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| 101. |
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 | |
| 102. |
Whose work is “A History of Political Theory?” |
| A. | catlin |
| B. | duverger |
| C. | deutsch |
| D. | george sabine |
| Answer» D. george sabine | |
| 103. |
The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’ |
| A. | republica |
| B. | polis |
| C. | republic |
| D. | commonwealth |
| Answer» B. polis | |
| 104. |
What is Constitutional Law? |
| A. | provisions given in the constitution |
| B. | law to make constitution |
| C. | law to set up constituent assembly |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. provisions given in the constitution | |
| 105. |
The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of |
| A. | limited democracy |
| B. | representative democracy |
| C. | maximum democracy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. representative democracy | |
| 106. |
Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”? |
| A. | r. m. macIver |
| B. | laski |
| C. | weber |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» A. r. m. macIver | |
| 107. |
One of the following is an advocate of historical approach |
| A. | coleman |
| B. | lipset |
| C. | henry maine |
| D. | robert dahl |
| Answer» C. henry maine | |
| 108. |
Who used to say “I am the state”? |
| A. | louis xiv |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | john austin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. louis xiv | |
| 109. |
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 | |
| 110. |
Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | louis xiv |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 111. |
Who wrote the work “The Prince”? |
| A. | maciver |
| B. | locke |
| C. | austin |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» D. machiavelli | |
| 112. |
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 | |
| 113. |
Who contributed “Leviathan”? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | locke |
| D. | rawls |
| Answer» B. hobbes | |
| 114. |
Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’? |
| A. | almond |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | acton |
| D. | apter |
| Answer» C. acton | |
| 115. |
Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty? |
| A. | absoluteness |
| B. | indivisibility |
| C. | delegation |
| D. | permanence |
| Answer» C. delegation | |
| 116. |
Who wrote the work ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’? |
| A. | taylor |
| B. | merriam |
| C. | robert nozick |
| D. | catlin |
| Answer» C. robert nozick | |
| 117. |
Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law? |
| A. | a.d. lindsay |
| B. | harold laski |
| C. | a.v. dicey |
| D. | ivor jennings |
| Answer» C. a.v. dicey | |
| 118. |
Constitutional government implies |
| A. | limited government |
| B. | representative government |
| C. | government according to the constitution |
| D. | government by the consent of the people |
| Answer» A. limited government | |
| 119. |
An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism? |
| A. | a written constitution |
| B. | parliamentary democracy |
| C. | guarantee of fundamental rights |
| D. | limited government |
| Answer» D. limited government | |
| 120. |
The theory of separation of powers was initiated by |
| A. | montesquieu |
| B. | locke |
| C. | madison |
| D. | dicey |
| Answer» A. montesquieu | |
| 121. |
The first systematic classification of government was given by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 122. |
According to Aristotle, the best of government was |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | monarchy |
| C. | aristocracy |
| D. | polity |
| Answer» D. polity | |
| 123. |
Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system? |
| A. | chief justice |
| B. | president |
| C. | prime minister |
| D. | speaker of the lower house |
| Answer» C. prime minister | |
| 124. |
All the ministers swim and sink together. This is true of the following form of government |
| A. | unitary |
| B. | presidential |
| C. | federal |
| D. | parliamentary |
| Answer» D. parliamentary | |
| 125. |
The principle of one for all and all for one implies |
| A. | individual responsibility |
| B. | checks and balance |
| C. | collective responsibility |
| D. | political homogeneity |
| Answer» C. collective responsibility | |
| 126. |
Who among the advocate of negative theory of liberty? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | marx |
| C. | sedgwick |
| D. | isaiah berlin |
| Answer» D. isaiah berlin | |
| 127. |
Which of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice? |
| A. | harmony |
| B. | equality |
| C. | fraternity |
| D. | liberty |
| Answer» A. harmony | |
| 128. |
The term ‘sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language |
| A. | french |
| B. | latin |
| C. | greek |
| D. | english |
| Answer» B. latin | |
| 129. |
Fascist movement first developed in |
| A. | usa |
| B. | germany |
| C. | japan |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» D. italy | |
| 130. |
Fascist ideology wish to establish the government of |
| A. | people |
| B. | aristocrats |
| C. | one leader |
| D. | oligarchic |
| Answer» C. one leader | |
| 131. |
Whosaid ‘My Programme is action and not talk' |
| A. | stalin |
| B. | hitler |
