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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) .
| 301. |
Who wrote the book “Hind Swaraj”? |
| A. | Ram Manohar Lohia |
| B. | Subash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 302. |
Gandhi’s ‘swarj’ was to be built |
| A. | from above |
| B. | from below |
| C. | from society |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. from below | |
| 303. |
‘Revolutions are engines of history’. Who said this? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» A. Marx | |
| 304. |
Who said “Civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity”? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Nehru |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» B. Gandhi | |
| 305. |
In the Marxian ideology, the use of violence in revolution is |
| A. | accidental |
| B. | Abruptive |
| C. | imperative |
| D. | essential |
| Answer» A. accidental | |
| 306. |
Who regarded revolution as a means of achieving freedom? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | John Milton |
| C. | Kant |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» B. John Milton | |
| 307. |
The earliest known example of direct democracy was found in |
| A. | Syracuse |
| B. | Sparta |
| C. | Athens |
| D. | Greek |
| Answer» C. Athens | |
| 308. |
The modern idea that made democracy feasible for large and complex societies is |
| A. | decentralization |
| B. | representation |
| C. | federalism |
| D. | rights |
| Answer» B. representation | |
| 309. |
Who among the theorists advocated participatory democracy? |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Hayek |
| C. | Macpherson |
| D. | Oakeshott |
| Answer» C. Macpherson | |
| 310. |
The most important feature of liberal democracy is that it |
| A. | regards the vote of all persons as equal |
| B. | emphasizes quantity rather than quality |
| C. | minimize the danger of the people being exploited by a governing aristocracy |
| D. | depends upon the opinion of the majority |
| Answer» A. regards the vote of all persons as equal | |
| 311. |
Political democracy is associated with the following |
| A. | Bryce |
| B. | Webb |
| C. | Tocqueville |
| D. | Sartori |
| Answer» D. Sartori | |
| 312. |
Who wrote the work “A Preface to Democratic Theory? |
| A. | Dahl |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» A. Dahl | |
| 313. |
Who described elections as the heart of democracy? |
| A. | Lincoln |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | James Bryce |
| D. | Joseph Schumpter |
| Answer» D. Joseph Schumpter | |
| 314. |
Gerrymandering is associated with |
| A. | secret ballot |
| B. | delimitation of constituencies |
| C. | multi-member constituencies |
| D. | indirect election |
| Answer» B. delimitation of constituencies | |
| 315. |
One of the following insists on proletarian hegemony |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Engles |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» C. Engles | |
| 316. |
Cultural liberalism is based on |
| A. | non-interference in the private life of the individual |
| B. | enfranchisement of all |
| C. | freedom of contract |
| D. | discrimination free society |
| Answer» A. non-interference in the private life of the individual | |
| 317. |
One of the following first expressed the principles of liberalism |
| A. | Mill |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Rousseau |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. Locke | |
| 318. |
Who said that liberalism is a habit of mind no less than a political creed or doctrine? |
| A. | Lindsay |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Maitland |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 319. |
“The workers have nothing to sell but their labour power”, This state belongs to |
| A. | Marxism |
| B. | Libertarianism |
| C. | Liberalism |
| D. | Neo-liberalism |
| Answer» C. Liberalism | |
| 320. |
neo-liberalism is |
| A. | revival of political liberalism |
| B. | revival of economic |
| C. | revival of cultural liberalism |
| D. | revival of social liberalism |
| Answer» B. revival of economic | |
| 321. |
Neo-liberalism attacks |
| A. | privatization |
| B. | marketisation |
| C. | liberalization |
| D. | collectivization |
| Answer» D. collectivization | |
| 322. |
According to the libertarians, the state is |
| A. | a necessary evil |
| B. | an evil |
| C. | a necessary institution |
| D. | a positive organization |
| Answer» A. a necessary evil | |
| 323. |
Neo-liberalism is an updated version of the following |
| A. | political liberalism |
| B. | economic liberalism |
| C. | cultural liberalism |
| D. | social |
| Answer» B. economic liberalism | |
| 324. |
Who is a guild socialist? |
| A. | Green |
| B. | Mill |
| C. | Cole |
| D. | Dicey |
| Answer» C. Cole | |
| 325. |
Which of the following is the basis of Marxism? |
| A. | Materialism |
| B. | Nationalism |
| C. | Spiritualism |
| D. | Historicism |
| Answer» A. Materialism | |
| 326. |
Anarchism is |
| A. | socialist aspect of liberalism |
