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1901.

Who wrote the work “Anarchy, State and Utopia”

A. Taylor
B. Merriam
C. Robert Nozik
D. Catlin
Answer» D. Catlin
1902.

Who is the exponent of Monistic theory of sovereignty ?

A. Jean Bodin
B. Garner
C. Austin
D. Maine
Answer» D. Maine
1903.

Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?

A. Gilchrist
B. John Austin
C. A.V. Dicey
D. Garner
Answer» C. A.V. Dicey
1904.

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
1905.

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.
1906.

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
1907.

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
1908.

Who wrote ‘The poverty of Philosophy’?

A. Mao
B. Lenin
C. Marx
D. Engels
Answer» D. Engels
1909.

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
1910.

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
1911.

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
1912.

Who used to say “I am the state”

A. Louis IXV
B. Machiavelli
C. John Austin
D. MacIver
Answer» B. Machiavelli
1913.

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
1914.

The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with

A. Michels
B. Millet
C. Bentham
D. Kant
Answer» B. Millet
1915.

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.
1916.

The concept of circulation of elites has been used by

A. Mosca
B. Michels
C. Weber
D. Pareto
Answer» B. Michels
1917.

Gerrymandering is associated with

A. secret ballot
B. delimitation of constituencies
C. multi-member constituencies
D. indirect election
Answer» C. multi-member constituencies
1918.

Whose work is ‘A History of Political Theory’?

A. George H. Sabine
B. Gabriel Almond
C. David Easton
D. Gilchrist
Answer» B. Gabriel Almond
1919.

Whose work is “The Nerves of Government”?

A. Catlin
B. Duverger
C. Deutsch
D. George Sabine
Answer» D. George Sabine
1920.

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
1921.

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
1922.

Whose work is “Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?

A. Gilchrist
B. John Austin
C. A.V. Dicey
D. Garner
Answer» C. A.V. Dicey
1923.

Who described the ‘rule of law’ as nonsense stilts?

A. Bentham
B. Laski
C. Montesquieu
D. Rawl
Answer» B. Laski
1924.

who observed state is known by the rights it maintains?

A. Hegel
B. Green
C. Barker
D. Laski
Answer» E.
1925.

Who wrote the work “A Preface to Democratic Theory?

A. Dahl
B. Marx
C. Marx
D. MacIver
Answer» B. Marx
1926.

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
1927.

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
1928.

Who among the following was a liberal republican?

A. Marx
B. Mosca
C. Mazzini
D. Michels
Answer» D. Michels
1929.

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
1930.

Who introduced ‘intellectual foundations’ for behavioural approach?

A. Easton
B. Merriam
C. Lasswell
D. Bentley
Answer» B. Merriam
1931.

Who among the theorists advocated participatory democracy?

A. Mosca
B. Hayek
C. Macpherson
D. Oakeshott
Answer» D. Oakeshott
1932.

Whose work is “the Process of Government”?

A. Arther Bentley
B. Robert Dahl
C. Charles Merriam
D. Karl Popper
Answer» B. Robert Dahl
1933.

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.
1934.

Who described bureaucracy as the most advanced form of organization?

A. Wayper
B. Wasby
C. Weber
D. Wollstonecraft
Answer» D. Wollstonecraft
1935.

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.
1936.

Neo-liberalism attacks

A. privatization
B. marketisation
C. liberalization
D. collectivization
Answer» E.
1937.

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
1938.

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
1939.

Find the wrong one of this list?

A. Laski
B. Hobbes
C. MacIver
D. Lindsay
Answer» C. MacIver
1940.

The most important proponents of civil society is the propagators of

A. Neo-liberalism
B. Liberalism
C. Realism
D. Marxism
Answer» B. Liberalism
1941.

The strong demands of Post-behaviouralists are

A. pure science
B. ‘relevance’ and ‘action’
C. value
D. None of these
Answer» C. value
1942.

The term ‘Historicism’ was made popular by

A. Sabine
B. Oakeshott
C. Popper
D. Foster
Answer» D. Foster
1943.

Who described the Rule of Law as nonsense stilts?

A. Bentham
B. Laski
C. Montesquieu
D. Rawl
Answer» B. Laski
1944.

Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’?

A. Hobbes
B. Rousseau
C. Locke
D. Laski
Answer» C. Locke
1945.

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
1946.

Who regards political parties as the brokers of ideas?

A. Lowell
B. Lippman
C. Laski
D. Bryce
Answer» B. Lippman
1947.

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
1948.

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
1949.

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.
1950.

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