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| 1. |
Who among the following is not a Greek political thinker ? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» D. machiavelli | |
| 2. |
Who is considered as the father of Politics ? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 3. |
Plato fixed the population of an Ideal State at _____ ? |
| A. | 5000 |
| B. | 5040 |
| C. | 10000 |
| D. | 10500 |
| Answer» B. 5040 | |
| 4. |
Who used the term ‘state’ in modern sense for the first time ? |
| A. | garner |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | hobbes |
| D. | t.h. green |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 5. |
Who among the following is not closely associated with Liberalism ? |
| A. | laski |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | maciver |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 6. |
The main characteristics of the traditional approach of political science was ____ ? |
| A. | the value free study |
| B. | comparative study |
| C. | emphasis on scientific methodology |
| D. | institutional study |
| Answer» D. institutional study | |
| 7. |
Which one is not an “Intellectual foundation stone” of Behaviouralism according to David Easton ? |
| A. | regularities |
| B. | verification |
| C. | power |
| D. | techniques |
| Answer» C. power | |
| 8. |
Which political scientist was responsible for the development of Behavioural approach to the study of Political Theory ? |
| A. | david easton |
| B. | almond |
| C. | karl deutsch |
| D. | robert dahl |
| Answer» A. david easton | |
| 9. |
The credit for developing behavioral approach for the study of Political Science goes to ______ ? |
| A. | the british political scientists |
| B. | the american political scientists |
| C. | the german political scientists |
| D. | the u,s.s,r. political scientists |
| Answer» B. the american political scientists | |
| 10. |
The Behaviouralist approach to the study of political science was developed as a protest against _____ ? |
| A. | historical approach |
| B. | philosophical approach |
| C. | institutional approach |
| D. | all the |
| Answer» D. all the | |
| 11. |
The “Intellectual God Father of Behaviouralism” is : |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | david easton |
| C. | laswell |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. charles merriam | |
| 12. |
‘ Credo of Relevance ’ is concerned with : |
| A. | behaviouralism |
| B. | post behaviouralism |
| C. | modernism |
| D. | post- modernism |
| Answer» B. post behaviouralism | |
| 13. |
Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach : |
| A. | philosophical |
| B. | historical |
| C. | institutional |
| D. | behavioural |
| Answer» D. behavioural | |
| 14. |
Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of Political Science is generally known as : |
| A. | regularities |
| B. | pure science |
| C. | verification |
| D. | intellectual foundations |
| Answer» D. intellectual foundations | |
| 15. |
What are the twin slogansof Post- Behaviouralism? |
| A. | learning by doing |
| B. | relevance and action |
| C. | scientific and value free |
| D. | none of |
| Answer» B. relevance and action | |
| 16. |
Which is the oldest approach to the study of Political Theory : |
| A. | legal approach |
| B. | institutional approach |
| C. | historical approach |
| D. | philosophical |
| Answer» D. philosophical | |
| 17. |
Historical Approach is also known as : |
| A. | legal approach |
| B. | traditional approach |
| C. | evolutionary approach |
| Answer» C. evolutionary approach | |
| 18. |
The Historical Theory of the Origin of the state was propounded by whom _____ |
| A. | sir. henry main |
| B. | triestske |
| C. | durkheim |
| D. | oppenheimer |
| Answer» A. sir. henry main | |
| 19. |
The term ‘ Politics ’ has been drawn from Greek word ‘Polis ’ which means : |
| A. | city state |
| B. | town state |
| C. | mini state |
| D. | state |
| Answer» A. city state | |
| 20. |
The book ‘Political System’ is written by ________ |
| A. | michels |
| B. | david easton |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. david easton | |
| 21. |
The Institutional Approach concentrates on the Study of : |
| A. | social institutions |
| B. | economic institutions |
| C. | political institutions |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» C. political institutions | |
| 22. |
The Philosophical Approach is also Known as : |
| A. | ethical approach |
| B. | metaphysical approach |
| C. | speculative approach |
| D. | all the |
| Answer» D. all the | |
| 23. |
Positivism advocated by : |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | spencer |
| C. | auguste comte |
| D. | durkheim |
| Answer» C. auguste comte | |
| 24. |
When did the Post Behaviouralist Approach emerge ? |
| A. | mid eighties |
| B. | mid sixties |
| C. | mid seventies |
| D. | mid fifties |
| Answer» B. mid sixties | |
| 25. |
Who among the following advocated Post-Behaviouralist approach for the first time ? |
| A. | almond |
| B. | david eaton |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | satori |
| Answer» B. david eaton | |
| 26. |
Political Science stresses the study of : |
