarchical rule in a given society ( )
(b) political system controlled by single authority ( )
(c) political system where there is more than one centre of power ( )
(d) promotion of communism for the mass majority ( )
168. “Who Governs? Power and Democracy in an American City”, the study published
in 1961 was associated with
(a) Robert Dalh ( )
(b) Irving ( )
(c) Macpherson ( )
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169. Rethinking Democracy was written by
(a) Rajeev Bhargava ( )

(b) Atul Kohli ( )
(c) C.P. Brambri ( )
(d) Rajni Kothari ( )
170. Identities and Rights: Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India was written by
(a) Gurpreet Mahajan ( )

(b) Kohli ( )
(c) Vinay Kumar ( )
(d) Partha Chaterjee ( )
171. What is the term used by Marxs and Engles to understand democracy under
capitalism?
(a) Liberal democracy ( )
(b) Consociational democracy ( )
(c) Deliberative democracy ( )
(d) Petty bourgeois democracy ( )
172. A combination of free market economy and universal adult franchise represent
(a) Social democracy ( )
(b) Welfare state ( )
(c) Western Liberal Democracy ( )
(d) Chinese democracy ( )
173. The working of democracy in India is based on the system of
(a) direct democracy ( )

(b) representation ( )
(c) intuitive ( )
(d) selection ( )
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174. According to Marxist theory, true political representation must be conceived only
as the people’s self-representation based on
(a) universal enfranchisement ( )

(b) representation ( )
(c) selective enfranchisement ( )
175. For the Marxist the only genuine democracy is

(a) Deliberative democracy ( )
(b) Classical democracy ( )
(c) Socialist democracy ( )
(d) Liberal democracy ( )
176. The Marxian theory underlined the need for a democratic society based on
(a) abolition of class ( )
(b) equality of opportunity ( )
(c) abolition of liberty ( )
(d) abolition of rights ( )
177. The End of History and the Last Man, in support of western liberal democracy and
criticism to Marxism, was written by
(a) Huntington ( )
(b) Edward Said ( )
(c) Herbert Lewis ( )
(d) Francis Fukuyama ( )
178. Liberal democracy traces its origins in the West in the 18th century to the
(a) The Great Depression ( )
(b) The giant leap ( )
(c) Age of Enlightenment ( )
(d) Age of darkness ( )
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179. Western Liberal democracy is based on the principles of the political system that
allows
(a) socialism and capitalism to co-exist ( )
(b) political liberties and democratic rules ( )
(c) political liberties and despotic rules ( )
(d) regeneration of authoritarian State ( )
180. One of the basic characteristics of liberal democracy is
(a) limited government ( )

(b) absolute sovereignty ( )
(c) unlimited government ( )
(d) socialism ( )
181. Which is not the features of liberal democracy?
(a) equal opportunity to participate in a political system ( )

(b) protection of individual liberty and rights ( )
(c) free market economy ( )
(d) disappearance of class and promotion of stateless society ( )
182. Which political theory stand as a challenge to liberal democracy?
(a) Liberalism ( )
(b) Multiculturalism ( )
(c) Individualism ( )
183. Who distinguished between the “liberty of the ancients” and the “liberty of the
moderns.”
(a) John Adams ( )

(b) Benjamin Franklin ( )
(c) Benjamin Constant ( )
(d) Jefferson ( )
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184. Modern liberal democracy is based on the principles of
(a) Individual liberty ( )

(b) Socialism ( )
(c) Welfarism ( )
(d) Indigenous rights ( )
185. Liberal democracy is strongly criticised for its inapplicability in the
(a) North America ( )

(b) West Europe ( )
(c) Developed nations ( )
(d) Third World countries ( )
186. Welfare State seeks to promote
(a) communism ( )
(b) morality ( )
(c) individuality ( )
(d) collective welfare of citizens ( )
187. A welfare state performs
(a) only welfare functions ( )

(b) both protective and welfare functions ( )
(c) only protective functions ( )
(d) protection to capitalism ( )
188. A theory of Welfare State believes State as

(a) an end ( )
(b) a mean ( )
(c) neither a means nor an end ( )
(d) both a mean and an end ( )
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189. Who considered that ‘welfare state is a distinctive combination of democracy,
welfare, and capitalism’
(a) Marshall ( )
(b) Green ( )
(c) Hobbes ( )
(d) Tagore ( )
190. Welfare state is a system in which the government undertakes the main
responsibility for providing
(a) individual security and liberty ( )

