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This section includes 115 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in Political Science knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following types represents Vivekananda’s contribution to education? |
| A. | integral education |
| B. | basic education |
| C. | education for man making |
| D. | education for international understanding |
| Answer» D. education for international understanding | |
| 2. |
Author of the book-‘Guilty Men of India’s Partition’ |
| A. | ram manohar lohia |
| B. | m.k gandhi |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n roy |
| Answer» B. m.k gandhi | |
| 3. |
For the formulation of the concept of Satyagraha Gandhi made strong reference ontheconcept of------------------by Tolstoy. |
| A. | civil disobedience |
| B. | bread labour |
| C. | passive resistance |
| D. | activeresistance |
| Answer» D. activeresistance | |
| 4. |
Who wrote the book’ A Gift to monotheists’? |
| A. | david hare |
| B. | raja ram mohan roy |
| C. | mahadev govind ranade |
| D. | ramkrishna bhandarkar |
| Answer» C. mahadev govind ranade | |
| 5. |
"A Soviet Revolution has two parts: destruction of the old order of society andconstruction of the new”.-who said? |
| A. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | m.n roy |
| D. | ram manohar lohia |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 6. |
The idea of ‘seven revolutions’ propounded by? |
| A. | b.r ambedkar |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | m.n roy |
| D. | ram manohar lohia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Gandhi said, “Politicswithout-----------------is a thing to be avoided”. |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | justice |
| C. | morality |
| D. | positive attitude |
| Answer» D. positive attitude | |
| 8. |
The great Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore met Guru in the year………….? |
| A. | 1922 |
| B. | 1924 |
| C. | 1934 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» B. 1924 | |
| 9. |
Who is the author of ‘Reason, Romanticism, and revolution’? |
| A. | m.n roy |
| B. | v.d savarkar |
| C. | b.r ambedkar |
| D. | jaya prakash narayan |
| Answer» B. v.d savarkar | |
| 10. |
‘I was born a Hindu but will not die as one’ who said this? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | savarkar |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 11. |
Who is the author of ‘Twentieth Century Jacobinism? |
| A. | b.r ambedkar |
| B. | m.n roy |
| C. | v.d savarkar |
| D. | m.k gandhi |
| Answer» C. v.d savarkar | |
| 12. |
Who authored ‘Annihilation of caste’ |
| A. | m.n roy |
| B. | v.d savarkar |
| C. | b.r ambedkar |
| D. | m.k gandhi |
| Answer» D. m.k gandhi | |
| 13. |
“There was only one genuine extremist in India and that was Mr. Tilak” Who among thefollowing had made this remark in context with Bal Gangadhar Til |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | moti lal nehru |
| C. | edwin montague |
| D. | lord hardinge |
| Answer» D. lord hardinge | |
| 14. |
Who is the author of the ‘The Arctic Home in the Vedas’? |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | thilak |
| C. | sree narayana guru |
| D. | mahathma gandhi |
| Answer» C. sree narayana guru | |
| 15. |
The' main basis of Tilak's nationalism…………….. |
| A. | culture and religion |
| B. | hindutva |
| C. | extremism |
| D. | anti-british feeling |
| Answer» B. hindutva | |
| 16. |
Swami Vivekananda’s nationalism is based on …………… |
| A. | religion |
| B. | vedanta |
| C. | advaitha |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» B. vedanta | |
| 17. |
After graduation in 1884, Gopala Krishna Gokhale joined theDeccan Educational Societyfounded by................... |
| A. | ranade |
| B. | chandra sekhar deb |
| C. | shyama charan sen |
| D. | satkaridatta |
| Answer» B. chandra sekhar deb | |
| 18. |
...................laid the foundation of the ‘servants of India society’. |
| A. | gopala krishna gokhale |
| B. | surendranath banerjea |
| C. | k.k. mitra |
| D. | prithwishchandra ray. 63. hitavada, the newspaper started by gopal krishna gokhale in 1911 was initially |
| Answer» B. surendranath banerjea | |
| 19. |
Who described Gokhale as the “diamond of India, the Jewel ofMaharashtra”? |
| A. | bose |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Name the scholar who believed that “Corruption is eating into the vitals of our politicallife” |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| C. | m.n.roy |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» C. m.n.roy | |
| 21. |
Identify the Philosopher who held the view that religion was not a mere set of rites andceremonies, but a way of life. |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | m.n.roy |
| C. | e.m.s. |
| D. | sree narayana guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Name the Philosopher who advised his followers not to say anything that would hurt thefeeling of others. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | sree naraya guru |
| D. | savarkar |
| Answer» D. savarkar | |
| 23. |
Who described revolution as a subversion of the status quo and reorganization of societyon the basis of freedom and equality? |
| A. | m.n. roy |
| B. | ram manohar lohia |
| C. | m.k. gandhi |
| D. | b.r. ambedkar |
| Answer» B. ram manohar lohia | |
| 24. |
The Thesis ‘National Dividendfor India: A Historical and Analytical Study’ belongs to |
| A. | dadabhai naoroji b. |
| B. | r.ambedkar |
| C. | ram manohar lohia |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» C. ram manohar lohia | |
| 25. |
Who of the following is the founder Director of the Indian Renaissance Institute, DehraDun? |
