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| 1701. |
Social capital is based on |
| A. | Start up funding for voluntary organisations |
| B. | Widespread acceptance of the market economy |
| C. | Eastern Europe’s ‘third way’ |
| D. | A culture of trust and cooperation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1702. |
Syndicalism was popular in |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | France |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» C. USA | |
| 1703. |
Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’ |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Louis XIV |
| Answer» D. Louis XIV | |
| 1704. |
Who said the state is the politically organised people of a definite territory? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| B. | C Wright Mills |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| D. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» B. C Wright Mills | |
| 1705. |
In the Marxian ideology, the use of violence in revolution is |
| A. | accidental |
| B. | Abruptive |
| C. | imperative |
| D. | essential |
| Answer» B. Abruptive | |
| 1706. |
Who theorized civil society as an ideological domain? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Noam Chomsky |
| D. | Hegel |
| Answer» B. Marx | |
| 1707. |
Hypotheses of a Research is |
| A. | Objective in nature |
| B. | Permanent in nature |
| C. | Tentative in nature |
| D. | Final result of a research |
| Answer» D. Final result of a research | |
| 1708. |
Who defines sovereignty it as ‘the sum total of the influences in a state which lie behind thelaw” |
| A. | Gilchrist |
| B. | A.V. Dicey |
| C. | John Austin |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» B. A.V. Dicey | |
| 1709. |
Gandhi was basically |
| A. | a religious man |
| B. | a political theorist |
| C. | a politician in the guise of religion |
| D. | a saint without political leanings |
| Answer» B. a political theorist | |
| 1710. |
According to Antonio Gramsci, civil society is primarily geared to the generation of |
| A. | exploitation |
| B. | coercion |
| C. | consent |
| D. | dissent |
| Answer» D. dissent | |
| 1711. |
Robert Nozik is |
| A. | a neo-liberal |
| B. | a communitarian liberal |
| C. | a classical liberal |
| D. | a pluralist liberal |
| Answer» B. a communitarian liberal | |
| 1712. |
According to Marx 'the Dictatorship of the proletariat' signifies ? |
| A. | A transitional state |
| B. | An ideal state |
| C. | An autocratic state |
| D. | A liberal states |
| Answer» B. An ideal state | |
| 1713. |
One of the following is not the feature of sovereignty |
| A. | Originality |
| B. | All-comprehensiveness |
| C. | Divisibility |
| D. | Inalienability |
| Answer» D. Inalienability | |
| 1714. |
Who among the following theorized imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Mao |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 1715. |
Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil |
| A. | Idealistic view |
| B. | Individualistic view |
| C. | Fascist view |
| D. | Pluralistic view |
| Answer» C. Fascist view | |
| 1716. |
The cabinet is the hyphen that joins the buckle that fastens the executive to thelegislature, who observed this? |
| A. | Walter Bagehot |
| B. | Charles Merriam |
| C. | Joseph Schumpeter |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» B. Charles Merriam | |
| 1717. |
India has been described as |
| A. | Union of States |
| B. | Federation of States |
| C. | Confederation of States |
| D. | centralization of states |
| Answer» B. Federation of States | |
| 1718. |
Who describes parties as “brokers of ideas”? |
| A. | MacIver |
| B. | Gettel |
| C. | Lowell |
| D. | Gilchrist |
| Answer» D. Gilchrist | |
| 1719. |
Who among the first enunciate the concept ‘forced freedom’ |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» B. Green | |
| 1720. |
Who among following is associated with the Rule of Law? |
| A. | A.D. Lindsay |
| B. | Harold Laski |
| C. | A.V. Dicey |
| D. | Ivor Jennings |
| Answer» D. Ivor Jennings | |
| 1721. |
Who described politics as “acting in concert”? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Hannah Arendt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1722. |
Hegel saw civil society as a domain of |
| A. | Harmony |
| B. | Universality |
| C. | Particularity |
| D. | Freedom |
| Answer» C. Particularity | |
| 1723. |
neo-liberalism is |
| A. | revival of political liberalism |
| B. | revival of economic |
| C. | revival of cultural liberalism |
| D. | revival of social liberalism |
| Answer» C. revival of cultural liberalism | |
| 1724. |
Civil society was constituted with the consent of the people for the purpose ofprotecting and safeguarding private property. Who said? |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Adam Ferguson |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. John Locke | |
| 1725. |
Who described elections as the heart of democracy? |
| A. | Lincoln |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | James Bryce |
| D. | Joseph Schumpter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1726. |
