520+ An Introduction to Political Science Solved MCQs

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201.	The idea of ‘reverse discrimination’ implies:
A.	Discriminiation in a decreasing order
B.	Equating rich and poor as in the electoral arena
C.	Bestowing favoured treatment to the hithere deprived sections
D.	Establishing institutional checks against arbitrary distinctions
Answer» C. Bestowing favoured treatment to the hithere deprived sections

202.	Who among the following holds the view that right are those conditions of social life without which man cannot be his best self?
A.	Green
B.	Laski
C.	Barker
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. Laski

203.	Who among the following opines that a right is a power clamined and recognized as contributory to common good?
A.	Green
B.	Laski
C.	Barker
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. Green

204.	In their essence rights are:
A.	Legal injunctions
B.	Moral impreatives
C.	Conditions of law
D.	Aspects of social life
Answer» D. Aspects of social life

205.	Who among the following held the view that right is man’s capacity of influencing the acts of another by means of the opinion and force of society?
A.	Bluntschli
B.	Bodin
C.	Holland
D.	Locke
Answer» C. Holland

206.	The work Law and Rights is authored by:
A.	W.E Hocking
B.	L.T Hobhouse
C.	Harold Laski
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. W.E Hocking

207.	Rights are broadly divided into three categories: natural rights, moral rights and legal rights
A.	Civil rights
B.	Political rights
C.	Economic rights
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

208.	Which of the following is the use to which the term ‘liberty’ can be put?
A.	Freedom from constraint, captivity or tyranny
B.	The unrestrained enjoyment of natural rights
C.	Power of free choice
D.	All the above
Answer» D. All the above

209.	Inequality in society was supported by:
A.	Pericls
B.	Plato
C.	Aristotle
D.	Both (b) and (c)
Answer» D. Both (b) and (c)

210.	In the nineteenth century, a vigorous demand for socio –econimic equality was raised by:
A.	Working class
B.	Peasantry
C.	Propertied class
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. Working class

211.	The work liberty, Equality, Fraternity is authored by:
A.	J.F. Stephen
B.	J.F. Kennedy
C.	J.F. Ribero
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. J.F. Stephen

212.	Legal equality implies:
A.	Equal subjection of all citizens to the law
B.	Equal protection of the law for all citizens
C.	Equal distribution of material goods to all
D.	Both (a) and (b)
Answer» D. Both (a) and (b)

213.	Justice is a dynamic idea because
A.	Its realization is a continuous process
B.	Progress towards its realization depends upon the development of social consciousness
C.	Both (a) and (b)
D.	The term justice suggests the quality of being just or right or reasonable
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b)

214.	The earliest concept of justice in Greek thought is found to be in the writings of
A.	Pericles
B.	Socrates
C.	Sophists
D.	Early pythagoreans
Answer» D. Early pythagoreans

215.	The concept of positive law is
A.	Roman in origin
B.	Greek in origin
C.	Liberals
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. Roman in origin

216.	Who has termed social consciousness is modern consciousness in the context of the determination of the meaning of justice?
A.	Barker
B.	D.D.Raphael
C.	Laski
D.	Sabine
Answer» B. D.D.Raphael

217.	Legal justice is broadly applied in the context of :
A.	Justice according to law
B.	Law according to justice
C.	Both (a) and (b)
D.	Law and justice according to morality
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b)

218.	Who among the following viewed that justice consisted in an efficient administration of law and it should not be tested on some imaginary moral values?
A.	Antony Giddens
B.	Alf Ross
C.	Almond
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. Alf Ross

219.	Democratic or political participation is the hall mark of democracy and
A.	Political modernization
B.	Political development
C.	Both (a) and (b)
D.	Political communication
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b)

220.	In the long run broadened participation is a variable of :
A.	Political communication
B.	Social and economic modernization
C.	Cultural revolution
D.	Social justice
Answer» B. Social and economic modernization

221.	The book India’s Development Experience is authored by:
A.	Manmohan Singh
B.	Atul Kohli
C.	I.J.Ahluwalia
D.	Tarlock Singh
Answer» D. Tarlock Singh

222.	The system which enables the majority of a constituency in Switzerland to call back their representative from his office if they are not satisfied with his office and if they are not satisfied with his work is:
A.	Proportional representation
B.	Recall
C.	Spoil system
D.	Plebiscite
Answer» B. Recall

223.	The work ideology and Utopia is authored by:
A.	Karl Mannheim
B.	S.M. Lipset
C.	Saint Simon
D.	A.F. Bentley
Answer» A. Karl Mannheim

224.	Who among the following insists on the ‘mono-national state’ as a condition of successful democracy?
A.	Thomas Hobbes
B.	Hannah Arendt
C.	J.S Mill
D.	Laski
Answer» C. J.S Mill

225.	The “iron law of oligarchy” was propounded by:
A.	James Burnham
B.	Robert Michels
C.	Gaetano Mosca
D.	Graham Wallas
Answer» B. Robert Michels

520+ An Introduction to Political Science Solved MCQs

The idea of ‘reverse discrimination’ implies:

Who among the following holds the view that right are those conditions of social life without which man cannot be his best self?

