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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.