1. the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by
Correct : A. Mosca
2. The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of
Correct : B. Absolute monarchy
3. Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as ration-legal authority ?
Correct : A. Max Weber
4. The Communist manifesto was first published in
Correct : C. German
5. The International Criminal Court is located at
Correct : B. Hague
6. Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the
end of history ?
Correct : A. Francis Fukuyama
7. The National Parliamentary body of China is known as
Correct : A. National People’s Congress
8. Which aspect of imperialism does the dependency theory emphasize ?
Correct : D. Economic
9. According to David Easton, the main function of government is to:
Correct : D. allocate authoritatively values for a whole society.
10. Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity?
Correct : B. Robert Dahl
11. The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language
Correct : B. Latin
12. Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society”
Correct : C. David Easton
13. Political science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in which
year
Correct : A. 1948
14. Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’?
Correct : A. Aristotle
15. The scope of Political Science is determined by the enquiries that arise in connection with the
state. Who said so?
Correct : A. Gilchrist
16. In the Classical or Normative period, the study of politics reflected
Correct : A. a normative concern and deductive method explanation
17. Who was the first proponent of scientific study of politics?
Correct : A. Charles Merriam
18. 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
19. Eighth principles of the behavioural approach of political science generally known as
Correct : C. Intellectual foundations
20. Politics is “the study of shaping and sharing of power”
Correct : C. Harold D Lasswell
21. Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact”
Correct : A. C Wright Mills
22. Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Bahaviouralism?
Correct : A. David Easton
23. The strong demands of Post behaviouralists are
Correct : B. Relevance and action
24. Historical materialism is one of the tools in
Correct : D. Post behaviouralism
25. Who said the state is the politically organised people of a definite territory?
Correct : A. J.K. Bluntschli
26. Who defines state as “people organised for law within a definite territory?
Correct : B. C Wright Mills
27. “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
28. Who emphasised the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for organisation and
maintenance of the stae?
Correct : D. Willoughby
29. Who said, an association as “a group organised for the pursuit of an interest or a group of
interests in common”?
Correct : B. MacIver
30. Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state?
Correct : B. Jean Bodin
31. Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. John Austin
32. Who defines sovereignty it as ‘the sum total of the influences in a state which lie behind the
law”
Correct : A. Gilchrist
33. Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘general will’
Correct : B. Rousseau
34. Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens and subjects
unrestrained by law”?
Correct : D. Jean Bodin
35. Whose work is “the Law of War and Peace”
Correct : C. Hugo Grotius
36. Whose work is ?Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?
Correct : B. John Austin
37. Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of sovereignty?
Correct : C. Henry Maine
38. Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”?
Correct : C. Laski
39. Whose work is “The Spirit of Laws”?
Correct : D. Montesquieu
40. Who wrote the work ‘Modern State’?
Correct : C. Laski
41. Whose work is “Introduction to the Study of Law of the Constitution”?
Correct : C. Hugo Grotius
42. Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
Correct : C. J.S. Mill
43. Politics science is a discipline
Correct : C. Which does not subscribe to any values
44. Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political Science?
Correct : C. Historiography
45. Whose work is “the Nerves of Government”
Correct : C. Deutsch
46. The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’
Correct : B. Polis
47. Who described politics as “acting in concert”?
Correct : D. Hannah Arendt
48. Who wrote the work ‘The Great Issues Politics’?
Correct : C. Lipson
49. Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”?
Correct : D. Catlin
50. Whose work is “Marxism and Politics”?
Correct : D. Miliband
51. One of the following is an advocate of historical approach
Correct : C. Henry Maine
52. Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?
Correct : B. David Easton
53. ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’ This statement explains the following
Correct : D. Post behaviouralism
54. Who used to say “I am the state”
Correct : A. Louis IXV
55. Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’?
Correct : B. Rousseau
56. Whose work is “the Process of Government”?
Correct : A. Arther Bentley
57. Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’
Correct : B. Individualistic view
58. Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’
Correct : C. Hegel
59. Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
Correct : D. Machiavelli
60. Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best described as
Correct : A. Pluralists
61. Plato is called the father of idealist theory of the state because
Correct : C. His theory was based not on what human nature is but on what it ought to be
62. The main functions of the state. According to the Pluralists is to
Correct : B. Harmonise the rights and activities of various groups and association
63. Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number”?
Correct : B. Jeremy Bentham
64. The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is
Correct : A. Henry Maine
65. Locke has used the social contract theory to justify
Correct : A. Liberal democratic state
66. Who contributed “Leviathan”?
Correct : B. Hobbes
67. The pluralist theory views power as
Correct : B. Relational
68. The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of
Correct : B. Feudalism
69. The Austian theory attributes to the sovereign
Correct : D. Absolute judicial authority
70. Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin’s theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. Absolute sovereignty
71. Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ?
Correct : C. Robert Michaels
72. Who said “knowledge is Power”
Correct : B. Foucault
73. Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’?
Correct : A. Almond
74. Who wrote politics is ‘who gets, what, when and how’?
Correct : A. Lasswell
75. Who among the following was the chief exponent of the legal theory of sovereignty?
Correct : C. Austin
76. Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty?
Correct : C. Delegation
77. Austin was an English
Correct : A. Jurist
78. Who wrote the work ‘anarchy, state and utopia’?
Correct : C. Robert nozik
79. Rousseau is the advocate of
Correct : D. Personal sovereignty
80. who observed state is known by the rights it maintains?
Correct : D. Laski
81. Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law?
Correct : C. A.V. Dicey
82. Who described the ‘rule of law’ as nonsense stilts?
Correct : A. Bentham
83. Secret ballot is also known as
Correct : B. Austrian ballot
84. Constitutional government implies
Correct : A. Limited government
85. An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
Correct : D. Limited government
86. The theory of separation of powers was initiated by
Correct : A. Montesquieu
87. According to Aristotle, the perverted form of government with regard to polity was
Correct : C. Democracy
88. The first systematic classification of government was given by
Correct : C. Socrates
89. Zero hour begins
Correct : A. At mid day
90. According to Aristotle, the best of government was
Correct : D. Polity
91. Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system?
Correct : C. Prime Minister
92. All the ministers sail and sink together. This is true of the following form of government
Correct : D. Parliamentary
93. The idea of sovereignty owes its existence to
Correct : A. Bodin
94. Who among the advocate of negative theory of liberty?
Correct : D. Montesquieu
95. Which of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice?
Correct : A. Harmony
96. Who said kinship created a common consciousness, common interest and common purpose?
Correct : D. Henry Maine
97. Who has written the work ‘Ancient Society’?
Correct : A. Lewis H Morgan
98. Whose work is ‘The origin of the Family, Private Property and the State’?
Correct : C. Engels
99. State and Revolution is written by
Correct : C. Lenin
100. The term ‘sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language