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This section includes 121 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. |
Who is the author of ‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’? |
| A. | edmund burke |
| B. | hayek |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» B. hayek | |
| 2. |
“We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible witha full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice” who said? |
| A. | hayek |
| B. | samuel p huntington |
| C. | immanuel kant |
| D. | milton friedman |
| Answer» B. samuel p huntington | |
| 3. |
Who was the creator of German Idealism? |
| A. | immanuel kant |
| B. | george wilhelm friedrich hegel |
| C. | jeans jacques rousseau |
| D. | none of these. 97. who is the author of ‘ a theory of justice’? |
| Answer» C. jeans jacques rousseau | |
| 4. |
‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia’ written by |
| A. | robert nozick |
| B. | f.hayek |
| C. | rawls |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» B. f.hayek | |
| 5. |
Who was the founder of Hegelianism and Historicism? |
| A. | george wilhelm friedrich hegel |
| B. | h. jackson |
| C. | immanuel kant |
| D. | horn, david bayne |
| Answer» B. h. jackson | |
| 6. |
According to ...........’dialectic explain the logic of history’? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | engels |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
‘Phenomenology’ of mind is a work by...............? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | green |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. green | |
| 8. |
Who among the following thinkers held that “Human consciousness postulates, liberty, libertyInvolves rights and rights demand state”? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | green |
| C. | mill |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» C. mill | |
| 9. |
According to ...............the state should try to remove hindrances which stand in the moralDevelopment of individual”? |
| A. | t h green |
| B. | marx |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» B. marx | |
| 10. |
“Man is a moral being and tries to seek moral perfection” says.........? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | mill |
| C. | marx |
| D. | t h green |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Man is a political animal and as such is bound to obey the state. People can resist the stateauthority only for the achievement of common good. |
| A. | mill |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | t h green |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The view that the state is “an ethical institution which is indispensable for the full moral developmentof man” is attributed to? |
| A. | classical liberals |
| B. | guild socialists |
| C. | idealists |
| D. | th green |
| Answer» D. th green | |
| 13. |
The positive theory of liberty was advocated by |
| A. | mill |
| B. | green |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» B. green | |
| 14. |
According to............. the reading of this book was an epoch in my life, one of the turning points in mymental history? |
| A. | green |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 15. |
Over himself, over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign”? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | green |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» D. engels | |
| 16. |
The book is written by J.S.Mill. (a)On Liberty (b) Two Cities (c) City of Joy (d) City Lights67. Principles of Political Economy is a work by ........................? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | marx |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. marx | |
| 17. |
“It is better to be human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied: better be Socrates dissatisfied than a foolsatisfied” This observation is? |
| A. | the reaffirmation of hedonistic utilitarianism |
| B. | an improvement of hedonism |
| C. | a repudiation of hedonism |
| D. | a form of moral intuitionism |
| Answer» C. a repudiation of hedonism | |
| 18. |
Whether an action is good or bad should be judged from the happiness or utility which it produces. Thisobservation belongs to? |
| A. | jeremy bentham |
| B. | nicholo machiavelli |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | st thomas aquinas |
| Answer» B. nicholo machiavelli | |
| 19. |
‘Liberty is nothing to do with utility’ says.......? |
| A. | mill |
| B. | green |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 20. |
“Traits –de- legislation” is a book written by? |
| A. | j s mill |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | thomas hobbes |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. thomas hobbes | |
| 21. |
Founder of utilitarian school of thought was: |
| A. | edmund burk |
| B. | jeremy bentham |
| C. | j.s. mill |
| D. | james mill |
| Answer» C. j.s. mill | |
| 22. |
‘Felicific Calculus’ was the contribution of: |
| A. | bentham |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | j. s. mill (e) none of these? |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 23. |
. .......................is the masterpiece of Machiavelli and is generally taken as the source of his politicalphilosophy? |