(b) protection to private property ( )
(c) minimum social security and economic upliftment ( )
(d) maximum economic security ( )
191. The origin of modern welfare state can be traced back to 19th century in
(a) Germany under Otto von Bismarck ( )

(b) England under Constitutional Monarchy ( )
(c) France Republic ( )
(d) England under Queen Victoria ( )
192. In the 20th Century, the creation of the welfare state was motivated by failures of
(a) Communist idea of stateless ( )

(b) Protectorate state ( )
(c) Socialism ( )
(d) liberal notion of free market economy ( )
193. Which is not among the basic principles of welfare state?

(a) concentration of nation’s wealth under capitalist ( )
(b) protection of basic rights and liberties ( )
(c) equality of opportunity ( )
(d) equitable distribution of wealth ( )
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194. The welfare state is possible only in which form of government
(a) Authoritarian ( )
(b) Monarchy ( )
(c) Democratic ( )
(d) Authoritarian ( )
195. One of the basic features of welfare state is
(a) plan economy ( )

(b) free market economy ( )
(c) liberalised economy ( )
196. Welfare state as model of development attempt to integrate
(a) individual liberty and economic policies to support market economy ( )

(b) social and economic policies to provide minimum basic security of life ( )
(c) capitalism with socialism for mixed economy ( )
(d) globalization and liberalization to boost the economy ( )
197. Developed and advanced countries could provide welfare schemes particularly
through
(a) donations ( )
(b) low taxation ( )
(c) high salary ( )
(d) high taxation ( )
198. The relevance of welfare state can be attributed to
(a) economic insecurities and social dislocation ( )

(b) failure of democracy ( )
(c) success of socialist regime ( )
(d) rise of socialism ( )
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199. India is considered welfare state because it provides
(a) Free market economy ( )

(b) Tax exemption to crony capitalists ( )
(c) free health care, employments guaranteed, PDS system, etc. ( )
(d) free loan to the industrialists ( )
200. With the outbreak of COVID19, the relevance of welfare state has reached its zenith
because
(a) it is the responsibility of every national government to provide socio-economic

security to the affected person due to disease, lockdown and other complications.
( )
(b) every national government open up the market to fights recession ( )
(c) it is the responsibility of every nation to established democratic form of
government. ( )
(d) it is the responsibility of every national government to privatized health care

system ( )
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B.A. Part-II, Political Science (Hons)
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) along with the
answers
…………………………………………………………………
1. Which among the following statements is/are false?
1. For qualifying to the Lok Sabha, a person must be at least 25 years of age
2. A person can be a member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at the same time
3. A person belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe can contest elections from a
general seal also, and not just with the reserved seat
4. If a member of either of the Houses votes against the directions given by his party, he can
be deemed to be disqualified
Code:
A. Only 1
B. Only 2 and 4
C. Only 3
D. Only 2
Ans: D
2. What is the maximum allowed duration between the last session of the dissolved Lok
Sabha and the recalling of the Lok Sabha?
A. 2 months
B. 4 months
C. 5 months
D. 6 months
Ans: D
3. At present, how many high courts are there in India?
A. 25
B. 21
C. 28
D. 29
Ans: A
4. Which one of the following articles deals with the appointment of Chief Justice
and Judges of the Supreme Court.
A. Article 214
B. Article 124
C. Article 226
D. Article 216
Ans: B
5. High courts issue writs under article-.........
A. 220
B. 221
C. 213
D. 226
Ans: D
6. The chief justice and other judges of the high courts are appointed by which one of
the following?
A. Prime minister
B. Chief minister
C. Governor
D. President
Ans: D
7. Which is the oldest known system designed for the redressal of citizen's grievance?
A. Ombudsman System
B. Lokpal
C. Lokayukta
Ans: A
8. Which was the first Indian state to establish the institution of Lokayukta?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Ans: D
9. Which state's Lokayukta's office is considered to be the strongest in terms of power

and scope?
A. Bihar
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
Ans: B
10 Which article of Indian constitution defines the “State”?

