McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Political Science (MA Political Science) .
| 1. |
Duverger’s classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in |
| A. | western europe |
| B. | all the democracies of the world |
| C. | party system in the developing world |
| D. | political party system in the communist world |
| Answer» A. western europe | |
| 2. |
Who said ‘negative liberty is superior to positive liberty’? |
| A. | j.s. mill |
| B. | isaiah berlin |
| C. | t.h. green |
| D. | ernest barker |
| Answer» B. isaiah berlin | |
| 3. |
Which one among the following is not a work about alienation? |
| A. | paris manuscripts |
| B. | theses on feuerbach |
| C. | poverty of philosophy |
| D. | the german ideology |
| Answer» C. poverty of philosophy | |
| 4. |
Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system? |
| A. | gabriel almond |
| B. | david easton |
| C. | morton kaplan |
| D. | oran young |
| Answer» B. david easton | |
| 5. |
Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from |
| A. | robert k. merton |
| B. | talcott parsons |
| C. | malinowski |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» B. talcott parsons | |
| 6. |
Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development? |
| A. | lucian pye |
| B. | organski |
| C. | halpern |
| D. | david apter |
| Answer» C. halpern | |
| 7. |
Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations? |
| A. | almond and verba |
| B. | huntington |
| C. | lucian pye |
| D. | edward shils |
| Answer» B. huntington | |
| 8. |
The elite theory was first started in |
| A. | the united states of america |
| B. | the united kingdom |
| C. | central and western european countries |
| D. | australia |
| Answer» C. central and western european countries | |
| 9. |
Who wrote the book, “Democracy and Discontent”? |
| A. | james manor |
| B. | atul kohli |
| C. | zoya hasan |
| D. | msa rao |
| Answer» B. atul kohli | |
| 10. |
Which among the following statements is not correct? |
| A. | post-behavioural political theory inter-relates value and fact. |
| B. | post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric. c. post-behavioural political theory is tied to action and relevan |
| C. | d. post-behavioural political theory is change oriente |
| Answer» B. post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric. c. post-behavioural political theory is tied to action and relevan | |
| 11. |
Positive liberalism does not believe in |
| A. | welfare state |
| B. | nanny state |
| C. | state as a moral agency |
| D. | minimal state |
| Answer» D. minimal state | |
| 12. |
Marx does not believe in |
| A. | human consciousness determines social existence |
| B. | ideas are the reflections of the interplay of material forces |
| C. | the base determines the superstructure |
| D. | matter is active and dynamic |
| Answer» A. human consciousness determines social existence | |
| 13. |
Which one of the following has tried to give an essentially engineering orientation to human behaviour? |
| A. | input-output analysis |
| B. | structural–functional approach |
| C. | communications theory |
| D. | behavioural approach |
| Answer» C. communications theory | |
| 14. |
The characteristics of Almond’s political system mostly resemble those of the political system(s) of |
| A. | united states of america |
| B. | scandinavian countries |
| C. | developing countries |
| D. | latin american countries |
| Answer» A. united states of america | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following approaches/theories was first started as a critique of democracy and socialism? |
| A. | elite theory |
| B. | structural–functional approach |
| C. | communications theory |
| D. | game theory |
| Answer» A. elite theory | |
| 16. |
With which liberal thinker would you associate “Democratic Peace Theory”? |
| A. | michael doyle |
| B. | james rosenau |
| C. | richard falk |
| D. | michael walzer |
| Answer» A. michael doyle | |
| 17. |
According to Almond, which one is not a condition for political development? |
| A. | availability of resources |
| B. | adequate response to challenges |
| C. | overlapping of stages of development |
| D. | congruent development of the other social systems |
| Answer» C. overlapping of stages of development | |
| 18. |
Corporatism is an approach that is centrally concerned about |
| A. | structures of the public sector |
| B. | functions of the political system |
| C. | class conflict is interest based |
| D. | stresses the state and society interactions, especially the role of social interests influencing |
| Answer» D. stresses the state and society interactions, especially the role of social interests influencing | |
| 19. |
Who among the following elite theorists said, “A man is effective in society as a whole, not so much because of his individual qualities as because of the social energies which have been deposited in him by the mass”? |
| A. | pareto |
| B. | gasset |
| C. | michels |
| D. | mosca |
| Answer» B. gasset | |
| 20. |
The politics of sex is no longer on the fringe of politics, but it is a central concern for policy and law makers. Which category will this issue be placed under? |
| A. | political development |
| B. | political modernization |
| C. | political culture |
| D. | political elites |
| Answer» C. political culture | |
| 21. |
Who has called India a Democratic Developmental State? |
| A. | paul brass |
| B. | james manor |
| C. | christopher jefferlot |
| D. | atul kohli |
| Answer» B. james manor | |
| 22. |
Who among the following regards political development as political modernization plus institutionalization? |
| A. | almond |
| B. | helio jaquaribe |
| C. | cyril black |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. helio jaquaribe | |
| 23. |
Who of the following makes a distinction between liberal constitutionalism and Democratic disorder? |
| A. | francis fukuyama |
| B. | theda skocpol |
| C. | b.f. skinner |
| D. | fareed zakaria |
| Answer» B. theda skocpol | |
| 24. |
The idea of Participatory democracy originates with |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | cicero |
| C. | locke |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 25. |
Structural-functionalism is primarily |
| A. | a measurement for comparison |
| B. | an ideology of development |
| C. | a framework of investigation |
| D. | a method of governance |
| Answer» C. a framework of investigation | |
| 26. |
According to S.P. Huntigton “Political Decay” takes place when |
| A. | mass mobilisation plus participation is greater than institutionalisation. |
| B. | mass mobilisation and participation is lesser than institutionalisation. |
| C. | the institutions have both complexity and simplicity. |
| D. | there is longevity of institutions. |
| Answer» A. mass mobilisation plus participation is greater than institutionalisation. | |
| 27. |
Notion of uneven development was a response to the 19th century ideas of |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | evolution and gradualism |
| C. | positivism |
| D. | anarchism |
| Answer» B. evolution and gradualism | |
| 28. |
Who among the following is associated with Institutional Approach? |
| A. | james bryce |
| B. | merriam |
| C. | arthur bentley |
| D. | lasswell |
| Answer» A. james bryce | |
| 29. |
Who among the following challenged the idea of political development as a unilinear process? |
| A. | shils |
| B. | huntington |
| C. | almond |
| D. | halpren |
| Answer» B. huntington | |
| 30. |
The difference between order and disorder is more important than the difference between communism and liberal democracy is advocated by |
| A. | lipset |
| B. | lijphart |
| C. | dahl |
| D. | huntington |
| Answer» D. huntington | |
| 31. |
Which one of the following writings is not written by Mao? |
| A. | on new democracy |
| B. | on coalition government |
| C. | people’s war |
| D. | on people’s democratic dictatorship |
| Answer» C. people’s war | |
| 32. |
Who among the following writers classified Elites into broad types?