| A. | government |
| B. | state |
| C. | power |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 27. |
Who among the following was an advocate of Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism ? |
| A. | leo strauss |
| B. | easton |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | charles merriam |
| Answer» B. easton | |
| 28. |
The word ‘Sovereignty ’ derived from ________ language. |
| A. | greek |
| B. | latin |
| C. | french |
| D. | roman |
| Answer» B. latin | |
| 29. |
Who believed that Sovereignty vested in the ‘general will’ ? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 30. |
External aspect of sovereignty was fully developed by ------------ |
| A. | john austin |
| B. | grotius |
| C. | bodin |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» B. grotius | |
| 31. |
Which of the following is not an essential characteristics of sovereignty ? |
| A. | permanence |
| B. | exclusiveness |
| C. | wealth |
| D. | comprehensiveness |
| Answer» C. wealth | |
| 32. |
Legal Sovereignty is one; which is accepted by : |
| A. | all the persons in and outside the state |
| B. | by outside people alone |
| C. | by international organization alone |
| D. | by associations in the state |
| Answer» A. all the persons in and outside the state | |
| 33. |
“If sovereignty is not absolute no state can exist” This statement made by ; |
| A. | laski |
| B. | austin |
| C. | gettel |
| D. | barker |
| Answer» B. austin | |
| 34. |
Popular sovereignty lies in : |
| A. | people |
| B. | political elite |
| C. | judiciary |
| D. | constitution |
| Answer» A. people | |
| 35. |
Sovereignty is an essential element of : |
| A. | association |
| B. | state |
| C. | society |
| D. | dictatorship |
| Answer» B. state | |
| 36. |
The pluralist believes in the concept of : |
| A. | traditional sovereignty |
| B. | political sovereignty |
| C. | c. de-jure sovereignty |
| D. | d. hereditary sovereignty |
| Answer» B. political sovereignty | |
| 37. |
The monistic theory of sovereignty was propounded by: |
| A. | laski |
| B. | j.s. mill |
| C. | sir henry maine |
| D. | austin |
| Answer» D. austin | |
| 38. |
The Pluralistic theory of sovereignty was first propounded by: |
| A. | laski |
| B. | bodin |
| C. | mac iver |
| D. | von gleke |
| Answer» D. von gleke | |
| 39. |
The pluralist believed that : |
| A. | sovereignty is exclusively vested in the state |
| B. | sovereignty is shared various social, religious, economic, and political groups |
| C. | sovereignty is privilege of social and economic groups only |
| D. | sovereignty rests with united nations |
| Answer» B. sovereignty is shared various social, religious, economic, and political groups | |
| 40. |
Who of the following was the first to explain politics in terms of ‘Power’? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | marx |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the government and state? |
| A. | pluralist |
| B. | socialist |
| C. | capitalist |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» A. pluralist | |
| 42. |
One of the following is basic feature of pluralistic concept of Sovereignty? |
| A. | absoluteness |
| B. | inalienability |
| C. | divisibility |
| D. | exclusiveness |
| Answer» C. divisibility | |
| 43. |
According to exponents of theory of Divine Origin of State have : |
| A. | right to revolt against their ruler |
| B. | right to revolt against tyrants |
| C. | right to revolt against un-justified laws |
| D. | no right to revolt against their ruler |
| Answer» D. no right to revolt against their ruler | |
| 44. |
Main supporters of theory of Divine Origin were : |
| A. | feudal lords |
| B. | church fathers |
| C. | common men |
| D. | the rich traders |
| Answer» B. church fathers | |
| 45. |
Aristotle Believed that state originated as result of : |
| A. | social contract |
| B. | force |
| C. | expansion of families |
| D. | handiwork of god |
| Answer» B. force | |
| 46. |
The observation that “the state is the march of God on earth ” was made by ; |
| A. | plato |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | t.h. green |
| D. | j.s. mill |
| Answer» B. hegel | |
| 47. |
Force theory about the origin of state is supported by : |
| A. | syndicalists |
| B. | fabian socialist |
| C. | marxists |
| D. | individualists |
| Answer» D. individualists | |
| 48. |
‘ Social Contract’ was written by : |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 49. |
According to Hobbes; the state of nature was: |
| A. | very law abiding |
| B. | nasty and brutish |
| C. | cultured and mannered |
| D. | selfless and |
| Answer» B. nasty and brutish | |
| 50. |
According to Hobbes; in the state of nature people was: |
| A. | live harmoniously |
| B. | quarreled with each other |
| C. | had regard for judicial system |
| D. | respected each other’s right |
| Answer» B. quarreled with each other | |
| 51. |
Who wrote the book ‘Leviathan’? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» A. hobbes | |
| 52. |
In Hobbes contract, Sovereign was : |
| A. | party to the contract |
| B. | above the contract |
| C. | below the people |
| D. | to be elected in a |
| Answer» B. above the contract | |
| 53. |