| C. | mussolini |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» C. mussolini | |
| 132. |
Which of the following is not an element of fascism? |
| A. | it is a negation of liberty |
| B. | it is a negation of liberty |
| C. | it believes in totalitarianism |
| D. | it is against imperialism |
| Answer» D. it is against imperialism | |
| 133. |
Fascism resembles Communism (Marxism) in so far it stands for |
| A. | class war |
| B. | private property |
| C. | internationalism |
| D. | totalitarian state |
| Answer» D. totalitarian state | |
| 134. |
The idea that the sovereign nation state should be the main object of the political loyalty of individual is |
| A. | patriotism |
| B. | nationalism |
| C. | popular sovereignty |
| D. | fascism |
| Answer» B. nationalism | |
| 135. |
In view of classical thinker nationalism lead to |
| A. | equality, democracy and distrust of empire |
| B. | economic prosperity |
| C. | imperialism |
| D. | authoritarians |
| Answer» A. equality, democracy and distrust of empire | |
| 136. |
Modern liberals were differ from classical because |
| A. | it does not support individual liberty |
| B. | it is against democratic institutions |
| C. | it pleads for free enterprise |
| D. | it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation |
| Answer» D. it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation | |
| 137. |
The principle of 'greatest good of the greatest number' was advocated by |
| A. | idealists |
| B. | individualists |
| C. | utilitarianism |
| D. | marxists |
| Answer» C. utilitarianism | |
| 138. |
Positivist Liberals are in favour of: |
| A. | pushing the state out of economic field |
| B. | doing away the state\s interference in the economic sphere |
| C. | state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers |
| D. | state regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists |
| Answer» C. state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers | |
| 139. |
Which one of the following is not true about liberalism? |
| A. | it stands for individual liberty |
| B. | it has no faith in human reasoning |
| C. | it supports human freedom |
| D. | it stands for constitutional government |
| Answer» B. it has no faith in human reasoning | |
| 140. |
A democratic government is better than a non-democratic government because |
| A. | it may or may not be accountable |
| B. | it always responds to the needs of the people |
| C. | it may be a constitutional government |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. it always responds to the needs of the people | |
| 141. |
Who among the following is not support the limiting the function of the state |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | adamsmith |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. karl marx | |
| 142. |
According to John Dewey contemporary liberalism is |
| A. | attitude towards certain things |
| B. | solid programme of action |
| C. | both a programme and action |
| D. | partly an attitude and partly a programme |
| Answer» C. both a programme and action | |
| 143. |
Liberalism stands for |
| A. | social liberty |
| B. | political liberty |
| C. | economic liberty |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» D. all the above. | |
| 144. |
Which of the following ideas was borrowed by Marx from Hegel? |
| A. | class struggle |
| B. | surplus value theory |
| C. | dialectical materialism |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» C. dialectical materialism | |
| 145. |
Who said, “Capitalism carried within itself the seeds of its own decay”? |
| A. | angels |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 146. |
The term ‘Politics’ was first employed by |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 147. |
The statement that “A man without society is either a beast or a God” is attributed to |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 148. |
Political parties have been described as ‘power behind the throne’ by |
| A. | herman finer |
| B. | mac iver |
| C. | burke |
| D. | sabine |
| Answer» A. herman finer | |
| 149. |
Who was the author of the book ‘On Liberty’? |
| A. | laski |
| B. | t. h green |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | j. s mill |
| Answer» D. j. s mill | |
| 150. |
Parliamentary government is accountable to the |
| A. | president |
| B. | legislature |
| C. | prime minister |
| D. | council of ministers |
| Answer» B. legislature | |
| 151. |
In a Federal Government, the powers are divided between the Centre and the States by |
| A. | the central government |
| B. | majority decision |
| C. | the constitution |
| D. | the parliament. |
| Answer» C. the constitution | |
| 152. |
A Unitary government has |
| A. | no right of citizenship |
| B. | division of powers |
| C. | an independent judiciary |
| D. | a single citizenship |
| Answer» D. a single citizenship | |
| 153. |
Rule of Law is one of the Fundamental principles of the |
| A. | german constitution |
| B. | british constitution |
| C. | french constitution |
| D. | russian constitution |
| Answer» B. british constitution | |
| 154. |
Most favoured technique of pressure groups, in the USA is |
| A. | boycott and picketing |
| B. | lobbying |
| C. | total strike |
| D. | peaceful agitations |
| Answer» B. lobbying | |
| 155. |
Psephology deals with |
