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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) , Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BA Economics) , Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 101. |
Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political Science? |
| A. | simulation |
| B. | legal institutionalism |
| C. | historiography |
| D. | comparison |
| Answer» C. historiography | |
| 102. |
Whose work is “A History of Political Theory?” |
| A. | catlin |
| B. | duverger |
| C. | deutsch |
| D. | george sabine |
| Answer» D. george sabine | |
| 103. |
The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’ |
| A. | republica |
| B. | polis |
| C. | republic |
| D. | commonwealth |
| Answer» B. polis | |
| 104. |
What is Constitutional Law? |
| A. | provisions given in the constitution |
| B. | law to make constitution |
| C. | law to set up constituent assembly |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. provisions given in the constitution | |
| 105. |
The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of |
| A. | limited democracy |
| B. | representative democracy |
| C. | maximum democracy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. representative democracy | |
| 106. |
Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”? |
| A. | r. m. macIver |
| B. | laski |
| C. | weber |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» A. r. m. macIver | |
| 107. |
One of the following is an advocate of historical approach |
| A. | coleman |
| B. | lipset |
| C. | henry maine |
| D. | robert dahl |
| Answer» C. henry maine | |
| 108. |
Who used to say “I am the state”? |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | john austin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 109. |
Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’? |
| A. | idealistic view |
| B. | individualistic view |
| C. | fascist view |
| D. | pluralistic view |
| Answer» B. individualistic view | |
| 110. |
Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | louis xiv |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 111. |
Who wrote the work “The Prince”? |
| A. | maciver |
| B. | locke |
| C. | austin |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» D. machiavelli | |
| 112. |
Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best described as |
| A. | pluralists |
| B. | federalists |
| C. | socialists |
| D. | anarchists |
| Answer» A. pluralists | |
| 113. |
Who contributed “Leviathan”? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | locke |
| D. | rawls |
| Answer» B. hobbes | |
| 114. |
Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’? |
| A. | almond |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | acton |
| D. | apter |
| Answer» C. acton | |
| 115. |
Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty? |
| A. | absoluteness |
| B. | indivisibility |
| C. | delegation |
| D. | permanence |
| Answer» C. delegation | |
| 116. |
Who wrote the work ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’? |
| A. | taylor |
| B. | merriam |
| C. | robert nozick |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» C. robert nozick | |
| 117. |
Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law? |
| A. | a.d. lindsay |
| B. | harold laski |
| C. | a.v. dicey |
| D. | ivor jennings |
| Answer» C. a.v. dicey | |
| 118. |
Constitutional government implies |
| A. | limited government |
| B. | representative government |
| C. | government according to the constitution |
| D. | government by the consent of the people |
| Answer» A. limited government | |
| 119. |
An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism? |
| A. | a written constitution |
| B. | parliamentary democracy |
| C. | guarantee of fundamental rights |
| D. | limited government |
| Answer» D. limited government | |
| 120. |
The theory of separation of powers was initiated by |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | locke |
| C. | madison |
| D. | dicey |
| Answer» A. montesquieu | |
| 121. |
The first systematic classification of government was given by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 122. |
According to Aristotle, the best of government was |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | monarchy |
| C. | aristocracy |
| D. | polity |
| Answer» D. polity | |
| 123. |
Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system? |
| A. | chief justice |
| B. | president |
| C. | prime minister |
| D. | speaker of the lower house |
| Answer» C. prime minister | |
| 124. |
All the ministers swim and sink together. This is true of the following form of government |
| A. | unitary |
| B. | presidential |
| C. | federal |
| D. | parliamentary |
| Answer» D. parliamentary | |
| 125. |
The principle of one for all and all for one implies |
| A. | individual responsibility |
| B. | checks and balance |
| C. | collective responsibility |
| D. | political homogeneity |
| Answer» C. collective responsibility | |
| 126. |
Who among the advocate of negative theory of liberty? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | marx |
