| 1. |
Which of the following are the features on the basis of which the parliamentary system of government operates? |
| A. | nominal and real executives |
| B. | executive responsible to lower house |
| C. | prime minister is the real executive |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 2. |
Which is not a feature of Presidential form of government? |
| A. | single executive |
| B. | fixed tenure of executive |
| C. | checks and balances |
| D. | dissolution of lower house. |
| Answer» D. dissolution of lower house. | |
| 3. |
The concept of Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality and Justice are related to— |
| A. | dictatorship |
| B. | aristocracy |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | oligarchy |
| Answer» C. democracy | |
| 4. |
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 |
| Answer» A. the rights are created by the state | |
| 5. |
Civil rights are given to the individuals by— |
| A. | the state |
| B. | the people |
| C. | nature |
| D. | society |
| Answer» A. the state | |
| 6. |
Who said, “Liberty is the opposite of Over Government” |
| A. | locke |
| B. | laski |
| C. | hobbes |
| D. | seeley |
| Answer» D. seeley | |
| 7. |
Who first gave the Concept of ‘Distributive Justice’? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 8. |
In Democracy, source of Authority is vested in— |
| A. | the people |
| B. | the party |
| C. | constitution |
| D. | law |
| Answer» A. the people | |
| 9. |
Landsgemeinde is a direct democratic institutions in which country |
| A. | france |
| B. | usa |
| C. | switzerland |
| D. | uk |
| Answer» C. switzerland | |
| 10. |
Who is the author of ‘A Grammar of Politics’? |
| A. | mill |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | lasswell |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» D. laski | |
| 11. |
‘ Administrative law ‘is popular in |
| A. | england |
| B. | france |
| C. | u.s.a. |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 12. |
“State is known by the rights that it maintains” who said? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | woodrow wilson |
| C. | janet |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» D. laski | |
| 13. |
Which law is popular in England? |
| A. | administrative law |
| B. | rule of law |
| C. | ordinance |
| D. | statute law |
| Answer» B. rule of law | |
| 14. |
What is the maximum term provided for an ordinance? |
| A. | 8 months |
| B. | 6months |
| C. | 9months |
| D. | 12 months |
| Answer» B. 6months | |
| 15. |
Which among the following is a Political right? |
| A. | right to hold public office |
| B. | right to freedom |
| C. | right against exploitation |
| D. | right to work |
| Answer» A. right to hold public office | |
| 16. |
Negative liberty implies that, |
| A. | freedom should be unlimited |
| B. | freedom should be restricted |
| C. | freedom from wants |
| D. | freedom to rule |
| Answer» A. freedom should be unlimited | |
| 17. |
Which law is made by the legislature? |
| A. | international law |
| B. | statutory law |
| C. | common law |
| D. | natural law |
| Answer» B. statutory law | |
| 18. |
Rousseau authored the book |
| A. | social contract |
| B. | republic |
| C. | the prince |
| D. | politics |
| Answer» A. social contract | |
| 19. |
Which day is observed as International Human Rights Day? |
| A. | december 1 |
| B. | december 10 |
| C. | june 5 |
| D. | april 2 |
| Answer» B. december 10 | |
| 20. |
Referendum means |
| A. | refer to the judiciary |
| B. | refer to the legislature |
| C. | refer to the executive |
| D. | refer to the people |
| Answer» D. refer to the people | |
| 21. |
Plebiscite is a word derived from, |
| A. | plebiscitum |
| B. | plebiscite |
| C. | public |
| D. | plebian |
| Answer» A. plebiscitum | |
| 22. |
Plebiscite means |
| A. | people’s opinion |
| B. | people’s decree |
| C. | people’s decision |
| D. | people’s vote |
| Answer» A. people’s opinion | |
| 23. |
Which of the following country follows a multi party system |
| A. | china |
| B. | england |
| C. | france |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» C. france | |
| 24. |
Which is known as the citadel of democracy? |
| A. | athens |
| B. | america |
| C. | india |
| D. | switzerland |
| Answer» A. athens | |
| 25. |
Who defined political science is “that part of social science which treats the foundations of the state and principles of government”? |
| A. | paul janet |
| B. | dyke |
| C. | gettell |
| D. | none of it |
| Answer» A. paul janet | |
| 26. |
Who introduced ‘intellectual foundations stones’ for behavioural approach? |
| A. | easton |
| B. | merriam |
| C. | lasswell |
| D. | bentley |
| Answer» A. easton | |
| 27. |
Which approach is, according to Rober 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 |
