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Foundation of Political Science | Set 4
1. Who wrote the book “Hind Swaraj”?
A. Ram Manohar Lohia
B. Subash Chandra Bose
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Correct : D. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Gandhi’s ‘swarj’ was to be built
A. from above
B. from below
C. from society
D. none of these
Correct : B. from below
3. ‘Revolutions are engines of history’. Who said this?
A. Marx
B. Laski
C. Hegel
D. Gandhi
Correct : A. Marx
4. Who said “Civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity”?
A. Marx
B. Gandhi
C. Nehru
D. Lenin
Correct : B. Gandhi
5. In the Marxian ideology, the use of violence in revolution is
A. accidental
B. Abruptive
C. imperative
D. essential
Correct : A. accidental
6. Who regarded revolution as a means of achieving freedom?
A. Hegel
B. John Milton
C. Kant
D. Lenin
Correct : B. John Milton
7. The earliest known example of direct democracy was found in
A. Syracuse
B. Sparta
C. Athens
D. Greek
Correct : C. Athens
8. The modern idea that made democracy feasible for large and complex societies is
A. decentralization
B. representation
C. federalism
D. rights
Correct : B. representation
9. Who among the theorists advocated participatory democracy?
A. Mosca
B. Hayek
C. Macpherson
D. Oakeshott
Correct : C. Macpherson
10. The most important feature of liberal democracy is that it
A. regards the vote of all persons as equal
B. emphasizes quantity rather than quality
C. minimize the danger of the people being exploited by a governing aristocracy
D. depends upon the opinion of the majority
Correct : A. regards the vote of all persons as equal
11. Political democracy is associated with the following
A. Bryce
B. Webb
C. Tocqueville
D. Sartori
Correct : D. Sartori
12. Who wrote the work “A Preface to Democratic Theory?
A. Dahl
B. Marx
C. Marx
D. MacIver
Correct : A. Dahl
13. Who described elections as the heart of democracy?
A. Lincoln
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. James Bryce
D. Joseph Schumpter
Correct : D. Joseph Schumpter
14. Gerrymandering is associated with
A. secret ballot
B. delimitation of constituencies
C. multi-member constituencies
D. indirect election
Correct : B. delimitation of constituencies
15. One of the following insists on proletarian hegemony
A. Gramsci
B. Lenin
C. Engles
D. Marx
Correct : C. Engles
16. Cultural liberalism is based on
A. non-interference in the private life of the individual
B. enfranchisement of all
C. freedom of contract
D. discrimination free society
Correct : A. non-interference in the private life of the individual
17. One of the following first expressed the principles of liberalism
A. Mill
B. Locke
C. Rousseau
D. Bentham
Correct : B. Locke
18. Who said that liberalism is a habit of mind no less than a political creed or doctrine?
A. Lindsay
B. Laski
C. Maitland
D. MacIver
Correct : B. Laski
19. “The workers have nothing to sell but their labour power”, This state belongs to
