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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 Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 101. |
Behavioural approach in Politics Science is an attempt to make the empirical content of Political Science more scientific who said this? |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | robert a dahl |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» A. charles merriam | |
| 102. |
Eighth principles of the behavioural approach of political science generally known as |
| A. | verifications |
| B. | pure science |
| C. | intellectual foundations |
| D. | observational study |
| Answer» C. intellectual foundations | |
| 103. |
Politics is “the study of shaping and sharing of power” |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | robert a dahl |
| C. | harold d lasswell |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» C. harold d lasswell | |
| 104. |
Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact” |
| A. | c wright mills |
| B. | robert a dahl |
| C. | harold d lasswell |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» A. c wright mills | |
| 105. |
Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Bahaviouralism? |
| A. | david easton |
| B. | c wright mills |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | harold d lasswell |
| Answer» A. david easton | |
| 106. |
The strong demands of Post behaviouralists are |
| A. | pure science |
| B. | relevance and action |
| C. | value |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. relevance and action | |
| 107. |
Historical materialism is one of the tools in |
| A. | behaviouralism |
| B. | utilitarianism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | post behaviouralism |
| Answer» D. post behaviouralism | |
| 108. |
Who defines state as “people organised for law within a definite territory? |
| A. | j.k. bluntschli |
| B. | c wright mills |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | ralph miliband |
| Answer» B. c wright mills | |
| 109. |
“Territorial society divided into government and subjects who relationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power” who said this? |
| A. | harold j laski |
| B. | c wright mills |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | ralph miliband |
| Answer» A. harold j laski | |
| 110. |
Who emphasised the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organisation and maintenance of the stae? |
| A. | harold j laski |
| B. | c wright mills |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | willoughby |
| Answer» D. willoughby | |
| 111. |
Who said, an association as “a group organised for the pursuit of an interest or a group of interests in common”? |
| A. | harold j laski |
| B. | maciver |
| C. | woodrow wilson |
| D. | willoughby |
| Answer» B. maciver | |
| 112. |
Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state? |
| A. | garner; |
| B. | jean bodin; |
| C. | green; |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» B. jean bodin; | |
| 113. |
Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty? |
| A. | jean bodin |
| B. | anthony giddens |
| C. | john austin |
| D. | michel waltzer |
| Answer» C. john austin | |
| 114. |
Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘general will’ |
| A. | anthony giddens |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» B. rousseau | |
| 115. |
Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens and subjects unrestrained by law”? |
| A. | john austin |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | jean bodin |
| Answer» D. jean bodin | |
| 116. |
Whose work is “the Law of War and Peace” |
| A. | john austin |
| B. | jean bodin |
| C. | hugo grotius |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» C. hugo grotius | |
| 117. |
Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | gilchrist |
| B. | john austin |
| C. | a.v. dicey |
| D. | garner |
| Answer» B. john austin | |
| 118. |
Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of sovereignty? |
| A. | hugo grotius |
| B. | john austin |
| C. | henry maine |
| D. | jean bodin |
| Answer» C. henry maine | |
| 119. |
Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”? |
| A. | john austin |
| B. | jean bodin |
| C. | laski |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» C. laski | |
| 120. |
Whose work is “The Spirit of Laws”? |
| A. | jean bodin |
| B. | henry maine |
| C. | laski |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» D. montesquieu | |
| 121. |
Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’? |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | mac iver |
| C. | laski |
| D. | garner |
| Answer» C. laski | |
| 122. |
Whose work is “Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution”? |
| A. | jean bodin |
| B. | gilchrist |
| C. | hugo grotius |
| D. | a.v. dicey |
| Answer» C. hugo grotius | |
| 123. |
Who wrote the work “Representative Government”? |
| A. | lowell |
| B. | t.h. green |
| C. | j.s. mill |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» C. j.s. mill | |
| 124. |
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 | |
| 125. |
Whose work is “the Nerves of Government” |
| A. | catlin |
| B. | duverger |
| C. | deutsch |
| D. | george sabine |
| Answer» C. deutsch | |
| 126. |
The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’ |
| A. | republica |
| B. | polis |
| C. | republic |
| D. | commonweal |
| Answer» B. polis | |
| 127. |
Who described politics as “acting in concert”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hannah arendt |
| Answer» D. hannah arendt | |
| 128. |
Who wrote the work ‘The Great Issues Politics’? |
| A. | maciver |
| B. | laski |
| C. | lipson |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» C. lipson | |
| 129. |
Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”? |
| A. | lasswell |
| B. | laski |
| C. | lipson |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» D. catlin | |
| 130. |
Whose work is “Marxism and Politics”? |
| A. | macpherson |
| B. | willoughby |
| C. | charles merriam |
| D. | miliband |
| Answer» D. miliband | |
| 131. |
One of the following is an advocate of historical approach |
| A. | coleman |
| B. | lipset |
| C. | henry maine |
| D. | robert dahl |
| Answer» C. henry maine | |
| 132. |
Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism? |
| A. | leo strauss |
| B. | david easton |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | charles merriam |
| Answer» B. david easton | |
| 133. |
‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’ This statement explains the following |
| A. | positivism |
| B. | empriricism |
| C. | behaviouralism |
| D. | post behaviouralism |
| Answer» D. post behaviouralism | |
| 134. |
Who used to say “I am the state” |
| A. | louis ixv |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | john austin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. louis ixv | |
| 135. |
Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | lock e |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» B. rousseau | |
| 136. |
Whose work is “the Process of Government”? |
| A. | arther bentley |
| B. | robert dahl |
| C. | charles merriam |
| D. | karl popper |
| Answer» A. arther bentley | |
| 137. |
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 | |
| 138. |
Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | louis xiv |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 139. |
Who wrote the work “The Prince”? |
| A. | maciver |
| B. | locke |
| C. | austin |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» D. machiavelli | |
| 140. |
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 | |
| 141. |
Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number”? |
| A. | t.h. green |
| B. | jeremy bentham |
| C. | j.s. mill |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» B. jeremy bentham | |
| 142. |
The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is |
| A. | henry maine |
| B. | morgan |
| C. | locke |
| D. | green |
| Answer» A. henry maine | |
| 143. |
Locke has used the social contract theory to justify |
| A. | liberal democratic state |
| B. | supremacy of the judicial organ |
| C. | political obligation |
| D. | absolute loyalty of citizens of the state |
| Answer» A. liberal democratic state | |
| 144. |
Who contributed “Leviathan”? |
| A. | pateman |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | locke |
| D. | rawls |
| Answer» B. hobbes | |
| 145. |
The pluralist theory views power as |
| A. | repressive |
| B. | relational |
| C. | control over resources |
| D. | a fixed quantity |
| Answer» B. relational | |
| 146. |
The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | feudalism |
| C. | absolute monarchy |
| D. | decolonisation |
| Answer» B. feudalism | |
| 147. |
Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin’s theory of sovereignty? |
| A. | political sovereignty |
| B. | limited sovereignty |
| C. | absolute sovereignty |
| D. | popular sovereignty |
| Answer» C. absolute sovereignty | |
| 148. |
Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ? |
| A. | laski |
| B. | weber |
| C. | robert michaels |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. robert michaels | |
| 149. |
Who said “knowledge is Power” |
| A. | morgenthau |
| B. | foucault |
| C. | lasswell |
| D. | easton |
| Answer» B. foucault | |
| 150. |
Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’? |
| A. | almond |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | acton |
| D. | apter |
| Answer» A. almond | |
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