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| 151. |
“The state is an executive committee of the exploiting class” stated by; |
| A. | individualists |
| B. | anarchists |
| C. | marxists |
| D. | fascists |
| Answer» D. fascists | |
| 152. |
Who said ‘state is an expansion of family’ |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | laski |
| C. | austin |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. laski | |
| 153. |
Who stated, membership of the state should be voluntary and optional. |
| A. | j.s. mill |
| B. | h.j. laski |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | austin |
| Answer» D. austin | |
| 154. |
“State is a necessary evil” is associated with: |
| A. | fabians |
| B. | sophists |
| C. | anarchists |
| D. | individualists. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
Which part of the constitution aims at the establishment of a welfare statein India. |
| A. | part iii |
| B. | part iv |
| C. | part v |
| D. | part vi |
| Answer» C. part v | |
| 156. |
The term ‘state’ in its modern sense was first used by --------- |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | bodin |
| Answer» D. bodin | |
| 157. |
Scientific socialism was expounded by |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | j.s mill |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» D. plato | |
| 158. |
A form of government in which everyone has a share is |
| A. | aristocracy |
| B. | monarchy |
| C. | oligarchy |
| D. | democracy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 159. |
Aggressive nationalism is the philosophy of |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | marxism |
| C. | fascism |
| D. | individualism |
| Answer» D. individualism | |
| 160. |
’War is to man what maternity is to women’ is the slogan of |
| A. | marxism |
| B. | liberalism |
| C. | fascism |
| D. | gandhism |
| Answer» D. gandhism | |
| 161. |
Which party system is prevailing in China |
| A. | one party system |
| B. | one party dominant system |
| C. | bi party system |
| D. | multi party system |
| Answer» B. one party dominant system | |
| 162. |
Which organ of the government makes interpretation of laws |
| A. | the legislature |
| B. | executive |
| C. | civil service |
| D. | judiciary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
Indirect democracy is otherwise known as |
| A. | socialist democracy |
| B. | representative democracy |
| C. | elite democracy |
| D. | democratic republic |
| Answer» C. elite democracy | |
| 164. |
The words ‘we the people of India’ in the preamble shows |
| A. | legal sovereignty |
| B. | popular sovereignty |
| C. | de jure sovereignty |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. de jure sovereignty | |
| 165. |
If there is no division of powers that government is known as |
| A. | parliamentary |
| B. | federal |
| C. | unitary |
| D. | democratic |
| Answer» D. democratic | |
| 166. |
The theory of Surplus Value is associated with |
| A. | adam smith |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | amarthya sen |
| D. | stalin |
| Answer» C. amarthya sen | |
| 167. |
The Bible of Communism |
| A. | communist manifesto |
| B. | state and revolution |
| C. | spirit of laws |
| D. | the republic |
| Answer» B. state and revolution | |
| 168. |
Popular Sovereignty means that sovereignty lies with |
| A. | constitution |
| B. | parliament |
| C. | cabinet |
| D. | people |
| Answer» E. | |
| 169. |
One party system is found in |
| A. | india |
| B. | britain |
| C. | switzerland |
| D. | china |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
Which kind of right is the right to form Associations |
| A. | civil right |
| B. | legal right |
| C. | political right |
| D. | natural right |
| Answer» D. natural right | |
| 171. |
Which of the following is also known as Laissez faire theory? |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | totalitarianism |
| C. | socialism |
| D. | individualism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
Which one of the following governments operates on the principle ofcollective responsibility? |
| A. | parliamentary |
| B. | presidential |
| C. | unitary |
| D. | federal |
| Answer» B. presidential | |
| 173. |
Division of powers between the centre and the states is an essentialfeature of |
| A. | federal government |
| B. | unitary government |
| C. | presidential government |
| D. | parliamentary government |
| Answer» B. unitary government | |
| 174. |
In which of the following forms of government the second chamber is anindispensable part of the legislature? |
| A. | unitary government |
| B. | federal government |
| C. | parliamentary government |
| D. | presidential government |
| Answer» C. parliamentary government | |
| 175. |
A Bicameral legislature consist of |
| A. | one chamber |
| B. | two chambers |
| C. | three chambers |
| D. | four chambers |
| Answer» C. three chambers | |
| 176. |