A. Article 9
B. Article 10
C. Article 11
D. Article 12
Ans: D
11. Which article of Indian constitution defines the “State”?
A. Article 9
B. Article 10
C. Article 11
D. Article 12
Ans: D
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lokayuktas-1455623156-1
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Compiled by Dr. Kush Kumar Gayasen

Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
J.M.S. College, Munger University
US GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENSHIP TEST
CIVICS TEST FOR GRADUATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? Choose one:
a. Freedom to petition the government and freedom to disobey traffic laws.
b. Freedom of worship and freedom to make treaties with other countries.
c. Freedom of speech and freedom to run for president.
d. Freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
Correct Answer: d. Freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
2. What is freedom of religion? Choose one:

a. You can’t choose the time you practice your religion.
b. You must choose a religion.
c. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
d. No one can practice a religion.
Correct Answer: c. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
3. Who is in charge of the executive branch? Choose one:

a. The Speaker of the House.
b. The Prime Minister.
c. The President.
d. The Chief Justice.
Correct Answer: c. The President.
4. Name one branch or part of the government. Choose one:

a. State government.
b. Legislative.
c. Parliament.
d. United Nations.
Correct Answer: b. Legislative.
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? Choose one:
a. The Articles of Confederation.
b. The inalienable rights.
c. The Declaration of Independence.
d. The Bill of Rights.
Correct Answer: d. The Bill of Rights.

6. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Choose
one:
a. Make treaties.
b. Provide schooling and education.
c. Create an army.
d. Coin or print money.
Correct Answer: b. Provide schooling and education.
7. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? Choose one:

a. The President.
b. The Vice-President.
c. The Secretary of Defense.
d. The Attorney General.
Correct Answer: a. The President.
8. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? Choose
one:
a. President of the Senate
b. Speaker of the House
c. Governor of the most populous state
d. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Correct Answer: b. Speaker of the House
9. Who vetoes bills? Choose one:

a. The President
b. The Vice President
c. The Senate
d. The House of Representatives
Correct Answer: a. the President
10. What does the President’s Cabinet do?

a. Advises the president
b. Selects the Vice President
c. Runs the government when the President travels
d. Negotiates treaties with foreign nations
Correct Answer: a. Advises the President

11. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? Choose one:
a. Ten (10).
b. Four (4).
c. Two (2).
d. Six (6).
Correct Answer: d. Six (6).
12. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Choose one:
a. The President.
b. Checks and balances.
c. The people.
d. Freedom of speech.
Correct Answer: b. Checks and balances.
13. We elect a President for how many years? Choose one:

a. Eight (8).
b. Two (2).
c. Four (4).
d. Ten (10).
Correct Answer: c. Four (4).
14. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Choose one:
a. We the People.
b. Congress shall make.
c. We the British.
d. We the Colonists.
Correct Answer: a. We the People.
15. Who makes federal laws? Choose one:

a. Congress.
b. The states.
c. The President.
d. The Supreme Court.
Correct Answer: a. Congress.
16. What is the highest court in the United States? Choose one:
a. Federal Appeals Court
b. Supreme Court
c. Circuit Court
d. International Court of Justice
Correct Answer: b. Supreme Court

17. What is the “rule of law”? Choose one:
a. Everyone but the President must follow the law.
b. Government does not have to follow the law.
c. All laws must be the same in every state.
d. Everyone must follow the law.
Correct Answer: d. Everyone must follow the law.
18. What does the Constitution do? Choose one:

a. Defines the government.
b. Sets up the government.
c. Protects basic rights of Americans.
d. All of these answers.
Correct Answer: d. All of these answers.
19. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

a. 9
b. 5
c. 12
d. 3
Correct Answer: a. 9
20. When is the last day you can send in your federal income tax forms?
a. December 31
b. February 1
c. June 1
d. April 15
Correct Answer: d. April 15
21. What are the two major political parties in the United States today? Choose one:
a. Reform and Green.
b. American and Bull-Moose.
c. Democratic-Republican and Whig.
d. Democrat and Republican.
Correct Answer: d. Democrat and Republican.
22. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the
federal government? Choose one:
a. To provide police departments.
b. To issue driver’s licenses.
c. To make treaties.
d. To provide schooling.
Correct Answer: c. To make treaties.

23. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? Choose one:
a. All people of the state in which (s)he was elected.
b. All people of the state who belong to the Senator’s political party.
c. The state legislatures.
d. Only the people in the state who voted for the Senator.
Correct Answer: a. All people of the state in which (s)he was elected.
24. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? Choose one:
a. Thirty-five (35) or older.
b. Sixteen (16) or older.
c. Twenty-one (21) or older.
d. Eighteen (18) or older.
Correct Answer: d. Eighteen (18) or older.
25. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? Choose one:

a. The Declaration of Independence was written.
b. The Emancipation Proclamation was written.
c. The Constitution was written.
d. The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written.
Correct Answer: c. The Constitution was written.
26. How many amendments does the Constitution have? Choose one:
a. 19
b. 18
c. 25
d. 27
Correct Answer: d. 27
27. Name one U.S. Territory. Choose one:

a. Hawaii
b. Cuba
c. Puerto Rico
d. Okinawa
Correct Answer: c. Puerto Rico
28. What does the judicial branch do? Choose one:

a. Decides if a law goes against the Constitution.
b. Reviews laws.
c. Resolves disputes.
d. All of the above.
Correct Answer: d. All of the above.

29. Name one American Indian Tribe in the United States? Choose one:
a. Cherokee
b. Guarani
c. Igbo
d. Tuareg
Correct Answer: a. Cherokee
30. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Choose one:

a. Abraham Lincoln.
b. James Madison.
c. George Washington.
d. Thomas Jefferson.
Correct Answer: d. Thomas Jefferson.
31. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? Choose one:
a. Write to a newspaper and call Senators and Representatives.
b. Give an elected official your opinion on an issue and join a community group.
c. Vote and join a civic group.
d. All of these answers.
Correct Answer: d. All of these answers.
32: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. Choose
one:
a. Citizens seventeen (17) and older can vote.
b. Citizens by birth only can vote.
c. Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
d. Only citizens with a job can vote.
Correct Answer: c. Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
33. Who signs bills to become laws? Choose one:

a. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
b. The Vice President.
c. The Secretary of State.
d. The President.
Correct Answer: d. The President.
34. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? Choose one:
a. Four hundred forty-one (441).
b. Four hundred thirty-five (435).
c. Two hundred (200).
d. One hundred (100).
Correct Answer: b. Four hundred thirty-five (435).

35. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? Choose one:
a. Because the state's Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives.
b. Because of the state's population.
c. Because of the geographical size of the state.
d. Because of the state's location.
Correct Answer: b. Because of the state’s population.
36. What is an amendment? Choose one:

a. An addition (to the Constitution).
b. The Preamble to the Constitution.
c. An introduction.
d. The beginning of the Declaration of Independence.
Correct Answer: a. An addition (to the Constitution).
37. What is the capital of the United States? Choose one:

a. St. Louis, MO
b. Olympia, WA
c. New York, NY
d. Washington, DC
Correct Answer: d. Washington, DC
38. What are two Cabinet-level positions? Choose one:

a. Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State
b. Governor of New York and Governor of California
c. First Lady and White House Spokesperson
d. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House
Correct Answer: a. Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State

39. What is the economic system in the United States? Choose one:
a. Communist economy.
b. Capitalist economy.
c. Socialist economy.
d. None of these answers.
Correct Answer: b. Capitalist economy.
40. How many US senators does Utah have?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Correct Answer: b
41. How many U. S. Representatives does Utah have?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Correct Answer: b. 4
42. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? Choose one:
a. The House of Representatives and the courts.
b. The House of Lords and the House of Commons.
c. The Senate and House of Representatives.
d. The Senate and the courts.
Correct Answer: c. The Senate and House of Representatives.
43. What is the supreme law of the land? Choose one:

a. The Articles of Confederation.
b. The Constitution.
c. The Emancipation Proclamation.
d. The Declaration of Independence.
Correct Answer: b. The Constitution.
44. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? Choose one:
a. Six (6).
b. Two (2).
c. Four (4).
d. Eight (8).
Correct Answer: b. Two (2).
45. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Choose one:
a. Life and death.
b. Life and pursuit of happiness.
c. Liberty and justice.
d. Life and the right to own a home.
Correct Answer: b. Life and pursuit of happiness.
46. What did the Declaration of Independence do? Choose one:

a. Declared our independence from Great Britain.
b. Declared our independence from France.
c. Gave women the right to vote.
d. Freed the slaves.
Correct Answer: a. Declared our independence from Great Britain.