| A. | political parties |
| B. | voting behavior and election studies |
| C. | human rights |
| D. | pressure groups |
| Answer» B. voting behavior and election studies | |
| 156. |
The argument that the study of Political Science focused on State and government belongs to |
| A. | traditional approach |
| B. | behavioural approach |
| C. | post behavioural approach |
| D. | marxian approach |
| Answer» A. traditional approach | |
| 157. |
The Classic work on “Public opinion” was authored by |
| A. | robert a. dahl |
| B. | walter lippmann |
| C. | rajni kothari |
| D. | karl deutsch |
| Answer» B. walter lippmann | |
| 158. |
The theory of ideal state is associated with |
| A. | plato |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 159. |
Political homogeneity is a feature of |
| A. | presidential system |
| B. | collegial executive |
| C. | parliamentary system |
| D. | aristocracy |
| Answer» C. parliamentary system | |
| 160. |
‘Filibustering’ is associated with |
| A. | law making |
| B. | training |
| C. | civil service |
| D. | election |
| Answer» A. law making | |
| 161. |
“The Functions of the Executive” was written by |
| A. | urwick |
| B. | chester bernard |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | herbert simon |
| Answer» B. chester bernard | |
| 162. |
The concept of labour theory of value is propounded by |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | david ricardo |
| D. | karl popper |
| Answer» C. david ricardo | |
| 163. |
Which one of the following is not a concept of Gandhiji |
| A. | ramaraj |
| B. | gramswaraj |
| C. | classeless democracy |
| D. | cottage industries |
| Answer» C. classeless democracy | |
| 164. |
Which one of the following is not a technique of Satyagraha |
| A. | sarvodaya |
| B. | strike |
| C. | hijrat |
| D. | non cooperation |
| Answer» A. sarvodaya | |
| 165. |
Who started Sarvodaya as a social movement |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | jayaprakash narayan |
| C. | vinobha bhave |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. vinobha bhave | |
| 166. |
In a Parliamentary system the council of ministers are responsible to |
| A. | prime minister |
| B. | judiciary |
| C. | parliament |
| D. | president |
| Answer» C. parliament | |
| 167. |
The meeting of the cabinet is presided over by |
| A. | president |
| B. | speaker |
| C. | prime minister |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. prime minister | |
| 168. |
A representative democracy is the most suitable form of government for enactment of laws that are consistent with |
| A. | public opinion |
| B. | principle of liberty |
| C. | regional aspiration |
| D. | market forces |
| Answer» A. public opinion | |
| 169. |
West Minister model stands for particular form of |
| A. | constitution |
| B. | state |
| C. | government |
| D. | administration |
| Answer» C. government | |
| 170. |
According to Marx the state came into being to |
| A. | make life better |
| B. | protect life and liberty |
| C. | end exploitation of the poor |
| D. | legalise exploitation of the poor by the state |
| Answer» D. legalise exploitation of the poor by the state | |
| 171. |
Which institution in a federal system is called 'Balancing Wheel of theConstitution'? |
| A. | legislature |
| B. | executive |
| C. | judiciary |
| D. | press |
| Answer» C. judiciary | |
| 172. |
Who gave the view that ‘ A constitutional state 'is one in which the powers of government, the rights of the governed and the relations between the two are adjusted'? |
| A. | k. c. wheare |
| B. | c. f. strong |
| C. | carl j. friedrich |
| D. | james bryce |
| Answer» B. c. f. strong | |
| 173. |
‘Those who says that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means’ who said this ? |
| A. | gandhi |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | hobbes |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» A. gandhi | |
| 174. |
In which theory of origin of the state, political conscience is an important factor |
| A. | force theory |
| B. | matriarchic theory |
| C. | social contract theory |
| D. | evolutionary theory |
| Answer» D. evolutionary theory | |
| 175. |
“The art of looking for trouble. Finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it wrongly and applying the wrong remedy” Who among the following gave the above definition of politics? |
| A. | Ernest Barker |
| B. | Ernest Benn |
| C. | Frederick Pollock |
| D. | David Easton |
| Answer» B. Ernest Benn | |
| 176. |
Who among the following pioneered the integration of the study of political science with psychology? |
| A. | S.M.Lipset |
| B. | Walter Bagehot |
| C. | Eric Voeghin |
| D. | Harold Laski |
| Answer» B. Walter Bagehot | |
| 177. |
Who among the following advocated that the central idea of the political science is power? |
| A. | David Apter |
| B. | Amos |
| C. | Max weber |
| D. | Runciman |
| Answer» C. Max weber | |
| 178. |
Harold Lasswell’s “Politics: Who Gets, What, when and How” discusses: |
| A. | Distributive justice |
| B. | Scientific method and value-relativism |
| C. | Social implications of political participation |
| D. | Fundamentals of political participation |
| Answer» B. Scientific method and value-relativism | |
| 179. |
Who among the following employed a biological method in the study of politics? |
| A. | Lord action |
| B. | Milton |