| A. | prince |
| B. | discourse |
| C. | the mandrake |
| D. | the art of war |
| Answer» B. discourse | |
| 24. |
Machiavelli followed………… method in his political philosophy? |
| A. | legal |
| B. | historical |
| C. | institutional |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» C. institutional | |
| 25. |
The work ‘Discourse’ is by? |
| A. | machiavelli |
| B. | marx |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» B. marx | |
| 26. |
The statement “where there is no law, there is no freedom” refers to |
| A. | liberty and equality |
| B. | justice and equality |
| C. | rights and justice |
| D. | law and liberty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The rule of law means |
| A. | law is supreme |
| B. | the president is supreme |
| C. | parliament is supreme |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. parliament is supreme | |
| 28. |
According to Hobbes and Locke Right to life liberty and property are given by |
| A. | state |
| B. | nature |
| C. | society |
| D. | association |
| Answer» C. society | |
| 29. |
Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom?” |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | locke |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | adam smith |
| Answer» C. herbert spencer | |
| 30. |
The liberal democratic theory of representation is based on the principle that the people are supremeand have the right to elect and remove the government. The origin of this theory is chiefly traced to? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
In describing the ‘State of nature’ the concept of ‘the veil of ignorance was introduced by? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | rawls |
| Answer» D. rawls | |
| 32. |
“Justice is giving everyone his due” is said by? |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. hobbes | |
| 33. |
“An essay concerning Human Understanding” is written by? |
| A. | thomas hobbes |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | j. j. rousseau |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Who attempted to justify English revolution of 1688? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 35. |
Who recognises that even in the primitive natural state there are in some sense laws of nature? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» C. rousseau | |
| 36. |
His social contract represents the triumph of reason rather than hard necessity” this statement is true of? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. locke | |
| 37. |
What is the original source for the name "Leviathan"? |
| A. | hobbes\s leviathan |
| B. | the of job |
| C. | john milton\s paradise lost |
| D. | homer\s iliad |
| Answer» D. homer\s iliad | |
| 38. |
‘Leviathan’ is written by? |
| A. | thomas hobbes |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | locke |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. hegel | |
| 39. |
Which one of the following theories regards the state as the result of an agreement entered into byman who originally had no governmental organisation? |
| A. | divine origin theory |
| B. | social contract theory |
| C. | force theory |
| D. | matriarchal theory |
| Answer» C. force theory | |
| 40. |
“A thinking man is a deprived animal” Who said? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» D. bentham | |
| 41. |
Who argues that sovereignty can never be alienated, divided or represented? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» D. bentham | |
| 42. |
Who among the following thinkers distinguished between “Real will” and “Actual will” |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | green |
| C. | kant |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» D. locke | |
| 43. |
‘Social Contract’ is a book written by |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. locke | |
| 44. |
Who among the following used the expression “ forced to be free “ in connection with the liberty of theindividual? |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | locke |
| C. | green |
| D. | hobhouse |
| Answer» D. hobhouse | |
| 45. |
What was Rousseau's remedy for the corruption and slavery of civilized society? |
| A. | a new social contract |
| B. | democratic reforms |
| C. | revolution |
| D. | socialism |
| Answer» B. democratic reforms | |
| 46. |
How does Rousseau describe man in his primal natural state? |
| A. | a noble savage |
| B. | solitary, nasty and brutish |
| C. | a blank state |
| D. | totally corrupted |
| Answer» B. solitary, nasty and brutish | |
| 47. |
What do people get in return for surrendering their freedom to an absolute monarch, according toRousseau? |
| A. | preservation |
| B. | security |
| C. | peace |
| D. | nothing of any value |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished basis for? |
| A. | political sovereignty |
| B. | limited sovereignty |
| C. | popular sovereignty |
| D. | absolute sovereignty |
| Answer» D. absolute sovereignty | |
| 49. |
‘Emile’is a book written by …….on education? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 50. |
Who is the author of ‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’? |
| A. | edmund burke |
| B. | hayek |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | laski |
| Answer» B. hayek | |