47. What is one right or freedom granted by the First Amendment? Choose one:
a. Trial by jury.
b. To vote.
c. To bear arms.
d. Speech.
Correct Answer: d. Speech.
48. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Choose one:

a. Gave the United States independence from Great Britain.
b. Ended World War I.
c. Gave women the right to vote.
d. Freed slaves in most Southern states.
Correct Answer: d. Freed slaves in most Southern states.
49. How many U.S. senators are there?

a. Fifty-two (52).
b. Four hundred thirty-five (435).
c. One hundred (100).
d. Fifty (50).
Correct Answer: c. One hundred (100).
50. What is the title of the highest political official in a US state?

a. Governor
b. Lieutenant Governor
c. Senate President
d. Chief of Police
Correct Answer: a. Governor

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CSS International Relations MCQs (Theories and Approaches)
International Relations MCQs (Theories and

Approaches) for CSS and all related Exams
According to Aristotle state is _________
(a) A divine Institution
(b) An artificial creation
(c) A creation of force
(d) Natural institution
Answer: (d)
Which one of the following thinkers is associate with the idealist theory of state?
(a) Hobbes (b) Hegel
(c) J.S. Mill (d) Laski
Answer: (b)
_________ is pioneer of Neo- Realism

(a) Kenneth Waltz
(b) Hans Joachim Morgenthau
(c) Buzuri
(d) Prebish
Answer: (a)
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Explanation (Set-I)
Theory of realism is connected with _________
(a) Acquiring Power & security
(b) Theory of class war
(c) Theory of National Interest
(d) Theory of Behaviorism
Answer: (a)
Idealistic theory is theory of _________

(a) Balance theory
(b) One sided theory
(c) Based on idealism
(d) Value base theory
Answer: (c)
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What amongst the following is the main thrust of Neo-liberalism?

(a) To place market efficiencies as foundation for political freedom and to argue for a limited role for the
State
(b) Commitment to an autonomous attitude to State, society and individual
(c) To accord priority to the will of the majority
(d)To extend power of a State beyond its borders
Answer: (a)
Neoliberals:
(a) Stress the importance of international institutions in reducing conflict in the international system.
(b) Are pessimistic above international operations.
(c) Agree with realists that are unitary actors.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these
Answer: (e)
Early liberalism stood for:

(a) Religious toleration
(b) Recognition of the divine of kings
(c) Everything medieval, both in philosophy and in politics
(d) Economic equality
Answer:. (a)
Apartheid is:
(a) An international brotherhood
(b) A policy of racial discrimination
(c) A medical term
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
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Explanation (Set-II)
Neocolonialism is:
(a) The transfer of a colony from one colonial power to another
(b) The new round of colonization of Africa after Latin America gained independence
(c) Colonization which took place in the nineteenth century rather than eighteenth
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)

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Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Structural functional approach: Bosanquet
(b) Behavioral approach: Charles Merriam
(c) Conflict approach: Seymour Lipset
(d) Marxist approach: Jacques Derrida
Answer: (b)
In the eyes of a radical feminist, gender equality can be achieved through:

(a) Gradual reform
(b) Getting more women elected in legislatures
(c) Challenging patriarchy
(d) Class struggle
Answer (c)
The well-known theorist of New Social Movement is:

(a) Habermas (c) Foucault
(b) Karl Marx (d) Althusser
Answer. (c)
Which one of the following is not a principal postulate of liberal movement?

(a) Individual freedom
(b) Powerful state
(c) Rule of law
(d) Political rights
Answer. (b)
One of the foremost exponents of the negative view of Liberty in the twentieth century is:
(a) Isaiah Berlin
(b) C.W Macpherson
(c) John Rawls
(d) Charles Taylor
Answer. (a)
Feminism in International Relations has started during

(a) Cold War
(b) Gulf War
(c) First World War
(d) Second World War
Answer: (a)

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Feminism in International Relations advocates

(a) Women power
(b) Rights of women
(c) No power
(d) Duties of women
Answer: (b)
The concepts in International Relations are highly

(a) Gendered (b) Biased
(c) Unfair (d) Fair
Answer: (a)
The focus of intellectual enquiry for feminism is to _________ knowledge.