| Answer» D. behavioural approach | |
| 28. |
Who said PoliticalScience is the sharing and shaping up of of power”? |
| A. | merriam |
| B. | lasswell |
| C. | catlin |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» B. lasswell | |
| 29. |
Who is known as the greatest advocate of Post-Behaviouralism? |
| A. | merriam |
| B. | easton |
| C. | lasswell |
| D. | bentley |
| Answer» B. easton | |
| 30. |
Which approach demands ‘relevance’ and ‘action’? |
| A. | institutional approach |
| B. | post-behaviouralist approach |
| C. | behaviouralist |
| D. | historical approach |
| Answer» B. post-behaviouralist approach | |
| 31. |
Which approach considers “State being an engine of tyranny and exploitation? |
| A. | post-behaviouralism |
| B. | marxian approach |
| C. | behaviouralism |
| D. | institutional approach |
| Answer» B. marxian approach | |
| 32. |
The term ‘state’ is derived from which language? |
| A. | latin |
| B. | greek |
| C. | english |
| D. | none of it |
| Answer» A. latin | |
| 33. |
Who defined “the state is the politically organised people of a definite territory”? |
| A. | bluntschli |
| B. | wilson |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. bluntschli | |
| 34. |
Who said, state is a “territorial society divided into government and subjects whose relationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power”? |
| A. | laski |
| B. | mao |
| C. | wilson |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» A. laski | |
| 35. |
Whose treatise, “the origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | engels |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | mao |
| Answer» B. engels | |
| 36. |
Who is the author of the book ‘Ancient Society’? |
| A. | morgan |
| B. | popper |
| C. | maine |
| D. | mao |
| Answer» A. morgan | |
| 37. |
Who defined sovereignty as the ‘the supreme power over citizens and subjects unrestrained by laws’? |
| A. | garner |
| B. | jean bodin |
| C. | austin |
| D. | gilchrist |
| Answer» B. jean bodin | |
| 38. |
Which one of the following is not an element of the state? |
| A. | government |
| B. | sovereignty |
| C. | associations |
| D. | territory |
| Answer» C. associations | |
| 39. |
Who said ‘Kinship creates society and society at length creates the state |
| A. | gettell |
| B. | maine |
| C. | maciver |
| D. | austin |
| Answer» C. maciver | |
| 40. |
Who points, because society is federal, authority must also be federal? |
| A. | maine |
| B. | maciver |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» D. laski | |
| 41. |
Whose work is ‘ Das Capital ‘ |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | lindsay |
| C. | bodin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. karl marx | |
| 42. |
What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls? |
| A. | wealth |
| B. | strength |
| C. | militarism |
| D. | justice. |
| Answer» D. justice. | |
| 43. |
To what domain did Rawls direct his views of justice? |
| A. | political domain |
| B. | medical domain |
| C. | financial domain |
| D. | private domain |
| Answer» A. political domain | |
| 44. |
Rawls conceives of the original contract as one to: |
| A. | enter a particular society |
| B. | set up a particular form of government |
| C. | establish the principles of justice for the basic structure of society |
| D. | establish the content of morality |
| Answer» C. establish the principles of justice for the basic structure of society | |
| 45. |
‘Theory of Justice’ is a work by: |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | henry min |
| C. | john rawls |
| D. | m e bayels |
| Answer» C. john rawls | |
| 46. |
Which is the work of Montesquieu? |
| A. | ant-duhring |
| B. | state and revolution |
| C. | the spirit of laws |
| D. | the poverty of philosophy |
| Answer» C. the spirit of laws | |
| 47. |
Shadow cabinet is a system prevails in which country |
| A. | u k |
| B. | japan |
| C. | india |
| D. | france |
| Answer» A. u k | |
| 48. |
Deliberative democracy involves |
| A. | politicians consulting their ministerial colleagues before taking decisions |
| B. | every major political decisions being taken after referendum |
| C. | extensive public debate before taking decisions |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. extensive public debate before taking decisions | |
| 49. |
Which work is written by Dicey? |
| A. | modern states |
| B. | the history of the states |
| C. | introduction to the study of law of the constitution |
| D. | the spirit of laws |
| Answer» C. introduction to the study of law of the constitution | |
| 50. |
Who wrote ‘The Process of Government’ |
| A. | arthur bentley |
| B. | graham wallas |
| C. | charles merriam |
| D. | david easton |
