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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.
| 51. |
“We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a 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 | |
| 52. |
‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia’ written by |
| A. | robert nozick |
| B. | f.hayek |
| C. | rawls |
| D. | edmund burke |
| Answer» B. f.hayek | |
| 53. |
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a? |
| A. | britain philosopher |
| B. | german philosopher |
| C. | russian philosopher |
| D. | american philosopher |
| Answer» C. russian philosopher | |
| 54. |
According to ...........’dialectic explain the logic of history’? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | engels |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
To ...............State is the march of god on earth? |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | marx |
| C. | engels |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
According to .......... , state is divine origin and the essence of state is freedom? |
| A. | lenin |
| B. | marx |
| C. | engels |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Civil society was an antithesis of ...............and people joins it for realising their selfish interests? |
| A. | state |
| B. | history |
| C. | religion |
| D. | family |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
Philosophy of Right (1831) is a work by .................? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | engels |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
The positive theory of liberty was advocated by? |
| A. | js mill |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | th green |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» D. plato | |
| 60. |
Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences is a work by...................? |
| A. | marx |
| B. | engels |
| C. | kant |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
‘Phenomenology’ of mind is a work by...............? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | green |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. green | |
| 62. |
The philosophical concepts of Marxism are in part derived from? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | locke |
| C. | rousseau |
| D. | bentham |
| Answer» B. locke | |
| 63. |
Which of the following goals is the immediate aim of the Communists? |
| A. | the unification of the proletariat into a ruling class |
| B. | the overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy |
| C. | both (a) & (b) |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 64. |
“Man is a moral being and tries to seek moral perfection†says.........? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | mill |
| C. | marx |
| D. | t h green |
| Answer» E. | |
| 65. |
Who among the following thinkers held that “Human consciousness postulates, liberty, liberty Involves rights and rights demand state� |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | green |
| C. | mill |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» C. mill | |
| 66. |
According to ...............the state should try to remove hindrances which stand in the moral Development of individual� |
| A. | t h green |
| B. | marx |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» B. marx | |
| 67. |
Man is a political animal and as such is bound to obey the state. People can resist the state authority only for the achievement of common good. |
| A. | mill |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | lenin |
| D. | t h green |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
Individualism advocated...................? |
| A. | maximum state control over the individual |
| B. | least state interference in the affairs of the state |
| C. | concentration of all powers in the hands of a single ruler |
| D. | guarantee of individual liberty through law |
| Answer» C. concentration of all powers in the hands of a single ruler | |
| 69. |
According to............. the reading of this book was an epoch in my life, one of the turning points in my mental history? |
| A. | green |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 70. |
The view that the state is “an ethical institution which is indispensable for the full moral development of man†is attributed to? |
| A. | classical liberals |
| B. | guild socialists |
| C. | idealists |
| D. | th green |
| Answer» D. th green | |
| 71. |
According to JS Mill,......................is not an ideal form of government ? |
| A. | polity |
| B. | oligarchy |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | aristocracy |
| Answer» D. aristocracy | |
| 72. |
. ...............favoured the idea of plurality of votes? |
| A. | th green |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | js mill |
| D. | jeremy bentham |
| Answer» C. js mill | |
| 73. |
"Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)" Was written by? |
| A. | jeremy bentham |
| B. | j.s. mill |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 74. |
. .................. stood for qualitative pleasure? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | kant |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» B. kant | |
| 75. |
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 | |
| 76. |
Subjection of Women is a work by.........................? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | marx |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» D. lenin | |
| 77. |
The book is written by J.S.Mill. (a)On Liberty (b) Two Cities (c) City of Joy (d) City Lights 67. Principles of Political Economy is a work by ........................? |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | marx |
| C. | j s mill |
| D. | lenin |
| Answer» B. marx | |
| 78. |
. ...................is the champion of individualism and liberty? |
| A. | j s mill |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | locke |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 79. |
Which one of the following is the essential pre requisite of constitutionalism? |
| A. | a limited government |
| B. | written constitution |
| C. | guarantee of fundamental rights |
| D. | division of powers |
| Answer» B. written constitution | |
| 80. |
“It is better to be human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied: better be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied†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 | |
| 81. |
Bentham supported the theory of .....................? |
| A. | natural rights |
| B. | historical rights |
| C. | legal rights |
| D. | ethical rights |
| Answer» D. ethical rights | |
| 82. |
Whether an action is good or bad should be judged from the happiness or utility which it produces. This observation belongs to? |
| A. | jeremy bentham |
| B. | nicholo machiavelli |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | st thomas aquinas |
| Answer» B. nicholo machiavelli | |
| 83. |
Fragments of Government is written by ................? |
| A. | st thomas aquinas |
| B. | nicholo machiavelli |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | jeremy bentham |
| Answer» E. | |
| 84. |
Human beings are governors of two masters, pleasure and pain. |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | marx |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | green |
| Answer» D. green | |
| 85. |
‘Liberty is nothing to do with utility’ says.......? |
| A. | mill |
| B. | green |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | rousseau |
| Answer» D. rousseau | |
| 86. |
Greatest happiness of the greatest number is the contribution of ....................? |
| A. | mill |
| B. | green |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» D. kant | |
| 87. |
“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 | |
| 88. |
He is known as the founding father of Utilitarianism? |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | jeremy bentham |
| C. | c. wright mills |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. c. wright mills | |
| 89. |
. .......................is the masterpiece of Machiavelli and is generally taken as the source of his political philosophy? |
| A. | prince |
| B. | discourse |
| C. | the mandrake |
| D. | the art of war |
| Answer» B. discourse | |
| 90. |
Who was the first political thinker who brought the concept of state in political science? |
| A. | machiavelli |
| B. | st thomas aquinas |
| C. | engels |
| D. | hitler |
| Answer» B. st thomas aquinas | |
| 91. |
Machiavelli followed………… method in his political philosophy? |
| A. | legal |
| B. | historical |
| C. | institutional |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» C. institutional | |
| 92. |
Who learned the idea of separation of ethics and politics from Aristotle? |
| A. | aquinas |
| B. | marx |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» D. engels | |
| 93. |
According to ..............man is always termed as creature of habits ? |
| A. | aquinas |
| B. | marx |
| C. | machiavelli |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» D. engels | |
| 94. |
The three natural rights mentioned by Locke are? |
| A. | right to life, liberty and property |
| B. | right to life, work and religion |
| C. | right to life, property and religion |
| D. | right to life, religion and family |
| Answer» B. right to life, work and religion | |
| 95. |
The liberal democratic theory of representation is based on the principle that the people are supreme and 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. | |
| 96. |
Locke distinguished between? |
| A. | state and government |
| B. | state and sovereignty |
| C. | legislative power and judicial review |
| D. | monarchy and constitutional monarchy |
| Answer» C. legislative power and judicial review | |
| 97. |
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 | |
| 98. |
Which one of the following political thinkers was the first exponent of the liberal theory of states ? |
| A. | t.h. green |
| B. | hobbes |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» C. jean jacques rousseau | |
| 99. |
According to John Locke, the best form of Government is? |
| A. | monarchy |
| B. | aristocracy |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
The view that property is natural rights of man is associated with? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | st augustine |
| C. | locke |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» C. locke | |