| C. | T.H Green |
| D. | Herbert Spencer |
| Answer» D. Herbert Spencer | |
| 180. |
The work ‘Power and Society’ is co-authored by : |
| A. | Greenstein, Polsby and Nelson |
| B. | Rieselbach and Balds |
| C. | Girth and Mills |
| D. | Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan |
| Answer» D. Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan | |
| 181. |
The keynote of liberalism is _________ |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Liberty |
| C. | Liberty of the individual |
| D. | Personality |
| Answer» B. Liberty | |
| 182. |
The famous ‘fourfold functional analysis’ of the social systems is made by |
| A. | Gabriel Almond |
| B. | Sidney Verba |
| C. | James Coleman |
| D. | Talcott Parsons |
| Answer» D. Talcott Parsons | |
| 183. |
A scientific sociological evaluation of the state has been discussed by: |
| A. | Maclver in the Modern state |
| B. | Engels in Anti-Duhring |
| C. | Maclver in the Web of Government |
| D. | Engels in The origin of the family, private property and the state |
| Answer» D. Engels in The origin of the family, private property and the state | |
| 184. |
Jurisprudence is |
| A. | Law |
| B. | History of law |
| C. | Anthology on law |
| D. | Science of law |
| Answer» D. Science of law | |
| 185. |
The work ‘Political Science: A philosophical Analysis’ is authored by: |
| A. | Oran Young |
| B. | Herbert Storing |
| C. | Vermon van Dyke |
| D. | Leo strauss |
| Answer» C. Vermon van Dyke | |
| 186. |
Which of the following works have nsote been authored by R.M. MacIver? |
| A. | The Web of Government |
| B. | Society: its structure and changes |
| C. | The Modern State |
| D. | An introduction to Politics |
| Answer» D. An introduction to Politics | |
| 187. |
Which of the following have been authored by RobertDahl? |
| A. | A preface to Democratic theory |
| B. | Politic science – The discipline and its dimensions |
| C. | Modern political analysis |
| D. | Both (a) and (c) |
| Answer» D. Both (a) and (c) | |
| 188. |
In Marxist theory, society is divided into dominant and dependent classes and the former controls the state which is an embodiment of: |
| A. | Political Power |
| B. | Economic Power |
| C. | Social Power |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Political Power | |
| 189. |
Who opined that it was in small states that democracy first arose? |
| A. | Lord Bryee |
| B. | Lord Action |
| C. | Lord Hewart |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Lord Bryee | |
| 190. |
The chief proponents of the theory of natural rights are |
| A. | John Locke and Thomas Paine |
| B. | Lasswell and Kant |
| C. | Hegel and Kant |
| D. | Durkheim and Weber |
| Answer» A. John Locke and Thomas Paine | |
| 191. |
Which of the following theories is the one opposed to the theory of natural rights? |
| A. | Personality theory of rights |
| B. | Historical theory of rights |
| C. | Legal theory of right |
| D. | social expediency theory of rights |
| Answer» C. Legal theory of right | |
| 192. |
The historical theory of rights can be summed up in the sentence: |
| A. | History makes right |
| B. | What is right is historical |
| C. | History of the child of right |
| D. | History and right are antithetical |
| Answer» A. History makes right | |
| 193. |
In connection with rights, Bentham and Mill expressly advocate the principle of utility in opposition to : |
| A. | Conventions and traditions |
| B. | Merely following customs and appealing to the arbitrary voice of nature |
| C. | Law and rules |
| D. | Principles of jurisprudence |
| Answer» B. Merely following customs and appealing to the arbitrary voice of nature | |
| 194. |
Who among the following laid down an elaborate defiance of personal liberty? |
| A. | Rawls |
| B. | Poulantzas |
| C. | Robert Michels |
| D. | John Stuar Mill |
| Answer» D. John Stuar Mill | |
| 195. |
Civil liberty stands for : |
| A. | Freedom to pursure one’s desire |
| B. | Freedom to exercise discretion in one’s own domain |
| C. | Liberty to mass wealth |
| D. | Liberty to free action and immunity from interference |
| Answer» D. Liberty to free action and immunity from interference | |
| 196. |
Who among the following held the view that liberty and equality are opposed to each other? 1.J.S Mill 2. Lord Hewart 3. De Tocqueville 4. Lord Acton |
| A. | Only 2 |
| B. | Only 3 |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | Only 4 |
| Answer» C. 3 and 4 | |
| 197. |
“----- Who opines that freedom exists only because there is restraint” |
| A. | Dicey |
| B. | Seeley |
| C. | Bryce |
| D. | Willoughby |
| Answer» D. Willoughby | |
| 198. |
“Man is free when he obey’s the law of impulse for self –perfection” – Green in the above statement Thomas Hill Green upholds which of the following ideas of freedom? |
| A. | Personal freedom |
| B. | Moral freedom |
| C. | National freedom |
| D. | Constitutional freedom |
| Answer» B. Moral freedom | |
| 199. |
Democracy in Crisis 3. Democracy in Crisis 28. The author of Anarchy, State and Utopia is |
| A. | F.A. Hayek |
| B. | C.B. Macpherson |
| C. | Robert Nozick |
| D. | Neitzsche |
| Answer» C. Robert Nozick | |
| 200. |
The idea of joining or fitting’ is implied in the concept of |
| A. | Liberty |
| B. | Equality |
| C. | Property |
| D. | Justice |
| Answer» A. Liberty | |
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