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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) .
| 251. |
Who wrote the work “Anarchy, State and Utopia” |
| A. | Taylor |
| B. | Merriam |
| C. | Robert Nozik |
| D. | Catlin |
| Answer» C. Robert Nozik | |
| 252. |
The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’ |
| A. | Republicaa |
| B. | Polis |
| C. | Republic |
| D. | commonweal |
| Answer» B. Polis | |
| 253. |
Who wrote the work “Psychopathology and Politics”? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Lasswell |
| C. | MacIver |
| D. | Charles Marriam |
| Answer» B. Lasswell | |
| 254. |
Who wrote the work “The Great Issues of Politics” |
| A. | MacIver |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Lipson |
| D. | Catlin |
| Answer» C. Lipson | |
| 255. |
Whose work is “The Web of Government”? |
| A. | Lasswell |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Lipset |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» D. MacIver | |
| 256. |
The following is true about ‘rational choice theory’ |
| A. | Individuals as key actors |
| B. | Institutions as key to all knowledge |
| C. | Stress on Materialistic factor |
| D. | historical point of importance |
| Answer» A. Individuals as key actors | |
| 257. |
Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism |
| A. | Leo Strauss |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | George Catlin |
| D. | Charles Merriam |
| Answer» B. David Easton | |
| 258. |
‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This state ment explains the following. |
| A. | Positivism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | Behaviouralism |
| D. | Post Behaviouralism |
| Answer» D. Post Behaviouralism | |
| 259. |
The thinker who based politics on philosophy was |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» A. Plato | |
| 260. |
One of the following is a philosopher of the classical political theory |
| A. | Duverger |
| B. | Lasswell |
| C. | Strauss |
| D. | Dahl |
| Answer» C. Strauss | |
| 261. |
Who used to say “ I am the state”? |
| A. | Louis XIV |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | John Austin |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» A. Louis XIV | |
| 262. |
Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’ |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» B. Rousseau | |
| 263. |
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 | |
| 264. |
Whose contribution is “The Spirit of Laws”? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» D. Montesquieu | |
| 265. |
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 | |
| 266. |
The main functions of the state, according to the Pluralists is to |
| A. | regulate production and distribution of essential goods |
| B. | harmonise the rights and activities of various groups and association |
| C. | promote general welfare of its citizens |
| D. | provide social security |
| Answer» B. harmonise the rights and activities of various groups and association | |
| 267. |
Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number” |
| A. | T.H. Green |
| B. | Jeremy Bentham |
| C. | J. S. Mill |
| D. | Laksi |
| Answer» B. Jeremy Bentham | |
| 268. |
Who contributed “A Theory of Justice”? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | MacIver |
| C. | John Rawls |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» C. John Rawls | |
| 269. |
Whose work is “Poverty of Philosophy”? |
| A. | Engel |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 270. |
The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | feudalism |
| C. | absolute monarchy |
| D. | decolonization |
| Answer» B. feudalism | |
| 271. |
The Austian theory attributes to the sovereign |
| A. | political supremacy |
| B. | the power of Political Legitimation |
| C. | moral Omnicompetence |
| D. | Absolute judicial authority |
| Answer» D. Absolute judicial authority | |
| 272. |
Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Robert Michaels |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» C. Robert Michaels | |
| 273. |
Who said “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely” |
| A. | Almond |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Acton |
| D. | Apter |
| Answer» A. Almond | |
| 274. |
Who among the following theorized imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Mao |
| Answer» B. Lenin | |
| 275. |
Who among the following was the chief exponent of the legal theory of sovereignty? |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Austin |
| D. | Bodin |
| Answer» C. Austin | |
| 276. |
One of the following is not the feature of sovereignty |
| A. | Originality |
| B. | All-comprehensiveness |
| C. | Divisibility |
| D. | Inalienability |
| Answer» C. Divisibility | |
| 277. |
Austin was an English |
| A. | jurist |
| B. | sociologist |
| C. | economist |
| D. | scientist |
| Answer» A. jurist | |
| 278. |
Which one of the following doctrines accords central role to the notion of citizenship |
| A. | Theocracy |
| B. | Totalitarianism |
| C. | Fabianism |
| D. | Republicanism |
| Answer» D. Republicanism | |
| 279. |
Who described imperialism as the potential phase of Capitalism ? |
| A. | Hobson |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Kautsky |
| D. | Schumpeter |
| Answer» D. Schumpeter | |
| 280. |
Who observed imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» D. Lenin | |
| 281. |
Rousseau is the advocate of |
| A. | Political Sovereignty |
| B. | Legal sovereignty |
| C. | Popular Sovereignty |
| D. | Personal |
| Answer» C. Popular Sovereignty | |
| 282. |
Who wrote “Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach is who gets, what, when, how”? |
| A. | Kaplan |
| B. | Almond and Powell |
| C. | David Easton |
| D. | Lasswell |
| Answer» D. Lasswell | |
| 283. |
Who said the statement, “rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best” |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | H.J. Laski |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | T.H. Green |
| Answer» B. H.J. Laski | |
| 284. |
Who described rights properly are creatures of law? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | T.H. Green |
| C. | Kant |
| D. | Hegel |
| Answer» A. Bentham | |
| 285. |
Who propounded the Functional Theory of Rights? |
| A. | Mill |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Locke |
| Answer» A. Mill | |
| 286. |
Rights are legal means |
| A. | Rights are enforceable |
| B. | Law can take away our rights |
| C. | rights are the results of some law |
| D. | rights are social |
| Answer» C. rights are the results of some law | |
| 287. |
The Positive Theory of liberty is advocated by |
| A. | Green |
| B. | J.S. Mill |
| C. | Karl Popper |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» A. Green | |
| 288. |
Who among the following is an advocate of the republican notion of liberty? |
| A. | Hegal |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Mill |
| Answer» B. Machiavelli | |
| 289. |
Who is among advocate of negative theory of liberty? |
| A. | Kant |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Sidgwick |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» D. Montesquieu | |
| 290. |
Who among the first enunciate the concept ‘forced freedom’ |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» A. Rousseau | |
| 291. |
Which of the following is known as the Charter of liberties? |
| A. | Bill of Rights |
| B. | Magna Carta |
| C. | both A and B |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Magna Carta | |
| 292. |
The doctrine of proportionate equality is propounded who among these? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 293. |
Which one of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice? |
| A. | Harmony |
| B. | Equality |
| C. | Fraternity |
| D. | Liberty |
| Answer» A. Harmony | |
| 294. |
What is the most fundamental notion underlying the Marxist vision of justice? |
| A. | Class |
| B. | Exploitation |
| C. | Need |
| D. | Desert |
| Answer» C. Need | |
| 295. |
Who among 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 | |
| 296. |
Who described the Rule of Law as nonsense stilts? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Montesquieu |
| D. | Rawl |
| Answer» A. Bentham | |
| 297. |
Hegel saw civil society as a domain of |
| A. | Harmony |
| B. | Universality |
| C. | Particularity |
| D. | Freedom |
| Answer» B. Universality | |
| 298. |
According to Antonio Gramsci, civil society is primarily geared to the generation of |
| A. | exploitation |
| B. | coercion |
| C. | consent |
| D. | dissent |
| Answer» C. consent | |
| 299. |
Who theorized civil society as an ideological domain? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Noam Chomsky |
| D. | Hegel |
| Answer» A. Gramsci | |
| 300. |
Who introduced ‘hegemony’ in the concept of civil society? |
| A. | Lenin |
| B. | Gramsci |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» B. Gramsci | |
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