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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.
| 51. |
Liberal concept of freedom emphasises on |
| A. | State liberty |
| B. | collective rights |
| C. | individual liberty |
| D. | individual restraint |
| Answer» D. individual restraint | |
| 52. |
In his defense to individual liberty, John Lock proposed |
| A. | Full sovereign state |
| B. | unlimited government |
| C. | Socialist State |
| D. | limited government |
| Answer» E. | |
| 53. |
J.S. Mill in support of individual liberty had written a book called |
| A. | An autobiography |
| B. | Political Obligation |
| C. | The Rights of Man |
| D. | On Liberty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
Liberal ideas of freedom totally reject the foundational assumptions of |
| A. | individual rights |
| B. | divine-rights theory |
| C. | limited government |
| D. | capitalist society |
| Answer» C. limited government | |
| 55. |
Rights of Man was written by |
| A. | Thomas Paine |
| B. | Hemmingway |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Earnest Barker |
| Answer» B. Hemmingway | |
| 56. |
The concept of Negative liberty is the absence of |
| A. | law |
| B. | rights |
| C. | interference |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» D. freedom | |
| 57. |
The statement, "Liberty is the freedom of individual to express without external hindrances, his personality , is associated with |
| A. | G.D.H. Cole |
| B. | Hayek |
| C. | Levi Strauss |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Hayek | |
| 58. |
Positive liberty is associated with |
| A. | egoism |
| B. | altruism |
| C. | punishment |
| D. | self-realisation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
According to Laski, Political liberty means |
| A. | the power to be active in the affairs of the state |
| B. | the rights of an individual in the society |
| C. | freedom from wants |
| D. | the power to be active for individual liberty |
| Answer» B. the rights of an individual in the society | |
| 60. |
Individual liberty is understood as the freedom to pursue one s |
| A. | Rights and obligation without limitation |
| B. | desires and interests without any violation with the liberty of others |
| C. | follow government order without questioning the intention |
| D. | unlimited rights and freedom |
| Answer» C. follow government order without questioning the intention | |
| 61. |
Which is not part of individual liberty |
| A. | freedom of speech and expression |
| B. | freedom of religion |
| C. | freedom to violate the State law |
| D. | freedom of fear |
| Answer» D. freedom of fear | |
| 62. |
Liberty means the absence of |
| A. | rights |
| B. | conscience |
| C. | restraint |
| D. | morality |
| Answer» D. morality | |
| 63. |
The term equality is derived from Latin Word |
| A. | equal |
| B. | aequitas |
| C. | elista |
| D. | equinox |
| Answer» C. elista | |
| 64. |
Two Concepts of Liberty was an essay written by |
| A. | Amartya Sen |
| B. | Isaiah Berlin |
| C. | Voltaire |
| D. | Karl Popper |
| Answer» C. Voltaire | |
| 65. |
Aristotle had expounded two kinds of equality i.e., |
| A. | horizontal and perpendicular |
| B. | numerical and proportional |
| C. | negative and positive |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. negative and positive | |
| 66. |
Who said that, "The passion for equality made vain the hope for freedom". |
| A. | Acton |
| B. | Voltaire |
| C. | Paine |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Voltaire | |
| 67. |
Legal equality is defined as equality before |
| A. | Religious law |
| B. | market |
| C. | customary law |
| D. | court of law |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
Liberty and equality become the two important essences in which form of government |
| A. | Democratic |
| B. | Autocratic |
| C. | Socialist |
| D. | Monarchical |
| Answer» B. Autocratic | |
| 69. |
On the Jewish Question, Marx linked personal liberty to |
| A. | egoism and private property |
| B. | rights and universal altruism |
| C. | the rights of man |
| D. | Socio-cultural conditions of men |
| Answer» B. rights and universal altruism | |
| 70. |
The statement "Men cannot become absolutely equal unless they are entirely free" is associated with |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Lincoln |
| D. | Tocqueville |
| Answer» E. | |
| 71. |
According to positive view, liberty and equality are |
| A. | contradict to each other |
| B. | compatible |
| C. | non-compatible |
| D. | oppose to each other |
| Answer» C. non-compatible | |
| 72. |
The exponents of negative relationship between liberty and equality holds that |
| A. | the two are compatible |
| B. | liberty and equality are both natural |
| C. | liberty and equality are both artificial |
| D. | liberty is natural but not equality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
Who said, Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general, to be himself at his best |
| A. | Acton |
| B. | Skinner |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Sartori |
| Answer» D. Sartori | |
| 74. |
Economic equality stands for equitable distribution of |
| A. | property and privileges in the society |
| B. | salary and leave to the workers |
| C. | wealth and resources in the society |
| D. | land to the family members |
| Answer» D. land to the family members | |
| 75. |
According to Marxist theory |
| A. | the state and society are created by god |
| B. | the state is artificial creation to suit the ruling class |
