McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) .
| 1. |
Socrates was a Greek ______ |
| A. | philosopher |
| B. | singer |
| C. | composer |
| D. | poet |
| Answer» A. philosopher | |
| 2. |
Who is the student of Socrates? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristophanes |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 3. |
Who is the contemporary of Socrates? |
| A. | aristophanes |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | homer |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. aristophanes | |
| 4. |
According to Plato, Socratesfather was: |
| A. | sophroniscus |
| B. | aristophanes |
| C. | lamprocles |
| D. | zenexenus |
| Answer» A. sophroniscus | |
| 5. |
Socrates says that "all that the soul endures, if directed by _______ ends happiness." |
| A. | virtue |
| B. | wisdom |
| C. | prophets |
| D. | truth |
| Answer» B. wisdom | |
| 6. |
In Plato’s state the government is run by : |
| A. | workers |
| B. | philosophers |
| C. | soldiers |
| D. | constitution |
| Answer» B. philosophers | |
| 7. |
According to the Philosophy of Plato, the fundamental character of philosopher is |
| A. | courage |
| B. | wisdom |
| C. | appetite |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. wisdom | |
| 8. |
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing” said by |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | homer |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 9. |
Socrates was awarded punishment: |
| A. | death |
| B. | fine |
| C. | banishment from athens |
| D. | imprisonment for 3 years |
| Answer» A. death | |
| 10. |
According to Socrates, the soul is: |
| A. | infinitely large |
| B. | inherently virtuous |
| C. | corruptible |
| D. | immortal |
| Answer» D. immortal | |
| 11. |
According to Socrates, learning is a kind of: |
| A. | recollection |
| B. | virtue |
| C. | political skill |
| D. | gift of the gods |
| Answer» A. recollection | |
| 12. |
Who was the founder of Western philosophy? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 13. |
Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of: |
| A. | ethics |
| B. | economics |
| C. | chemistry |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. ethics | |
| 14. |
Who said, "Virtue - all virtue - is knowledge"? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | xenophon |
| C. | plato |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 15. |
Who said, "Virtue is sufficient for happiness"? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | xenophon |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 16. |
Plato is the author of: |
| A. | republic |
| B. | social contract |
| C. | history of political thought |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. republic | |
| 17. |
The idea that “Virtue is knowledge” is attributed to: |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 18. |
’.Political Science begins and ends with the state’ is said by: |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | professor garner |
| C. | paul janet |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. professor garner | |
| 19. |
According to Plato ,the following are the three elements in man: |
| A. | reason, justice , equality |
| B. | reason, spirit , appetite |
| C. | justice, liberty , equality |
| Answer» B. reason, spirit , appetite | |
| 20. |
'The Great but ungrateful pupil of his Master who was born in 384 BC was: |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | cicero |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 21. |
The author of the book ‘Statesman’ is: |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | plato |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 22. |
In Plato’s Ideal State, one reaches at the pinnacle of the State order at the age of: |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. 50 | |
| 23. |
Plato found the Academy in: |
| A. | 385 b.c. |
| B. | 381 b.c. |
| C. | 387 b.c. |
| D. | 315 b.c. |
| Answer» C. 387 b.c. | |
| 24. |
Aristotle found his own school in: |
| A. | 225 b.c |
| B. | 415 b.c. |
| C. | 335 b.c. |
| D. | 315 b.c. |
| Answer» C. 335 b.c. | |
| 25. |
Aristotle found his own school which was known as |
| A. | the lyceum |
| B. | academy |
| C. | institution |
| D. | leader |
| Answer» A. the lyceum | |
| 26. |
According to Aristotle which is the bad government of the rich: |
| A. | tyranny |
| B. | oligarchy |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. oligarchy | |
| 27. |
Who is regarded as the father of political science? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | machiavelli |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 28. |
According to Aristotle the end of State is:- |
| A. | logical |
| B. | legal |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. ethical | |
| 29. |
Who regards democracy as a perverted form of government? |
| A. | js mill |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | th green |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 30. |
Plato’s system of communism s meant only for |
| A. | soldiers and workers |
| B. | philosophers and soldiers |
| C. | philosophers, soldiers and workers |
| D. | philosophers and workers |
| Answer» B. philosophers and soldiers | |
| 31. |
Who defined justice as “treating equals equally and unequalsunequally”? |
| A. | js mill |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | th green |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 32. |
Who identified democracy with mobocracy? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 33. |
The book ‘ Politics’ is written by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 34. |
The doctrine of proportional equality was propounded by |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 35. |
The principle of distributive justice was first propounded by |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | kant |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 36. |
...............believed the natural organism of the state. |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | kant |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 37. |
According to Aristotle,,,,,,,.........is the best form of government. |
| A. | monarchy |
| B. | oligarchy |
| C. | polity |
| D. | aristocracy |
| Answer» C. polity | |
| 38. |
The term, "anarchism" has been derived from the word 'anarchia' which is basically a: |
| A. | greek word |
| B. | latin word |
| C. | french word |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. latin word | |
| 39. |
A Discourse on the origin of Inequality and Social Contract was presented by: |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 40. |
The General Will is the political concept of: |
| A. | j. j. rousseau |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | locke |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. j. j. rousseau | |
| 41. |
Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished basis for: |
| A. | political sovereignty |
| B. | limited sovereignty |
| C. | popular sovereignty |
| D. | absolute |
| Answer» C. popular sovereignty | |
| 42. |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on: |
| A. | 28th june 1711 |
| B. | 28th june 1712 |
| C. | 26th june 1713 |
| D. | 28th june 1714 |
| Answer» B. 28th june 1712 | |
| 43. |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in: |
| A. | london, britain |
| B. | geneva, switzerland |
| C. | ermenonville, france |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. geneva, switzerland | |
| 44. |
How does Rousseau describe man in his primal natural state? |
| A. | a noble savage |
| B. | solitary, nasty and brutish |
| C. | a blank state |
| D. | totally corrupted |
| Answer» A. a noble savage | |
| 45. |
What was Rousseau's remedy for the corruption and slavery of civilized society? |
| A. | a new social contract |
| B. | democratic reforms |
| C. | revolution |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» A. a new social contract | |
| 46. |
‘Social Contract’ is a book written by |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 47. |
Who among the following thinkers distinguished between “Real will” and “Actual will” |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | green |
| C. | kant |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» A. rousseau | |
| 48. |
Who argues that sovereignty can never be alienated, divided or represented? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 49. |
“A thinking man is a deprived animal” Who said? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 50. |
The concept of forced freedom was first enunciated by |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | th green |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
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