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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 . |
51. |
The behaviorist approach to the study of political science was developed as a protest against |
A. | the historical approach. |
B. | the philosophical approach. |
C. | descriptive-institutional approach. |
D. | all of the above. |
Answer» D. all of the above. |
52. |
The behaviorist approach differs from the traditional approach for the study of political science in so far as |
A. | it is an analytical |
B. | it is general rather than particular |
C. | it is explanatory rather than ethical |
D. | it has all the above features |
Answer» D. it has all the above features |
53. |
Which one of the following is regarded as the most important contribution of behaviouralism to political science |
A. | it greatly helped in theory building |
B. | it developed several new concepts |
C. | it developed several new tools of research |
D. | it emphasized the important role which history can’t play in research |
Answer» C. it developed several new tools of research |
54. |
Civil liberty is inherent in the laws of |
A. | state |
B. | nature |
C. | society |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» A. state |
55. |
Who said: “Where there is no law there is no freedom”? |
A. | t.h. green |
B. | locke |
C. | hobbes |
D. | mac iver |
Answer» B. locke |
56. |
Which one of the following statements is correct |
A. | liberty means absence of all restrains |
B. | liberty means power to do whatever one pleases |
C. | liberty means absence of objection |
D. | liberty is not total absence of restrains but the existence of socially acceptable restrains |
Answer» D. liberty is not total absence of restrains but the existence of socially acceptable restrains |
57. |
The concept of natural liberty is associated with |
A. | divine origin theory |
B. | social contract theory |
C. | force theory |
D. | evolutionary theory |
Answer» B. social contract theory |
58. |
Who among the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty |
A. | rousseau |
B. | laski |
C. | plato |
D. | herbert spencer |
Answer» A. rousseau |
59. |
Political liberty is often taken as synonymous with |
A. | democracy |
B. | majority rule |
C. | freedom |
D. | independence of division |
Answer» A. democracy |
60. |
Which one of the following statements is not correct? |
A. | civil liberty is basic to other kinds of liberties |
B. | civil liberty is granted only to the citizens |
C. | civil liberty is available to both citizens and non-citizens |
D. | civil liberty exits only in civil society |
Answer» B. civil liberty is granted only to the citizens |
61. |
Which one of the following statements is not correct |
A. | economic liberty means freedom from fear and starvation |
B. | self-government in industry is important feature of economic liberty |
C. | economic liberty means common ownership of the means of production and distribution |
D. | economic liberty aims at establishing a self- sufficient society |
Answer» C. economic liberty means common ownership of the means of production and distribution |
62. |
The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of |
A. | william thomson |
B. | j. schumpeter |
C. | aristotle |
D. | harry johnson |
Answer» A. william thomson |
63. |
’ Republic’ is the work of |
A. | socrates |
B. | plato |
C. | aristotle |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. plato |
64. |
In Renaissance human reason placed above |
A. | culture |
B. | faith |
C. | arts |
D. | literature |
Answer» B. faith |
65. |
The conflict between religious learning and believes and rationality learning and believes is the basic characteristics of |
A. | modern era |
B. | educated society |
C. | renaissance |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. renaissance |
66. |
The period from 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized by the rebirth and proliferation of |
A. | modern knowledge |
B. | ancient knowledge |
C. | modern thinking |
D. | ancient thinking |
Answer» B. ancient knowledge |
67. |
Enlightenment was to a large extent based on |
A. | profit motive |
B. | humanitarian principles |
C. | practical wisdom |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. humanitarian principles |
68. |
Enlightenment thinkers opened up new and very significant areas of |
A. | observation |
B. | field study |
C. | inquiry |
D. | thinking |
Answer» C. inquiry |
69. |
In the period of enlightenment as the organizing principle of knowledge, rationality replaced |
A. | culture |
B. | civilization |
C. | religion |
D. | speculation |
Answer» C. religion |
70. |
The period of enlightenment was in |
A. | 1650 ce and 1700 ce |
B. | 1500 ce and 1550 ce |
C. | 1400 ce and 1450ce |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. 1650 ce and 1700 ce |
71. |
Which of the following is not correctly matched |
A. | herodotus – political science |
B. | auguste comte – sociology |
C. | adam smith – economics |
D. | sigmund fraud - psychology |
Answer» A. herodotus – political science |
72. |
Who is regarded as the ‘Father of History’ |
A. | plato |
B. | aristotle |
C. | august comte |
D. | herodotus |
Answer» D. herodotus |
73. |
