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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 Sociology (BA Sociology) , Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) , Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
1. |
Traditional approach give stress on: |
A. | values. |
B. | facts. |
C. | objectivity. |
D. | precision. |
Answer» A. values. |
2. |
‘Credo of Relevance’ Signaled |
A. | modernism. |
B. | behaviouralism. |
C. | post-behaviouralism. |
D. | rationalism. |
Answer» B. behaviouralism. |
3. |
‘The Intellectual God Father’ of Behaviouralism is |
A. | charles .e.merriam |
B. | david easton. |
C. | laswell. |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» A. charles .e.merriam |
4. |
Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book. |
A. | republic. |
B. | prince. |
C. | social contract. |
D. | leviathan. |
Answer» D. leviathan. |
5. |
Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach. |
A. | philosophical |
B. | historical. |
C. | institutional |
D. | behavioural. |
Answer» D. behavioural. |
6. |
Integration of Political Science with other Social Sciences Is a basic principle of |
A. | traditionalism. |
B. | behaviouralism. |
C. | liberalism. |
D. | post – behaviouralism. |
Answer» B. behaviouralism. |
7. |
The success of democracy depends upon |
A. | periodic elections. |
B. | voting. |
C. | campaigning in the elections. |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
8. |
Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government? |
A. | voting. |
B. | decision making. |
C. | military force. |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» A. voting. |
9. |
“A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the state” who said this? |
A. | laski |
B. | bosanquet |
C. | rousseau |
D. | green |
Answer» B. bosanquet |
10. |
Who said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can be his best self” |
A. | hobhouse |
B. | bosanquet |
C. | laski |
D. | hegel |
Answer» C. laski |
11. |
The concept of Greek, ‘Justice’ was |
A. | legal |
B. | moral |
C. | social |
D. | political |
Answer» B. moral |
12. |
The origin of democracy can be traced back to |
A. | ancient greek city states |
B. | medieval period |
C. | modern era |
D. | feudalism |
Answer» A. ancient greek city states |
13. |
Who among the following said “Liberty is the opposite of over government”? |
A. | seeley |
B. | prof. ramsay muir |
C. | laski |
D. | j.s mill |
Answer» A. seeley |
14. |
A democratic society is one in which |
A. | government is popularly elected. |
B. | liberty is given the highest value. |
C. | the spirit of equality and fraternity prevails. |
D. | all of the above. |
Answer» D. all of the above. |
15. |
Who wrote the book ‘Politics’ |
A. | socrates |
B. | plato |
C. | aristotle |
D. | rousseau |
Answer» C. aristotle |
16. |
Behavioral approach in political science is “an attempt to make the empirical content of political science more scientific” who said this? |
A. | charles. e. merriam |
B. | david easton |
C. | powell |
D. | robert a dahl |
Answer» A. charles. e. merriam |
17. |
Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of political science is generally known as : |
A. | regularities |
B. | pure science |
C. | verifications |
D. | intellectual foundations |
Answer» D. intellectual foundations |
18. |
Who wrote the book ‘On liberty’? |
A. | henry maine |
B. | j.s mill |
C. | t.h green |
D. | laski |
Answer» B. j.s mill |
19. |
‘ A theory of justice ‘is the work of |
A. | j.s mill |
B. | bodin |
C. | john rawls |
D. | montesquieu |
Answer» C. john rawls |
20. |
The term ‘Globalization’ was coined by |
A. | kaplan |
B. | theodore levitt |
C. | burton |
D. | spiro |
Answer» B. theodore levitt |
21. |
Democracy is rule of |
A. | voters |
B. | people |
C. | members of parliament |
D. | political parties. |
Answer» B. people |
22. |
Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”? |
A. | woodrow wilson |
B. | lord bryce |
C. | abraham lincoln |
D. | laski |
Answer» C. abraham lincoln |
23. |
The two words ‘demos’ and ‘kratos’ from which democracy draws its origin belong to |
A. | latin language. |
B. | greek language. |
C. | french language. |
D. | spanish language. |
Answer» B. greek language. |
24. |
The two forms of democracy are |
A. | parliamentary and presidential. |
B. | direct and indirect. |
C. | monarchical and republican. |
D. | none of the above. |
Answer» B. direct and indirect. |
25. |
Which one of the following theories of democracy accords high priority to the political rights of citizens? |
A. | pluralist theory of democracy . |
B. | elitist of democracy. |
C. | marxist theory of democracy. |
D. | liberal theory of democracy. |
Answer» D. liberal theory of democracy. |
26. |
Which theory of democracy attaches great importance to economic rights of man? |
A. | marxist theory |
B. | elite theory |
C. | pluralist theory |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» A. marxist theory |
27. |
The term ‘liberty’ has been drawn from the Latin term |
A. | libel |
B. | lingua |
C. | labour |
