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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 Politics (BA Politics) , Political Science .
| 201. |
The term ‘polis’ derived from Greek word, which means |
| A. | Policy |
| B. | State |
| C. | City |
| D. | City-state |
| Answer» D. City-state | |
| 202. |
Who is regarded as the ‘father’ of political science |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Aristotle | |
| 203. |
The author of the book ‘The Republic’ is |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Herodotus |
| D. | Cicero |
| Answer» B. Plato | |
| 204. |
Who among them was the teacher of Plato |
| A. | Homer |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» B. Socrates | |
| 205. |
‘Man is by nature political animal’ was quoted by |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» D. Aristotle | |
| 206. |
The word ‘theory’ originated from Greek word |
| A. | Theorem |
| B. | Thor |
| C. | Theoria |
| D. | Thesis |
| Answer» C. Theoria | |
| 207. |
The word ‘theoria’ means |
| A. | specific |
| B. | fantasy |
| C. | speculation |
| D. | spy |
| Answer» C. speculation | |
| 208. |
Which book had been written by Aristotle |
| A. | The Republic |
| B. | Political Theory |
| C. | The Prince |
| D. | Politics |
| Answer» D. Politics | |
| 209. |
The significance of political theory provides |
| A. | systematic thinking about the nature and purpose of state and government |
| B. | study of ecology |
| C. | study of the history of government only |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. systematic thinking about the nature and purpose of state and government | |
| 210. |
Political theory is a branch of |
| A. | Political philosophy |
| B. | Political Science |
| C. | Political Sociology |
| D. | Public Policy |
| Answer» B. Political Science | |
| 211. |
Who among them claimed to coin the term ‘Political Science’ in 16th Century |
| A. | Bodin |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Milton |
| Answer» A. Bodin | |
| 212. |
Which is not the approach to study of political theory |
| A. | Traditional approach |
| B. | Sociological approach |
| C. | Philosophical approach |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sociological approach | |
| 213. |
Which of the following approach is part of traditional approaches to political theory? |
| A. | Class |
| B. | Philosophical |
| C. | Scientific |
| D. | Liberal |
| Answer» B. Philosophical | |
| 214. |
Traditional approaches give the most important to the study of |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Community |
| C. | Family |
| D. | State |
| Answer» D. State | |
| 215. |
Traditional approach to political theory has been criticized on which ground? |
| A. | Philosophical |
| B. | Historical |
| C. | Unscientific |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Unscientific | |
| 216. |
Classical political theory is primarily concerned with a search for |
| A. | a perfect individual liberty |
| B. | the good life |
| C. | a perfect political order |
| D. | perfect theory |
| Answer» C. a perfect political order | |
| 217. |
Behavioural approaches to political theory do not gives importance to |
| A. | Voters |
| B. | Politicians |
| C. | Philosophy |
| D. | Election |
| Answer» C. Philosophy | |
| 218. |
Behaviouralism analysed on the observable behaviours of |
| A. | Social action |
| B. | Political actors |
| C. | Policies |
| D. | Theory |
| Answer» B. Political actors | |
| 219. |
‘Behavioural approach was a protest movement in political science’ is quoted by |
| A. | Robert H. Dalh |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | Charles Merriam |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Robert H. Dalh | |
| 220. |
Behaviouralism approach dominated the study of politics after |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | Cold War |
| D. | Prussian War |
| Answer» B. World War II | |
| 221. |
According to Easton, which of the following is the major tenets of behavioural credo? |
| A. | Widened the study of political philosophy |
| B. | Integration of political research with other social science |
| C. | Deepen the legal approach through legislature |
| D. | Widened the historical approach |
| Answer» B. Integration of political research with other social science | |
| 222. |
Behavioural approach has been criticised due to |
| A. | The dependent on political thought |
| B. | Historical analysis |
| C. | Against scientific study |
| D. | Mad craze for scientism |
| Answer» D. Mad craze for scientism | |
| 223. |
Post Behaviouralism appeared as new approach in the late |
| A. | 1950s |
| B. | 1980s |
| C. | 1960s |
| D. | 1990s |
| Answer» C. 1960s | |
| 224. |
Post-behaviouralism is both a movement and |
| A. | Intellectual tendency |
| B. | Historical analysis |
| C. | Sociological explanation |
| D. | Economic revolution |
| Answer» A. Intellectual tendency | |
| 225. |
Post-behaviouralism is associated with |
| A. | Galston |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | Karl Popper |
| D. | David Held |
| Answer» B. David Easton | |
| 226. |