A systematically way to solve the research problem is |
| A. | Scientific |
| B. | observational |
| C. | research methodology |
| D. | fact basis |
| Answer» D. fact basis | |
| 1727. |
Who said, the State is the politically organized people of a definite territory”? |
| A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
| B. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
| C. | Ralph Miliband |
| Answer» B. Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl | |
| 1728. |
Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state’? |
| A. | Garner |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» C. Green | |
| 1729. |
“A partyess regime is a conservative regime an anti-party regime is a reactionary regime.”Who made this statement? |
| A. | Samuel Huntington |
| B. | Sartori |
| C. | Carl J. Friedrich |
| D. | K.C. Wheare |
| Answer» C. Carl J. Friedrich | |
| 1730. |
Zero hour begins |
| A. | At mid day |
| B. | At the end of the day |
| C. | At the time when the prime minister suggests |
| D. | At the beginning of the day |
| Answer» B. At the end of the day | |
| 1731. |
What is the most fundamental notion underlying the Marxist vision of justice? |
| A. | Class |
| B. | Exploitation |
| C. | Need |
| D. | Desert |
| Answer» D. Desert | |
| 1732. |
“The personal is political”, is a central slogan of the |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | neoliberals |
| C. | fascists |
| D. | socialists |
| Answer» B. neoliberals | |
| 1733. |
Who said, an association as “a group organised for the pursuit of an interest or a group ofinterests in common”? |
| A. | Harold J Laski |
| B. | MacIver |
| C. | Woodrow Wilson |
| D. | Willoughby |
| Answer» C. Woodrow Wilson | |
| 1734. |
Who introduced ‘Historicism’? |
| A. | Karl Popper |
| B. | Compte |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Sabine |
| Answer» B. Compte | |
| 1735. |
Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Robert Michaels |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» D. Aristotle | |
| 1736. |
Who said, state is a “territorial society divided into government and subjects whoserelationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power” ? |
| A. | Laski |
| B. | Mao |
| C. | Wilson |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» B. Mao | |
| 1737. |
According to Aristotle, the perverted form of government with regard to polity was |
| A. | Oligarchy |
| B. | Aristocracy |
| C. | Democracy |
| D. | Monarchy |
| Answer» D. Monarchy | |
| 1738. |
Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state? |
| A. | Garner |
| B. | Jean Bodin |
| C. | Green |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» C. Green | |
| 1739. |
Who was the most ardent advocate of Post-Behaviouralism? |
| A. | David Easton |
| B. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
| C. | Harold D. Lasswell |
| Answer» B. Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl | |
| 1740. |
The idea of sovereignty owes its existence to |
| A. | Bodin |
| B. | Austin |
| C. | Hobbes |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. Austin | |
| 1741. |
Sovereignty refers to |
| A. | Ruling monarchs |
| B. | Ceremonial leaders |
| C. | Supreme courts |
| D. | The ultimate source of authority in society |
| Answer» B. Ceremonial leaders | |
| 1742. |
Who points , because society is federal, authority must also be federal? |
| A. | Maine |
| B. | MacIver |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1743. |
Who propounded the Functional Theory of Rights? |
| A. | Mill |
| B. | Green |
| C. | Laski |
| D. | Locke |
| Answer» B. Green | |
| 1744. |
ho introduced the “subjective desire of the people”? |
| A. | Willoughby |
| B. | Hobbes |
| C. | Iver |
| D. | Laski |
| Answer» B. Hobbes | |
| 1745. |
Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society” |
| A. | John Lock |
| B. | B. J.S. Mill |
| C. | David Easton |
| D. | Almond |
| Answer» D. Almond | |
| 1746. |
Who said , there is no better test of the excellence of a government, than the efficiency of thejudicial system’ ? |
| A. | James Bryce |
| B. | Laski |
| C. | MacIver |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. Laski | |
| 1747. |
Who among the following proposed the suggestion for a constituent assembly firstof all? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Roy |
| C. | J.P. Narayan |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» C. J.P. Narayan | |
| 1748. |
Civil society is a protective buffer for the state and economy. Who said? |
| A. | Gramsci |
| B. | Anthony Giddens |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Michel Waltzer |
| Answer» B. Anthony Giddens | |
| 1749. |
Who defined sovereignty is “the sum total of the influences in a state which lie behind thelaw” ? |
| A. | Austin |
| B. | Dicey |
| C. | Gilchrist |
| D. | Garner |
| Answer» D. Garner | |
| 1750. |
Behavioural approach in Politics Science is an attempt to make the empirical content ofPolitical Science more scientific who said this? |
| A. | Charles Merriam |
| B. | Robert A Dahl |
| C. | George Catlin |
| D. | Arthur Bentley |
| Answer» B. Robert A Dahl | |