(a) Make (b) Deconstruct
(c) Construct (d) Demolish
Answer: (c)
The goal of Liberal feminism is to ensure _________ gender equality with men and women.
(a) Incomplete (b) Partial
(c) Complete (d) Always
Answer: (c)
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Marxist Feminism _________ liberal feminism.
(a) Rejects (b) Supports
(c) Ensure (d) Demolish
Answer: (a)
According to Radical feminism personal is _________

(a) Political (b) Economic
(c) Important (d) International
Answer: (a)
The study of Post Modern feminism is borne out of experiences from _________
(a) Others (b) One’s own
(c) Outside (d) Inside
Answer: (a)

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Feminist Critical Theory has roots in _________ Marxism.

(a) Gramscian
(b) Critical
(c) Social
(d) New
Answer: (a)
Feminist Constructivism focuses on the study of how gender influences _________ politics.
(a) Global
(b) National
(c) Domestic
(d) Gender
Answer: (a)
Post Colonial Feminism focus on the need to study women’s _________ according to their social
and cultural context.
(a) Role
(b) Position
(c) Subordination
(d) Issues
Answer: (c)
Feminism sees security as highly

(a) Gendered (b) Biased
(c) Political (d) Important
Answer: (a)
The images of war render the role of women as always

(a) Visible
(b) Invisible
(c) Important
(d) Negligible
Answer: (b)
Feminism sees security from the perspectives of

(a) Men
(b) Women
(c) All
(d) Both men and women
Answer: (b)

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The concept of security is ______ to the discipline of International Relations

(a) Central
(b) Important
(c) Negligible
(d) Nothing
Answer: (a)
The feminist concern for security grows out of the centrality of

(a)Social relations
(b) International relations
(c) Gender relations
(d) No relation
Answer: (c)
What is the theme of 2016 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?
(a) Orange your neighborhood
(b) Orange the world
(c) Orange the life
(d) Orange the people
Answer: (b)
Who among the following said that “post-behaviouralism was a genuine revolution, not a
reaction; a becoming, not a preservation; a reform, not a counter reformation”?
(a) James Bryce
(b) Charles E. Merriam
(c) David Easton
(d) G.A. Almond
Answer: (c)
Who among the following said, ‘we cannot shed our values in the way we remove our coast’?
(a) Leo Strauss
(b) Alfred Cobban
(c) Jean Blondel
(d) David Easton
Answer: (d)
Who among the following characterized early liberalism as ‘possessive individualism’?

(a) F.A. Hayek
(b) Robert Nozick
(c) C.B. MacPherson

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(d) Rawls
Answer: (c)
Which one of the following statements is not true?

(a) Marx drew distinction between ‘ideology’ and ‘science’.
(b) Napoleon denounced ideology as cloudy metaphysics that ignored history and reality.
(c) de Tracy coined the term ideology.
(d) Daniel Bell talked of ‘ideology without an end’.
Answer: (d)
For whom, ‘ideas’ and not the ‘material conditions of production’ are the effective causes of
revolution?
(a) Karl Marx (b) Lenin
(c) Engels (d) Stalin
Answer: (b)
Which of the following statements is false with respect to Plato’s ideas?

(a) Division of functions does not rest on difference of aptitude.
(b) State is assumed to be merely individual writ large.
(c) Athenian women were not allowed to participate in politics.
(d) Ignorance and incompetence of politicians is the cause of democracy.
Answer: (a)
Which of the following is not an expression of the constitutional rule of Aristotle?

(a) Rule in public interest
(b) A lawful rule
(c) A Government of willing subjects
(d) Inconsistent with the dignity of the subjects
Answer: (d)
Who of the following said that felicity is “continued success in obtaining those things which a
man from time to time desires”?
(a) Bentham (b) J.S. Mill
(c) Hobbes (d) Rousseau
Answer: (c)
Who of the following notes the existence of legislative, executive and federative powers of the
state?
(a) Hobbes (b) Locke
(c) Rousseau (d) J. Bentham

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Answer: (b)
Which of the following is not an idea of Rousseau?

(a) A thinking man is a depraved animal
(b) Science is the fruit of idle curiosity
(c) Philosophy is mere intellectual frippery
(d) General will is the sum total of wills
Answer: (d)
For J.S. Mill which one of the following is not true?