A. Marxism
B. Libertarianism
C. Liberalism
D. Neo-liberalism
Correct : C. Liberalism
20. neo-liberalism is
A. revival of political liberalism
B. revival of economic
C. revival of cultural liberalism
D. revival of social liberalism
Correct : B. revival of economic
21. Neo-liberalism attacks
A. privatization
B. marketisation
C. liberalization
D. collectivization
Correct : D. collectivization
22. According to the libertarians, the state is
A. a necessary evil
B. an evil
C. a necessary institution
D. a positive organization
Correct : A. a necessary evil
23. Neo-liberalism is an updated version of the following
A. political liberalism
B. economic liberalism
C. cultural liberalism
D. social
Correct : B. economic liberalism
24. Who is a guild socialist?
A. Green
B. Mill
C. Cole
D. Dicey
Correct : C. Cole
25. Which of the following is the basis of Marxism?
A. Materialism
B. Nationalism
C. Spiritualism
D. Historicism
Correct : A. Materialism
26. Anarchism is
A. socialist aspect of liberalism
B. socialism liberalism combined
C. radical aspect of capitalism
D. none of these
Correct : A. socialist aspect of liberalism
27. Fabian economic theory is based on
A. Theory of mixed economy
B. Labour theory of value
C. Ricardian theory of rent
D. Laissez faire theory
Correct : A. Theory of mixed economy
28. The Fabians consist of
A. anarchist
B. socialist
C. Marxists
D. syndicalists
Correct : B. socialist
29. Syndicalism was popular in
A. Russia
B. France
C. USA
D. Britain
Correct : B. France
30. For Gandhi, Swaraj means
A. rule of law
B. self rule
C. rule by morally good persons
D. general will
Correct : B. self rule
31. The word sarvodaya implies
A. upliftment of the poor
B. upliftment of the poorest of the poor
C. upliftment of each with all and all with each
D. upliftment of all the people
Correct : C. upliftment of each with all and all with each
32. “The personal is political”, is a central slogan of the
A. feminism
B. neoliberals
C. fascists
D. socialists
Correct : A. feminism
33. Gandhi was basically
A. a religious man
B. a political theorist
C. a politician in the guise of religion
D. a saint without political leanings
Correct : A. a religious man
34. Who said, “War is to men what maternity is to woman”
A. Napoleon
B. Bismarck
C. Lenin
D. Mussolini
Correct : D. Mussolini
35. Which of the country represents bi-party system?
A. France
B. Indian
C. United Kingdom
D. Switzerland
Correct : C. United Kingdom
36. In India, partyless democracy was first advocated by
A. M. N. Roy
B. Jayaprakash Narayan
C. Viboba Bhave
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Correct : A. M. N. Roy
37. The chief merit of two party system is
A. mobility
B. respect for the parliament
C. wide representation of the electorate
D. responsive government
Correct : D. responsive government
38. Who regards political parties as the brokers of ideas?
A. Lowell
B. Lippman
C. Laski
D. Bryce
Correct : A. Lowell
39. Constitutional government implies
A. limited government
B. representative government
C. government according to the constitution
D. government by the consent of the
Correct : A. limited government
40. Which is the most powerful legislature in the world?
A. U.S. Congress
B. Swiss legislature
C. Indian Parliament
D. British Parliament
Correct : D. British Parliament
41. The cabinet is the hyphen that joins the buckle that fastens the executive to the legislature, who observed this?
A. Walter Bagehot
B. Charles Merriam
C. Joseph Schumpeter
D. Montesquieu
Correct : A. Walter Bagehot
42. All the ministers sail and sink together. This is true of the following form of government
A. Unitary
B. Presidential
C. Federal
D. Parliamentary
Correct : D. Parliamentary
43. Federation implies
A. division of powers
B. devolution of powers
C. fusion of powers
D. separation of powers
Correct : A. division of powers
44. The best form of federalism suited for countries like India is
A. bargaining federalism
B. centralized federalism
C. conflicting federalism
D. cooperative federalism
Correct : D. cooperative federalism
45. Bureaucracy in the modern state is the form of
A. traditional authority
B. political authority
C. charismatic
D. rational-legal authority
Correct : D. rational-legal authority
46. 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
Correct : C. Max Weber
47. Who described bureaucracy as the most advanced form of organization?
A. Wayper
B. Wasby
C. Weber
D. Wollstonecraft
Correct : C. Weber
48. Neo-marxists view the economic globalization as
A. hierarchical process
B. equalitarian process
C. uneven hierarchical process
D. development process
Correct : D. development process
49. The term globalization was coined by
A. Kaplan
B. Robertson
C. Burton
D. Spiro
Correct : B. Robertson
50. WTO’s headquarter is at
A. Geneva
B. New York
C. London
D. Paris
Correct : A. Geneva
51. SAARC was established in
A. 1986
B. 1984
C. 1987
D. 1985
Correct : D. 1985
52. The European Union was established in
A. 1992
B. 1995
C. 1993
D. 1994
Correct : C. 1993
53. Who among the following theorized civil society as an ideological domain?
A. Gramsci
B. Lasswell
C. Marx
D. Foucault
Correct : C. Marx
54. The concept of circulation of elites has been used by
A. Mosca
B. Michels
C. Weber
D. Pareto
Correct : A. Mosca
55. Who held human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights and rights demand the state.
A. Lord Acton
B. Hegel
C. Green
D. Laski
Correct : C. Green
56. What is the alternative to Gandhian Socialism
A. Ramrajya
B. Sarvodaya
C. Swadeshi
D. Trusteeship
Correct : D. Trusteeship
57. Who among the following was a liberal republican?
A. Marx
B. Mosca
C. Mazzini
D. Michels
Correct : C. Mazzini
58. Who among the following proposed the suggestion for a constituent assembly first of all?
A. Nehru
B. Roy
C. J.P. Narayan
D. Gandhi
Correct : B. Roy
59. Who said the preamble is the keynote to the constitution
A. Basu
B. Thakur Dar Bhargava
C. Ernest Barker
D. Munshi
Correct : C. Ernest Barker
60. India has been described as
A. Union of States
B. Federation of States
C. Confederation of States
D. centralization of states
Correct : A. Union of States
61. Who described the Indian constitution as a unitary state with subsidiary federal features?
A. Austin
B. Ivor Jennings
C. Ambedkar
D. K.C. Wheare
Correct : D. K.C. Wheare