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Socio Political Thought | Set 1

1. Who is the author of the book The Republic—

Correct : A. plato

2. The idea of Philosopher King introduced by –

Correct : D. plato

3. Platos ideal state is known as –

Correct : A. the republic,

4. To Aristotle the best form of government is-

Correct : A. polity,

5. “General will” is the concept of –

Correct : A. rousseau,

6. “General will” is equal to ,

Correct : A. peoples will,

7. “The web of relations” is a definition of –

Correct : B. society,

8. Who wrote the book “Justice as Fairness”-

Correct : A. john rawls,

9. Which is the largest democratic country in the world-

Correct : C. india,

10. When did the United Nations Organisation establish-

Correct : A. 1945,

11. The largest written constitution belongs to-

Correct : B. india,

12. The federal system of India adopted from-

Correct : A. canada,

13. Arthasastra is a book of –

Correct : B. statecraft,

14. What do you mean by “A state does not have its own religion”-

Correct : A. secular state,

15. How many fundamental rights are there in India-

Correct : B. 6,

16. Howmany Lokha sabha seats are there in Kerala-

Correct : B. 20,

17. Ramarajya is a concept of –

Correct : A. gandhiji,

18. The ideal state of Gandiji is known as-

Correct : B. ramarajya,

19. The concept of trusteeship is introduced by-

Correct : A. gandhiji,

20. Who was the first law minister of India-

Correct : B. ambedkar,

21. Indian constitution is a -

Correct : A. written,

22. The highest court of India is-

Correct : A. supreme court,

23. In ancient Greek, Athens was famous for-

Correct : A. commerce,

24. Which articles of Indian constitution prohibits racial discrimination-

Correct : B. 15,16,

25. Who among the following is a contratualist

Correct : D. all of these

26. Who among the following is a liberal political philosopher- a)John Rawls, b)Aristotle, c)Plato d) all of these 28. In which country plural executive functions –

Correct : A. switzerland,

27. The head of the state is known as Chancellor in which of the following country

Correct : D. germany

28. “Right to vote” is a-

Correct : A. political right,

29. Who supported slavery-

Correct : B. aristotle,

30. “Free citizenship in a free state” pertains to-

Correct : A. athens,

31. “ Virtue is knowledge” said by whom-

Correct : A. socrates,

32. “Territory” is an element of –

Correct : A. state,

33. The highest law making body in India is-

Correct : A. judiciary,

34. India follows –

Correct : A. constitutional supremacy,

35. In India,” right to property” is a –

Correct : B. civil right,

36. “giving to everyman his due” pertains to-

Correct : B. justice,

37. How many states are there in India-

Correct : B. 29,

38. Social justice is primarily concerned with

Correct : D. ) who should get what in society

39. The International Criminal Court is located at-

Correct : B. hague,

40. State is an –

Correct : A. institution,

41. Indian democracy follows-

Correct : C. multiparty system,

42. Whose work is “Human Nature in Politics”

Correct : B. wallas;

43. Who wrote “New Aspects of Politis”

Correct : C. merriam;

44. Find out the work of Lasswell and Kaplan

Correct : C. power and society

45. Who wrote “The Political System”

Correct : D. easton

46. The term ‘Historicism’ was made popular by

Correct : C. popper;

47. ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This statement explains the following

Correct : A. post-behaviouralism;

48. The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with

Correct : B. michels;

49. Who regarded revolution as a means of achieving freedom?

Correct : C. john milton;

50. Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights, rights demand the state, who has made this statement?

Correct : B. green;

51. Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions?

Correct : B. respect for individual rights

52. Who said “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ?

Correct : A. lord acton

53. Parliamentary form of government first evolved in

Correct : B. the united kingdom

54. Who said that Bureaucracy is “a regulated administrative system organized as a series of Inter related offices ?

Correct : B. gladden;

55. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the

Correct : C. high courts;

56. Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a social order”?

Correct : D. neumann

57. Participation is an important element of every

Correct : C. democratic system

58. 'If sovereignty is not absolute, no state will exist'. Who said this ?

Correct : D. none of the above

59. According to Marx 'the Dictatorship of the proletariat' signifies ?

Correct : A. a transitional state

60. Who said ‘Neutrality is’ one of the strongest bulwarks of democracy ?

Correct : C. ajay baseli;

61. “All administration means domination” who said this ?

Correct : A. weber;

62. Who among the following first developed the concept of general system theory

Correct : B. ludwig von bertallanffy

63. Democracy is meaningless without

Correct : D. freedom of speech

64. Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of

Correct : B. politics of developing countries

65. Who wrote “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign 70. Gandhi describe himself as a

Correct : D. liberal

66. According to Aristotle, democracy is

Correct : B. the same as oligarchy

67. Power is the capacity to

Correct : B. hold sovereignty

68. Authority is the right to

Correct : A. invoke tradition

69. Sovereignty refers to

Correct : A. ruling monarchs

70. Which of the following is the function of political parties?

Correct : C. aggregating (combining) interest

71. Who introduced hegemony in the concept of civil society?

Correct : B. gramsci

72. Who said ‘civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity?

Correct : B. gandhi

73. The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with

Correct : A. michels

74. Who wrote the work ‘a preface to democratic theory’?

Correct : A. dahl

75. The most essential principle of liberalism is

Correct : D. freedom

76. An institution is a form of

Correct : A. organisation

77. Who said Politics is about 'who gets what, when and how'?

Correct : A. lasswell

78. Social justice is primarily concerned with

Correct : D. who should get what in society

79. Which one of the following country follows unitary form of government?

Correct : D. uk

80. Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?

Correct : D. de tocqueville

81. Who among the following is not an exponent of ‘Elitist Theory of Democracy’?

Correct : D. c macpherson

82. Who among the following advocated partyless democracy in India?

Correct : B. jayprakash narayan

83. Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the ‘end of history’?

Correct : A. samuel p. huntington

84. Who among the following favoured qualification as the basis for right to vote?

Correct : C. j.s. mill

85. Which is Canada’s political system?

Correct : D. parliamentary

86. Rational-legal authority also known as

Correct : D. bureaucratic

87. the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by

Correct : A. mosca

88. Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as ration-legal authority ?

Correct : A. max weber

89. The Communist manifesto was first published in

Correct : C. german

90. The International Criminal Court is located at

Correct : B. hague

91. Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the end of history ?

Correct : A. francis fukuyama

92. The National Parliamentary body of China is known as

Correct : A. national people’s congress

93. Which aspect of imperialism does the dependency theory emphasize ?

Correct : D. economic

94. Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity?

Correct : B. robert dahl

95. The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language

Correct : B. latin;

96. Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society”

Correct : C. david easton

97. Political science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in which year

Correct : A. 1948

98. Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’?

Correct : A. aristotle

99. The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to

Correct : A. 4th century b.c .b. 3rd century

100. Who was the first proponent of scientific study of politics?

Correct : A. charles merriam