D. | liber |
Answer» D. liber |
28. |
Removing barriers or restrictions said by government is called |
A. | liberalization |
B. | investment |
C. | favorable trade |
D. | free trade |
Answer» A. liberalization |
29. |
Globalization by connecting countries leads to |
A. | lesser competition among producers. |
B. | greater competition among producers. |
C. | no competition between producers. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» B. greater competition among producers. |
30. |
‘Euro centrism’ as the term for an ideology was coined by whom? |
A. | karl marx |
B. | green |
C. | samir amin |
D. | rousseau |
Answer» C. samir amin |
31. |
During the enlightenment of the 18th century: |
A. | scholars emphasized the supernatural. |
B. | scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans. |
C. | a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» C. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically. |
32. |
Economics deals with |
A. | production of goods and services. |
B. | consumption of goods and services. |
C. | distribution of goods and services. |
D. | all of the above. |
Answer» D. all of the above. |
33. |
The social science that deals with human use of the natural environment is: |
A. | genetics |
B. | geography |
C. | political science |
D. | sociology |
Answer» B. geography |
34. |
Political science stresses the study of: |
A. | government |
B. | state |
C. | power |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
35. |
Psychology deals with |
A. | only violent behavior. |
B. | only normal behavior. |
C. | mental states of individual humans. |
D. | groups of people in interaction |
Answer» C. mental states of individual humans. |
36. |
The study of human group behavior is the definition of |
A. | psychology |
B. | sociology |
C. | geology |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. sociology |
37. |
The social sciences lack |
A. | theories |
B. | concepts |
C. | scientific laws |
D. | generalizations |
Answer» C. scientific laws |
38. |
Ethical neutrality is the opposite of |
A. | objectivity |
B. | generalization |
C. | judgmental social science |
D. | participant observation |
Answer» C. judgmental social science |
39. |
Anthropology is restricted to the study of: |
A. | primitive people only. |
B. | pre-historic people only. |
C. | modern people only. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» D. none of these. |
40. |
Objectivity means |
A. | precision |
B. | taking nothing for granted |
C. | eliminating bias |
D. | repeating observations |
Answer» C. eliminating bias |
41. |
The study and analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concern of |
A. | sociology |
B. | psychology |
C. | anthropology |
D. | history |
Answer» C. anthropology |
42. |
The study of traits that appear in specific populations as adaptation to specific environment is called |
A. | physical anthropology |
B. | cultural anthropology |
C. | demography |
D. | psychology |
Answer» A. physical anthropology |
43. |
Furnishing historical data about past with no written records Is the task of |
A. | archeology |
B. | cultural geography |
C. | history |
D. | anthropology |
Answer» A. archeology |
44. |
The most experimental of social sciences is |
A. | sociology |
B. | psychology |
C. | archeology |
D. | economics |
Answer» B. psychology |
45. |
The discipline that studies such disparate subjects as the environment religion, politics, criminality, organization and so on, is |
A. | history |
B. | sociology |
C. | political science |
D. | psychology |
Answer» B. sociology |
46. |
Which of the following does not fall within the preview of the political liberty |
A. | right to vote. |
B. | right to contest elections. |
C. | right to criticize the government. |
D. | right to move the court for the enforcement of rights. |
Answer» D. right to move the court for the enforcement of rights. |
47. |
Political liberty ensures |
A. | protection against oppressive rule |
B. | economic equality |
C. | basic amenities of life |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. protection against oppressive rule |
48. |
Liberty and equality are |
A. | complementary to each other |
B. | contradictory to each other |
C. | unrelated to each other |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. complementary to each other |
49. |
The credit for developing behavioural approach for the study of political science goes to |
A. | the american political scientists. |
B. | the british political scientists. |
C. | the german political scientists. |
D. | the political scientist of the third world. |
Answer» A. the american political scientists. |
50. |
Though the Behaviorist Approach for the study of political science was developed after the first world war it gained popularity only |
A. | in the thirties of the twentieth century. |
B. | after the second world war . |
C. | in the sixties of the twentieth century . |
D. | in the eighties of the twentieth century. |
Answer» B. after the second world war . |
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