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Introduction to Political Theory | Set 2

1. Who said that political equality can never be real unless. It is accompanied by virtual economic equality?

Correct : A. laski

2. Which of the following believed in the concept of Negative Liberty?

Correct : D. lord acton

3. Which article of the Indian constitution speaks about Equality before law?

Correct : D. article 14

4. Who said “where there is no law, there is no Freedom”?

Correct : B. locke

5. Which of the following is a feature of rights?

Correct : D. rights are indispensable

6. All rights must be compatible with :

Correct : B. morality

7. The civil rights are available to a citizen :

Correct : C. both in democratic and autocratic states

8. Which one of the following right is vital for the successful working of Democracy?

Correct : D. right to criticize and express opinion

9. One of the implications of equality in society is absence of :

Correct : B. privileges

10. Political equality is best guaranteed in :

Correct : A. democracy

11. The doctrine of proportionate equality was propounded by :

Correct : A. aristotle

12. Formal equality is also known as :

Correct : D. procedural

13. Formal Equality aims to ---------------

Correct : D. distribute equality fairly

14. Protective Discrimination is a best example of -------------------------

Correct : B. substantive equality

15. The main Proponent of Substantive Equality is ……….

Correct : C. john rawls

16. The word Democracy is Derived from which language?

Correct : B. greek

17. The word “ Demos’’ stands for :

Correct : C. power

18. The word “Cratia” stands for :

Correct : A. people

19. Who said that democracy is a form of government in which everyone has a share?

Correct : D. gettell

20. In democracy, sovereignty resides in :

Correct : D. among the people

21. In true democracy interest looked after are those of :

Correct : D. people as a whole

22. Land of Direct Democracy is :

Correct : D. switzerland

23. Who said that “democracy is the government of the people for the people by the people’’?

Correct : A. lincoln

24. One of the essential conditions for the success of Democracy is that the people should be:

Correct : B. educated

25. In democracy who gets prominence :

Correct : C. citizens

26. Which of the following is the chief exponent of Direct Democracy?

Correct : C. rousseau

27. In Western Democracies parliament are based on :

Correct : A. party system

28. Success of democracy depends on giving right to the :

Correct : B. people to criticize government

29. In democracy the final authority rests with :

Correct : B. people

30. The term democracy was first coined by

Correct : D. herodotus

31. Which one of the following viewpoint is wrong?

Correct : C. democracy leads to frequent changes in the policy of government

32. One of the strong advocates of functional representation was :

Correct : B. mirabeau

33. Which of the following philosopher was not associated with Liberal theory of Democracy:

Correct : C. marx

34. Direct Democracy is not possible in modern times because:

Correct : C. practical difficulties posed by the size and population of modern states

35. The distinctive feature of a constitutional democracy are:

Correct : B. majority rule and civil liberties

36. Who said “democracy is the government in which everyone has a change and knows he has it”?

Correct : A. lowell

37. The single transferable vote system was formulated by ---------- ?

Correct : D. thomas hare

38. Liberal Democracy means:

Correct : D. limited majority rule

39. The functional theory representation emphasizes the fact that :

Correct : C. occupation is important

40. The realistic theory of democracy as acritique of the classical democracy was formulated by:

Correct : C. schumpter

41. The system of proportional representation as an electoral mechanism ensures:

Correct : D. minority representation

42. Under the List System of Representation, the list is contesting candidates prepared by:

Correct : C. the voters

43. Which one of the following is the regarded as the foremost mark of the existence of a democratic system?

Correct : D. universal adult suffrage

44. Who among the following is the chief exponent of functional representation?

Correct : A. john locke

45. What is/ are the other type of participation apart from the democratic type?

Correct : C. community development

46. The nature of democracy as advocated by:

Correct : A. lenin

47. Who among the following described “democracy as the tyranny of the majority”?

Correct : B. de-tocqueville

48. Who among the following advocated party less democracy in India?

Correct : C. jayaprakash narayanan

49. Who among the following theorist advocated participatory democracy? A. F.

Correct : B. macpherson

50. Who among the following has described the worldwide triumph of ‘Liberal Democracy as the End of History’?

Correct : C. francis fukuyama

51. The grant of franchise to women on equal terms with men is assertion of the principle by?

Correct : A. political equality

52. There are a number of devices of Direct Democracy. The two most popular these devices are:

Correct : C. referendum and initiative

53. Democracy as a system of government based on the principle of:

Correct : A. majority rule

54. Which organ of the government is required to protect the rights of the citizens?

Correct : B. independent judiciary

55. The two forms of democracy are :

Correct : C. direct and indirect

56. Which one of the following ancient thinker regarded democracy as the perverted form of government?

Correct : D. aristotle

57. Democracy rose as a reaction against:

Correct : B. arbitrary government

58. Direct democracy is associated with:

Correct : D. greece

59. The modern democracy is also known as :

Correct : C. representative democracy

60. Which of the following is a permanent feature of representative form of government?

Correct : A. voting

61. The origin of democracy can be traced back to :

Correct : A. ancient greek city states

62. The term justice has been derived from which language?

Correct : B. latin

63. In his philosophy Plato has associated justice with :

Correct : A. functions

64. Which one of the following is not an attribute of justice?

Correct : D. it means maintenance of discrimination

65. Political justice is obtainable when the people have:

Correct : C. freedom to caste vote in the way they like

66. The chance of getting justice are available in:

Correct : D. democracy.

67. In our modern times it is believed that justice is :

Correct : D. closely linked with liberty

68. The concept of justice is:

Correct : A. very old

69. Economic dimensions of justice have been emphasized by:

Correct : A. socialists

70. In which book Plato elaborated his theory of justice:

Correct : B. republic

71. Constitution is an instrument of

Correct : A. legal justice

72. -------------- are the distinct forms of justice in Indian constitution

Correct : B. social, economical, political

73. Social justice is the balance between-------------

Correct : A. individual’s rights and social control

74. The primary goal of a welfare state is to achieve:

Correct : A. social justice

75. The term social justice was first used in the year:

Correct : A. 1840

76. Distributive justice is combination of:

Correct : C. social and economic justice

77. Which are the terms related to justice in ancient Indian tradition?

Correct : B. dandaniti and dharma

78. Who regarded as the ‘champion of social justice’ in India?

Correct : B. ambedkar

79. Rawl’s principle of distributive justice is based on the notion of :

Correct : B. difference principle

80. The concept of Greek justice was:

Correct : B. moral

81. ‘A theory of Justice’ is the work of:

Correct : C. john rawls

82. Who first gave the concept of Distributive Justice?

Correct : B. aristotle

83. Which is known as the ‘citadel of democracy’?

Correct : A. athens

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

Correct : B. respect for individual right

85. Social justice is primarily concerned with:

Correct : D. who should got what in society

86. The ground of distributive justice includes:

Correct : D. merit, desert and need

87. The Rawlsian notion of justice is:

Correct : C. communitarianism

88. Who described elections as the heart of democracy?

Correct : D. joseph schumpter

89. To what domain did Rawls direct his view of justice?

Correct : A. political domain

90. In John Rawls theory principles of justice are established by people who are affected by what?

Correct : A. veil of ignorance

91. Democracy in its narrow sense means:

Correct : A. rule by the many

92. The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in the form of:

Correct : D. all the above

93. The term justice is derived from Latin word:

Correct : C. justitia