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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) .
| 51. |
Who regarded revolution as a means of achieving freedom? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Dahl |
| C. | John Milton |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» C. John Milton | |
| 52. |
Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights, rights demand the state, who has made this statement? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Barker |
| Answer» B. Green | |
| 53. |
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 | |
| 54. |
Who said “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ? |
| A. | Lord Acton |
| B. | David Apter |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» A. Lord Acton | |
| 55. |
Parliamentary form of government first involved in |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | The United Kingdom |
| C. | The United States |
| D. | Rome |
| Answer» B. The United Kingdom | |
| 56. |
India has adopted Rule of Law on the pattern of |
| A. | Britain |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Britain with certain modifications |
| D. | USA |
| Answer» C. Britain with certain modifications | |
| 57. |
Who said that Bureaucracy is “a regulated administrative system organized as a series of interrelated offices ? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Gladden |
| C. | F.M. Marx |
| D. | John A. Vieg |
| Answer» B. Gladden | |
| 58. |
The power to decide an election petition is vested in the |
| A. | Parliament |
| B. | Supreme Court |
| C. | High Courts |
| D. | Election Commission |
| Answer» C. High Courts | |
| 59. |
Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a social order”? |
| A. | G.S. Peter |
| B. | H Arendt |
| C. | Huntington |
| D. | Neumann |
| Answer» D. Neumann | |
| 60. |
Participation is an important element of every |
| A. | Monarchial System |
| B. | Oligarchical System |
| C. | Democratic System |
| D. | Aristocratic System |
| Answer» C. Democratic System | |
| 61. |
'If sovereignty is not absolute, no state will exist'. Who said this ? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Austin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 62. |
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 | |
| 63. |
Who said ‘Neutrality is’ one of the strongest bulworks of democracy ? |
| A. | F. M. Marx |
| B. | Peter Self |
| C. | Ajay Baseli |
| D. | O. P. Dwivedi |
| Answer» C. Ajay Baseli | |
| 64. |
“All administration means domination” who said this ? |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Martin Albrow |
| C. | R. K. Merton |
| D. | Talcot Parsons |
| Answer» A. Weber | |
| 65. |
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 | |
| 66. |
Democracy is meaningless without |
| A. | President and Congress |
| B. | Supreme Court and President |
| C. | A federal form of government |
| D. | Freedom of speech |
| Answer» D. Freedom of speech | |
| 67. |
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of |
| A. | Modern totalitarianism |
| B. | Politics of developing countries |
| C. | Developed socialism |
| D. | Advanced Capitalism |
| Answer» B. Politics of developing countries | |
| 68. |
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 | |
| 69. |
Gandhi describe himself as a |
| A. | Social democrat |
| B. | Philosophical anarchist |
| C. | Socialist |
| D. | Liberal |
| Answer» B. Philosophical anarchist | |
| 70. |
David Easton stated in his work, The Political System, 1953, that two kinds of political inputs are: |
| A. | Voting and impeachment |
| B. | Political action committees and political parties |
| C. | Demand and support |
| D. | Pressure and bribery |
| Answer» C. Demand and support | |
| 71. |
According to Aristotle, democracy is |
| A. | A genuine form of government |
| B. | The same as oligarchy |
| C. | A perverted form of government |
| D. | The same as polity |
| Answer» B. The same as oligarchy | |
| 72. |
Power is the capacity to |
| A. | Persuade |
| B. | Hold sovereignty |
| C. | Produce intended effects |
| D. | Exercise authority |
| Answer» B. Hold sovereignty | |
| 73. |
Authority is the right to |
| A. | Invoke tradition |
| B. | Nationhood |
| C. | Rule |
| D. | Delegate |
| Answer» A. Invoke tradition | |
| 74. |
Sovereignty refers to |
| A. | Ruling monarchs |
| B. | Ceremonial leaders |
| C. | Supreme courts |
| D. | The ultimate source of authority in society |
| Answer» A. Ruling monarchs | |
