180+ Political Ideas, Concepts and Ideologies Solved MCQs

1.

The exponent of legal theory ofRights.

A. green
B. locke
C. austin
D. rousseau
Answer» C. austin
2.

Who said, "Rights are those conditions ofsocial life without which no man seek to be himself at his best"?

A. wilde
B. plato
C. locke
D. laski
Answer» D. laski
3.

Who says,"a right is a claim recognized by societyand enforced by the state"?

A. aristotle
B. cicero
C. bosanquet
D. mill
Answer» C. bosanquet
4.

Who said, "A right is a power claimed and recognized as contributory to common good"?

A. laski
B. t.h.green
C. aristotle
D. lord bryce
Answer» B. t.h.green
5.

In pre-political state of human existence, there existed:

A. civil rights
B. political rights
C. natural rights
D. legal rights
Answer» C. natural rights
6.

Who said that 'One's natural rights are one's natural power' ?

A. locke
B. rousseau
C. hobbes
D. laski
Answer» C. hobbes
7.

Who wrotesthe book "the Rights of Man"?

A. edmundburke
B. thomas paine
C. locke
D. green
Answer» B. thomas paine
8.

Rights have no validity without the recognitionof:

A. government
B. state
C. society
D. electorate
Answer» B. state
9.

According to the historical theory of rights, rights are the result of:

A. evolution
B. human efforts
C. nation efforts
D. legislation
Answer» A. evolution
10.

Who regarded, 'life ,liberty and property as inalienablerights of men'?

A. locke
B. aristotle
C. rousseau
D. hobbes
Answer» A. locke
11.

The legal theory of rights points out that rights are created by:

A. state
B. society
C. community
D. nature
Answer» A. state
12.

The theory of social welfare was expoundedby:

A. utilitarians
B. socialist
C. marxists
D. fabians
Answer» A. utilitarians
13.

Who says, "Rights have nomeaning withoutsocial unity"?

A. bentham
B. laski
C. j. s. mill
D. deanpound
Answer» B. laski
14.

Who are the chief exponents ofsocial welfare theory?

A. green
B. hegel
C. benthamand mill
D. locke
Answer» C. benthamand mill
15.

Rousseau supportsthe idealist theory of Rights on the basis of:

A. morality
B. natural law
C. general will
D. socialconsciousness
Answer» C. general will
16.

According to Green, the basis of rightsis:

A. legalsanction
B. legal recognition
C. commonmoral consciousness
D. gift of the state
Answer» C. commonmoral consciousness
17.

Who put forward the economic theory ofrights:

A. locke
B. ricardo
C. karl marx
D. hitler
Answer» C. karl marx
18.

According to Marxists, rights are:

A. privileges of all people
B. privileges of all classes
C. privileges of a particular class safe guarded by law
D. privileges for economically weakersections
Answer» C. privileges of a particular class safe guarded by law
19.

.Right of equality before the law is :

A. political right
B. naturalright
C. civil right
D. legal right
Answer» C. civil right
20.

Right to property is a :

A. political right
B. civil
C. natural
D. moral
Answer» B. civil
21.

The term liberty has been drawn from the Latin word………

A. libel
B. lebour
C. liber
D. labal
Answer» C. liber
22.

Who of the following was an advocate of positive liberty

A. lock
B. t.h. green
C. bentham
D. j.s. mill
Answer» B. t.h. green
23.

The concept of natural liberty is associated with

A. hegal
B. locke
C. rousseau
D. hobbes
Answer» C. rousseau
24.

Which theory deals with natural liberty.

A. divine origin theory
B. forcetheory
C. social contract theory
D. evolutionary theory
Answer» C. social contract theory
25.

Who was the author of the book ‘ On Liberty’ ?

A. green
B. laski
C. j.s. mill
D. marx
Answer» C. j.s. mill
26.

Civil liberty is inherent in the lawsof

A. society
B. state
C. nature
D. organization
Answer» B. state
27.

Which part of Indian constitution guarantees liberty to citizen.

