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1801. |
Who defined “the state is the politically organised people of a definite territory” ? |
A. | Bluntschli |
B. | Wilson |
C. | Machiavelli |
D. | Aristotle |
Answer» B. Wilson | |
1802. |
Who defined Politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on thesociety”. |
A. | John Lock |
B. | J.S. Mill |
C. | David Easton |
D. | Almond |
Answer» D. Almond | |
1803. |
Who emphasised the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organisation andmaintenance of the stae? |
A. | Harold J Laski |
B. | C Wright Mills |
C. | Woodrow Wilson |
D. | Willoughby |
Answer» E. | |
1804. |
Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and postbehaviouralism |
A. | Leo Strauss |
B. | David Easton |
C. | George Catlin |
D. | Charles Merriam |
Answer» C. George Catlin | |
1805. |
Who said “every state is enormously dependent upon the quality of its public officials”? |
A. | MacIver |
B. | Laski |
C. | Dicey |
D. | James Bryce |
Answer» C. Dicey | |
1806. |
The European Union was established in |
A. | 1992 |
B. | 1995 |
C. | 1993 |
D. | 1994 |
Answer» D. 1994 | |
1807. |
Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens andsubjects unrestrained by law”. |
A. | John Austin |
B. | Rousseau |
C. | John Locke |
D. | Jean Bodin |
Answer» E. | |
1808. |
Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity? |
A. | MacIver |
B. | Robert Dahl |
C. | Hobbes |
D. | Plato |
Answer» C. Hobbes | |
1809. |
Who is a guild socialist? |
A. | Green |
B. | Mill |
C. | Cole |
D. | Dicey |
Answer» D. Dicey | |
1810. |
Who said that liberalism is a habit of mind no less than a political creed ordoctrine? |
A. | Lindsay |
B. | Laski |
C. | Maitland |
D. | MacIver |
Answer» C. Maitland | |
1811. |
Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”? |
A. | John Austin |
B. | Jean Bodin |
C. | Lask |
D. | Locke |
Answer» D. Locke | |
1812. |
Who said ‘Kinship created a common consciousness, common interest and common purpose’? |
A. | Gettell |
B. | Maine |
C. | MacIver |
D. | Austin |
Answer» C. MacIver | |
1813. |
Austin was an English |
A. | jurist |
B. | sociologist |
C. | economist |
D. | scientist |
Answer» B. sociologist | |
1814. |
Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact” |
A. | C Wright Mills |
B. | Robert A Dahl |
C. | Harold D Lasswell |
D. | Arthur Bentley |
Answer» B. Robert A Dahl | |
1815. |
A political party is an association of organized people in support of some principle orpolicy which by constitutional means endeavors to make the determinant of government”. Who defined? |
A. | Gettel |
B. | Mac Iver |
C. | A.V. Dicey |
D. | Henry Maine |
Answer» E. | |
1816. |
Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a socialorder”? |
A. | G.S. Peter |
B. | H Arendt |
C. | Huntington |
D. | Neumann |
Answer» E. | |
1817. |
Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’? |
A. | Montesquieu |
B. | Mac Iver |
C. | Laski |
D. | Garner |
Answer» D. Garner | |
1818. |
Who among the following favoured qualification as the basis for right to vote? |
A. | E. Barker |
B. | T.H. Green |
C. | J.S. Mill |
D. | J. Bentham |
Answer» D. J. Bentham | |
1819. |
Behavioural approach in Political Science is “an attempt to make the empiricalcontent of Political Science more scientific” who said this? |
A. | Charles Merriam |
B. | Robert A. Dahl |
C. | George Catlin |
D. | Arthur Bentley |
Answer» B. Robert A. Dahl | |
1820. |
Authority is the right to |
A. | Invoke tradition |
B. | Nationhood |
C. | Rule |
D. | Delegate |
Answer» B. Nationhood | |
1821. |
Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘general will’ |
A. | Anthony Giddens |
B. | Rousseau |
C. | John Locke |
D. | Hobbes |
Answer» C. John Locke | |
1822. |
Which is the work of Montesquieu ? |
A. | Ant-Duhring |
B. | State and Revolution |
C. | The Spirit of Laws |
D. | The poverty of philosophy |
Answer» D. The poverty of philosophy | |
1823. |
The earliest known example of direct democracy was found in |
A. | Syracuse |
B. | Sparta |
C. | Athens |
D. | Greek |
Answer» D. Greek | |
1824. |
The most important feature of liberal democracy is that it |
A. | regards the vote of all persons as equal |
B. | emphasizes quantity rather than quality |
C. | minimize the danger of the people being exploited by a governing aristocracy |
D. | depends upon the opinion of the majority |
Answer» B. emphasizes quantity rather than quality | |
1825. |
Who wrote “Anti-Duhring” |
A. | Engels |
B. | Marx |
C. | Lenin |
D. | Mao |
Answer» B. Marx | |
1826. |
Who among the following is not an exponent of ‘Elitist Theory of Democracy’? |
A. | Mosca |