| 75. |
Which of the following is the function of political parties? |
| A. | Supervising interest groups |
| B. | Administering elections |
| C. | Aggregating (combining) interest |
| D. | Negotiating with foreign governments |
| Answer» C. Aggregating (combining) interest | |
| 76. |
The assignment of law-making, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to independent branches of the government is called |
| A. | separation of powers |
| B. | checks and balances. |
| C. | enumerated powers. |
| D. | implied powers. |
| Answer» A. separation of powers | |
| 77. |
Social capital is based on |
| A. | Start up funding for voluntary organisations |
| B. | Widespread acceptance of the market economy |
| C. | Eastern Europe’s ‘third way’ |
| D. | A culture of trust and cooperation |
| Answer» D. A culture of trust and cooperation | |
| 78. |
Who introduced hegemony in the concept of civil society? |
| A. | Lenin |
| B. | Gramsci |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» B. Gramsci | |
| 79. |
Who said ‘civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Nehru |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» B. Gandhi | |
| 80. |
The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with |
| A. | Michels |
| B. | Millet |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Kant |
| Answer» A. Michels | |
| 81. |
Who wrote the work ‘a preface to democratic theory’? |
| A. | Dahl |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» A. Dahl | |
| 82. |
The most essential principle of liberalism is |
| A. | Equality |
| B. | Social justice |
| C. | Democracy |
| D. | Freedom |
| Answer» D. Freedom | |
| 83. |
Who is guild socialist? |
| A. | Green |
| B. | Mill |
| C. | Cole |
| D. | Dicey |
| Answer» C. Cole | |
| 84. |
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 | |
| 85. |
An institution is a form of |
| A. | Organisation |
| B. | Legal system |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | State |
| Answer» A. Organisation | |
| 86. |
Who said Politics is about 'who gets what, when and how'? |
| A. | Lasswell |
| B. | Almond |
| C. | Easton |
| D. | Verba |
| Answer» A. Lasswell | |
| 87. |
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 | |
| 88. |
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 | |
| 89. |
Which one of the following countries introduced universal adult franchise is one move? |
| A. | Australia. |
| B. | USA |
| C. | India |
| D. | UK |
| Answer» C. India | |
| 90. |
Who among the following argued that universal suffrage does injustice to property owners? |
| A. | J.S. Mill |
| B. | W.F. Willoughby |
| C. | H.J. Laski |
| D. | Henry Maine |
| Answer» A. J.S. Mill | |
| 91. |
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 | |
| 92. |
Who among the following is not an exponent of ‘Elitist Theory of Democracy’? |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Pareto |
| C. | Michel |
| D. | C Macpherson |
| Answer» D. C Macpherson | |
| 93. |
Who among the following advocated partyless democracy in India? |
| A. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
| B. | Jayprakash Narayan |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | M.N. Roy |
| Answer» B. Jayprakash Narayan | |
| 94. |
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 | |
| 95. |
Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the ‘end of history’? |
| A. | Samuel P. Huntington |
| B. | Francis Fukuyama |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| D. | C. Wright Mills |
| Answer» A. Samuel P. Huntington | |
| 96. |
Who among the following favoured qualification as the basis for right to vote? |
| A. | E. Barker |
| B. | T.H. Green |
| C. | J.S. Mill |
| D. | J. Bentham |
| Answer» C. J.S. Mill | |
| 97. |
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 | |
| 98. |
Which is Canada’s political system? |
| A. | a confederal state |
| B. | a direct democracy |
| C. | a unitary state |
| D. | a parliamentary democracy |
| Answer» D. a parliamentary democracy | |
| 99. |
Rational-legal authority also known as |
| A. | Confederal |
| B. | Universal |
| C. | Democratic |
| D. | Bureaucratic |
| Answer» D. Bureaucratic | |
| 100. |
“A partyess regime is a conservative regime an anti-party regime is a reactionary regime.” Who made this statement? |
| A. | Samuel Huntington |
| B. | Sartori |
| C. | Carl J. Friedrich |
| D. | K.C. Wheare |
| Answer» B. Sartori | |
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