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| 501. |
In 1649 …………………became the protector of England. |
| A. | Oliver Cromwell |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Charles II |
| D. | Elizabeth I |
| Answer» A. Oliver Cromwell | |
| 502. |
The Absolutism of the Stuart Monarchy started with……………, the first Stuart king. |
| A. | James I |
| B. | Henry VII |
| C. | George I |
| D. | Elizabeth I |
| Answer» A. James I | |
| 503. |
James I came to power in England in ……………… |
| A. | 1503 |
| B. | 1601 |
| C. | 1603 |
| D. | 1703 |
| Answer» C. 1603 | |
| 504. |
James I was followed by his son Charles I in ……………… |
| A. | 1525 |
| B. | 1625 |
| C. | 1652 |
| D. | 1725 |
| Answer» B. 1625 | |
| 505. |
In order to restrict the personal rule of the King……………, the Parliament drew up the Petition of Rights in 1628 and forced Charles to accept it . |
| A. | Charles I |
| B. | James I |
| C. | James II |
| D. | William III |
| Answer» A. Charles I | |
| 506. |
The ………………supporters were known as Cavaliers. |
| A. | Kings |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | Brahmins |
| D. | Slaves |
| Answer» A. Kings | |
| 507. |
The ……………….supporters were known as the Round Heads. |
| A. | Parliament |
| B. | Kings |
| C. | Slaves |
| D. | Brahmins |
| Answer» A. Parliament | |
| 508. |
In 1649 ……………was executed by the Parliament, monarchy was abolished and England was declared a Republic under the government called the Common Wealth. |
| A. | Charles I |
| B. | Charles II |
| C. | James I |
| D. | James II |
| Answer» A. Charles I | |
| 509. |
Monarchy in England was restored in …………… with Charles II. |
| A. | 1560 |
| B. | 1660 |
| C. | 1670 |
| D. | 1680 |
| Answer» B. 1660 | |
| 510. |
George Sorel was a ………….philosopher and theorist of revolutionary Syndicalism. |
| A. | German |
| B. | French |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | Russian |
| Answer» B. French | |
| 511. |
‘Reflections on violence’ was the book of ………………… |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | George Sorel |
| C. | Alfred Marshall |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» B. George Sorel | |
| 512. |
…………….published his ‘Famous and Infamous book’ to justify the militancy and to give syndicalism an ideology. |
| A. | Eric Hobsbawm |
| B. | George Sorel |
| C. | Alfred Marshall |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» B. George Sorel | |
| 513. |
Whose discovery that “Poor Laws” applied to income distribution embroiled him in political change and the then Nascent Fascist movement? |
| A. | Sigmund Freud |
| B. | Vilfredo Paretos |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» B. Vilfredo Paretos | |
| 514. |
Karl Popper described ……………….as the ‘theoretician of totalitarianism’. |
| A. | Pareto |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | Francis Bacon |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» A. Pareto | |
| 515. |
Auguste Comte, the French philosopher is now regarded as the founder of the discipline - ……………. |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | Sociology |
| C. | History |
| D. | Political Science |
| Answer» B. Sociology | |
| 516. |
……………..is characterizing as the first philosopher of science. |
| A. | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| B. | Comte |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» B. Comte | |
| 517. |
……………..developed the positive philosophy. |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Comte |
| C. | Francis Bacon |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» B. Comte | |
| 518. |
Marx Weber was a proponent of ……………….. |
| A. | anti- positivism |
| B. | generalization |
| C. | Reason |
| D. | Empiricism |
| Answer» A. anti- positivism | |
| 519. |
‘The Metropolis and Mental life’ is the work of ………………. |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | George Simmel |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» C. George Simmel | |
| 520. |
Vico, the ………………philosopher historian and the author of the famous work, “The New Sciences” tried to establish history on a theoretical as well as on a critical basis. |
| A. | French |
| B. | German |
| C. | Italian |
| D. | Russian |
| Answer» C. Italian | |
| 521. |
Who is credited with the ‘Cyclical theory in history’? |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | Herder |
| C. | Vico |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» C. Vico | |
| 522. |
‘Ideas for the philosophy of history of mankind’ was the work of …………… |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | Herder |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» C. Herder | |
| 523. |
Though the term ‘philosophy of history’ was coined by Voltaire, it was academically elaborated and established by ……………… |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» C. Hegel | |
| 524. |
G.W. Hegel of ……………is considered as one of the greatest thinkers of the modern world. |
| A. | Italy |
| B. | France |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» C. Germany | |
| 525. |
According to …………….‘all history is the history of thought’. |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Alfred Marshall |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» A. Hegel | |
| 526. |
……………claimed that he firmly stood for objectivity in historical writing. |
| A. | Thomas Hobbes |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» B. Ranke | |
| 527. |
……………, the Scottish philosopher and pioneer of political economy wrote a book ‘Wealth of Nation ‘ |
| A. | Alfred Marshall |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» C. Adam Smith | |
| 528. |
Who book ‘Principles of Political Economy and Taxation’? |
| A. | David Ricardo |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» A. David Ricardo | |
| 529. |
………………articulated what came to be known as the ‘Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns’, one of the most famous laws of economics. |
| A. | David Ricardo |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Alfred Marshall |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» A. David Ricardo | |
| 530. |
……………….’s most popular book was the “Principles of Economics”. |
| A. | J.M. Keynes |
| B. | John Locke |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Alfred Marshall |
| Answer» D. Alfred Marshall | |
| 531. |
‘General Theory of Employment’ was the work of ………………. |
| A. | J.M Keynes |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» A. J.M Keynes | |
| 532. |
…………….wrote “the history of what man has accomplished in this world is at bottom, the history of Great men who have worked here ‘. |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Thomas Carlyle |
| Answer» D. Thomas Carlyle | |
| 533. |
It was with the introduction of ……………by Comte in the 19th century that objectivity became the goal in the studies of social sciences. |
| A. | Positivism |
| B. | Deduction |
| C. | Generalization |
| D. | Subjectivity |
| Answer» A. Positivism | |
| 534. |
…………..is a method of acquiring knowledge by reasoning solely based on facts of reality and in accordance with the laws of logic. |
| A. | Positivism |
| B. | generalization |
| C. | Objectivity |
| D. | Idealism |
| Answer» C. Objectivity | |
| 535. |
…………is a system in which one belongs to one’s fathers’ lineage. |
| A. | Patriliny |
| B. | Deduction |
| C. | Matrilineal |
| D. | polygamy |
| Answer» A. Patriliny | |
| 536. |
……………is known as festival of lights. |
| A. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| B. | Diwali |
| C. | Onam |
| D. | Holi. |
| Answer» B. Diwali | |
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