| C. | the state is the outcome of capitalist revolution |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the state is the outcome of capitalist revolution | |
| 76. |
According to Marxist, the capitalist state will be taken over by |
| A. | Liberal State under the industrialist |
| B. | Civil society |
| C. | Monarchy |
| D. | Dictatorship of the proletariat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 77. |
According to Marxist theory, true political representation must be conceived only as the people s self-representation based on |
| A. | universal enfranchisement |
| B. | representation |
| C. | selective enfranchisement |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. representation | |
| 78. |
For the Marxist, the elite theory is the justification and defendant of the capitalism under |
| A. | consociational democracy |
| B. | social democracy |
| C. | distributive democracy |
| D. | liberal democracy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
Who defined justice as the virtue by which all people are given their due |
| A. | Aquinas |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | Augustine |
| D. | Nelsen |
| Answer» D. Nelsen | |
| 80. |
Rawls defined justice in terms of maximum equal liberty based on |
| A. | equal rights |
| B. | social justice |
| C. | moral justice |
| D. | equal opportunity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
The term justice is derived from Latin word |
| A. | jus |
| B. | jio |
| C. | justine |
| D. | jam |
| Answer» B. jio | |
| 82. |
Aristotle concept of justice consists of what is lawful and fair by treating |
| A. | Unequal equally |
| B. | Equal unequally |
| C. | Equal equally and unequal equally |
| D. | equals equally and unequal unequally |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Plato gave his theory of justice in his book |
| A. | The Republic |
| B. | The Allegory of the Cave |
| C. | Apology |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. The Allegory of the Cave | |
| 84. |
The phrase, All men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights is associated with |
| A. | American Declaration of Independence |
| B. | France Revolution |
| C. | Glorious Revolution |
| D. | Preamble of Indian Constitution |
| Answer» B. France Revolution | |
| 85. |
Robert Michels in his book Political Parties developed |
| A. | Iron law of oligarchy |
| B. | Supremacy of Elite |
| C. | Class divisions |
| D. | Game Theory |
| Answer» B. Supremacy of Elite | |
| 86. |
Identities and Rights: Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India was written by |
| A. | Gurpreet Mahajan |
| B. | Kohli |
| C. | Vinay Kumar |
| D. | Partha Chaterjee |
| Answer» B. Kohli | |
| 87. |
The End of History and the Last Man, in support of western liberal democracy and criticism to Marxism, was written by |
| A. | Huntington |
| B. | Edward Said |
| C. | Herbert Lewis |
| D. | Francis Fukuyama |
| Answer» E. | |
| 88. |
Which is not part of evolutional theory of state |
| A. | natural |
| B. | kinship |
| C. | class |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 89. |
Which political theory stand as a challenge to liberal democracy? |
| A. | Liberalism |
| B. | Multiculturalism |
| C. | Individualism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Individualism | |
| 90. |
Who analysed justice as a virtue to respect freedom, autonomy, and dignity of others. |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Rawls |
| C. | Kant |
| D. | Dreze |
| Answer» D. Dreze | |
| 91. |
Modern liberal democracy is based on the principles of |
| A. | Individual liberty |
| B. | Socialism |
| C. | Welfarism |
| D. | Indigenous rights |
| Answer» B. Socialism | |
| 92. |
Liberal democracy traces its origins in the West in the 18th century to the |
| A. | The Great Depression |
| B. | The giant leap |
| C. | Age of Enlightenment |
| D. | Age of darkness |
| Answer» D. Age of darkness | |
| 93. |
One of the basic characteristics of liberal democracy is |
| A. | limited government |
| B. | absolute sovereignty |
| C. | unlimited government |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» B. absolute sovereignty | |
| 94. |
Democracy is derived from Greek words, demos and |
| A. | Cracy |
| B. | Kratos |
| C. | Korinth |
| D. | Krates |
| Answer» C. Korinth | |
| 95. |
Which is not the features of liberal democracy? |
| A. | equal opportunity to participate in a political system |
| B. | protection of individual liberty and rights |
| C. | free market economy |
| D. | disappearance of class and promotion of stateless society |
| Answer» E. | |
| 96. |
Who defined democracy as, Government of the people, by the people, for the people ? |
| A. | Thomas Jefferson |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | John Adams |
| D. | Abraham Lincoln |
| Answer» E. | |
| 97. |
The word theoria means |
| A. | specific |
| B. | fantasy |
| C. | speculation |
| D. | spy |
| Answer» D. spy | |
| 98. |
In popular democracy, the ultimate authority rests with the |
| A. | people |
| B. | council of minister |
| C. | legislature |
| D. | court |
| Answer» B. council of minister | |
| 99. |
Direct democracy still prevails in |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | USA |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 100. |
Vilfredo Pareto discussed the elitist theory of democracy in his book |
| A. | The Ruling Class |
| B. | The Mind and Society |
| C. | Political Parties |
| D. | Politics |
| Answer» C. Political Parties | |