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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.
| 101. |
Who among the following is not the exponents of pluralist theory of sovereignty |
| A. | Harold J. Laski |
| B. | J. Neville Figgis |
| C. | Earnest Barker |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 102. |
The origin of modern welfare state can be traced back to 19th century in |
| A. | Germany under Otto von Bismarck |
| B. | England under Constitutional Monarchy |
| C. | France Republic |
| D. | England under Queen Victoria |
| Answer» B. England under Constitutional Monarchy | |
| 103. |
Pluralist theory of sovereignty was a reaction to |
| A. | Classical liberalism |
| B. | Monistic theory |
| C. | Liberal Theory |
| D. | Marxist Theory |
| Answer» C. Liberal Theory | |
| 104. |
The state is not a mere artificial creation but an institution or natural growth of historical evolution , was stated by |
| A. | Luther |
| B. | Garner |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | King |
| Answer» C. Plato | |
| 105. |
Which of the following is not the characteristics of sovereignty? |
| A. | Plurality |
| B. | Unity |
| C. | Absoluteness |
| D. | Permanence |
| Answer» B. Unity | |
| 106. |
According to pluralist theory, the basis of the state sovereignty is on |
| A. | rights |
| B. | absolutism |
| C. | will |
| D. | force |
| Answer» D. force | |
| 107. |
The term sovereignty is derived from Latin word |
| A. | supernatural |
| B. | suspect |
| C. | super |
| D. | superanus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
John Locke had written the book called |
| A. | Two Treatises of Government |
| B. | Leviathan |
| C. | Hard Times |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Leviathan | |
| 109. |
In popular sovereignty the ultimate source of authority is from |
| A. | God |
| B. | Government |
| C. | Community |
| D. | People |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
Who among them was the teacher of Plato |
| A. | Homer |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 111. |
The term polis derived from Greek word, which means |
| A. | Policy |
| B. | State |
| C. | City |
| D. | City-state |
| Answer» E. | |
| 112. |
The Marxian theory underlined the need for a democratic society based on |
| A. | abolition of class |
| B. | equality of opportunity |
| C. | abolition of liberty |
| D. | abolition of rights |
| Answer» B. equality of opportunity | |
| 113. |
Welfare State seeks to promote |
| A. | communism |
| B. | morality |
| C. | individuality |
| D. | collective welfare of citizens |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Who distinguished between the liberty of the ancients and the liberty of the moderns. |
| A. | John Adams |
| B. | Benjamin Franklin |
| C. | Benjamin Constant |
| D. | Jefferson |
| Answer» D. Jefferson | |
| 115. |
The State for Marx is an executive committee of |
| A. | Bourgeoisie |
| B. | Workers |
| C. | Proletariat |
| D. | Politician |
| Answer» B. Workers | |
| 116. |
According to elitist theory, the role of people is to choose their rulers from |
| A. | competing elites |
| B. | the mass |
| C. | the aristocrats |
| D. | the working class |
| Answer» B. the mass | |
| 117. |
Who considered that welfare state is a distinctive combination of democracy, welfare, and capitalism |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Hobbes |
| D. | Tagore |
| Answer» B. Green | |
| 118. |
Welfare state is a system in which the government undertakes the main responsibility for providing |
| A. | individual security and liberty |
| B. | protection to private property |
| C. | minimum social security and economic upliftment |
| D. | maximum economic security |
| Answer» D. maximum economic security | |
| 119. |
In the 20th Century, the creation of the welfare state was motivated by failures of |
| A. | Communist idea of stateless |
| B. | Protectorate state |
| C. | Socialism |
| D. | liberal notion of free market economy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
A welfare state performs |
| A. | only welfare functions |
| B. | both protective and welfare functions |
| C. | only protective functions |
| D. | protection to capitalism |
| Answer» C. only protective functions | |
| 121. |
One of the basic features of welfare state is |
| A. | plan economy |
| B. | free market economy |
| C. | liberalised economy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. free market economy | |
| 122. |
Which is not among the basic principles of welfare state? |
| A. | concentration of nation s wealth under capitalist |
| B. | protection of basic rights and liberties |
| C. | equality of opportunity |
| D. | equitable distribution of wealth |
| Answer» B. protection of basic rights and liberties | |
| 123. |
The word theory originated from Greek word |
| A. | Theorem |
| B. | Thor |
| C. | Theoria |
| D. | Thesis |
| Answer» D. Thesis | |
| 124. |
Welfare state as model of development attempt to integrate |
| A. | individual liberty and economic policies to support market economy |
| B. | social and economic policies to provide minimum basic security of life |
| C. | capitalism with socialism for mixed economy |
| D. | globalization and liberalization to boost the economy |
| Answer» C. capitalism with socialism for mixed economy | |
| 125. |
Who among them claimed to coin the term Political Science in 16th Century |
| A. | Bodin |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Milton |
| Answer» B. Machiavelli | |
| 126. |
Corrective justice is a concept in which |