B. | Pareto |
C. | Michel |
D. | C Macpherson |
Answer» E. | |
1827. |
Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number” |
A. | T.H. Green |
B. | Jeremy Bentham |
C. | J. S. Mill |
D. | Laksi |
Answer» C. J. S. Mill | |
1828. |
Who described rights properly are creatures of law? |
A. | Bentham |
B. | T.H. Green |
C. | Kant |
D. | Hegel |
Answer» B. T.H. Green | |
1829. |
One of the following first expressed the principles of liberalism |
A. | Mill |
B. | Locke |
C. | Rousseau |
D. | Bentham |
Answer» C. Rousseau | |
1830. |
Who defined political science is “that part of social science which treats the foundations of thefoundations of the state and principles of government”? |
A. | Paul Janet |
B. | Dyke |
C. | Gettell |
D. | None of it |
Answer» B. Dyke | |
1831. |
The Austian theory attributes to the sovereign |
A. | political supremacy |
B. | the power of Political Legitimation |
C. | moral Omnicompetence |
D. | Absolute judicial authority |
Answer» E. | |
1832. |
Plato is called the father of idealist theory of the state because |
A. | He postulated a dualism between reality and value |
B. | He prescribed the ideals of city state |
C. | His theory was based not on what human nature is but on what it ought to be |
D. | He based his theory on the idea of the good |
Answer» D. He based his theory on the idea of the good | |
1833. |
the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by |
A. | Mosca |
B. | Michels |
C. | Weber |
D. | Pareto |
Answer» B. Michels | |
1834. |
Gandhi’s ‘swarj’ was to be built |
A. | from above |
B. | from below |
C. | from society |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. from society | |
1835. |
Who regarded revolution as a means of achieving freedom? |
A. | Hegel |
B. | John Milton |
C. | Kant |
D. | Lenin |
Answer» C. Kant | |
1836. |
Who said “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ? |
A. | Lord Acton |
B. | David Apter |
C. | A.V. Dicey |
D. | Montesquieu |
Answer» B. David Apter | |
1837. |
The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is |
A. | Henry Maine |
B. | Morgan |
C. | Locke |
D. | Green |
Answer» B. Morgan | |
1838. |
In India, partyless democracy was first advocated by |
A. | M. N. Roy |
B. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
C. | Viboba Bhave |
D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
Answer» B. Jayaprakash Narayan | |
1839. |
“it is not a matter of ‘problems’ to be ‘solved’ but a state of domination andsubjugation to be ended by a total transformation of the conditions which give rise to it”. Who said this? |
A. | David Easton |
B. | Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl |
C. | Ralph Miliband |
Answer» E. | |
1840. |
What is the alternative to Gandhian Socialism |
A. | Ramrajya |
B. | Sarvodaya |
C. | Swadeshi |
D. | Trusteeship |
Answer» E. | |
1841. |
‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This state ment explains the following. |
A. | Positivism |
B. | empiricism |
C. | Behaviouralism |
D. | Post Behaviouralism |
Answer» E. | |
1842. |
The International Criminal Court is located at |
A. | Washington |
B. | Hague |
C. | Geneva |
D. | London |
Answer» C. Geneva | |
1843. |
Which one of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice? |
A. | Harmony |
B. | Equality |
C. | Fraternity |
D. | Liberty |
Answer» B. Equality | |
1844. |
“The workers have nothing to sell but their labour power”, This state belongs to |
A. | Marxism |
B. | Libertarianism |
C. | Liberalism |
D. | Neo-liberalism |
Answer» D. Neo-liberalism | |
1845. |
Locke has used the social contract theory to justify |
A. | Liberal democratic state |
B. | Supremacy of the judicial organ |
C. | Political obligation |
D. | Absolute loyalty of citizens of the state |
Answer» B. Supremacy of the judicial organ | |
1846. |
Who among the following is an advocate of the republican notion of liberty? |
A. | Hegal |
B. | Machiavelli |
C. | Green |
D. | Mill |
Answer» C. Green | |
1847. |
Who among the following was the chief exponent of the legal theory of sovereignty? |
A. | Rousseau |
B. | Locke |
C. | Austin |
D. | Bodin |
Answer» D. Bodin | |
1848. |
The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of |
A. | Democracy |
B. | Absolute monarchy |
C. | Feudalism |
D. | Decolonization |
Answer» C. Feudalism | |
1849. |
Who described historical approach as ‘historicism’? |
A. | Bentham |
B. | Hegel |
C. | Popper |
D. | Marx |
Answer» D. Marx | |
1850. |
Who defines state as “People organized for law within a definite territory”? |
A. | J.K. Bluntschli |
B. | Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson |
C. | Ralph Miliband |
Answer» D. | |