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This section includes 200 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Arts in Politics (BA Politics) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who defined state as March of God on Earth . |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Austin |
| C. | Middleton |
| D. | Hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Marxist approaches to political theory emphasize against |
| A. | Feudalism |
| B. | Capitalism |
| C. | Democracy |
| D. | Classical theory |
| Answer» C. Democracy | |
| 3. |
The features of post-behaviouralism is based on |
| A. | Facts and value |
| B. | Normative and philosophical |
| C. | Empirical and quantitative only |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Normative and philosophical | |
| 4. |
With whom Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Thomas Moore |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Friedrich Engels |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Who wrote the book The Social Contract? |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | JS Mills |
| C. | Grotius |
| D. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Post-behaviouralism is also regarded as |
| A. | Anti-behaviouralism |
| B. | Neo-behaviouralism |
| C. | Neo liberalism |
| D. | Neo-science |
| Answer» C. Neo liberalism | |
| 7. |
Who said, "Political Science begins and ends with the state". |
| A. | David Held |
| B. | Earnest Barker |
| C. | James W. Garner |
| D. | Hobhouse |
| Answer» D. Hobhouse | |
| 8. |
State in Marxist approaches belong to |
| A. | super structure |
| B. | base |
| C. | middle structure |
| D. | lower structure |
| Answer» B. base | |
| 9. |
Aristotle considered Politics as |
| A. | master science |
| B. | non scientific |
| C. | empirical inquiry |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. non scientific | |
| 10. |
Who wrote, A Grammar of Politics |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Harold J. Laski |
| C. | George H. Sabine |
| D. | Wolin |
| Answer» C. George H. Sabine | |
| 11. |
Which of the following concept was propounded by Rousseau? |
| A. | absolute state |
| B. | individual liberty |
| C. | stateless society |
| D. | general will |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Who define politics as authoritative allocation of values ? |
| A. | Garner |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | MacIntyre |
| D. | David Easton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who said, Political Science investigates the phenomena of government." |
| A. | Robert Dalh |
| B. | Keynes |
| C. | John Seeley |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» D. Aristotle | |
| 14. |
One of the basic scope of political theory is to analyse |
| A. | the nature and purpose of the State |
| B. | natural science for human progression |
| C. | the industrial revolution for economic development |
| D. | the state economy to help the industrial sector |
| Answer» B. natural science for human progression | |
| 15. |
Who made the statement that, Political theory was political science in the full sense, and there could be no science without theory ? |
| A. | Wolin |
| B. | Germino |
| C. | Hume |
| D. | Ferguson |
| Answer» C. Hume | |
| 16. |
Who said capitalism is the highest form of imperialism ? |
| A. | Engels |
| B. | Kothari |
| C. | Stalin |
| D. | Lenin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The ultimate goal of Marxist approaches advocate for |
| A. | classless and stateless society |
| B. | industrial and progressive society |
| C. | aristocrat and capitalist society |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. industrial and progressive society | |
| 18. |
Theories of origin of State is associated with |
| A. | Environmentalism |
| B. | Ecologist |
| C. | Behaviouralism |
| D. | Social contract |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is not associated with Social Contract theory? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Hobbes | |
| 20. |
Social Contract theory was against |
| A. | state of nature |
| B. | veil of ignorance |
| C. | divine right |
| D. | civil society |
| Answer» D. civil society | |
| 21. |
The life of man in Hobbes state of nature was |
| A. | bright |
| B. | peaceful |
| C. | industrious |
| D. | poor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
For Marx, state is an instrument of exploitation of the workers by the |
| A. | Capitalist class |
| B. | Working class |
| C. | Aristocrat |
| D. | Zamindari |
| Answer» B. Working class | |
| 23. |
Who among the social contract theorist advocate for absolute sovereignty |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Thomas Hobbes |
| C. | Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| D. | Pufendorf |
| Answer» C. Jean Jacques Rousseau | |
| 24. |
Hobbes social contract theory was written in a book called |
| A. | Social Contract |
| B. | Leviathan |
| C. | Political Theory |
| D. | Two Treatises |
| Answer» C. Political Theory | |
| 25. |
Rousseau said the following sentence |
| A. | man is born free and he is everywhere in chains |
| B. | man is a social animal |
| C. | state is divine |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. man is a social animal | |
| 26. |