| B. | socialism liberalism combined |
| C. | radical aspect of capitalism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. socialist aspect of liberalism | |
| 327. |
Fabian economic theory is based on |
| A. | Theory of mixed economy |
| B. | Labour theory of value |
| C. | Ricardian theory of rent |
| D. | Laissez faire theory |
| Answer» A. Theory of mixed economy | |
| 328. |
The Fabians consist of |
| A. | anarchist |
| B. | socialist |
| C. | Marxists |
| D. | syndicalists |
| Answer» B. socialist | |
| 329. |
Syndicalism was popular in |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | France |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» B. France | |
| 330. |
For Gandhi, Swaraj means |
| A. | rule of law |
| B. | self rule |
| C. | rule by morally good persons |
| D. | general will |
| Answer» B. self rule | |
| 331. |
The word sarvodaya implies |
| A. | upliftment of the poor |
| B. | upliftment of the poorest of the poor |
| C. | upliftment of each with all and all with each |
| D. | upliftment of all the people |
| Answer» C. upliftment of each with all and all with each | |
| 332. |
“The personal is political”, is a central slogan of the |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | neoliberals |
| C. | fascists |
| D. | socialists |
| Answer» A. feminism | |
| 333. |
Gandhi was basically |
| A. | a religious man |
| B. | a political theorist |
| C. | a politician in the guise of religion |
| D. | a saint without political leanings |
| Answer» A. a religious man | |
| 334. |
Who said, “War is to men what maternity is to woman” |
| A. | Napoleon |
| B. | Bismarck |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Mussolini |
| Answer» D. Mussolini | |
| 335. |
Which of the country represents bi-party system? |
| A. | France |
| B. | Indian |
| C. | United Kingdom |
| D. | Switzerland |
| Answer» C. United Kingdom | |
| 336. |
In India, partyless democracy was first advocated by |
| A. | M. N. Roy |
| B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| C. | Viboba Bhave |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» A. M. N. Roy | |
| 337. |
The chief merit of two party system is |
| A. | mobility |
| B. | respect for the parliament |
| C. | wide representation of the electorate |
| D. | responsive government |
| Answer» D. responsive government | |
| 338. |
Who regards political parties as the brokers of ideas? |
| A. | Lowell |
| B. | Lippman |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Bryce |
| Answer» A. Lowell | |
| 339. |
Constitutional government implies |
| A. | limited government |
| B. | representative government |
| C. | government according to the constitution |
| D. | government by the consent of the |
| Answer» A. limited government | |
| 340. |
Which is the most powerful legislature in the world? |
| A. | U.S. Congress |
| B. | Swiss legislature |
| C. | Indian Parliament |
| D. | British Parliament |
| Answer» D. British Parliament | |
| 341. |
The cabinet is the hyphen that joins the buckle that fastens the executive to the legislature, who observed this? |
| A. | Walter Bagehot |
| B. | Charles Merriam |
| C. | Joseph Schumpeter |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» A. Walter Bagehot | |
| 342. |
All the ministers sail and sink together. This is true of the following form of government |
| A. | Unitary |
| B. | Presidential |
| C. | Federal |
| D. | Parliamentary |
| Answer» D. Parliamentary | |
| 343. |
Federation implies |
| A. | division of powers |
| B. | devolution of powers |
| C. | fusion of powers |
| D. | separation of powers |
| Answer» A. division of powers | |
| 344. |
The best form of federalism suited for countries like India is |
| A. | bargaining federalism |
| B. | centralized federalism |
| C. | conflicting federalism |
| D. | cooperative federalism |
| Answer» D. cooperative federalism | |
| 345. |
Bureaucracy in the modern state is the form of |
| A. | traditional authority |
| B. | political authority |
| C. | charismatic |
| D. | rational-legal authority |
| Answer» D. rational-legal authority | |
| 346. |
Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as a rational legal authority? |
| A. | Vilfredo Pareto |
| B. | F.M. Marx |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Hebert A. Simon |
| Answer» C. Max Weber | |
| 347. |
Who described bureaucracy as the most advanced form of organization? |
| A. | Wayper |
| B. | Wasby |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Wollstonecraft |
| Answer» C. Weber | |
| 348. |
Neo-marxists view the economic globalization as |
| A. | hierarchical process |
| B. | equalitarian process |
| C. | uneven hierarchical process |
| D. | development process |
| Answer» D. development process | |
| 349. |
The term globalization was coined by |
| A. | Kaplan |
| B. | Robertson |
| C. | Burton |
| D. | Spiro |
| Answer» B. Robertson | |
| 350. |
WTO’s headquarter is at |
| A. | Geneva |
| B. | New York |
| C. | London |
| D. | Paris |
| Answer» A. Geneva | |
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