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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who wrote the work “Anarchy, State and Utopia” |
| A. | Taylor |
| B. | Merriam |
| C. | Robert Nozik |
| D. | Catlin |
| Answer» D. Catlin | |
| 2. |
Who is the exponent of Monistic theory of sovereignty ? |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | Garner |
| C. | Austin |
| D. | Maine |
| Answer» D. Maine | |
| 3. |
Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» C. A.V. Dicey | |
| 4. |
Who dealt with the question of ‘justice’ in the Republic through the ideal state |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Machiavelli |
| Answer» B. John Austin | |
| 5. |
All the ministers sail and sink together. This is true of the following form of government |
| A. | Unitary |
| B. | Presidential |
| C. | Federal |
| D. | Parliamentary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Who defines state as “people organised for law within a definite territory? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» C. Woodrow Wilson | |
| 7. |
Who has written the work ‘Ancient Society’? |
| A. | Lewis H. Morgan |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Henry Maine |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Adam Smith | |
| 8. |
Who wrote ‘The poverty of Philosophy’? |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Engels |
| Answer» D. Engels | |
| 9. |
Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as a rational legal authority? |
| A. | Vilfredo Pareto |
| B. | F.M. Marx |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Hebert A. Simon |
| Answer» D. Hebert A. Simon | |
| 10. |
For Gandhi, Swaraj means |
| A. | rule of law |
| B. | self rule |
| C. | rule by morally good persons |
| D. | general will |
| Answer» C. rule by morally good persons | |
| 11. |
Who among the following argued that universal suffrage does injustice to property owners? |
| A. | J.S. Mill |
| B. | W.F. Willoughby |
| C. | H.J. Laski |
| D. | Henry Maine |
| Answer» B. W.F. Willoughby | |
| 12. |
Who used to say “I am the state” |
| A. | Louis IXV |
| B. | Machiavelli |
| C. | John Austin |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» B. Machiavelli | |
| 13. |
The following is true about ‘rational choice theory’ |
| A. | Individuals as key actors |
| B. | Institutions as key to all knowledge |
| C. | Stress on Materialistic factor |
| D. | historical point of importance |
| Answer» B. Institutions as key to all knowledge | |
| 14. |
The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with |
| A. | Michels |
| B. | Millet |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Kant |
| Answer» B. Millet | |
| 15. |
The chief merit of two party system is |
| A. | mobility |
| B. | respect for the parliament |
| C. | wide representation of the electorate |
| D. | responsive government |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The concept of circulation of elites has been used by |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Michels |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Pareto |
| Answer» B. Michels | |
| 17. |
Gerrymandering is associated with |
| A. | secret ballot |
| B. | delimitation of constituencies |
| C. | multi-member constituencies |
| D. | indirect election |
| Answer» C. multi-member constituencies | |
| 18. |
Whose work is ‘A History of Political Theory’? |
| A. | George H. Sabine |
| B. | Gabriel Almond |
| C. | David Easton |
| D. | Gilchrist |
| Answer» B. Gabriel Almond | |
| 19. |
Whose work is “The Nerves of Government”? |
| A. | Catlin |
| B. | Duverger |
| C. | Deutsch |
| D. | George Sabine |
| Answer» D. George Sabine | |
| 20. |
The main functions of the state, according to the Pluralists is to |
| A. | regulate production and distribution of essential goods |
| B. | harmonise the rights and activities of various groups and association |
| C. | promote general welfare of its citizens |
| D. | provide social security |
| Answer» C. promote general welfare of its citizens | |
| 21. |
Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to beoligarchic |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Robert Michaels |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» D. Aristotle | |
| 22. |
Whose work is “Lecturers on Jurisprudence”? |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» C. A.V. Dicey | |
| 23. |
Who described the ‘rule of law’ as nonsense stilts? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Montesquieu |
| D. | Rawl |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 24. |
who observed state is known by the rights it maintains? |
| A. | Hegel |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Barker |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Who wrote the work “A Preface to Democratic Theory? |
| A. | Dahl |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | MacIver |
| Answer» B. Marx | |
| 26. |
Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the‘end of history’? |