| Answer» A. arthur bentley | |
| 51. |
Whose work is “Human Nature in Politics” |
| A. | dicey |
| B. | wallas |
| C. | laski |
| D. | merriam |
| Answer» B. wallas | |
| 52. |
Who wrote “New Aspects of Politis” |
| A. | wallas |
| B. | laski |
| C. | merriam |
| D. | bentley |
| Answer» C. merriam | |
| 53. |
Who wrote “The Political System” |
| A. | almond |
| B. | apter |
| C. | lasswell |
| D. | easton |
| Answer» D. easton | |
| 54. |
‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This statement explains the following |
| A. | post-behaviouralism |
| B. | behaviouralism |
| C. | positivism |
| D. | empiricism |
| Answer» A. post-behaviouralism | |
| 55. |
Who introduced the concept of natural rights? |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | green |
| C. | laski |
| D. | barker |
| Answer» A. john locke | |
| 56. |
Legal theory of right was propounded by |
| A. | mac iver |
| B. | laski |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | barker |
| Answer» B. laski | |
| 57. |
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 |
| Answer» B. respect for individual rights | |
| 58. |
Parliamentary form of government first involved in |
| A. | greece |
| B. | the united kingdom |
| C. | the united states |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» B. the united kingdom | |
| 59. |
India has adopted Rule of Law on the pattern of |
| A. | france |
| B. | japan |
| C. | britain with certain modifications |
| D. | usa |
| Answer» C. britain with certain modifications | |
| 60. |
A direct vote on a law in which the entire electorate can participate is known as ”? |
| A. | referendum |
| B. | public opinion |
| C. | initiative |
| D. | veto |
| Answer» A. referendum | |
| 61. |
Participation is an important element of every |
| A. | monarchial system |
| B. | oligarchic system |
| C. | democratic system |
| D. | aristocratic system |
| Answer» C. democratic system | |
| 62. |
Which act is considered the watch dog of democracy? |
| A. | the right to property act |
| B. | the right to live act |
| C. | the right to information act |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the right to information act | |
| 63. |
According to Marx 'the Dictatorship of the proletariat' signifies? |
| A. | a transitional state |
| B. | an ideal state |
| C. | an autocratic state |
| D. | a liberal states |
| Answer» A. a transitional state | |
| 64. |
Who among the following first developed the concept of General System theory |
| A. | colin cherry |
| B. | ludwig von bertallanffy |
| C. | robert k merton |
| D. | talcott parsons |
| Answer» B. ludwig von bertallanffy | |
| 65. |
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of |
| A. | modern totalitarianism |
| B. | developing countries |
| C. | developed socialism |
| D. | advanced capitalism |
| Answer» B. developing countries | |
| 66. |
Who wrote the book ‘Comparative Politics: A Development Approach |
| A. | almond and powell |
| B. | david easton and robert a dhal |
| C. | andrew haywood |
| D. | weber and lucian pie |
| Answer» A. almond and powell | |
| 67. |
Who wrote “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign |
| A. | jeremy bentham |
| B. | robert nozick |
| C. | m.k. gandhi |
| D. | j.s. mill |
| Answer» D. j.s. mill | |
| 68. |
Gandhi describe himself as a |
| A. | social democrat |
| B. | philosophical anarchist |
| C. | socialist |
| D. | liberal |
| Answer» B. philosophical anarchist | |
| 69. |
According to Aristotle, democracy is |
| A. | a genuine form of government |
| B. | same as oligarchy |
| C. | a perverted form of government |
| D. | same as polity |
| Answer» C. a perverted form of government | |
| 70. |
The term ‘lag’ denotes |
| A. | something which lies fixed |
| B. | something strong |
| C. | something legal |
| D. | something changeable |
| Answer» A. something which lies fixed | |
| 71. |
Power is the capacity to |
| A. | persuade |
| B. | hold sovereignty |
| C. | produce intended effects |
| D. | exercise authority |
| Answer» C. produce intended effects | |
| 72. |
Who wrote the work ‘A Preface to Democratic Theory’? |
| A. | dahl |
| B. | marx |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. dahl | |
| 73. |
The most essential principle of liberalism is |
| A. | equality |
| B. | social justice |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» D. freedom | |
| 74. |
Socialism is: |
| A. | an economic system that is based on private ownership |
| B. | an economic system for communism |
| C. | an economic system that allows competition in business |
| D. | a government system that communist countries use |
| Answer» B. an economic system for communism | |
| 75. |
Who said Politics is about 'who gets what, when and how'? |