| C. | sedgwick |
| D. | isaiah berlin |
| Answer» D. isaiah berlin | |
| 127. |
Which of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice? |
| A. | harmony |
| B. | equality |
| C. | fraternity |
| D. | liberty |
| Answer» A. harmony | |
| 128. |
The term ‘sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language |
| A. | french |
| B. | latin |
| C. | greek |
| D. | english |
| Answer» B. latin | |
| 129. |
Fascist movement first developed in |
| A. | usa |
| B. | germany |
| C. | japan |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» D. italy | |
| 130. |
Fascist ideology wish to establish the government of |
| A. | people |
| B. | aristocrats |
| C. | one leader |
| D. | oligarchic |
| Answer» C. one leader | |
| 131. |
Whosaid ‘My Programme is action and not talk' |
| A. | stalin |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | mussolini |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» C. mussolini | |
| 132. |
Which of the following is not an element of fascism? |
| A. | it is a negation of liberty |
| B. | it is a negation of liberty |
| C. | it believes in totalitarianism |
| D. | it is against imperialism |
| Answer» D. it is against imperialism | |
| 133. |
Fascism resembles Communism (Marxism) in so far it stands for |
| A. | class war |
| B. | private property |
| C. | internationalism |
| D. | totalitarian state |
| Answer» D. totalitarian state | |
| 134. |
The idea that the sovereign nation state should be the main object of the political loyalty of individual is |
| A. | patriotism |
| B. | nationalism |
| C. | popular sovereignty |
| D. | fascism |
| Answer» B. nationalism | |
| 135. |
In view of classical thinker nationalism lead to |
| A. | equality, democracy and distrust of empire |
| B. | economic prosperity |
| C. | imperialism |
| D. | authoritarians |
| Answer» A. equality, democracy and distrust of empire | |
| 136. |
Modern liberals were differ from classical because |
| A. | it does not support individual liberty |
| B. | it is against democratic institutions |
| C. | it pleads for free enterprise |
| D. | it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation |
| Answer» D. it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation | |
| 137. |
The principle of 'greatest good of the greatest number' was advocated by |
| A. | idealists |
| B. | individualists |
| C. | utilitarianism |
| D. | marxists |
| Answer» C. utilitarianism | |
| 138. |
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 |
| Answer» C. state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers | |
| 139. |
Which one of the following is not true about liberalism? |
| A. | it stands for individual liberty |
| B. | it has no faith in human reasoning |
| C. | it supports human freedom |
| D. | it stands for constitutional government |
| Answer» B. it has no faith in human reasoning | |
| 140. |
A democratic government is better than a non-democratic government because |
| A. | it may or may not be accountable |
| B. | it always responds to the needs of the people |
| C. | it may be a constitutional government |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. it always responds to the needs of the people | |
| 141. |
Who among the following is not support the limiting the function of the state |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | adamsmith |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. karl marx | |
| 142. |
According to John Dewey contemporary liberalism is |
| A. | attitude towards certain things |
| B. | solid programme of action |
| C. | both a programme and action |
| D. | partly an attitude and partly a programme |
| Answer» C. both a programme and action | |
| 143. |
Liberalism stands for |
| A. | social liberty |
| B. | political liberty |
| C. | economic liberty |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» D. all the above. | |
| 144. |
Which of the following ideas was borrowed by Marx from Hegel? |
| A. | class struggle |
| B. | surplus value theory |
| C. | dialectical materialism |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» C. dialectical materialism | |
| 145. |
Who said, “Capitalism carried within itself the seeds of its own decay”? |
| A. | angels |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 146. |
The term ‘Politics’ was first employed by |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 147. |
The statement that “A man without society is either a beast or a God” is attributed to |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 148. |
Political parties have been described as ‘power behind the throne’ by |
| A. | herman finer |
| B. | mac iver |
| C. | burke |
| D. | sabine |
| Answer» A. herman finer | |
| 149. |
Who was the author of the book ‘On Liberty’? |
| A. | laski |
| B. | t. h green |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | j. s mill |
| Answer» D. j. s mill | |
| 150. |
Parliamentary government is accountable to the |
| A. | president |
| B. | legislature |
| C. | prime minister |
| D. | council of ministers |
| Answer» B. legislature | |
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