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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who consider political parties as 'Broker of Ideas' ? |
| A. | Lasswel |
| B. | Lowell |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Lippman |
| Answer» C. Lenin | |
| 2. |
Under the Hare System every voter enjoys- |
| A. | One vote less than the number of seats to be filled |
| B. | As many votes as there are seats to be filled |
| C. | Only two votes |
| D. | One effective vote |
| Answer» C. Only two votes | |
| 3. |
The statement that, 'Liberty and equality cannot go together' is related to- |
| A. | Dicey |
| B. | Lord Acton |
| C. | Berlin |
| D. | Dworkin |
| Answer» C. Berlin | |
| 4. |
Which one of the following books influenced Gandhiji most ? |
| A. | Grammar of Politics |
| B. | Poverty of Philosophy |
| C. | Discovery of India |
| D. | Unto this Last |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
By which one of the following Amendment voting age was lowered down from 21 year to 18 year ? |
| A. | 42nd Amendment |
| B. | 52nd Amendment |
| C. | 61st Amendment |
| D. | 68th Amendment |
| Answer» D. 68th Amendment | |
| 6. |
The Supreme Court of India decides the cases between the Centre and States under- |
| A. | Advisory jurisdiction |
| B. | Appellate jurisdiction |
| C. | Constitutional jurisdiction |
| D. | Primary jurisdiction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Who supported the theory of powerlite ? |
| A. | Sartori |
| B. | Pareto |
| C. | Burnham |
| D. | C. Wright Mills |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Which one of the following is not guaranteed by the Constitution ? |
| A. | Freedom of assembly |
| B. | Freedom of residence |
| C. | Freedom of strike |
| D. | Freedom of association |
| Answer» D. Freedom of association | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following pluralists stated that the 'Monism is a pernicious or futiledoctrine' ? |
| A. | Barker |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Coker |
| D. | Duguit |
| Answer» D. Duguit | |
| 10. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (As) and the other labelled as Reason (Re)-Assertion (As) : Pluralism vehemently criticises Legal Theory of Rights.Reason (Re) : Pluralism does not consider State as creator of Rights.In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? |
| A. | Both (As) and (Re) are true and (Re) is the correct explanation of (As) |
| B. | Both (As) and (Re) are true, but (Re) is not a correct explanation of (As) |
| C. | (As) is true, but (Re) is false |
| D. | (As) is false, but (Re) is true |
| Answer» B. Both (As) and (Re) are true, but (Re) is not a correct explanation of (As) | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following statements isnot correct ? |
| A. | Gandhiji was primarily an anarchist while Marx is a materialist |
| B. | As regards ownership of property Gandhiji believes in the doctrine of Trusteeship but Marx insists on expropriation of the Capitalists |
| C. | Marx emphasises on technology intensive industries whereas Gandhiji advocates labour intensive industries |
| D. | Gandhiji does not want to establish a classless society through the dignity of labour while Marx wants to bring out a classless society through the abolition of private property |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following is not among seven elements of the Saptang Theory of State as propounded by ancient Indian thinkers ? |
| A. | Swami |
| B. | Purohita |
| C. | Pura |
| D. | Kosha |
| Answer» C. Pura | |
| 13. |
Reasonable Restrictions under Article 19(2) can be imposed on the ground of- |
| A. | Defection |
| B. | Contempt of Court |
| C. | Death of the Prime Minister |
| D. | Signing of a trade treaty with a country |
| Answer» C. Death of the Prime Minister | |
| 14. |
Who among the following is considered as the founder of Liberalism ? |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Rousseau |
| D. | Locke |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The utilitarians support- |
| A. | Idealistic Theory of Right |
| B. | Socialist Theory of Right |
| C. | Welfare Theory of Right |
| D. | Historical Theory of Right |
| Answer» D. Historical Theory of Right | |
| 16. |
What is not true about Austin's Theory of Sovereignty ? |
| A. | The sovereign is not an indefinite body |
| B. | The obedience to sovereign is habitual |
| C. | The power of the sovereign can be delegated |
| D. | Sovereign exists in an independent political community |
| Answer» D. Sovereign exists in an independent political community | |
| 17. |
