Methodology and Perspectives of Social Sciences | Set 2
1. Legal theory of right was propounded by
Correct : B. laski
2. . Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions?
Correct : B. respect for individual rights
3. Which Act is considered the watch dog of Democracy?
Correct : C. the right to information act
4. Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?
Correct : D. de tocqueville
5. Conception of negative liberty emphasizes:
Correct : C. absence of interference
6. Participatory democracy calls for:
Correct : B. greater and active engagement of citizens in government
7. Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?
Correct : B. david easton
8. ............... is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between
phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena.
Correct : C. reductionism
9. A belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts is called
Correct : B. ontological reductionism
10. The scientific attempt to provide explanation in terms of ever smaller entities is called
Correct : A. methodological reductionism
11. The phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more
fundamental phenomena, are termed as
Correct : B. epiphenomena
12. A contrast to reductionism is
Correct : A. holism
13. This type of research "refers to the meanings, concepts definitions, characteristics, metaphors,
symbols, and description of things" and not to their "counts or measures.". Which type?
Correct : A. qualitative research
14. .................is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical,
mathematical or computational techniques.
Correct : B. quantitative research
15. Quantitative research is generally, closely affiliated with ideas from 'the scientific method', which
can include:
Correct : D. all of the above
16. Political science is a discipline
Correct : D. that cannot ignore values
17. Which of the following combinations defines the scope of political science
Correct : C. state, governments, laws, civil society and political parties.
18. Which of the following is not a traditional Approach to the study of political science?
Correct : B. historiography
19. Who is the celebrated author of ‘Law of the constitution’
Correct : A. a. v. dicey
20. Who expressed the view that ‘equality is unnatural and undesirable’
Correct : B. aristotle
21. The ground for distributive justice include
Correct : D. merit, desert and need
22. The Rawlsian notion of justice is
Correct : C. communitarian
23. Who wrote the work ‘A Preface to Democratic Theory’
Correct : A. dahl
24. Who described elections as the heart of democracy?
Correct : D. joseph schumpter
25. Political science has taken a turn toward the social sciences in its studies of:
Correct : D. the social impact of government on groups and individuals
26. To what domain did Rawls direct his views of justice?
Correct : A. political domain
27. Which one of the political thinker made valuable contribution to the growth of Scholasticism
during the medieval times?
Correct : A. thomas acquinas
28. Which of these is a defining characteristic of democracy ?
Correct : C. that rulers are accountable to the ruled on a regular basis
29. Direct democracy is the system in which:
Correct : C. citizens represent themselves in the decision making process
30. In John Rawls’s theory, principles of justice are established by people who are affected by what?
Correct : A. a veil of ignorance
31. Who said the liberty consists in following the moral law
Correct : B. spinoza
32. According to individualists the people have maximum liberty if
Correct : B. the state performs minimum functions
33. Liberty in positive sense means
Correct : C. provision of conditions which are conducive to human development
34. Who of the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty
Correct : A. rousseau
35. Which of the following does not fall within the purview of the political liberty?
Correct : D. right to move the court for the enforcement of rights
36. The view that every state law enlarges individual freedom is associated with
Correct : B. idealists
37. Civil liberty stands for
Correct : D. liberty to free action and immunity from interference
38. In their essence rights are:
Correct : D. aspects of social life
39. The concept of liberty has developed mainly in modern times and is closely associated with the
philosophy of:
Correct : C. individualism
40. Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:
Correct : D. all the above
41. Democracy in its narrow sense means
Correct : A. rule by the many
42. The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in the form of
Correct : D. all of the above
43. The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called
Correct : C. political science
44. Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the foundations of the State
and the principles of Government?