| A. | vinobha bhave |
| B. | ram manohar lohia |
| C. | m.n. roy |
| D. | b.r.ambedkar |
| Answer» D. b.r.ambedkar | |
| 26. |
Name the Philosopher who declared that “I am a Socialist not because I think it is aPerfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread” |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» C. lohia | |
| 27. |
Identify the Philosopher who remarked that “it is mockery to offer religion to a starvingman” |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | vivekananda |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Name the scholar who rebelled against oppressions and repressions by the upper castes. A. Gokhale B. Lohia C. Vivekananda D. Gandhiji37. Who was a believer in moderation with regard to social change? |
| A. | vivekananda |
| B. | tilak |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» D. m.n.roy | |
| 29. |
Name the scholar who made it clear that Hindus and untouchables must be regarded asdistinct and independent community. |
| A. | lohia |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Identify the thinker who strongly believed that caste system completely ruined the IndianSociety |
| A. | tilak |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | nehru |
| Answer» D. nehru | |
| 31. |
Identify the Philosopher who remarked that religious toleration is crucial for the growthof democracy |
| A. | m.n.roy |
| B. | raja ram mohan roy |
| C. | vivekananda |
| D. | lohia |
| Answer» D. lohia | |
| 32. |
Name the Philosopher who taught that Advaita philosophy becomes meaningless unless itteaches men to treat their fellowmen equals. |
| A. | sree narayana guru |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | raja ram mohan roy |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» B. vivekananda | |
| 33. |
Name the scholar who believed that Economic freedom of the individual is the thirddimension ofSwaraj. |
| A. | nehru |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | lohia |
| D. | jayaprakash narayan |
| Answer» C. lohia | |
| 34. |
Name the Philosopher who believed that religion constituted the centre of the whole ofmusic of national life of India. |
| A. | vivekananda |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n.roy |
| Answer» B. gandhiji | |
| 35. |
Who is the author of 'Unto This Last'? |
| A. | john ruskin |
| B. | ruskin bond |
| C. | hermann kallenbach |
| D. | louis fischer |
| Answer» B. ruskin bond | |
| 36. |
Who among the following said: “Those who say that religion has nothing to do withpolitics do not know what religion means”? |
| A. | aurobindo |
| B. | m.k. gandhi |
| C. | subhas bose |
| D. | m.n. roy |
| Answer» C. subhas bose | |
| 37. |
Who among the following regarded Buddhism as a moral and tolerant alternative toMarxism? |
| A. | ram mohan roy |
| B. | vivekananda |
| C. | b.r. ambedkar |
| D. | m.n. roy |
| Answer» D. m.n. roy | |
| 38. |
Who founded the ‘Mexican Socialist Workers’ Party’ which was later named as‘Mexican Communist Party’? |
| A. | jaya prakash narayan b. |
| B. | r. ambedkar |
| C. | m.n. roy |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» D. lenin | |
| 39. |
Who among the following formed “The League of Radical Congressmen”? |
| A. | m.k. gandhi |
| B. | m.n. roy |
| C. | aurobindo |
| D. | b.r. ambedkar |
| Answer» C. aurobindo | |
| 40. |
Who said: “Human nature is an ensemble of social relations”? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | m.n. roy |
| C. | aurobindo |
| D. | mao |
| Answer» C. aurobindo | |
| 41. |
Author of the book -Mr. Gandhi and Emancipation of Untouchables |
| A. | vinoba bhave |
| B. | ram manohar lohia |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | ambedkar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Author of the book-‘Guilty Men of India’s Partition’ |
| A. | ram manohar lohia |
| B. | m.k gandhi |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | m.n roy |
| Answer» B. m.k gandhi | |
| 43. |
In which year Swami Vivekanada started his historic wandering through India? |
| A. | 1891 |
| B. | 1869 |
| C. | 1886 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» B. 1869 | |
| 44. |
Which of the following types represents Vivekananda’s contribution to education? |
| A. | integral education |
| B. | basic education |
| C. | education for man making |
| D. | education for international understanding |
| Answer» D. education for international understanding | |
| 45. |
Name the philosopher who believed that freedom is the keynote of spiritual life? |
| A. | gopalakrishna gokhale |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | vivekanada |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Gandhi called Satyagraha as: |
| A. | strong force |
| B. | physical force |
| C. | mental force |
| D. | love force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Federation of decentralized democratic rural community is called by Gandhi is: |
| A. | ramaraj |
| B. | democracy |
| C. | panchyat raj |
| D. | sarvodaya |
| Answer» D. sarvodaya | |
| 48. |
Swaraj means: |
| A. | self-government |
| B. | political self-government |
| C. | government |
| D. | local government |
| Answer» C. government | |
| 49. |
For the formulation of the concept of Satyagraha Gandhi made strong reference on theconcept of------------------by Tolstoy. |
| A. | civil disobedience |
| B. | bread labour |
| C. | passive resistance |
| D. | activeresistance |
| Answer» D. activeresistance | |
| 50. |
Whom did the British call the father of disaffection and the biggest traitor? |
| A. | bal gangadhar tilak |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | bipin chandra pal |
| D. | subhas chandra bose |
| Answer» B. gokhale | |