Which one of the following was not a function of State in ancient India ? |
| A. | The State was the protector and enforcer of Law, Morality and Dharma |
| B. | The Vedic State protected citizens from foreign aggression. It also maintained internal order by enforcing respect for the traditional law |
| C. | The State adopted a policy of Laissez Faire |
| D. | The people were disposed to accept the State's claim to omniscience or infallibility |
| Answer» D. The people were disposed to accept the State's claim to omniscience or infallibility | |
| 18. |
Match List-I and List-II and select correct answer from the code given below-List-I(a) Rousseau (b) Locke(c) Hobbes (d) BodinList-II1. 'The State of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges everyone.'2. 'Man is a depraved animal.' 3. 'Sovereignty is the supreme power over subjects and citizens unrestrained by laws.'4. 'Covenant without sword are mere words.'Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | 2 1 4 3 |
| B. | 2 3 1 4 |
| C. | 1 4 2 3 |
| D. | 3 4 2 1 |
| Answer» B. 2 3 1 4 | |
| 19. |
Who among the following enunciated a theory of preservation of State rather than a theory of the State ? |
| A. | Machiavelli |
| B. | Bodin |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Green |
| Answer» B. Bodin | |
| 20. |
The distinction between the legal and political sovereignty was emphasized by- |
| A. | Dicey |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Hobbes |
| D. | Austin |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 21. |
Who said, 'Marx is the first socialist writer whose work can be termed scientific ?' |
| A. | Lenin |
| B. | Ebenstien |
| C. | Coker |
| D. | C. E. M. Joad |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which among the following is not correctly matched ? |
| A. | Bhisma -Shantiparva of Mahabharata |
| B. | K. P. Jayaswal -Hindu Polity |
| C. | R. D. Bhandarkar -History of Dharmshastra |
| D. | Kautilya -Arthshastra |
| Answer» D. Kautilya -Arthshastra | |
| 23. |
Which one of the following political scientists is associated with pluralistic views on sovereignty ? |
| A. | David Easton |
| B. | Gabriel Almond |
| C. | John Rawls |
| D. | Robert A Dahl |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Match List-I and List-II and select correct answer from the code given below-List-I(a) C. B. Macpherson(b) John Rawls(c) Robert Nozick(d) Milton FriedmanList-II1. Theory of Justice2. Anarchy State and Utopia3. Democratic Theory : Essays in Retrieval4. Capitalism and FreedomCodes :(a) (b) (c) (d) |
| A. | 1 3 2 4 |
| B. | 3 1 2 4 |
| C. | 3 4 1 2 |
| D. | 2 3 4 1 |
| Answer» C. 3 4 1 2 | |
| 25. |
Which among the following is the most important advantage of Bi-party system in comparison to Multi-Party System ? |
| A. | To bring discipline in Party |
| B. | To present political events more transparently before media |
| C. | To Guarantee Stable Government |
| D. | To minimise expenditure incurred by Political Parties |
| Answer» D. To minimise expenditure incurred by Political Parties | |
| 26. |
Who supported proportional representation for the success of democracy ? |
| A. | Montesquieu |
| B. | Dicey |
| C. | J. S. Mill |
| D. | Macpherson |
| Answer» B. Dicey | |
| 27. |
Which one of the following is not written by Karl Marx ? |
| A. | The Poverty of Philosophy |
| B. | Value, Price and Profit |
| C. | State and Revolution |
| D. | The Critique of Political Economy |
| Answer» D. The Critique of Political Economy | |
| 28. |
'The State did not create property but was itself created in order to protect it.' This statement is related to- |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 29. |
Who among the following did not give classification of Governments ? |
| A. | Bodin |
| B. | Bluntschli |
| C. | Leacock |
| D. | Rawls |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which is not a feature of the Parliamentary System ? |
| A. | Head of the Government and Head of the State are separate |
| B. | Council of Ministers is responsible to the Legislature |
| C. | Fixed tenure of the Prime Minister |
| D. | PM can remove a Minister |
| Answer» D. PM can remove a Minister | |
| 31. |
Who remarked that 'Cabinet is a hyphen that joins a buckle that fastens the executive and legislative departments together ?' |
| A. | Jennings |
| B. | Morris-Jones |
| C. | Bagehot |
| D. | Dicey |
| Answer» D. Dicey | |
| 32. |
Who attempted to combine individualism with law of evolution ? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Lowell |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Lipset |
| Answer» D. Lipset | |
| 33. |
Who propounded the concept of Socialism in one country ? |