(a) Pleasures differ in quality
(b) The felicific calculus is absurd
(c) The Principle of utility is the final end of life
(d) Liberty consists in doing what one desires
Answer: (c)
For Karl Marx who among the following is not a Utopian socialist?
(a) St. Simon (b) Proudhon
(c) Fourier (d) Engels
Answer: (d)
Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Political culture is a set of basic political attitudes.
(b) Political culture cannot be empirically studies.
(c) The study of political culture focuses on attitude of people and their likely effects on politics.
(d) Political culture has companion approach i.e., political socialization.
Answer: (b)
Direct democracy is not possible in the modern times because–

(a) People are indifferent towards the affairs of state.
(b) Political parties are opposed to it.
(c) Propertied classes oppose it.
(d) Of the practical difficulties posed by the size and population of modern state.
Answer: (d)
Who among the following is associated with the concept of Realistic Liberalism?
(a) E.H Carr
(b) Robert Byrd
(c) George Kennan
(d) John H. Herz

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Answer: (d)
Which one of the following books was written by E.H. Carr?

(a) The open society and its enemies
(b) Twenty years crisis
(c) Political Realism and Political Idealism
(d) The Realities of American Foreign Policy
Answer: (b)
Who condemned Non-alignment as a selfish policy?

(a) Morgenthau
(b) William Johnstone
(c) Schwarzenberger
(d) Edward Crankshaw
Answer: (c)
Which of the following is not a form of National Power?

(a) Social Power
(b) Military Power
(c) Psychological Power
(d) Economic Power
Answer: (a)
Which of the following is also called as Total Disarmament?

(a) Qualitative Disarmament
(b) Quantitative Disarmament
(c) General Disarmament
(d) Comprehensive Disarmament
Answer: (d)
Who stated that, ‘International Politics includes analysis of political relations and problems of
peace among nations’?
(a) Charles Scheichar
(b) Norman J. Padelford
(c) Harold Sprout
(d) H.J. Morgenthau
Answer: (d)
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Department : Political Science

1. The term ‘polis’ derived from Greek word, which means

2. Who is regarded as the ‘father’ of political science

3. The author of the book ‘The Republic’ is

4. Who among them was the teacher of Plato

6. The word ‘theory’ originated from Greek word

7. The word ‘theoria’ means

8. Which book had been written by Aristotle

9. The significance of political theory provides

10. Political theory is a branch of

12. Which is not the approach to study of political theory

16. Classical political theory is primarily concerned with a search for

18. Behaviouralism analysed on the observable behaviours of

19. ‘Behavioural approach was a protest movement in political science’ is quoted by

20. Behaviouralism approach dominated the study of politics after

22. Behavioural approach has been criticised due to

24. Post-behaviouralism is both a movement and

25. Post-behaviouralism is associated with

26. The features of post-behaviouralism is based on

27. Post-behaviouralism is also regarded as

28. With whom Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto?

30. ‘State’ in Marxist approaches belong to

31. Aristotle considered ‘Politics’ as

33. Who wrote, A Grammar of Politics

34. Who define politics as ‘authoritative allocation of values’?

36. One of the basic scope of political theory is to analyse

(a) the nature and purpose of the State ( )

37. Who said “capitalism is the highest form of imperialism”?

39. The ultimate goal of Marxist approaches advocate for

(a) classless and stateless society ( )

42. Social Contract theory was against

43. The life of man in Hobbes’ ‘state of nature’ was

44. Who wrote the book The Social Contract?

47. For Marx, state is an ‘instrument’ of exploitation of the workers by the

48. Hobbes’ social contract theory was written in a book called

49. Rousseau said the following sentence

50. Marxist conceptualized ‘State’ as

51. John Locke had written the book called

53. Which of the following concept was propounded by Rousseau?

(a) absolute state ( )

54. Which is not part of evolutional theory of state

58. Who wrote the book The Prince

59. The State for Marx is an executive committee of

61. According to Marxist, the capitalist state will be taken over by

62. According to Marxist theory

63. The term sovereignty is derived from Latin word

64. Which of the following is not the characteristics of sovereignty?

65. In popular sovereignty the ultimate source of authority is from

66. Austin theory of sovereignty is also known as which theory?

67. Author of Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or The Philosophy of Positive Law is

69. Pluralist theory of sovereignty was a reaction to

71. According to pluralist theory, the basis of the state sovereignty is on

72. Who defined ‘state’ as ‘March of God on Earth’.

75. The word 'law' is derived from an old Teutonic term

76. John Austin defines law as the ‘command’ of the

78. Which of the following is not the sources of law?

81. Which is regarded as the supreme law of independent State

82. According to John Locke, ‘where there is no law’