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Introduction to Political Theory | Set 1

1. Who among the following is not a Greek political thinker ?

Correct : D. machiavelli

2. Who is considered as the father of Politics ?

Correct : C. aristotle

3. Plato fixed the population of an Ideal State at _____ ?

Correct : B. 5040

4. Who used the term ‘state’ in modern sense for the first time ?

Correct : B. aristotle

5. Who among the following is not closely associated with Liberalism ?

Correct : B. karl marx

6. The main characteristics of the traditional approach of political science was ____ ?

Correct : D. institutional study

7. Which one is not an “Intellectual foundation stone” of Behaviouralism according to David Easton ?

Correct : C. power

8. Which political scientist was responsible for the development of Behavioural approach to the study of Political Theory ?

Correct : A. david easton

9. The credit for developing behavioral approach for the study of Political Science goes to ______ ?

Correct : B. the american political scientists

10. The Behaviouralist approach to the study of political science was developed as a protest against _____ ?

Correct : D. all the

11. The “Intellectual God Father of Behaviouralism” is :

Correct : A. charles merriam

12. ‘ Credo of Relevance ’ is concerned with :

Correct : B. post behaviouralism

13. Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach :

Correct : D. behavioural

14. Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of Political Science is generally known as :

Correct : D. intellectual foundations

15. What are the twin slogansof Post- Behaviouralism?

Correct : B. relevance and action

16. Which is the oldest approach to the study of Political Theory :

Correct : D. philosophical

17. Historical Approach is also known as :

Correct : C. evolutionary approach

18. The Historical Theory of the Origin of the state was propounded by whom _____

Correct : A. sir. henry main

19. The term ‘ Politics ’ has been drawn from Greek word ‘Polis ’ which means :

Correct : A. city state

20. The book ‘Political System’ is written by ________

Correct : B. david easton

21. The Institutional Approach concentrates on the Study of :

Correct : C. political institutions

22. The Philosophical Approach is also Known as :

Correct : D. all the

23. Positivism advocated by :

Correct : C. auguste comte

24. When did the Post Behaviouralist Approach emerge ?

Correct : B. mid sixties

25. Who among the following advocated Post-Behaviouralist approach for the first time ?

Correct : B. david eaton

26. Political Science stresses the study of :

Correct : D. all the above

27. Who among the following was an advocate of Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism ?

Correct : B. easton

28. The word ‘Sovereignty ’ derived from ________ language.

Correct : B. latin

29. Who believed that Sovereignty vested in the ‘general will’ ?

Correct : C. rousseau

30. External aspect of sovereignty was fully developed by ------------

Correct : B. grotius

31. Which of the following is not an essential characteristics of sovereignty ?

Correct : C. wealth

32. Legal Sovereignty is one; which is accepted by :

Correct : A. all the persons in and outside the state

33. “If sovereignty is not absolute no state can exist” This statement made by ;

Correct : B. austin

34. Popular sovereignty lies in :

Correct : A. people

35. Sovereignty is an essential element of :

Correct : B. state

36. The pluralist believes in the concept of :

Correct : B. political sovereignty

37. The monistic theory of sovereignty was propounded by:

Correct : D. austin

38. The Pluralistic theory of sovereignty was first propounded by:

Correct : D. von gleke

39. The pluralist believed that :

Correct : B. sovereignty is shared various social, religious, economic, and political groups

40. Who of the following was the first to explain politics in terms of ‘Power’?

Correct : A. aristotle

41. Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the government and state?

Correct : A. pluralist

42. One of the following is basic feature of pluralistic concept of Sovereignty?

Correct : C. divisibility

43. According to exponents of theory of Divine Origin of State have :

Correct : D. no right to revolt against their ruler

44. Main supporters of theory of Divine Origin were :

Correct : B. church fathers

45. Aristotle Believed that state originated as result of :

Correct : B. force

46. The observation that “the state is the march of God on earth ” was made by ;

Correct : B. hegel

47. Force theory about the origin of state is supported by :

Correct : D. individualists

48. ‘ Social Contract’ was written by :