| A. | Lenin |
| B. | Stalin |
| C. | Mao |
| D. | Khrushchev |
| Answer» C. Mao | |
| 34. |
Who does not regard liberty and equality as opposed to each other ? |
| A. | Tocqueville |
| B. | Friedman |
| C. | Barker |
| D. | Michels |
| Answer» D. Michels | |
| 35. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (As) and the other labelled as Reason (Re)-Assertion (As) : Green defended liberty of the individual.Reason (Re) : He attempted to combine Liberalism with Idealism.In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct ? |
| A. | Both (As) and (Re) are true and (Re) is the correct explanation of (As) |
| B. | Both (As) and (Re) are true, but (Re) is not a correct explanation of (As) |
| C. | (As) is true, but (Re) is false |
| D. | (As) is false, but (Re) is true |
| Answer» B. Both (As) and (Re) are true, but (Re) is not a correct explanation of (As) | |
| 36. |
'Rights are created by State' is the assumption of- |
| A. | Welfare theory of Right |
| B. | Idealist theory of Right |
| C. | Legal theory of Right |
| D. | Natural Theory of Right |
| Answer» D. Natural Theory of Right | |
| 37. |
Who is known as the theorist of the super-structure ? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Gramsci |
| D. | Mao |
| Answer» D. Mao | |
| 38. |
Who divided individual's actions into self-regarding actions and other-regarding actions ? |
| A. | Locke |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | J. S. Mill |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Who wrote the book entitled 'Liberty Before Liberalism' ? |
| A. | Skinner |
| B. | Dworkin |
| C. | Newman |
| D. | Taylor |
| Answer» C. Newman | |
| 40. |
The concept of 'Political Decay' is associated with the name of- |
| A. | Easton |
| B. | Apter |
| C. | Huntington |
| D. | Almond |
| Answer» D. Almond | |
| 41. |
Who defined democracy as a method of selection of right leaders ? |
| A. | Lincoln |
| B. | J. S. Mill |
| C. | Bryce |
| D. | Shumpeter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The main objective of vote of credit and exceptional grant is- |
| A. | To meet the salary expenses of the MPs |
| B. | To meet the demand of States |
| C. | To meet the unprecedented demand of money due to any national calamity |
| D. | To meet the unprecedented demand of money by the Army |
| Answer» D. To meet the unprecedented demand of money by the Army | |
| 43. |
Who has advocated the theory of piecemeal social engineering for social development ? |
| A. | Macpherson |
| B. | Rawls |
| C. | Popper |
| D. | Taylor |
| Answer» D. Taylor | |
| 44. |
The maximum limit of members of a State Legislative Assembly is- |
| A. | 475 |
| B. | 500 |
| C. | 545 |
| D. | 560 |
| Answer» C. 545 | |
| 45. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (As) and the other labelled as Reason (Re)-Assertion (As) : Gandhiji established Gram 'Udyog Sangh'.Reason (Re) : Gandhiji aimed at economic upliftment of the people.In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? |
| A. | Both (As) and (Re) are true and (Re) is the correct explanation of A |
| B. | Both (As) and (Re) are true, but (Re) is not a correct explanation of (As) |
| C. | (As) is true, but (Re) is false |
| D. | (As) is false, but (Re) is true |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Who said in the Constituent Assembly that 'No Ministry responsible to the people can afford light heartedly to ignore the provisions in Part IV of the Constitution' ? |
| A. | Alladi Krishna Swamy Aiyer |
| B. | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
| C. | K. T. Shah |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | |
| 47. |
The power to declare the election of an elected member of the parliament invalid is vested in- |
| A. | The Election Commission |
| B. | The President of India |
| C. | Supreme Court |
| D. | The Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| Answer» C. Supreme Court | |
| 48. |
Theory of New Democracy was propounded by- |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Trotsky |
| C. | Marcuse |
| D. | Mao |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
What is not true of Finance Committees of the Parliament ? |
| A. | They verify the estimate of expenditure |
| B. | Finance committee are constituted for a term of one year |
| C. | Ministers are also its members |
| D. | They look into the works of administration |
| Answer» D. They look into the works of administration | |
| 50. |
The nature of Parliamentary Control over Executive in India is- |
| A. | Legal |
| B. | Administrative |
| C. | Social |
| D. | Cultural |
| Answer» C. Social | |