The framers of the constitution borrowed the idea of fundamental rights from theconstitution of |
| A. | usa |
| B. | ussr |
| C. | britain |
| D. | france |
| Answer» B. ussr | |
| 177. |
The head of the state under parliamentary form of government enjoys |
| A. | absolute powers |
| B. | limited powers |
| C. | nominal powers |
| D. | no powers |
| Answer» D. no powers | |
| 178. |
Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for thepeople”? |
| A. | woodrow |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | laski |
| D. | gandhi |
| Answer» C. laski | |
| 179. |
Who asserted that the state would ultimately wither away |
| A. | plato |
| B. | kant |
| C. | laski |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 180. |
The right to vote is a |
| A. | civil right |
| B. | moral right |
| C. | natural right |
| D. | political right |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
The modern democracy is known as |
| A. | peoples democracy |
| B. | limited democracy |
| C. | representative democracy |
| D. | direct democracy |
| Answer» D. direct democracy | |
| 182. |
Who wrote the book ‘Republic’? |
| A. | bodin |
| B. | locke |
| C. | plato |
| D. | cicero |
| Answer» D. cicero | |
| 183. |
Political-Parties are indispensable for the successful working of |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | monarchy |
| C. | theocracy |
| D. | dictatorship |
| Answer» B. monarchy | |
| 184. |
Who said that ‘a man who lives outside the polis is either a beast or a God’ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» C. marx | |
| 185. |
Who said man is a social animal |
| A. | plato |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 186. |
Who is the father of Political Science? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | plato |
| C. | austin |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
The term city-state is generally associated with |
| A. | china |
| B. | egypt |
| C. | greek |
| D. | indian |
| Answer» D. indian | |
| 188. |
Who called Political science as the Master Science? |
| A. | cicero |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 189. |
The two great dangers of wounds are– |
| A. | Bleeding and infection |
| B. | Pain and swelling |
| C. | Shock and shivering |
| D. | Burnign and loss of tissue |
| Answer» B. Pain and swelling | |
| 190. |
Who described bureaucracy as ‘a continental nuisance’ ? |
| A. | R. K. Merton |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Thomas Carlyle |
| D. | M. Crozier |
| Answer» D. M. Crozier | |
| 191. |
Who said that Bureaucracy is “a regulated administrative system organized as a series of interrelated offices”? |
| A. | Gladden |
| B. | F. M. Marx |
| C. | John. A. Vieg |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. F. M. Marx | |
| 192. |
Parliamentary form of government first evolved in— |
| A. | Rome |
| B. | The United States |
| C. | The United Kingdom |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» D. Greece | |
| 193. |
In a Parliamentary Government, Ministers perform double function— |
| A. | One as a party man, other as a member of the Legislature |
| B. | One as the member of legislature, other as a Minister |
| C. | One as a man, other as a Minister |
| D. | One as a politician, other as a Minister |
| Answer» C. One as a man, other as a Minister | |
| 194. |
Stasiology means— |
| A. | Study of Voting Behaviour |
| B. | Study of Interest Groups |
| C. | Study of Political Participation |
| D. | Study of Political Parties |
| Answer» E. | |
| 195. |
‘‘The 20th century totalitarianism represents an onion like structure”. This statement is attributed to— |
| A. | Karl Popper |
| B. | Raymond Aron |
| C. | Hannah Arendt |
| D. | Michael Oakeshott |
| Answer» C. Hannah Arendt | |
| 196. |
Fabian Socialists were— |
| A. | In favour of using the profits for social welfare |
| B. | In favour of profits being used for the welfare of the weaker sections for the society only |
| C. | In favour of profits going to the persons who made it |
| D. | Opposed to all profits |
| Answer» B. In favour of profits being used for the welfare of the weaker sections for the society only | |
| 197. |
Fabianism appeared in— |
| A. | India |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | England |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» D. Russia | |
| 198. |
“Liberalism is the expression less of a creed than of a temperament”. This statement is attributed to— |
| A. | Hobhouse |
| B. | Sabine |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 199. |
The Realist Theory of Democracy as a critique of the classical democracy was formulated by— |
| A. | Earnest Barker |
| B. | Harold Laski |
| C. | Schumpeter |
| D. | Hannah Arendt |
| Answer» D. Hannah Arendt | |
| 200. |
Limited Vote plan is a scheme of— |
| A. | free and fair elections |
| B. | majority rule |
| C. | proportional representation |
| D. | minority representation |
| Answer» E. | |