Which is regarded as one of the basic features of the theory of natural rights |
| A. | limitation |
| B. | universality |
| C. | partiality |
| D. | artificial |
| Answer» C. partiality | |
| 27. |
Social welfare theory of right has been criticised by liberal theory on the ground that it limits the rights of the |
| A. | society and State |
| B. | individual |
| C. | society |
| D. | State |
| Answer» C. society | |
| 28. |
Social welfare theory of rights presumes that rights are to be promoted for |
| A. | welfare of the environmentalist |
| B. | welfare of the individual |
| C. | welfare of the industrialist |
| D. | welfare of the common citizens |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Who defines, Equality means equal rights for all the people and the abolition of all special rights and privileges ? |
| A. | Green |
| B. | MacIver |
| C. | Marshall |
| D. | Barker |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
John Austin defines law as the command of the |
| A. | Sovereign |
| B. | Monarch |
| C. | Prime Minister |
| D. | President |
| Answer» B. Monarch | |
| 31. |
Who explained that Law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong |
| A. | Blackstone |
| B. | Sabine |
| C. | Garner |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» B. Sabine | |
| 32. |
Rights is integrally connected with |
| A. | equality |
| B. | law |
| C. | freedom |
| D. | justice |
| Answer» D. justice | |
| 33. |
Which of the following is not the sources of law? |
| A. | custom |
| B. | religion |
| C. | legislation |
| D. | liberty |
| Answer» B. religion | |
| 34. |
Justice as fairness is associated with |
| A. | Taylor |
| B. | Kymlicka |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Rawls |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Which of the following is considered as part of law? |
| A. | ordinance |
| B. | public statement |
| C. | free speech |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» B. public statement | |
| 36. |
The Idea of Justice was written by |
| A. | Popper |
| B. | Harrier |
| C. | Amartya Sen |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» D. Nehru | |
| 37. |
Which is regarded as the supreme law of independent State |
| A. | Constitution |
| B. | Judicial decision |
| C. | Convention |
| D. | Customary law |
| Answer» B. Judicial decision | |
| 38. |
Which types of law deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses |
| A. | criminal law |
| B. | conventional law |
| C. | customary law |
| D. | civil law |
| Answer» B. conventional law | |
| 39. |
The aspect of positive relationship between law and liberty is |
| A. | Law protects only the liberty of the individual at the cost of the society |
| B. | Law helps in establishing a civilized society and protect the life and liberty for individuals. |
| C. | Law help in protecting the society at the cost of individual liberty |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Law help in protecting the society at the cost of individual liberty | |
| 40. |
According to John Locke, where there is no law |
| A. | there are rights |
| B. | there is no freedom |
| C. | there is liberty |
| D. | there is no justice |
| Answer» C. there is liberty | |
| 41. |
Which is not considered as part and source of international law |
| A. | Bilateral Treaties |
| B. | International Convention |
| C. | Agreement |
| D. | State legislation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Which is the types of law that regulates the actions of the people in society and it is backed by the coercive power of the State. |
| A. | Civil law |
| B. | Moral law |
| C. | National law |
| D. | International law |
| Answer» D. International law | |
| 43. |
Monism stands for |
| A. | neutrality in exercise of power |
| B. | power in the hand of many |
| C. | partiality in exercise of power |
| D. | absolutism in the exercise of power |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
One of the aspect of negative relationship between law and liberty is |
| A. | the more the law, the more the liberty |
| B. | the less the law, the less the liberty |
| C. | the more the law, the less the liberty |
| D. | the more the law, the more the rights |
| Answer» D. the more the law, the more the rights | |
| 45. |
Who states that, The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | John Rawls |
| C. | F. A. Hayek |
| D. | Macmillan |
| Answer» D. Macmillan | |
| 46. |
Locke exerted that the state is to protect the individual s |
| A. | rights and liberty |
| B. | religion and liberty |
| C. | wealth only |
| D. | life and property |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
The term liberty is derived from Latin word |
| A. | liber |
| B. | liberal |
| C. | libar |
| D. | lister |
| Answer» B. liberal | |
| 48. |
The term liberty mean |
| A. | rights |
| B. | authority |
| C. | pluralism |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Marxist analysed freedom against the background of |
| A. | socio-religious conditions of men |
| B. | socio-economic conditions of men |
| C. | socio-cultural conditions of men |
| D. | religious-politico conditions of men |
| Answer» C. socio-cultural conditions of men | |
| 50. |
Which is associated with classical liberalism? |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Henderson |
| Answer» B. Nehru | |