According to Locke in the state of nature man was : |
| A. | un- civilized |
| B. | nasty and brutish |
| C. | peace loving |
| D. | respected no code of conduct |
| Answer» C. peace loving | |
| 54. |
Locke has been called as the child of : |
| A. | french revolution |
| B. | industrial revolution |
| C. | glorious revolution |
| D. | reformation |
| Answer» C. glorious revolution | |
| 55. |
According to Locke sovereign of the civil state in the beginning was : |
| A. | elected |
| B. | nominated |
| C. | sent by god |
| D. | a high priest |
| Answer» A. elected | |
| 56. |
The main responsibility according to Locke’s sovereign was : |
| A. | to protect the property of the people |
| B. | to collect land revenue |
| C. | to maintain transport system |
| D. | to encourage formation of associations |
| Answer» A. to protect the property of the people | |
| 57. |
Locke’s sovereign : |
| A. | was above the law |
| B. | was bound by the laws given by him |
| C. | was main source of law |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. was bound by the laws given by him | |
| 58. |
Rousseau was born in : |
| A. | england |
| B. | germany |
| C. | france |
| D. | switzerland |
| Answer» D. switzerland | |
| 59. |
Rousseau’s name is associated with : |
| A. | patriarchal theory |
| B. | matriarchal theory |
| C. | theory of force |
| D. | theory of general |
| Answer» D. theory of general | |
| 60. |
Rousseau’s individual in the state of nature was: |
| A. | noble savage |
| B. | nasty and brutish |
| C. | peace loving and law abiding |
| D. | quarrelsome |
| Answer» A. noble savage | |
| 61. |
According to Rousseau main reason for the social contract was : |
| A. | there was need to interpret law |
| B. | private property came as a serpent |
| C. | social laws began to be dis-respected |
| D. | man became nasty |
| Answer» B. private property came as a serpent | |
| 62. |
According to Rousseau general will was : |
| A. | majority will |
| B. | sum total of good wills |
| C. | sum total of bad wills |
| D. | sum total of the will of minority |
| Answer» B. sum total of good wills | |
| 63. |
Which one of the following factor has not contributed in the evolution of state : |
| A. | natural rights |
| B. | economic needs |
| C. | political consciousness |
| D. | desire to live |
| Answer» A. natural rights | |
| 64. |
Today the theory was most widely accepted about the origin of state is : |
| A. | divine origin theory |
| B. | social contract theory |
| C. | marxist theory |
| D. | evolutionary theory |
| Answer» D. evolutionary theory | |
| 65. |
Theory of Divine origin of state supports : |
| A. | aristocracy |
| B. | absolute monarchy |
| C. | bureaucracy |
| D. | constitutional monarchy |
| Answer» B. absolute monarchy | |
| 66. |
The state of nature was substituted by : |
| A. | civil society |
| B. | anarchy |
| C. | lawlessness |
| D. | police state |
| Answer» A. civil society | |
| 67. |
According to Divine origin theory,the king derived his authority from : |
| A. | people |
| B. | church |
| C. | god |
| D. | constitution |
| Answer» C. god | |
| 68. |
Which one of the following is not associated with Social contract theory ? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» C. herbert spencer | |
| 69. |
Which one of the following statements is correct about social contract theory ? |
| A. | the state is a natural institution |
| B. | the state is a gradual evolution |
| C. | the state was created by god |
| D. | the state is a result of a contract |
| Answer» D. the state is a result of a contract | |
| 70. |
The territory of state consist of : |
| A. | land |
| B. | land and sea |
| C. | land,rivers and mountain |
| D. | land, territorial water and air space |
| Answer» D. land, territorial water and air space | |
| 71. |
Who did not consider territory as an essential element of state? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | seely |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» B. hobbes | |
| 72. |
The difference between State and Nation is based upon : |
| A. | social aspect of the union |
| B. | political aspect of the union |
| C. | cultural aspect of the union |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. cultural aspect of the union | |
| 73. |
Sovereignty is an attribute of : |
| A. | despotic state only |
| B. | democratic state only |
| C. | all states |
| D. | government |
| Answer» C. all states | |
| 74. |
The concept of external sovereignty was developed by ---------------- |
| A. | john austin |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | oppenheim |
| D. | grotious |
| Answer» D. grotious | |
| 75. |
The universal adult franchise is an indication of the principle of the : |
| A. | legal sovereignty |
| B. | popular sovereignty |
| C. | political sovereignty |
| D. | national sovereignty |
| Answer» C. political sovereignty | |
| 76. |
The term ‘state ’ in the modern sense : |
| A. | is identical with polis of ancient greece |
| B. | is a union of families and villages |
| C. | was used for the first time by machiavelli in the ‘prince’ |
| D. | is the same as government |
| Answer» C. was used for the first time by machiavelli in the ‘prince’ | |
| 77. |