Correct : D. paul janet
45. Which of the following statement is true?
Correct : A. no rights can be given to the man against the social interest
46. _________is the earliest theory of rights
Correct : A. liberal individualist theory of natural rights
47. Which of the following is a Civil Right?
Correct : A. right to freedom of speech and expression
48. The right to elect Member of parliament is a
Correct : A. political right
49. Who among the following philosophers considers liberty as Obedience to Law?
Correct : A. hegel
50. Natural liberty is generally identified with
Correct : A. restricted freedom
51. Natural liberty implies
Correct : C. the liberty which man enjoys in the state
52. ‘Freedom is a product of free society’ means
Correct : A. it is in a free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
53. The term “Justice” is derived from Latin word
Correct : C. justitia
54. The essential principle of modern justice is
Correct : B. there should be independence of judiciary
55. What is meant by Economic justice
Correct : D. the basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
56. The famous work by Kautilya
Correct : A. arthasastra
57. Who evaluates public policy?
Correct : D. all of the above
58. Hobbes was a strong supporter of
Correct : C. absolute monarchy
59. According to Kautilya there are ______
Correct : D. seven elements of state
60. Aristotle expressed views on revolution in his book (Politics) on the basis of the study of
constitutions of
Correct : B. 158 greek city-states
61. Rousseau authored,
Correct : A. social contract
62. Who wrote “The Political System”
Correct : D. easton
63. Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
Correct : C. j.s. mill
64. Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
Correct : D. machiavelli
65. Positivist Liberals are in favour of:
Correct : C. state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
66. The political thought of Rousseau is contained in
Correct : D. all of the above.
67. The evolutionary approach where every stage of development is better than
its preceding
stage.
Correct : A. unilinear
68. Which of the following seeks to find explanations to unexplained social
phenomena?
Correct : B. social sciences
69. Research in Social Science areas equip us with
Correct : A. greater power of control over the social phenomena
70. Now the natural world is studied by the methods of
Correct : A. science
71. In Renaissance human reason placed above
Correct : C. arts
72. The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of
Correct : A. william thompson
73. The period from about 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized
by the rebirth and proliferation of
Correct : B. ancient knowledge
74. The period of Enlightenment was in
Correct : A. 1650 ce and 1700 ce
75. Which of the following is a simple household?
Correct : D. a mother and her unmarried children
76. ‘Republic’ is the work of
Correct : C. plato
77. According to whom was the universe a machine made up of particles
moving according to a mechanical law.
Correct : C. hobbes
78. The master piece of Hobbes
Correct : A. leviathan
79. ’Leviathan’ was published in the year
Correct : D. 1651
80. Hobbes believed that the very principle of the universe is
Correct : A. the movement or motion
81. Weber’s social research gives importance to......................
Correct : D. value of freedom
82. ‘The Elements of Law’ was published in the year
Correct : A. 1650
83. Thomas Hobbes’ interest in philosophy was greatly stimulated by his
discovery of the world of
Correct : B. mathematics
84. The _________ approach talks about social change as a process occurring at
different levels
and proceeding in different directions.
Correct : B. multilinear
85. ....................... is central to the procedures of scientific method
Correct : C. objectivity
86. The major task of the state is the preservation of the liberty, peace, safety
and public good of the people- Who commented so?
Correct : B. locke
87. Rousseau believed that refer of society would only be possible if all
members shared equally in the construction of
Correct : D. laws for human’s common happiness
88. Whose belief is that man’s original nature was corrupted by society and that
the only way man could become virtuous, moral being was to totally transform
society.
Correct : A. rousseau
89. Rousseau’s focus was on the possibility of
Correct : D. drastic social change
90. Rousseau thought that society was formed as a result of
Correct : D. a contract among individuals
91. Research can give us sound guideline for the appropriate measure of
Correct : D. reform and social welfare
92. Not only as a method to understand social reality around us, Social Sciences
help us to
Correct : A. develop insights into the nature of human beings
93. Enlightenment thought laid the ground work for the development of
Correct : C. social scientific thought
94. The _____ approach analyses social change as a gradual development from simple to
complex
forms
Correct : A. evolutionary approach
95. Social Sciences try to understand human behavior and its interaction with
the environment and
Correct : C. social institutions
96. Which approach examines social change in the context of Indian culture and
philosophy?
Correct : C. indological approach
97. The _____ approach analyses social change as a gradual development from
simple to complex
forms
Correct : A. evolutionary approach
98. ” Man lives in a socio- economic and political world and thrives on its varied
relationships. It is inconceivable that the study of bare and isolated events on
any aspect of man’s life would yield any meaningful result”- Who stated so?
Correct : C. karl pearson
99. Who among the following used dialectical approach to explain the emergence of nationalism
in India