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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 Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions? |
| A. | strong military forces |
| B. | respect for individual rights |
| C. | a one-party system |
| D. | an agricultural economy |
| Answer» B. respect for individual rights | |
| 52. |
Who said “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ? |
| A. | lord acton |
| B. | david apter |
| C. | a.v. dicey |
| D. | montesquieu |
| Answer» A. lord acton | |
| 53. |
Parliamentary form of government first evolved in |
| A. | greece |
| B. | the united kingdom |
| C. | the united states |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» B. the united kingdom | |
| 54. |
Who said that Bureaucracy is “a regulated administrative system organized as a series of Inter related offices ? |
| A. | max weber; |
| B. | gladden; |
| C. | f.m. marx; |
| D. | john a. vieg |
| Answer» B. gladden; | |
| 55. |
The power to decide an election petition is vested in the |
| A. | parliament; |
| B. | supreme court; |
| C. | high courts; |
| D. | election commission |
| Answer» C. high courts; | |
| 56. |
Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a social order”? |
| A. | g.s. peter; |
| B. | h arendt; |
| C. | huntington; |
| D. | neumann |
| Answer» D. neumann | |
| 57. |
Participation is an important element of every |
| A. | monarchial system |
| B. | oligarchical system |
| C. | democratic system |
| D. | aristocratic system |
| Answer» C. democratic system | |
| 58. |
'If sovereignty is not absolute, no state will exist'. Who said this ? |
| A. | laski; |
| B. | locke; |
| C. | austin; |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 59. |
According to Marx 'the Dictatorship of the proletariat' signifies ? |
| A. | a transitional state |
| B. | an ideal state |
| C. | an autocratic state |
| D. | a liberal states |
| Answer» A. a transitional state | |
| 60. |
Who said ‘Neutrality is’ one of the strongest bulwarks of democracy ? |
| A. | f. m. marx; |
| B. | peter self; |
| C. | ajay baseli; |
| D. | o. p. dwivedi |
| Answer» C. ajay baseli; | |
| 61. |
“All administration means domination” who said this ? |
| A. | weber; |
| B. | martin albrow; |
| C. | r. k. merton; |
| D. | talcot parsons |
| Answer» A. weber; | |
| 62. |
Who among the following first developed the concept of general system theory |
| A. | colin cherry |
| B. | ludwig von bertallanffy |
| C. | robert k merton |
| D. | talcott parsons |
| Answer» B. ludwig von bertallanffy | |
| 63. |
Democracy is meaningless without |
| A. | president and congress |
| B. | supreme court and president |
| C. | a federal form of government |
| D. | freedom of speech |
| Answer» D. freedom of speech | |
| 64. |
Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of |
| A. | modern totalitarianism |
| B. | politics of developing countries |
| C. | developed socialism |
| D. | advanced capitalism |
| Answer» B. politics of developing countries | |
| 65. |
Who wrote “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign 70. Gandhi describe himself as a |
| A. | social democrat |
| B. | philosophical anarchist |
| C. | socialist |
| D. | liberal |
| Answer» D. liberal | |
| 66. |
According to Aristotle, democracy is |
| A. | a genuine form of government |
| B. | the same as oligarchy |
| C. | a perverted form of government |
| D. | the same as polity |
| Answer» B. the same as oligarchy | |
| 67. |
Power is the capacity to |
| A. | persuade |
| B. | hold sovereignty |
| C. | produce intended effects |
| D. | exercise authority |
| Answer» B. hold sovereignty | |
| 68. |
Authority is the right to |
| A. | invoke tradition |
| B. | nationhood |
| C. | rule |
| D. | delegate |
| Answer» A. invoke tradition | |
| 69. |
Sovereignty refers to |
| A. | ruling monarchs |
| B. | ceremonial leaders |
| C. | supreme courts |
| D. | the ultimate source of authority |
| Answer» A. ruling monarchs | |
| 70. |
Which of the following is the function of political parties? |
| A. | supervising interest groups |
| B. | administering elections |
| C. | aggregating (combining) interest |
| D. | negotiating with foreign governments |
| Answer» C. aggregating (combining) interest | |
| 71. |
Who introduced hegemony in the concept of civil society? |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | gramsci |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» B. gramsci | |
| 72. |
Who said ‘civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | gandhi |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. gandhi | |
| 73. |
The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with |
| A. | michels |
| B. | millet |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. michels | |
| 74. |
Who wrote the work ‘a preface to democratic theory’? |
| A. | dahl |
| B. | marx |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | maciver |
