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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 |
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