The features of post-behaviouralism is based on |
| A. | Facts and value |
| B. | Normative and philosophical |
| C. | Empirical and quantitative only |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Facts and value | |
| 227. |
Post-behaviouralism is also regarded as |
| A. | Anti-behaviouralism |
| B. | Neo-behaviouralism |
| C. | Neo liberalism |
| D. | Neo-science |
| Answer» B. Neo-behaviouralism | |
| 228. |
With whom Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Thomas Moore |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Friedrich Engels |
| Answer» D. Friedrich Engels | |
| 229. |
Marxist approaches to political theory emphasize against |
| A. | Feudalism |
| B. | Capitalism |
| C. | Democracy |
| D. | Classical theory |
| Answer» B. Capitalism | |
| 230. |
‘State’ in Marxist approaches belong to |
| A. | super structure |
| B. | base |
| C. | middle structure |
| D. | lower structure |
| Answer» A. super structure | |
| 231. |
Aristotle considered ‘Politics’ as |
| A. | master science |
| B. | non scientific |
| C. | empirical inquiry |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. master science | |
| 232. |
Who said, "Political Science begins and ends with the state". |
| A. | David Held |
| B. | Earnest Barker |
| C. | James W. Garner |
| D. | Hobhouse |
| Answer» C. James W. Garner | |
| 233. |
Who wrote, A Grammar of Politics |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Harold J. Laski |
| C. | George H. Sabine |
| D. | Wolin |
| Answer» B. Harold J. Laski | |
| 234. |
Who define politics as ‘authoritative allocation of values’? |
| A. | Garner |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | MacIntyre |
| D. | David Easton |
| Answer» D. David Easton | |
| 235. |
Who said, “Political Science investigates the phenomena of government." |
| A. | Robert Dalh |
| B. | Keynes |
| C. | John Seeley |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» C. John Seeley | |
| 236. |
One of the basic scope of political theory is to analyse |
| A. | the nature and purpose of the State |
| B. | natural science for human progression |
| C. | the industrial revolution for economic development |
| D. | the state economy to help the industrial sector |
| Answer» A. the nature and purpose of the State | |
| 237. |
Who said “capitalism is the highest form of imperialism”? |
| A. | Engels |
| B. | Kothari |
| C. | Stalin |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» D. Lenin | |
| 238. |
Who made the statement that, “Political theory was political science in the full sense, and there could be no science without theory”? |
| A. | Wolin |
| B. | Germino |
| C. | Hume |
| D. | Ferguson |
| Answer» B. Germino | |
| 239. |
The ultimate goal of Marxist approaches advocate for |
| A. | classless and stateless society |
| B. | industrial and progressive society |
| C. | aristocrat and capitalist society |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. classless and stateless society | |
| 240. |
Theories of origin of State is associated with |
| A. | Environmentalism |
| B. | Ecologist |
| C. | Behaviouralism |
| D. | Social contract |
| Answer» D. Social contract | |
| 241. |
Which of the following is not associated with Social Contract theory? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Bentham | |
| 242. |
Social Contract theory was against |
| A. | state of nature |
| B. | veil of ignorance |
| C. | divine right |
| D. | civil society |
| Answer» C. divine right | |
| 243. |
The life of man in Hobbes’ ‘state of nature’ was |
| A. | bright |
| B. | peaceful |
| C. | industrious |
| D. | poor |
| Answer» D. poor | |
| 244. |
Who wrote the book The Social Contract? |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | JS Mills |
| C. | Grotius |
| D. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| Answer» D. Jean Jacques Rousseau | |
| 245. |
Who among the social contract theorist advocate for ‘absolute sovereignty’ |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Thomas Hobbes |
| C. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| D. | Pufendorf |
| Answer» B. Thomas Hobbes | |
| 246. |
Who advocate the theory of natural rights? |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Engels |
| Answer» A. John Locke | |
| 247. |
For Marx, state is an ‘instrument’ of exploitation of the workers by the |
| A. | Capitalist class |
| B. | Working class |
| C. | Aristocrat |
| D. | Zamindari |
| Answer» A. Capitalist class | |
| 248. |
Hobbes’ social contract theory was written in a book called |
| A. | Social Contract |
| B. | Leviathan |
| C. | Political Theory |
| D. | Two Treatises |
| Answer» B. Leviathan | |
| 249. |
Rousseau said the following sentence |
| A. | “man is born free and he is everywhere in chains” |
| B. | “man is a social animal” |
| C. | “state is divine” |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. “man is born free and he is everywhere in chains” | |
| 250. |
Marxist conceptualized ‘State’ as |
| A. | natural |
| B. | perpetual |
| C. | artificial |
| D. | divine |
| Answer» C. artificial | |
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