McqMate
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) .
| 201. |
What is known as the scientific and systematic search of knowledge? |
| A. | Research |
| B. | study |
| C. | investigation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Research | |
| 202. |
Hypotheses of a Research is |
| A. | Objective in nature |
| B. | Permanent in nature |
| C. | Tentative in nature |
| D. | Final result of a research |
| Answer» C. Tentative in nature | |
| 203. |
Research is important for social scientists because it provides |
| A. | intellectual satisfaction of knowing things |
| B. | it is important to social scientists |
| C. | as an academic topic |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» A. intellectual satisfaction of knowing things | |
| 204. |
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 | |
| 205. |
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 | |
| 206. |
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 | |
| 207. |
The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to |
| A. | 4th century |
| C. | b. 3rd century B.C. C. 5th century B.C. |
| D. | 6th century B.C. |
| Answer» A. 4th century | |
| 208. |
In the Classical or Normative period, the study of politics reflected |
| A. | a normative concern and deductive method of explanation |
| B. | behavioural study of politics |
| C. | value oriented study of politics |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. a normative concern and deductive method of explanation | |
| 209. |
Who dealt with the question of ‘justice’ in the Republic through the ideal state |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Machiavelli |
| Answer» A. Aristotle | |
| 210. |
Whose work is ‘A History of Political Theory’? |
| A. | George H. Sabine |
| B. | Gabriel Almond |
| C. | David Easton |
| D. | Gilchrist |
| Answer» A. George H. Sabine | |
| 211. |
Who introduced ‘Historicism’? |
| A. | Karl Popper |
| B. | Compte |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Sabine |
| Answer» A. Karl Popper | |
| 212. |
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 | |
| 213. |
Behavioural approach in Political 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 | |
| 214. |
Who was the most ardent advocate of Post-Behaviouralism? |
| A. | David Easton |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
| D. | Harold D. Lasswell |
| Answer» A. David Easton | |
| 215. |
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’ | |
| 216. |
Historical materialism is one of the tools in |
| A. | Behaviouralism |
| B. | Utilitarianism |
| C. | Marxism |
| D. | Post-behaviouralism |
| Answer» C. Marxism | |
| 217. |
“it is not a matter of ‘problems’ to be ‘solved’ but a state of domination and subjugation to be ended by a total transformation of the conditions which give rise to it”. Who said this? |
| A. | David Easton |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» D. Ralph Miliband | |
| 218. |
Who said, the State is the politically organized people of a definite territory”? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» A. J.K. Bluntschli | |
| 219. |
Who defines state as “People organized for law within a definite territory”? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» C. Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson | |
| 220. |
Territorial society divided into government and subjects whose relationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power”. Who said this? |
| A. | Harold J. Laski |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» A. Harold J. Laski | |
| 221. |
Who emphasized the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organization and maintenance of the state? |
| A. | Harold J. Laski |
| C. | Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Willoughby |
| Answer» D. Willoughby | |
| 222. |
Who said, an association as “a group organized 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 | |
| 223. |
The most important proponents of civil society is the propagators of |
| A. | Neo-liberalism |
| B. | Liberalism |
| C. | Realism |
| D. | Marxism |
| Answer» A. Neo-liberalism | |
| 224. |
Civil society was constituted with the consent of the people for the purpose of protecting and safeguarding private property. Who said? |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Adam Ferguson |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Adam Ferguson | |
| 225. |
who observed ‘civil society as a vibrant sphere peopled by all kinds of associations, churches, libraries, literary bodies, public groups, town councils, and other autonomous public organizations’ |
| A. | Michel Waltzer |
| B. | Tocquvellian |
| C. | Cohen |
| D. | Aratto |
| Answer» B. Tocquvellian | |
| 226. |
Civil society is a protective buffer for the state and economy. Who said? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» A. Gramsci | |
| 227. |
Who said, Kinship created a common consciousness, common interest and common purpose? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Henry Maine |
| Answer» D. Henry Maine | |
| 228. |
Who has written the work ‘Ancient Society’? |
| A. | Lewis H. Morgan |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Henry Maine |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Lewis H. Morgan | |
| 229. |
Whose work is “The origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Engels |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» C. Engels | |
| 230. |
Whose work is ‘The poverty of Philosophy’? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Engels |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» B. Marx | |
| 231. |
“State and Revolution” is written by |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» C. Lenin | |
| 232. |
whose work is”Anti-Duhring”? |
| A. | Friedrich Engels |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» A. Friedrich Engels | |
| 233. |
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 | |
| 234. |
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 | |
| 235. |
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 | |
| 236. |
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 | |
| 237. |
Whose work is “Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» B. John Austin | |
| 238. |
Who developed the concept of law as “a command given by a superior to an inferior”. |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | John Lock |
| C. | Hugo Grotius |
| D. | John Austin |
| Answer» D. John Austin | |
| 239. |
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 | |
| 240. |
Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”? |
| A. | John Austin |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Lask |
| D. | Locke |
| Answer» C. Lask | |
| 241. |
Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’? |
| A. | Montesquieu |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Mac Iver |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» C. Mac Iver | |
| 242. |
A political party is an association of organized people in support of some principle or policy which by constitutional means endeavors to make the determinant of government”. Who defined? |
| A. | Gettel |
| B. | Mac Iver |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Henry Maine |
| Answer» D. Henry Maine | |
| 243. |
Who describes parties as “brokers of ideas”? |
| A. | MacIver |
| B. | Gettel |
| C. | Lowell |
| D. | Gilchrist |
| Answer» C. Lowell | |
| 244. |
Whose work is “On Liberty”? |
| A. | Henry Maine |
| B. | J.S. Mill |
| C. | Gettel |
| D. | T.H. Green |
| Answer» B. J.S. Mill | |
| 245. |
A systematically way to solve the research problem is |
| A. | Scientific |
| B. | observational |
| C. | research methodology |
| D. | fact basis |
| Answer» C. research methodology | |
| 246. |
What is the role of synopsis? |
| A. | it is the pilot study of a research |
| B. | guidelines to research |
| C. | primary study |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. it is the pilot study of a research | |
| 247. |
Political science is a discipline. |
| A. | which does not subscribe to any values |
| B. | meant to study values |
| C. | that cannot ignore values |
| D. | which provides value free analysis |
| Answer» C. that cannot ignore values | |
| 248. |
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 | |
| 249. |
Whose work is “The Nerves of Government”? |
| A. | Catlin |
| B. | Duverger |
| C. | Deutsch |
| D. | George Sabine |
| Answer» C. Deutsch | |
| 250. |
Robert Nozik is |
| A. | a neo-liberal |
| B. | a communitarian liberal |
| C. | a classical liberal |
| D. | a pluralist liberal |
| Answer» A. a neo-liberal | |
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