| A. | the wrongdoer should not benefit from his faulty behaviours |
| B. | the wrongdoer should benefit from his faulty behaviours |
| C. | the wrongdoer should be punished without any trail |
| D. | the accused is set free |
| Answer» B. the wrongdoer should benefit from his faulty behaviours | |
| 127. |
Behavioural approach was a protest movement in political science is quoted by |
| A. | Robert H. Dalh |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | Charles Merriam |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. David Easton | |
| 128. |
The welfare state is possible only in which form of government |
| A. | Authoritarian |
| B. | Monarchy |
| C. | Democratic |
| D. | Authoritarian |
| Answer» D. Authoritarian | |
| 129. |
Who wrote the book, The Ruling Class to explain elitist theory of democracy? |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Michaels |
| C. | Whitehall |
| D. | Signur |
| Answer» B. Michaels | |
| 130. |
Which of the following is the characteristic of elite theory of democracy? |
| A. | proletariat revolution |
| B. | the majority rule over the minority |
| C. | the minority are suppressed by the majority class |
| D. | the minor dominant class ruled over the majority mass |
| Answer» E. | |
| 131. |
Social justice fought against |
| A. | social and economic discrimination in the society |
| B. | restraint |
| C. | unequal liberty and rights in the society |
| D. | private property of the rich in the society |
| Answer» B. restraint | |
| 132. |
The word 'law' is derived from an old Teutonic term |
| A. | log |
| B. | lag |
| C. | lagger |
| D. | large |
| Answer» C. lagger | |
| 133. |
Post Behaviouralism appeared as new approach in the late |
| A. | 1950s |
| B. | 1980s |
| C. | 1960s |
| D. | 1990s |
| Answer» D. 1990s | |
| 134. |
Behaviouralism analysed on the observable behaviours of |
| A. | Social action |
| B. | Political actors |
| C. | Policies |
| D. | Theory |
| Answer» C. Policies | |
| 135. |
Post-behaviouralism is associated with |
| A. | Galston |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | Karl Popper |
| D. | David Held |
| Answer» C. Karl Popper | |
| 136. |
Post-behaviouralism is both a movement and |
| A. | Intellectual tendency |
| B. | Historical analysis |
| C. | Sociological explanation |
| D. | Economic revolution |
| Answer» B. Historical analysis | |
| 137. |
Natural justice is the concept originated from |
| A. | State law |
| B. | Court of law |
| C. | Religion |
| D. | Law of nature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
Which is not parts of distributive justice |
| A. | free primary education |
| B. | free speech |
| C. | free health care |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. free health care | |
| 139. |
Who Governs? Power and Democracy in an American City , the study published in 1961 was associated with |
| A. | Robert Dalh |
| B. | Irving |
| C. | Macpherson |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Irving | |
| 140. |
The author of "The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State" was |
| A. | Morgan |
| B. | Thomas Hobbes |
| C. | Friedrich Engels |
| D. | John Dunne |
| Answer» D. John Dunne | |
| 141. |
Author of Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or The Philosophy of Positive Law is |
| A. | John Austin |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Skinner |
| D. | Ricardo |
| Answer» B. Adam Smith | |
| 142. |
Who wrote the book The Prince |
| A. | Sabine |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | Popper |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» C. Popper | |
| 143. |
Behaviouralism approach dominated the study of politics after |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | Cold War |
| D. | Prussian War |
| Answer» C. Cold War | |
| 144. |
Who is the author of Principles of Social Justice? |
| A. | Anne Phillips |
| B. | Jean Dreze |
| C. | David Miller |
| D. | Macmillan |
| Answer» D. Macmillan | |
| 145. |
What is the term used by Marxs and Engles to understand democracy under capitalism? |
| A. | Liberal democracy |
| B. | Consociational democracy |
| C. | Deliberative democracy |
| D. | Petty bourgeois democracy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
Traditional approaches give the most important to the study of |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Community |
| C. | Family |
| D. | State |
| Answer» E. | |
| 147. |
Rethinking Democracy was written by |
| A. | Rajeev Bhargava |
| B. | Atul Kohli |
| C. | C.P. Brambri |
| D. | Rajni Kothari |
| Answer» E. | |
| 148. |
Behavioural approach has been criticised due to |
| A. | The dependent on political thought |
| B. | Historical analysis |
| C. | Against scientific study |
| D. | Mad craze for scientism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
According to Easton, which of the following is the major tenets of behavioural credo? |
| A. | Widened the study of political philosophy |
| B. | Integration of political research with other social science |
| C. | Deepen the legal approach through legislature |
| D. | Widened the historical approach |
| Answer» C. Deepen the legal approach through legislature | |
| 150. |
According to Rawls, social and economic inequalities are to be arranged |
| A. | for liberty to prevails |
| B. | to promote equality |
| C. | to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged |
| D. | to benefit the least advance group in the society |
| Answer» D. to benefit the least advance group in the society | |