Correct : C. rousseau

49. According to Hobbes; the state of nature was:

Correct : B. nasty and brutish

50. According to Hobbes; in the state of nature people was:

Correct : B. quarreled with each other

51. Who wrote the book ‘Leviathan’?

Correct : A. hobbes

52. In Hobbes contract, Sovereign was :

Correct : B. above the contract

53. According to Locke in the state of nature man was :

Correct : C. peace loving

54. Locke has been called as the child of :

Correct : C. glorious revolution

55. According to Locke sovereign of the civil state in the beginning was :

Correct : A. elected

56. The main responsibility according to Locke’s sovereign was :

Correct : A. to protect the property of the people

57. Locke’s sovereign :

Correct : B. was bound by the laws given by him

58. Rousseau was born in :

Correct : D. switzerland

59. Rousseau’s name is associated with :

Correct : D. theory of general

60. Rousseau’s individual in the state of nature was:

Correct : A. noble savage

61. According to Rousseau main reason for the social contract was :

Correct : B. private property came as a serpent

62. According to Rousseau general will was :

Correct : B. sum total of good wills

63. Which one of the following factor has not contributed in the evolution of state :

Correct : A. natural rights

64. Today the theory was most widely accepted about the origin of state is :

Correct : D. evolutionary theory

65. Theory of Divine origin of state supports :

Correct : B. absolute monarchy

66. The state of nature was substituted by :

Correct : A. civil society

67. According to Divine origin theory,the king derived his authority from :

Correct : C. god

68. Which one of the following is not associated with Social contract theory ?

Correct : C. herbert spencer

69. Which one of the following statements is correct about social contract theory ?

Correct : D. the state is a result of a contract

70. The territory of state consist of :

Correct : D. land, territorial water and air space

71. Who did not consider territory as an essential element of state?

Correct : B. hobbes

72. The difference between State and Nation is based upon :

Correct : C. cultural aspect of the union

73. Sovereignty is an attribute of :

Correct : C. all states

74. The concept of external sovereignty was developed by ----------------

Correct : D. grotious

75. The universal adult franchise is an indication of the principle of the :

Correct : C. political sovereignty

76. The term ‘state ’ in the modern sense :

Correct : C. was used for the first time by machiavelli in the ‘prince’

77. Austinian theory of sovereignty is based on :

Correct : A. force

78. One of the oldest theories about right is?

Correct : A. natural rights

79. Idealists believe about right that should deal with :

Correct : C. development of human personality

80. The rights which are supposed to have been enjoyed by the people even in the state of nature are called :

Correct : B. natural rights

81. The rights which have more concern with inward rather than outward actions are called :

Correct : A. moral rights

82. The right to have family life is :

Correct : C. civil rights

83. Right to elect and hold office is :

Correct : C. political right

84. Right and duties are :

Correct : C. co-related

85. Which of the following theory believes that rights are conditions ,which contribute and help in the promotion of common good ?

Correct : C. social welfare

86. Which of the following is not a political right of citizens?

Correct : A. right to education

87. Right to Equality before law is :

Correct : D. political right

88. The theory of Natural Rights formed an important part of :

Correct : D. social contract theory

89. According to Laski, the state is :

Correct : B. not the creator of all rights

90. Right to Property is a :

Correct : B. legal rights

91. In Modern political rights are guaranteed to :

Correct : B. adult citizens only

92. Who regarded “life, liberty and property ’’ as inalienable rights of man:

Correct : A. locke

93. Rights have no validity without the recognition of :

Correct : B. government

94. The most effective guarantee against infringement of right is :

Correct : D. judiciary

95. Who of the following said that “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best”?

Correct : D. laski

96. The term Liberty is derived from the Latin word :

Correct : A. liber

97. Which one of the following statement is correct?

Correct : D. liberty is not total absence of restraints but the existence of socially acceptable

98. In India the people have been given freedom of speech, because :

Correct : D. it is provided in the constitution as a fundamental right

99. In most of the modern states, individual enjoy :

Correct : B. freedom with reasonable restrictions

100. The type of equality ,which believes that all should be treated as equal partners in society is called :

Correct : C. social equality