Austinian theory of sovereignty is based on : |
| A. | force |
| B. | public opinion |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | pluralism |
| Answer» A. force | |
| 78. |
One of the oldest theories about right is? |
| A. | natural rights |
| B. | legal rights |
| C. | idealistic theory |
| D. | historical theory |
| Answer» A. natural rights | |
| 79. |
Idealists believe about right that should deal with : |
| A. | maintaining property |
| B. | maintaining judicial system |
| C. | development of human personality |
| D. | development of religion |
| Answer» C. development of human personality | |
| 80. |
The rights which are supposed to have been enjoyed by the people even in the state of nature are called : |
| A. | fundamental rights |
| B. | natural rights |
| C. | civil rights |
| D. | moral rights |
| Answer» B. natural rights | |
| 81. |
The rights which have more concern with inward rather than outward actions are called : |
| A. | moral rights |
| B. | civil rights |
| C. | natural rights |
| D. | political rights |
| Answer» A. moral rights | |
| 82. |
The right to have family life is : |
| A. | moral rights |
| B. | political rights |
| C. | civil rights |
| D. | natural rights |
| Answer» C. civil rights | |
| 83. |
Right to elect and hold office is : |
| A. | natural right |
| B. | civil right |
| C. | political right |
| D. | moral right |
| Answer» C. political right | |
| 84. |
Right and duties are : |
| A. | contradictory |
| B. | clashing and at cross purpose |
| C. | co-related |
| D. | not concerned with each other |
| Answer» C. co-related | |
| 85. |
Which of the following theory believes that rights are conditions ,which contribute and help in the promotion of common good ? |
| A. | historical |
| B. | natural |
| C. | social welfare |
| D. | legal |
| Answer» C. social welfare | |
| 86. |
Which of the following is not a political right of citizens? |
| A. | right to education |
| B. | right to vote |
| C. | right to get elected |
| D. | right to resist |
| Answer» A. right to education | |
| 87. |
Right to Equality before law is : |
| A. | economic right |
| B. | moral right |
| C. | natural right |
| D. | political right |
| Answer» D. political right | |
| 88. |
The theory of Natural Rights formed an important part of : |
| A. | austin’s theory of sovereignty |
| B. | force theory |
| C. | divine origin theory |
| D. | social contract theory |
| Answer» D. social contract theory | |
| 89. |
According to Laski, the state is : |
| A. | the creator of all rights |
| B. | not the creator of all rights |
| C. | the preserver of all natural rights |
| D. | not concerned with rights |
| Answer» B. not the creator of all rights | |
| 90. |
Right to Property is a : |
| A. | moral rights |
| B. | legal rights |
| C. | civil rights |
| D. | political rights |
| Answer» B. legal rights | |
| 91. |
In Modern political rights are guaranteed to : |
| A. | all citizens |
| B. | adult citizens only |
| C. | property owners only |
| D. | men only |
| Answer» B. adult citizens only | |
| 92. |
Who regarded “life, liberty and property ’’ as inalienable rights of man: |
| A. | locke |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» A. locke | |
| 93. |
Rights have no validity without the recognition of : |
| A. | courts |
| B. | government |
| C. | society |
| D. | electorate |
| Answer» B. government | |
| 94. |
The most effective guarantee against infringement of right is : |
| A. | legislature |
| B. | executive |
| C. | public opinion |
| D. | judiciary |
| Answer» D. judiciary | |
| 95. |
Who of the following said that “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best”? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | j.s. mill |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» D. laski | |
| 96. |
The term Liberty is derived from the Latin word : |
| A. | liber |
| B. | libel |
| C. | lingua |
| D. | labour |
| Answer» A. liber | |
| 97. |
Which one of the following statement is correct? |
| A. | liberty means absence of restraints |
| B. | liberty means power to do whatever one desire |
| C. | liberty means absence of oppression |
| D. | liberty is not total absence of restraints but the existence of socially acceptable |
| Answer» D. liberty is not total absence of restraints but the existence of socially acceptable | |
| 98. |
In India the people have been given freedom of speech, because : |
| A. | the people are vigilant |
| B. | the opposition is strong and well organized |
| C. | impact of media |
| D. | it is provided in the constitution as a fundamental right |
| Answer» D. it is provided in the constitution as a fundamental right | |
| 99. |
In most of the modern states, individual enjoy : |
| A. | absolute freedom |
| B. | freedom with reasonable restrictions |
| C. | no freedom |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. freedom with reasonable restrictions | |
| 100. |
The type of equality ,which believes that all should be treated as equal partners in society is called : |
| A. | civil equality |
| B. | political equality |
| C. | social equality |
| D. | natural equality |
| Answer» C. social equality | |
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