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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 | |