| Answer» A. dahl | |
| 75. |
The most essential principle of liberalism is |
| A. | equality |
| B. | social justice |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» D. freedom | |
| 76. |
An institution is a form of |
| A. | organisation |
| B. | legal system |
| C. | culture |
| D. | state |
| Answer» A. organisation | |
| 77. |
Who said Politics is about 'who gets what, when and how'? |
| A. | lasswell |
| B. | almond |
| C. | easton |
| D. | verba |
| Answer» A. lasswell | |
| 78. |
Social justice is primarily concerned with |
| A. | who governs society |
| B. | how society is governed |
| C. | how society is defined |
| D. | who should get what in society |
| Answer» D. who should get what in society | |
| 79. |
Which one of the following country follows unitary form of government? |
| A. | australia. |
| B. | usa |
| C. | india |
| D. | uk |
| Answer» D. uk | |
| 80. |
Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority? |
| A. | james madison |
| B. | john dunning |
| C. | j rousseau |
| D. | de tocqueville |
| Answer» D. de tocqueville | |
| 81. |
Who among the following is not an exponent of ‘Elitist Theory of Democracy’? |
| A. | mosca |
| B. | pareto |
| C. | michel |
| D. | c macpherson |
| Answer» D. c macpherson | |
| 82. |
Who among the following advocated partyless democracy in India? |
| A. | acharya vinoba bhave |
| B. | jayprakash narayan |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | m.n. roy |
| Answer» B. jayprakash narayan | |
| 83. |
Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the ‘end of history’? |
| A. | samuel p. huntington |
| B. | francis fukuyama |
| C. | robert dahl |
| D. | c. wright mills |
| Answer» A. samuel p. huntington | |
| 84. |
Who among the following favoured qualification as the basis for right to vote? |
| A. | e. barker |
| B. | t.h. green |
| C. | j.s. mill |
| D. | j. bentham |
| Answer» C. j.s. mill | |
| 85. |
Which is Canada’s political system? |
| A. | a confederal state |
| B. | a direct democracy |
| C. | a unitary stated. |
| D. | parliamentary |
| Answer» D. parliamentary | |
| 86. |
Rational-legal authority also known as |
| A. | confederal |
| B. | universal |
| C. | democratic |
| D. | bureaucratic |
| Answer» D. bureaucratic | |
| 87. |
the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by |
| A. | mosca |
| B. | michels |
| C. | weber |
| D. | pareto |
| Answer» A. mosca | |
| 88. |
Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as ration-legal authority ? |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | herbert a. simon |
| C. | vilfredo pareto |
| D. | f.m. marx |
| Answer» A. max weber | |
| 89. |
The Communist manifesto was first published in |
| A. | russian |
| B. | english |
| C. | german |
| D. | french |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 90. |
The International Criminal Court is located at |
| A. | washington |
| B. | hague |
| C. | geneva |
| D. | london |
| Answer» B. hague | |
| 91. |
Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history ? |
| A. | francis fukuyama |
| B. | samuel p. huntington |
| C. | david held |
| D. | samir amin |
| Answer» A. francis fukuyama | |
| 92. |
The National Parliamentary body of China is known as |
| A. | national people’s congress |
| B. | supreme soviet |
| C. | people’s assembly |
| D. | state council |
| Answer» A. national people’s congress | |
| 93. |
Which aspect of imperialism does the dependency theory emphasize ? |
| A. | strategic |
| B. | political |
| C. | cultural |
| D. | economic |
| Answer» D. economic | |
| 94. |
Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity? |
| A. | maciver |
| B. | robert dahl |
| C. | hobbes |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. robert dahl | |
| 95. |
The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language |
| A. | greek; |
| B. | latin; |
| C. | english; |
| D. | french |
| Answer» B. latin; | |
| 96. |
Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society” |
| A. | john lock b. |
| B. | j.s. mill |
| C. | david easton |
| D. | almond |
| Answer» C. david easton | |
| 97. |
Political science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in which year |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1970 |
| Answer» A. 1948 | |
| 98. |
Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | machiavelli |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 99. |
The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to |
| A. | 4th century b.c .b. 3rd century |
| B. | c |
| C. | 5th century b.c |
| D. | 6th century b.c. |
| Answer» A. 4th century b.c .b. 3rd century | |
| 100. |
Who was the first proponent of scientific study of politics? |
| A. | charles merriam |
| B. | harold d lasswell |
| C. | george catlin |
| D. | arthur bentley |
| Answer» A. charles merriam | |
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