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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) .
| 101. |
the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Michels |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Pareto |
| Answer» A. Mosca | |
| 102. |
The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of |
| A. | Democracy |
| B. | Absolute monarchy |
| C. | Feudalism |
| D. | Decolonization |
| Answer» B. Absolute monarchy | |
| 103. |
Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as ration-legal authority ? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Herbert A. Simon |
| C. | Vilfredo Pareto |
| D. | F.M. Marx |
| Answer» A. Max Weber | |
| 104. |
The Communist manifesto was first published in |
| A. | Russian |
| B. | English |
| C. | German |
| D. | French |
| Answer» C. German | |
| 105. |
The International Criminal Court is located at |
| A. | Washington |
| B. | Hague |
| C. | Geneva |
| D. | London |
| Answer» B. Hague | |
| 106. |
Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history ? |
| A. | Francis Fukuyama |
| B. | Samuel P. Huntington |
| C. | David Held |
| D. | Samir Amin |
| Answer» A. Francis Fukuyama | |
| 107. |
The National Parliamentary body of China is known as |
| A. | National People’s Congress |
| B. | Supreme Soviet |
| C. | People’s Assembly |
| D. | State Council |
| Answer» A. National People’s Congress | |
| 108. |
Which aspect of imperialism does the dependency theory emphasize ? |
| A. | Strategic |
| B. | Political |
| C. | Cultural |
| D. | Economic |
| Answer» D. Economic | |
| 109. |
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. | |
| 110. |
Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity? |
| A. | MacIver |
| B. | Robert Dahl |
| C. | Hobbes |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» B. Robert Dahl | |
| 111. |
The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | Latin |
| C. | English |
| D. | French |
| Answer» B. Latin | |
| 112. |
Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society” |
| A. | John Lock |
| B. | B. J.S. Mill |
| C. | David Easton |
| D. | Almond |
| Answer» C. David Easton | |
| 113. |
Political science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in which year |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1970 |
| Answer» A. 1948 | |
| 114. |
Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Socrates |
| D. | Machiavelli |
| Answer» A. Aristotle | |
| 115. |
The scope of Political Science is determined by the enquiries that arise in connection with the state. Who said so? |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | Almond |
| C. | T.H. Green |
| D. | August Compte |
| Answer» A. Gilchrist | |
| 116. |
In the Classical or Normative period, the study of politics reflected |
| A. | a normative concern and deductive method explanation |
| B. | behavioural study of politics |
| C. | values oriented study of politics |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. a normative concern and deductive method explanation | |
| 117. |
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 | |
| 118. |
Behavioural approach in Politics Science is an attempt to make the empirical content of Political Science more scientific who said this? |
| A. | Charles Merriam |
| B. | Robert A Dahl |
| C. | George Catlin |
| D. | Arthur Bentley |
| Answer» A. Charles Merriam | |
| 119. |
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 | |
| 120. |
Politics is “the study of shaping and sharing of power” |
| A. | Charles Merriam |
| B. | Robert A Dahl |
| C. | Harold D Lasswell |
| D. | Arthur Bentley |
| Answer» C. Harold D Lasswell | |
| 121. |
Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact” |
| A. | C Wright Mills |
| B. | Robert A Dahl |
| C. | Harold D Lasswell |
| D. | Arthur Bentley |
| Answer» A. C Wright Mills | |
| 122. |
Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Bahaviouralism? |
| A. | David Easton |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| D. | Harold D Lasswell |
| Answer» A. David Easton | |
| 123. |
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 | |
| 124. |
Historical materialism is one of the tools in |
| A. | Behaviouralism |
| B. | Utilitarianism |
| C. | Marxism |
| D. | Post behaviouralism |
| Answer» D. Post behaviouralism | |
| 125. |
Who said the state is the politically organised people of a definite territory? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» A. J.K. Bluntschli | |
| 126. |
Who defines state as “people organised for law within a definite territory? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» B. C Wright Mills | |
| 127. |
“Territorial society divided into government and subjects who relationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power” who said this? |
| A. | Harold J Laski |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» A. Harold J Laski | |
| 128. |
Who emphasised the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organisation and maintenance of the stae? |
| A. | Harold J Laski |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Willoughby |
| Answer» D. Willoughby | |
| 129. |
Who said, an association as “a group organised for the pursuit of an interest or a group of interests in common”? |
| A. | Harold J Laski |
| B. | MacIver |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Willoughby |
| Answer» B. MacIver | |
| 130. |
Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state? |
| A. | Garner |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» B. Jean Bodin | |
| 131. |
Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty? |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | John Austin |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» C. John Austin | |
| 132. |
Who defines sovereignty it as ‘the sum total of the influences in a state which lie behind the law” |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | A.V. Dicey |
| C. | John Austin |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» A. Gilchrist | |
| 133. |
Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘general will’ |
| A. | Anthony Giddens |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» B. Rousseau | |
| 134. |
Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens and subjects unrestrained by law”? |
| A. | John Austin |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Jean Bodin |
| Answer» D. Jean Bodin | |
| 135. |
Whose work is “the Law of War and Peace” |
| A. | John Austin |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Hugo Grotius |
| D. | John Locke |
| Answer» C. Hugo Grotius | |
| 136. |
Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» B. John Austin | |
| 137. |
Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of sovereignty? |
| A. | Hugo Grotius |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | Henry Maine |
| D. | Jean Bodin |
| Answer» C. Henry Maine | |
| 138. |
Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”? |
| A. | John Austin |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Locke |
| Answer» C. Laski | |
| 139. |
Whose work is “The Spirit of Laws”? |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | Henry Maine |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» D. Montesquieu | |
| 140. |
Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’? |
| A. | Montesquieu |
| B. | Mac Iver |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» C. Laski | |
| 141. |
Whose work is “Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution”? |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | Gilchrist |
| C. | Hugo Grotius |
| D. | A.V. Dicey |
| Answer» C. Hugo Grotius | |
| 142. |
Who wrote the work “Representative Government”? |
| A. | Lowell |
| B. | T.H. Green |
| C. | J.S. Mill |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» C. J.S. Mill | |
| 143. |
Politics science is a discipline |
| A. | That cannot ignore values |
| B. | Which provides value free analysis |
| C. | Which does not subscribe to any values |
| D. | Meant to study values |
| Answer» A. That cannot ignore values | |
| 144. |
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 | |
| 145. |
Whose work is “the Nerves of Government” |
| A. | Catlin |
| B. | Duverger |
| C. | Deutsch |
| D. | George Sabine |
| Answer» C. Deutsch | |
| 146. |
The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’ |
| A. | Republica |
| B. | Polis |
| C. | Republic |
| D. | Commonweal |
| Answer» B. Polis | |
| 147. |
Who described politics as “acting in concert”? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Hannah Arendt |
| Answer» D. Hannah Arendt | |
| 148. |
Who wrote the work ‘The Great Issues Politics’? |
| A. | MacIver |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Lipson |
| D. | Catlin |
| Answer» C. Lipson | |
| 149. |
Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”? |
| A. | Lasswell |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Lipson |
| D. | Catlin |
| Answer» D. Catlin | |
| 150. |
Whose work is “Marxism and Politics”? |
| A. | Macpherson |
| B. | Willoughby |
| C. | Charles Merriam |
| D. | Miliband |
| Answer» D. Miliband | |
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