1. Behavioural approach in Politics Science is an attempt to make the empirical content of
Political Science more scientific who said this?
Correct : A. charles merriam
2. Eighth principles of the behavioural approach of political science generally known as
Correct : C. intellectual foundations
3. Politics is “the study of shaping and sharing of power”
Correct : C. harold d lasswell
4. Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact”
Correct : A. c wright mills
5. Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Bahaviouralism?
Correct : A. david easton
6. The strong demands of Post behaviouralists are
Correct : B. relevance and action
7. Historical materialism is one of the tools in
Correct : D. post behaviouralism
8. Who defines state as “people organised for law within a definite territory?
Correct : B. c wright mills
9. “Territorial society divided into government and subjects who relationships are determined by
the exercise of this supreme coercive power” who said this?
Correct : A. harold j laski
10. Who emphasised the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organisation and
maintenance of the stae?
Correct : D. willoughby
11. Who said, an association as “a group organised for the pursuit of an interest or a group of
interests in common”?
Correct : B. maciver
12. Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state?
Correct : B. jean bodin;
13. Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. john austin
14. Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘general will’
Correct : B. rousseau
15. Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens and subjects
unrestrained by law”?
Correct : D. jean bodin
16. Whose work is “the Law of War and Peace”
Correct : C. hugo grotius
17. Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?
Correct : B. john austin
18. Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of sovereignty?
Correct : C. henry maine
19. Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”?
Correct : C. laski
20. Whose work is “The Spirit of Laws”?
Correct : D. montesquieu
21. Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’?
Correct : C. laski
22. Whose work is “Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution”?
Correct : C. hugo grotius
23. Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
Correct : C. j.s. mill
24. Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political Science?
Correct : C. historiography
25. Whose work is “the Nerves of Government”
Correct : C. deutsch
26. The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’
Correct : B. polis
27. Who described politics as “acting in concert”?
Correct : D. hannah arendt
28. Who wrote the work ‘The Great Issues Politics’?
Correct : C. lipson
29. Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”?
Correct : D. catlin
30. Whose work is “Marxism and Politics”?
Correct : D. miliband
31. One of the following is an advocate of historical approach
Correct : C. henry maine
32. Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?
Correct : B. david easton
33. ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’ This statement explains the following
Correct : D. post behaviouralism
34. Who used to say “I am the state”
Correct : A. louis ixv
35. Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’?
Correct : B. rousseau
36. Whose work is “the Process of Government”?
Correct : A. arther bentley
37. Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’
Correct : B. individualistic view
38. Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’
Correct : C. hegel
39. Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
Correct : D. machiavelli
40. Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best described as
Correct : A. pluralists
41. Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number”?
Correct : B. jeremy bentham
42. The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is
Correct : A. henry maine
43. Locke has used the social contract theory to justify
Correct : A. liberal democratic state
44. Who contributed “Leviathan”?
Correct : B. hobbes
45. The pluralist theory views power as
Correct : B. relational
46. The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of
Correct : B. feudalism
47. Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin’s theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. absolute sovereignty
48. Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ?
Correct : C. robert michaels
49. Who said “knowledge is Power”
Correct : B. foucault
50. Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’?
Correct : A. almond
51. Who wrote politics is ‘who gets, what, when and how’?
Correct : A. lasswell
52. Who among the following was the chief exponent of the legal theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. austin
53. Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty?
Correct : C. delegation
54. One of the following is not the feature of sovereignty
Correct : C. divisibility
55. Austin was an English
Correct : A. jurist
56. Who wrote the work ‘anarchy, state and utopia’?
Correct : C. robert nozik
57. Rousseau is the advocate of
Correct : D. personal sovereignty
58. who observed state is known by the rights it maintains?
Correct : D. laski
59. Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law?
Correct : C. a.v. dicey
60. Who described the ‘rule of law’ as nonsense stilts?
Correct : A. bentham
61. Secret ballot is also known as
Correct : B. austrian ballot
62. An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
Correct : D. limited government
63. The theory of separation of powers was initiated by
Correct : A. montesquieu
64. According to Aristotle, the perverted form of government with regard to polity was
Correct : C. democracy
65. The first systematic classification of government was given by
Correct : C. socrates
66. Zero hour begins
Correct : A. at mid-day
67. The term ‘sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language
Correct : D. english
68. Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system?
Correct : C. prime minister
69. All the ministers sail and sink together. This is true of the following form of government
Correct : D. parliamentary
70. The Romans spread which one of the following idea/ideas in Europe?
Correct : D. All the above
71. In ancient Rome, the Law applicable to both the Citizens and
foreigners is called
Correct : C. Jus Gentium
72. Which one of the following statements is true about Roman Law?
Correct : D. It is a product of Jus Gentium, Jus Naturale and Jus Civile
73. Which one of the following is a characteristic of Roman law?
Correct : D. All the above
74. Which one of the following is the author of “Histories” which
explained Roman success?
Correct : A. Polybius
75. The Consuls of the Roman society represented the elements of
Correct : A. Monarchy
76. In the ancient roman society, the financial and judicial powers were
vested with
Correct : B. The Senate
77. Which one of the following is the famous work by Cicero?
Correct : B. De Republica
78. According to Cicero, which one of the following is the best form of
government?
Correct : D. A mix of Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy
79. According to Cicero,
Correct : D. All the above
80. “Hindu Political Thought” means
Correct : D. Political Thought which originated in the Indian continent
81. “Dharma” means
Correct : D. All the above
82. Concept of Dharma was followed by
Correct : D. All the above
83. Name the political thinker who was the Prime Minister of Maurya
Emperor
Correct : A. Kautilya
84. The famous work by Kautilya
Correct : A. Arthasaastra
85. “Arthasaastra” means
Correct : A. The science of political economy
86. The ‘Rajarshi’ or King of Kautilya is
Correct : A. An autocrat
87. The science of Law and punishment according to Hindu political
thought is called
Correct : D. Dantaniti
88. ‘Matsyanyaya’ in the ancient Hindu Political Thought means
Correct : C. In the absence of the ruler, the strong will destroy the weak.
89. In the ancient Hindu Political thought, the concept close to
‘Sovereignty’ is called
Correct : C. Rajatva
90. Kautilya’s concept that the State consists of seven elements is called
Correct : A. Saptanga Theory
91. Which one of the following is NOT included in the seven elements of
the State according to Kautilya?
Correct : D. The enemy
92. ‘Medieval Period’ roughly means
Correct : B. 5th century AD to 15th century AD
93. Medieval period is characterized by
Correct : B. Influence of Christianity
94. The Political philosophy of Thomas Aquinas consists of
Correct : D. All the above
95. Medieval Scholasticism is characterized by its position that
Correct : C. Both (a) and (b)
96. Medieval Scholasticism held that
Correct : A. Science should be in tune with Theology
97. The Christian concept of Universalism held that
Correct : C. All human souls will be saved
98. According to Thomas Aquinas, which one of the following is the
highest human institution?
Correct : B. Church
99. According to Aquinas, which one of the following is NOT a kind of
Law?
Correct : D. Church Law
100. According to Aquinas, which one of the following is “the mind of God”?