| A. | lasswell |
| B. | almond |
| C. | easton |
| D. | verba |
| Answer» A. lasswell | |
| 76. |
Who introduced the concept of negative and positive rights? |
| A. | andrew haywood |
| B. | laski |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | barker |
| Answer» A. andrew haywood | |
| 77. |
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? |
| Answer» D. who should get what in society? | |
| 78. |
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 |
| Answer» B. everybody finishes the same start in life | |
| 79. |
Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority? |
| A. | james madison |
| B. | john dunning |
| C. | j rousseau |
| D. | de tocqueville |
| Answer» D. de tocqueville | |
| 80. |
Who among the following advocated party less democracy in India? |
| A. | acharya vinoba bhave |
| B. | jayprakash narayan |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | m.n. roy |
| Answer» B. jayprakash narayan | |
| 81. |
What did Gandhiji mean by Swaraj? |
| A. | freedom of the country |
| B. | freedom for the meanest of the countrymen |
| C. | self government |
| D. | complete independence |
| Answer» D. complete independence | |
| 82. |
Who among the following theorists advocated participatory democracy? |
| A. | c.b. macpherson |
| B. | michael oakeshoot |
| C. | f. a. hayek |
| D. | gaetano mosca |
| Answer» A. c.b. macpherson | |
| 83. |
Which of the following does not lead to the spread of democracy? |
| A. | struggle by the people |
| B. | end of colonialism |
| C. | invasion by foreign countries |
| D. | people’s desire for freedom |
| Answer» C. invasion by foreign countries | |
| 84. |
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 |
| Answer» B. greater and active engagement of citizens in government | |
| 85. |
The advocates of deliberative democracy emphasize |
| A. | executive supremacy |
| B. | parliamentary sovereignty |
| C. | judicial autonomy |
| D. | popular participation |
| Answer» D. popular participation | |
| 86. |
The Communist manifesto was first published in |
| A. | russian |
| B. | english |
| C. | german |
| D. | french |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 87. |
According to David Easton, the main function of government is to: |
| A. | provide social order, national security, and public goods |
| B. | guarantee constitutional rights |
| C. | levy tax on people to run the political system |
| D. | allocate authoritatively values for a whole society. |
| Answer» D. allocate authoritatively values for a whole society. | |
| 88. |
The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language |
| A. | greek |
| B. | latin |
| C. | english |
| D. | french |
| Answer» A. greek | |
| 89. |
Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society?” |
| A. | john lock |
| B. | j.s. mill |
| C. | david easton |
| D. | almond |
| Answer» C. david easton | |
| 90. |
Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 91. |
The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to |
| A. | 4th century b.c |
| B. | 3rd century b.c |
| C. | 5th century b.c. |
| D. | 6th century b.c. |
| Answer» A. 4th century b.c | |
| 92. |
Who was the first proponent of scientific study of Politics? |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | harold d lasswell |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» A. charles merriam | |
| 93. |
Who said this , ‘behavioural approach is a protest movement within politics science and make the empirical component more rigorous’ |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | robert a dahl |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» B. robert a dahl | |
| 94. |
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 | |
| 95. |
Who wrote the book ‘Four Essays on Liberty’? |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | earnest barker |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | isaiah berlin |
| Answer» D. isaiah berlin | |
| 96. |
Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Behaviouralism? |
| A. | david easton |
| B. | c wright mills |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | harold d lasswell |
| Answer» A. david easton | |
| 97. |
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 | |
| 98. |
Historical materialism is one of the tools in |
| A. | behaviouralism |
| B. | utilitarianism |
| C. | marxism |
| D. | post behaviouralism |
| Answer» C. marxism | |
| 99. |
Whose work is Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | gilchrist |
| B. | john austin |
| C. | a.v. dicey |
| D. | garner |
| Answer» B. john austin | |
| 100. |
Who wrote the work “Representative Government”? |
| A. | lowell |
| B. | t.h. green |
| C. | j.s. mill |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» C. j.s. mill | |