A. d.p.s.p
B. fundamental right
C. preamble
D. vii
Answer» B. fundamental right
28.

Who says “ where there is no law there is no freedom.

A. rousseau
B. green
C. locke
D. laski.
Answer» D. laski.
29.

Term justice has been drawn from the Latin word .

A. just
B. joint
C. jus
D. judge
Answer» C. jus
30.

……………. View that justice and equality are closely connected

A. individualists
B. idealists
C. socialists
D. anarchists
Answer» A. individualists
31.

Constitution is aninstrument of …… justice

A. political
B. social
C. legal.
D. economic
Answer» C. legal.
32.

The modern concept of justice is related to:

A. economic equality
B. political rights
C. social justice
D. laws only
Answer» C. social justice
33.

Who defined justice as the “ interest of the stronger “ ?

A. sophists
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. romans
Answer» A. sophists
34.

Latin word for ‘justice’ is:

A. virtue
B. dikaiosume
C. morality
D. a bond or tie
Answer» D. a bond or tie
35.

Who believed that‘justice wasthe ideal of perfection in human relationship ‘?

A. barker
B. laski
C. aristotle
D. marx
Answer» C. aristotle
36.

Aristotle’s concept of justiceimplies:

A. equality
B. liberty
C. rights
D. duties
Answer» A. equality
37.

Who defines justice as ‘treating equal equally and unequal unequally’?

A. proudhan
B. duguit
C. aristotle
D. saint simon
Answer» C. aristotle
38.

Who was the supporter of numerical concept of justice?

A. aristotle
B. bentham
C. mill
D. marx
Answer» B. bentham
39.

In the early medieval period, justice was an attribute of:

A. state
B. church
C. universal law
D. civilorder
Answer» B. church
40.

Who described civil society as capitalist society ?

A. hegal
B. locke
C. rousseau
D. hobbes
Answer» A. hegal
41.

The statement that “every state is known by the rightsthat it maintains” attributed to :

A. bryce
B. t.h. green
C. bentham
D. j.s. mill
Answer» A. bryce
42.

Who said justice as the mixture of liberty and equality ?

A. plato
B. aristotle
C. rousseau
D. hobbes
Answer» A. plato
43.

Who said that “ justice isthe bond which holdssociety together “.

A. green
B. hegel
C. plato
D. rousseau
Answer» C. plato
44.

The notion of sovereignty was first formulated by :

A. plato
B. laski
C. aristotle
D. bodin
Answer» D. bodin
45.

Which among the following is not a features ofsovereignty?

A. absoluteness
B. permanence
C. indivisibility
D. delegation
Answer» D. delegation
46.

Which one of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice ?

A. equality
B. liberty
C. harmony
D. fraternity
Answer» C. harmony
47.

Who said‘ politics isthe study of the influence and the influential

A. lasswell
B. laski
C. weber
D. bodin
Answer» A. lasswell
48.

The input-output approach was developed by:

A. dhal
B. davideaston
C. marx
D. lasswell
Answer» B. davideaston
49.

Who developed the concept of Behavioural approach inthe study of political science ?

A. j.s. mill
B. david easton
C. parson
D. karl deutsch
Answer» B. david easton
50.

Who among the following defined “ politicsisthe science of who gets, what ,when and how “?

A. garner
B. bierce
C. hillman
D. lipson
Answer» C. hillman
51.

Structural- functional approach is primarily:

A. an ideologyof development
B. a comparison ofstudy
C. a toolof investigation
D. a study of power
Answer» C. a toolof investigation
52.

Who wasthe doyen of pluralistsfrom amongst the following ?

A. bentham
B. j.s. mill
C. leacock
D. laski
Answer» D. laski
53.

Who among the following thinkers is connected with the concept of ‘ General Will ‘ ?