| A. | Samuel P. Huntington |
| B. | Francis Fukuyama |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| D. | C. Wright Mills |
| Answer» B. Francis Fukuyama | |
| 27. |
Which approach featurise “State being the central theme of politics is conceived as aninevitable consequence of class contradictions”? |
| A. | Post-Behaviouralism |
| B. | Marxian Approach |
| C. | Behaviouralism |
| D. | Institutional Approach |
| Answer» C. Behaviouralism | |
| 28. |
Who among the following was a liberal republican? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Mosca |
| C. | Mazzini |
| D. | Michels |
| Answer» D. Michels | |
| 29. |
Whose work is “Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution”? |
| A. | Jean Bodin |
| B. | Gilchrist |
| C. | Hugo Grotius |
| D. | A.V. Dicey |
| Answer» D. A.V. Dicey | |
| 30. |
Who introduced ‘intellectual foundations’ for behavioural approach? |
| A. | Easton |
| B. | Merriam |
| C. | Lasswell |
| D. | Bentley |
| Answer» B. Merriam | |
| 31. |
Who among the theorists advocated participatory democracy? |
| A. | Mosca |
| B. | Hayek |
| C. | Macpherson |
| D. | Oakeshott |
| Answer» D. Oakeshott | |
| 32. |
Whose work is “the Process of Government”? |
| A. | Arther Bentley |
| B. | Robert Dahl |
| C. | Charles Merriam |
| D. | Karl Popper |
| Answer» B. Robert Dahl | |
| 33. |
Who said kinship created a common consciousness, common interest and common purpose? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Henry Maine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Who described bureaucracy as the most advanced form of organization? |
| A. | Wayper |
| B. | Wasby |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Wollstonecraft |
| Answer» D. Wollstonecraft | |
| 35. |
The assignment of law-making, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to independentbranches of the government is called |
| A. | separation of powers |
| B. | checks and balances. |
| C. | enumerated powers. |
| D. | implied powers. |
| Answer» B. checks and balances. | |
| 36. |
Neo-liberalism attacks |
| A. | privatization |
| B. | marketisation |
| C. | liberalization |
| D. | collectivization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Research is important for social scientists because it provides |
| A. | intellectual satisfaction of knowing things |
| B. | it is important to social scientists |
| C. | as an academic topic |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» B. it is important to social scientists | |
| 38. |
In the Classical or Normative period, the study of politics reflected |
| A. | a normative concern and deductive method of explanation |
| B. | behavioural study of politics |
| C. | value oriented study of politics |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. behavioural study of politics | |
| 39. |
Find the wrong one of this list? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | MacIver |
| D. | Lindsay |
| Answer» C. MacIver | |
| 40. |
The most important proponents of civil society is the propagators of |
| A. | Neo-liberalism |
| B. | Liberalism |
| C. | Realism |
| D. | Marxism |
| Answer» B. Liberalism | |
| 41. |
The strong demands of Post-behaviouralists are |
| A. | pure science |
| B. | ‘relevance’ and ‘action’ |
| C. | value |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. value | |
| 42. |
The term ‘Historicism’ was made popular by |
| A. | Sabine |
| B. | Oakeshott |
| C. | Popper |
| D. | Foster |
| Answer» D. Foster | |
| 43. |
Who described the Rule of Law as nonsense stilts? |
| A. | Bentham |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | Montesquieu |
| D. | Rawl |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 44. |
Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» C. Locke | |
| 45. |
Whose work is “The origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Engels |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» D. Michel Waltzer | |
| 46. |
Who regards political parties as the brokers of ideas? |
| A. | Lowell |
| B. | Lippman |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Bryce |
| Answer» B. Lippman | |
| 47. |
Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of sovereignty? |
| A. | Hugo Grotius |
| B. | John Austin |
| C. | Henry Maine |
| D. | Jean Bodin |
| Answer» D. Jean Bodin | |
| 48. |
Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism? |
| A. | Leo Strauss |
| B. | David Easton |
| C. | George Catlin |
| D. | Charles Merriam |
| Answer» C. George Catlin | |
| 49. |
The formation of a climax community from an abandoned farmland is a an example of |
| A. | Autogenic succession |
| B. | allogenic successsion |
| C. | primary succession |
| D. | secondary succession |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Wild life is continuously decreasing. What is the main reason ofthis? |
| A. | Predation |
| B. | Cutting down of forest |
| C. | Destruction of habitat |
| D. | Hunting |
| Answer» D. Hunting | |