Who among the following opines that a right is a power clamined and recognized as contributory to common good?

In their essence rights are:

Who among the following held the view that right is man’s capacity of influencing the acts of another by means of the opinion and force of society?

The work Law and Rights is authored by:

Rights are broadly divided into three categories: natural rights, moral rights and legal rights

Which of the following is the use to which the term ‘liberty’ can be put?

Inequality in society was supported by:

In the nineteenth century, a vigorous demand for socio –econimic equality was raised by:

The work liberty, Equality, Fraternity is authored by:

Legal equality implies:

Justice is a dynamic idea because

The earliest concept of justice in Greek thought is found to be in the writings of

The concept of positive law is

Who has termed social consciousness is modern consciousness in the context of the determination of the meaning of justice?

Legal justice is broadly applied in the context of :

Who among the following viewed that justice consisted in an efficient administration of law and it should not be tested on some imaginary moral values?

Democratic or political participation is the hall mark of democracy and

In the long run broadened participation is a variable of :

The book India’s Development Experience is authored by:

The system which enables the majority of a constituency in Switzerland to call back their representative from his office if they are not satisfied with his office and if they are not satisfied with his work is:

The work ideology and Utopia is authored by:

Who among the following insists on the ‘mono-national state’ as a condition of successful democracy?

The “iron law of oligarchy” was propounded by:

He explained his view of democracy in his work ‘Political Main’. His view of democracy is based on what he calls the competitive character of governing elites in modern democracies. He is:

Who among the following condemned democracy as “an aristocracy of black guards”?

Which of the following works have been authored by C.B. Mapherson?

Who among the following has dubbed Marxism as a totalitarian doctrine?

Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:

Which of the following is held as a transitional state in Marxian philosophy?

In the words of Woodrow Wilson, World War I was fought to make the world safe for:

Who among the following was known to have been of the view that there has been a growing distrust and discontent with politicians and the political method evolved by parliamentary democracy?

Who calls democracy only an experiment in government?

A democratic state means

Who described democracy as a government in which everyone has share?

Who defines democracy as a form of government in which the government body is a comparatively large fraction of the entire nation?

A democratic society is one in which

Democracy in its narrow sense means

Early Greek city states experimented with different forms of Government prominent among them were:

As a form of government, Aristotle preferred

A powerful eighteenth century advocate of direct democracy was

Direct democracy was first practiced in the Greek city states. In the medieval times this type of democracy was revived by

The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in the form of

Which of the following is the work authored by Lord Bryce?

Which of the following countries practice direct democracy in modern times?

Who among the following opinion that life is a “perpetual and restless desire for power after power which ceases only in death”?

Who among the following is one of the advocates of the power theory in politics ?

Who founded the structural functional school in political science ?

Political socialization is the process of induction into the political culture and the psychological dimension of the

226.	He explained his view of democracy in his work ‘Political Main’. His view of democracy is based on what he calls the competitive character of governing elites in modern democracies. He is:
A.	Robert Dahl
B.	Louis Althusser
C.	S.Martin Lipset
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. S.Martin Lipset

227.	Who among the following condemned democracy as “an aristocracy of black guards”?
A.	Henry Maine
B.	Lord Bryce
C.	Lecky
D.	Talleyrand
Answer» D. Talleyrand

228.	Which of the following works have been authored by C.B. Mapherson?
A.	The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy
B.	Demoractic Theory : Essay in Tetrieval
C.	The real world of democracy
D.	All the above
Answer» D. All the above

229.	Who among the following has dubbed Marxism as a totalitarian doctrine?
A.	Karl Popper
B.	Isaiah Berlin
C.	Hannah Arendt
D.	Both (a) and (c)
Answer» D. Both (a) and (c)

230.	Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:
A.	Political Institution
B.	Transformation of the mode of production
C.	Inclucation of new values of human equality
D.	All the above
Answer» D. All the above

231.	Which of the following is held as a transitional state in Marxian philosophy?
A.	Socialist state
B.	Liberal democratic state
C.	Fascist state
D.	Anarchist state
Answer» A. Socialist state

232.	In the words of Woodrow Wilson, World War I was fought to make the world safe for:
A.	Representative government
B.	Liberty
C.	Democracy
D.	All of the above
Answer» C. Democracy

233.	Who among the following was known to have been of the view that there has been a growing distrust and discontent with politicians and the political method evolved by parliamentary democracy?
A.	H.G Wells
B.	Harold Laski
C.	Abraham Lincoln
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. H.G Wells

234.	Who calls democracy only an experiment in government?
A.	Seeley
B.	Lowell
C.	Lincoln
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. Lowell

235.	A democratic state means
A.	That the state is organized on democratic lines
B.	That democracy is basically organization of state
C.	That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate control over affairs
D.	All of the above
Answer» C. That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate control over affairs