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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) , Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BA Economics) , Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 251. |
Who defines the political system as the “institutions, processes and interactions throug which values are authoritatively allocated in a society? |
| A. | Almond |
| B. | Easton |
| C. | Apter |
| D. | Pye |
| Answer» B. Easton | |
| 252. |
Who said that politics is concerned with the authoritative ‘allocation of values’ for a society? |
| A. | B. Miller |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | Alan Ball |
| D. | Ernest Benn |
| Answer» B. David Easton | |
| 253. |
Which of the following is one of the traditionally recognized organs of power in a state? |
| A. | Legislature |
| B. | Executive |
| C. | Judiciary |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Judiciary | |
| 254. |
The ‘power theory’ finds its brilliant manifestation in the political philosophy of |
| A. | Locke |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Mill |
| D. | Rousseau |
| Answer» D. Rousseau | |
| 255. |
Which of the following are not the basic of the authority of society? |
| A. | Social customs |
| B. | Conventions |
| C. | Laws |
| D. | Moral pressure |
| Answer» D. Moral pressure | |
| 256. |
The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | History |
| C. | Political Science |
| D. | Psychology |
| Answer» C. Political Science | |
| 257. |
________________is the central subject of the study of political science. |
| A. | Population |
| B. | State |
| C. | Behaviour |
| D. | Mass Communication |
| Answer» B. State | |
| 258. |
Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the foundations of the State and the principles of Government? |
| A. | Prof.Harold Laski |
| B. | Lasswell |
| C. | Garner |
| D. | Paul Janet |
| Answer» D. Paul Janet | |
| 259. |
Bluntschli restricted the scope of Political Science to |
| A. | The study of government and politics |
| B. | The study of State and Government |
| C. | The study of Government |
| D. | The study of State |
| Answer» D. The study of State | |
| 260. |
Prof. Harold Laski emphasized the scope of Political Science to include the study of |
| A. | State and sovereignty |
| B. | Government and politics |
| C. | State and Government |
| D. | Government only |
| Answer» C. State and Government | |
| 261. |
Who said that State comes into existence originating in the bare needs of life of man and continuing in existence for the sake of good life? |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Montesqueau |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 262. |
_______________is the most important agency of the State |
| A. | Press |
| B. | Judiciary |
| C. | Sovereignty |
| D. | Government |
| Answer» D. Government | |
| 263. |
The concept of ‘politics’ originated in ancient |
| A. | Athens |
| B. | Sparta |
| C. | Greece |
| D. | Spain |
| Answer» C. Greece | |
| 264. |
Politics is a struggle for power on three levels |
| A. | Society, state and family |
| B. | State, inter-state and intra-state |
| C. | Family, society and political groups |
| D. | Nation, state and districts |
| Answer» B. State, inter-state and intra-state | |
| 265. |
David Easton defined politics as authoritative allocation of |
| A. | Power |
| B. | Influences |
| C. | Interests |
| D. | Values |
| Answer» D. Values | |
| 266. |
A policy is authoritative when there __________to the authority |
| A. | Willing compliance |
| B. | Forceful compliance |
| C. | Resistance |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Willing compliance | |
| 267. |
The central idea of sovereignty is |
| A. | Power |
| B. | Law |
| C. | Authority |
| D. | Legitimacy |
| Answer» B. Law | |
| 268. |
The main characteristics of a civil society are organization, interaction, communication and |
| A. | Friendship |
| B. | Interdependence |
| C. | Solidarity |
| D. | Goodwill |
| Answer» C. Solidarity | |
| 269. |
Who among the following defined democracy as “the government of the people, for the peop0le and by the people”? |
| A. | Maclver |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Abraham Lincoln |
| D. | Napoleon |
| Answer» C. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 270. |
Which of the following is not a method of democratic participation? |
| A. | Voting |
| B. | Campaigning in the election |
| C. | Contesting the election |
| D. | Listening the election speeches |
| Answer» D. Listening the election speeches | |
| 271. |
The success of democracy depends upon |
| A. | Popular education |
| B. | Faith in certain fundamental democratic principles |
| C. | Social equality |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 272. |
Who wrote the book Considerations on Representative Government? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Rousseau |
| D. | J.S. Mill |
| Answer» D. J.S. Mill | |
| 273. |
Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government? |
| A. | Voting |
| B. | Decision-making |
| C. | Military force |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Voting | |
| 274. |
Contribute towards the success of democracy? |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Participation |
| C. | Political parties |
| D. | Overpopulation |
| Answer» D. Overpopulation | |
| 275. |
Hobbes idea of civil society is the area where in the liberty of the subject lies in |
| A. | The liberty to buy and sell and otherwise contract with one another |
| B. | The liberty to choose their own abode |
| C. | The liberty to choose their own trade of life |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 276. |
According to the classical liberal theorists |
| A. | State is a social agency |
| B. | State is a political agency |
| C. | State is a neutral body |
| D. | State is an agent of economic upliftment |
| Answer» B. State is a political agency | |
| 277. |
According to the liberal theory, the individual can find freedom by |
| A. | Obedience to the State |
| B. | Voluntary choice of activities |
| C. | Resistance to the authority |
| D. | Going against the law |