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| A. | vilfredo pareto |
| B. | robert michaels |
| C. | gaetano mosca |
| D. | karl mannheim |
| Answer» D. karl mannheim | |
| 33. |
Who among the following first developed the concept of general systems theory? |
| A. | ludwig von bertallanfy |
| B. | colin cherry |
| C. | robert k. merton |
| D. | talcott parsons |
| Answer» A. ludwig von bertallanfy | |
| 34. |
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of |
| A. | advanced capitalism |
| B. | developed socialism |
| C. | modern totalitarianism |
| D. | politics of developing countries |
| Answer» D. politics of developing countries | |
| 35. |
C. Wright Mill’s ‘The Power Elite’ is a study of the contemporary politics of |
| A. | china |
| B. | the united states of america |
| C. | the soviet union |
| D. | great britain |
| Answer» B. the united states of america | |
| 36. |
Who among the following identified the crises in political development on the basis of his study of England? |
| A. | a.f.k. organski |
| B. | lucian w. pye |
| C. | edward shils |
| D. | david apter |
| Answer» B. lucian w. pye | |
| 37. |
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? |
| A. | c.w. mills - the power elite |
| B. | t.b. bottomore- elites and society |
| C. | pareto - the ruling class |
| D. | ortega y gasset - the revolt of the masses |
| Answer» C. pareto - the ruling class | |
| 38. |
Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers emphasises primarily on |
| A. | accountability |
| B. | efficiency |
| C. | transparency |
| D. | liberty |
| Answer» D. liberty | |
| 39. |
Who of the following advocated economic theory of democracy? |
| A. | j.lively b. c. |
| B. | mac person |
| C. | antony dawns d. |
| D. | held |
| Answer» C. antony dawns d. | |
| 40. |
Who among the following used the concept of goal changing, feedback, and leaning? |
| A. | david easton |
| B. | karl duetsch |
| C. | gabriel almond |
| D. | lucian pye |
| Answer» B. karl duetsch | |
| 41. |
Who among the following makes a distinction between system maintenance and system persistence? |
| A. | gabriel almond |
| B. | david easton |
| C. | lucian pye |
| D. | f.w riggs |
| Answer» B. david easton | |
| 42. |
Who among the following has given ‘sleeping dog’ theory of democratic culture? |
| A. | lucian pye and robert e ward |
| B. | james s coleman and myron weiner |
| C. | james c charlesworth and f w riggs |
| D. | almond and verba |
| Answer» D. almond and verba | |
| 43. |
This theory assumes that governments will be influenced by various interest groups and will not be biased for or against any of those groups: |
| A. | rational choice theory |
| B. | marxist theory |
| C. | pluralist theory |
| D. | institutionalist theory |
| Answer» C. pluralist theory | |
| 44. |
The liberal theory of development has come to be associated with which of the following political process? |
| A. | population growth |
| B. | modernisation |
| C. | scientific revolution |
| D. | industrialisation |
| Answer» D. industrialisation | |
| 45. |
Which of the following is the least essential for the essential for the explanation of the Compensational Theory of Political Development? |
| A. | inter-state relation |
| B. | political culture |
| C. | leadership |
| D. | formal organisation |
| Answer» A. inter-state relation | |
| 46. |
Who among the following is not associated with the classical theory of development? |
| A. | j.s mill |
| B. | edmund burke |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | malthus |
| Answer» B. edmund burke | |
| 47. |
The term ‘legitimisation crisis’ in terms of erosion of confidence in public institutions resulting in coercive apparatus of states, was developed by: |
| A. | david apter |
| B. | s.p huntington |
| C. | edward shills |
| D. | habermas |
| Answer» D. habermas | |
| 48. |
Who among the following is not associated with the theory of Political Elites? |
| A. | pareto |
| B. | mosca |
| C. | miachel |
| D. | david apter |
| Answer» D. david apter | |
| 49. |
Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a feature of Marxian democracy? |
| A. | it stands for popular control over the means of production and distribution. |
| B. | it lays emphasis on economic freedom. |
| C. | it shall work on the basis of decisions taken through consensus. |
| D. | it should work through representative parliaments |
| Answer» D. it should work through representative parliaments | |
| 50. |
Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a feature of Marxian democracy? |
| A. | provision for recall of the representatives. |
| B. | elected judiciary |
| C. | dominant role of leaders in preserving the system. |
| D. | emphasis on political freedom. 60. the economic aspects of democracy have been emphasised by constitutionality of laws |
| Answer» D. emphasis on political freedom. 60. the economic aspects of democracy have been emphasised by constitutionality of laws | |
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