A. plato
B. rousseau
C. aristotle
D. t. h. green
Answer» B. rousseau
54.

The concept of ‘ power elites ‘ is connectedwith

A. austin
B. pareto
C. mosca
D. wright mills.
Answer» D. wright mills.
55.

Plato fixed the population of an idealstate as:

A. 5000
B. 5040
C. 10.000
D. 7500
Answer» B. 5040
56.

“ Sovereignty isthe supreme will of the state “ are the words of

A. austin
B. laski
C. aristotle
D. willoughby
Answer» D. willoughby
57.

Who was the author of the book. ‘ A Grammar of Politics ‘

A. lock
B. laski
C. aristotle
D. j.s. mill
Answer» B. laski
58.

Who said that “State is a society of societies”?

A. lindsay
B. holland
C. follet
D. laski
Answer» D. laski
59.

The welfare theory believes thatstate is… ?

A. a means
B. an end
C. an organism
D. supreme
Answer» A. a means
60.

Who said “Where there is no law there is no freedom”

A. t.h. green
B. laski
C. maciver
D. locke
Answer» D. locke
61.

Rights are unlimited according to

A. individualists
B. idealists
C. socialists
D. liberalist
Answer» D. liberalist
62.

Who defined liberty as “ the positive and equal opportunity of self- realization “ ?

A. j.s. mill
B. laski
C. parson
D. thomas hobbes
Answer» B. laski
63.

The view that “ all property is theft “ was expressed by

A. j.s. mill
B. adam smith
C. karl marx
D. proudhon
Answer» D. proudhon
64.

The Rule of Law in England means :

A. law is supreme
B. arbitrary power of the state
C. everybody is equal before the law
D. constitutional limitation of authority.
Answer» C. everybody is equal before the law
65.

Who said “The God , who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time “ ?

A. hobbes
B. david easton
C. jefferson
D. karl deutsch
Answer» C. jefferson
66.

Liberty and equality are anti-thetical to each other. This view was held by -

A. lord action
B. t.h green
C. parson
D. barker
Answer» A. lord action
67.

The doctrine of proportionate equalitywas propounded by

A. aristotle
B. rousseau
C. marx
D. rawls
Answer» A. aristotle
68.

‘ The authoritative allocation of values ‘ was the concept given by :

A. almond
B. david easton
C. weber
D. karl deutsch
Answer» B. david easton
69.

Exponent of ‘Input- Output Approach’ in political system theory ?

A. david easton
B. karl deutsch
C. parsons
D. merton
Answer» A. david easton
70.

Who wasthe author of the book “ Aspects of Political Development”?

A. lucian pye
B. rostow
C. parsons
D. almond
Answer» A. lucian pye
71.

Who said ‘” Politicalsocialization isthe process by which political culture are maintained andchanged”.

A. j.s. mill
B. almond &verba
C. allan r ball
D. rush
Answer» B. almond &verba
72.

The Manifest political socialization is otherwise know by …..

A. latent political socialization
B. indirect political socialization
C. direct political socialization
D. political socialization
Answer» C. direct political socialization
73.

Which isthe ideal political culture according to Almond and Verba :

A. parochical political culture
B. subject politicalculture
C. participant political culture
D. positive political culture
Answer» C. participant political culture
74.

According to Almond and Powell political culture involveshow many components of Orientations.?

A. two
B. four
C. one
D. three
Answer» D. three
75.

Structural – functional theory wasfirst applied by ………………..

A. almond
B. tawney
C. shills
D. rawls
Answer» A. almond
76.

The year in which the ‘Universal Declaration of HumanRights’ ?

A. 1945
B. 1946
C. 1950
D. 1948
Answer» D. 1948
77.

Which one of the following is not associated with Almond’s essential characteristics of political system?

A. universality of politicalsystem
B. universality of political structure
C. universality of political functions
D. input- output approach
Answer» D. input- output approach
78.

Human rights day is celebrating on ………………

A. 26th january
B. 25th december
C. 10th december
D. 20th october
Answer» C. 10th december
79.

The welfare state is first used by …………..