| Answer» B. Voluntary choice of activities | |
| 278. |
Who said “Rights, in fact, are those conditions of social life without which no man seek, in general to be his best”? |
| A. | Maclver |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Kant |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 279. |
Which of the following statement is true? |
| A. | No rights can be given to the man against the social interest |
| B. | Grant of rights is not concerned with social interest |
| C. | Rights can have anti-social character |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. No rights can be given to the man against the social interest | |
| 280. |
According to _________”Life is not merely living but living well” |
| A. | St. Augustine |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Socrates |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 281. |
In the words of Laski |
| A. | State is not known by the rights of the State |
| B. | State is known to crate rights |
| C. | State is known by moral rights |
| D. | State is known by the rights it maintains |
| Answer» D. State is known by the rights it maintains | |
| 282. |
The statement “Men are born and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights is associated with |
| A. | U.N Character of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. |
| B. | French Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789 |
| C. | American Declaration of Rights |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. French Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789 | |
| 283. |
According to ___________”A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the State” |
| A. | Barker |
| B. | Bosanquet |
| C. | Hobbes |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» B. Bosanquet | |
| 284. |
Which of the following is correct? |
| A. | My right is not your duty and your right is my duty |
| B. | My right is your duty and your right is mu duty |
| C. | Right and duties are not the two sides of the same coin |
| D. | Every right does not have a corresponding obligation |
| Answer» B. My right is your duty and your right is mu duty | |
| 285. |
Which of the following rights were considered important during middle ages? |
| A. | Right of life |
| B. | Right of education |
| C. | Right of properly |
| D. | And (c) |
| Answer» D. And (c) | |
| 286. |
In the words of _________in his book Principles of social political Obligation, “Right are the external conditions necessary for the greatest possible development for the greatest possible development of the capacities of the personality” |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Barker |
| C. | Bosanquet |
| D. | Lindsay |
| Answer» B. Barker | |
| 287. |
By fundamental rights we mean, |
| A. | Right’s guaranteed by the constitution |
| B. | Rights guaranteed by the monarch |
| C. | Rights followed by duties |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Right’s guaranteed by the constitution | |
| 288. |
The political Rights granted by the state enable a citizen to |
| A. | Participate in the administration of the state |
| B. | Lead good religious life |
| C. | Preach politics |
| D. | Meddle in affairs of Government |
| Answer» A. Participate in the administration of the state | |
| 289. |
Which of the following is not a Theory of Rights? |
| A. | Legal theory of Rights |
| B. | Historical theory of Rights |
| C. | Divine Rights of King |
| D. | Social welfare theory of rights, |
| Answer» C. Divine Rights of King | |
| 290. |
_________is the earliest theory of rights |
| A. | Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights |
| B. | Legal theory |
| C. | Welfare theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights | |
| 291. |
Locke is the supporter of |
| A. | Theory of Natural rights |
| B. | Historical theory of rights |
| C. | Legal theory of rights |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Theory of Natural rights | |
| 292. |
Which of the following statements is not associated with natural theory of rights? |
| A. | Rights inherent in man |
| B. | Rights are absolute |
| C. | Rights are pre-civil and according to some political thinkers they are also pre-social |
| D. | Rights are alienable |
| Answer» D. Rights are alienable | |
| 293. |
Who among the following supported the theory of Natural Rights ? |
| A. | Locke |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Thomas Paine |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. Locke | |
| 294. |
According to _____________one’s natural rights are ones natural powers |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Mill |
| D. | Thomas paine |
| Answer» B. Hobbes | |
| 295. |
Who among the following propounded the legal theory of rights? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Ritche |
| D. | Roussau |
| Answer» A. Hobbes | |
| 296. |
In the opinion of Laski |
| A. | Holds are created by the State |
| B. | Rights are prior to the state |
| C. | They are not recognized by the State |
| D. | Both (a) and b) |
| Answer» B. Rights are prior to the state | |
| 297. |
Which of the following is an essential conditions for safeguarding rights of the individuals? I. Decentralisation of authority II. Existence of Consultative bodies III. Existence of supreme court IV. Non-interference by the state in the internal affairs of associations |
| A. | Only I and II |
| B. | Only II and III |
| C. | Only II,III and IV |
| D. | Only I,II and IV |
| Answer» D. Only I,II and IV | |
| 298. |
A bill of Rights is |
| A. | A declaration of fundamental rights |
| B. | An economic terms |
| C. | A business term |
| D. | A constitutional term |
| Answer» A. A declaration of fundamental rights | |
| 299. |
Which of the following countries was the first to include a Bill of Rights? |
| A. | America |
| B. | India |
| C. | Sweden |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Sweden | |
| 300. |
________is not a Civil Right |
| A. | Right of life |
| B. | Right to Liberty |
| C. | Right to Education |
| D. | Right to vote |
| Answer» D. Right to vote | |
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