The age of _____ saw a revolution within natural philosophy |
A. | reformation |
B. | renaissance |
C. | enlightenment |
D. | modern age |
Answer» C. enlightenment |
74. |
The history of the social sciences begins in the routes of the ancient _______ |
A. | philosophy |
B. | epics |
C. | epigraphy |
D. | literature |
Answer» A. philosophy |
75. |
________ is regarded as the father of Political Science. |
A. | herodotus |
B. | aristotle |
C. | plato |
D. | rousseau |
Answer» B. aristotle |
76. |
The term sociology was derived from Greek term logos and _____ word socius meaning ‘companion’ or ‘society’ |
A. | french |
B. | latin |
C. | german |
D. | austric |
Answer» B. latin |
77. |
_____ is central to the procedures of scientific method |
A. | oral history |
B. | comparison |
C. | objectivity |
D. | customs |
Answer» C. objectivity |
78. |
_____ affect the objectivity of the study |
A. | personal bias |
B. | morality |
C. | customs |
D. | ethics |
Answer» A. personal bias |
79. |
The word Psychology comes from the ancient Greek psyche which means _____ |
A. | society |
B. | man |
C. | mind |
D. | brain |
Answer» C. mind |
80. |
Positivism is advocated by _____ |
A. | karl marx |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | auguste comte |
D. | durkheim |
Answer» C. auguste comte |
81. |
______ is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields |
A. | natural sciences |
B. | human sciences |
C. | social sciences |
D. | psychical sciences |
Answer» C. social sciences |
82. |
Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as the basis of behaviouralism moment by David Easton |
A. | quantifications |
B. | values |
C. | systematization |
D. | pure science |
Answer» B. values |
83. |
The branch of philosophy that studies assumptions about the nature of reality and existence is |
A. | epistemology |
B. | ontology |
C. | methodology |
D. | phenomenology |
Answer» B. ontology |
84. |
The philosophical area which deals with the problem of being is called ______ |
A. | axiology |
B. | epistemology |
C. | materialism |
D. | ontology |
Answer» D. ontology |
85. |
Epistemology is concerned with _____ of knowledge |
A. | origin |
B. | validity |
C. | limitations |
D. | all of these |
Answer» D. all of these |
86. |
Rationalism and empiricism represent the philosophy of the ______ era |
A. | ancient |
B. | medieval |
C. | contemporary |
D. | modern |
Answer» D. modern |
87. |
‘Science of society is possible’ is assumed by which approach |
A. | humanist |
B. | positivist |
C. | functionalist |
D. | feminist |
Answer» B. positivist |
88. |
Positivists tend to be skeptical of |
A. | science |
B. | religion |
C. | human goodness |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. religion |
89. |
How did Post Positivism relate to Positivism |
A. | its criticized positivism but held on some of its features |
B. | it advocated abandoning positivism altogether |
C. | it was a continuation of positivism |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. its criticized positivism but held on some of its features |
90. |
The concept of Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality and Justice are related to— |
A. | dictatorship |
B. | aristocracy |
C. | democracy |
D. | oligarchy |
Answer» C. democracy |
91. |
The legal theory of Rights believes that— |
A. | the rights are created by the state |
B. | the rights are created by the nature |
C. | the rights are created by the society |
D. | the rights are eternal |
Answer» A. the rights are created by the state |
92. |
Civil Rights are given to the individuals by— |
A. | the state |
B. | the people |
C. | nature |
D. | society |
Answer» A. the state |
93. |
Who first gave the Concept of ‘Distributive Justice’? |
A. | plato |
B. | aristotle |
C. | machiavelli |
D. | locke |
Answer» B. aristotle |
94. |
Negative liberty implies that, |
A. | freedom should be unlimited |
B. | freedom should be restricted |
C. | freedom from wants |
D. | freedom to rule |
Answer» A. freedom should be unlimited |
95. |
The word ‘ Democracy’ means, |
A. | power of the government |
B. | power of the representatives |
C. | power of the people |
D. | power of the executive |
Answer» C. power of the people |
96. |
‘Who Governs’ is a work by |
A. | a.b. hall |
B. | laski |
C. | robert .a. dahl |
D. | plato |
Answer» C. robert .a. dahl |
97. |
Direct democracy was established in |
A. | ancient greek city-states |
B. | latin american states |
C. | ancient india |
D. | african states |
Answer» A. ancient greek city-states |
98. |
Which approach is, according to Robert A Dahl, “an attempt to make the empirical content of Political Science more scientific “ |
A. | institutional approach |
B. | historical approach |
C. | philosophical approach |
D. | behavioural approach |
Answer» D. behavioural approach |
99. |
‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This statement explains the following |
A. | post-behaviouralism |
B. | behaviouralism |
C. | positivism |
D. | empiricism |
Answer» A. post-behaviouralism |
100. |
. Who introduced the concept of natural rights? |
A. | john locke |
B. | green |
C. | laski |
D. | barker |
Answer» A. john locke |
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