A. marx
B. rawls
C. bishop temple
D. hobbes
Answer» C. bishop temple
80.

The spiritual elements of the state associated with……

A. population
B. government
C. territory
D. sovereignty
Answer» D. sovereignty
81.

Who said , “Political science deals with government only “ ?

A. leacock
B. dhal
C. marx
D. gettle
Answer» A. leacock
82.

Who used the term ‘political system ‘ instead of ‘ Politics’ ?

A. morgenthau
B. easton
C. garner
D. robert . a.dhal
Answer» D. robert . a.dhal
83.

Who stated political science is a‘ descriptive and normative science’

A. marx webber
B. robson
C. paul janet
D. wilson
Answer» A. marx webber
84.

The author of the book ‘ Modern Politics andGovernment’

A. aristotle
B. alan ball
C. van dyke
D. lock
Answer» B. alan ball
85.

Which approach in political science is known as speculative or ethical or metaphysical approach ?

A. philosophical
B. historical
C. institutional
D. behaviour
Answer» A. philosophical
86.

Who said, “ History not only explains institutions but it helps usto make certain deduction for future guidance”.

A. gilchrist
B. robert dhal
C. weber
D. deutsch
Answer» A. gilchrist
87.

Who stated that, “ various institutions constitute the structure of the society it is also called structural approach."

A. easton
B. rawls
C. wasby
D. hobbes
Answer» C. wasby
88.

Which approach to adopt the methods of natural sciences likeobservation,survey andmeasurementinpoliticalscience.

A. structural
B. historical
C. institutional
D. behaviour
Answer» D. behaviour
89.

Who observed .......statement, " Historically speaking , the behavioural approach was a protestmovementwithin political science. ".

A. simon
B. robert dhal
C. almond
D. marx weber
Answer» B. robert dhal
90.

Which one of the following is not a characteristics of Behaviouralism according to Simon ?

A. regularities
B. verification
C. techniques
D. pure arts
Answer» D. pure arts
91.

In political science: "Studies should be relevant and meaningful for urgent social problems”. It is the demands of ……………?

A. individualists
B. idealists
C. post- behaviouralists
D. behaviourlists
Answer» C. post- behaviouralists
92.

Whose statement is that , “to know is to bear the responsibility for acting and to act is to engage in reshaping society”.

A. almond
B. david easton
C. karl marx
D. robert . a. dhal
Answer» B. david easton
93.

“The only basis of the subject of politicsis power and that to an integration of all powers- political, economic and ideological”. Who made this statement ?

A. harold laski
B. allan ball
C. karl marx
D. simon
Answer» C. karl marx
94.

Who among the following thinker combined ‘ naturalrights’ with ‘physiological metaphor’ ?

A. lock
B. spencer
C. t.h. green
D. burke
Answer» A. lock
95.

In connection with the formation of state " Kinshipcreated a common consciousness , common interest and common purpose" It is the statement of ?

A. maciver
B. henry maine
C. weber
D. morgan
Answer» B. henry maine
96.

Who said that the state " arose not asthe creator of law but as the interpreter and enforcer of custom"

A. gettell
B. locke
C. laski
D. maciver
Answer» A. gettell
97.

The right of freedom, the right of life, freedom of speechand expression, property, association, education etc. is the manifestation of liberty?

A. political
B. civil
C. natural
D. moral
Answer» B. civil
98.

The right to vote, right to stand for election, right to hold public office and the right to criticise the government are examples of ?

A. politicalrights
B. civil rights
C. natural rights
D. moral rights
Answer» A. politicalrights
99.

The rule of law is an effective instrument of ……………

A. social liberty
B. communal liberty
C. natural liberty
D. individual liberty.
Answer» D. individual liberty.
100.

Who observed that “the more widespread distribution of power in the state, the more decentralized itscharacter .......".

A. rousseau
B. locke
C. laski
D. plato
Answer» C. laski
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