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Political Thought- Western Traditions | Set 1

1. Socrates was a Greek ______

Correct : A. philosopher

2. Who is the student of Socrates?

Correct : B. plato

3. Who is the contemporary of Socrates?

Correct : A. aristophanes

4. According to Plato, Socratesfather was:

Correct : A. sophroniscus

5. Socrates says that "all that the soul endures, if directed by _______ ends happiness."

Correct : B. wisdom

6. In Plato’s state the government is run by :

Correct : B. philosophers

7. According to the Philosophy of Plato, the fundamental character of philosopher is

Correct : B. wisdom

8. “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing” said by

Correct : A. socrates

9. Socrates was awarded punishment:

Correct : A. death

10. According to Socrates, the soul is:

Correct : D. immortal

11. According to Socrates, learning is a kind of:

Correct : A. recollection

12. Who was the founder of Western philosophy?

Correct : A. socrates

13. Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of:

Correct : A. ethics

14. Who said, "Virtue - all virtue - is knowledge"?

Correct : A. socrates

15. Who said, "Virtue is sufficient for happiness"?

Correct : D. aristotle

16. Plato is the author of:

Correct : A. republic

17. The idea that “Virtue is knowledge” is attributed to:

Correct : D. socrates

18. ’.Political Science begins and ends with the state’ is said by:

Correct : B. professor garner

19. According to Plato ,the following are the three elements in man:

Correct : B. reason, spirit , appetite

20. 'The Great but ungrateful pupil of his Master who was born in 384 BC was:

Correct : B. aristotle

21. The author of the book ‘Statesman’ is:

Correct : C. plato

22. In Plato’s Ideal State, one reaches at the pinnacle of the State order at the age of:

Correct : C. 50

23. Plato found the Academy in:

Correct : C. 387 b.c.

24. Aristotle found his own school in:

Correct : C. 335 b.c.

25. Aristotle found his own school which was known as

Correct : A. the lyceum

26. According to Aristotle which is the bad government of the rich:

Correct : B. oligarchy

27. Who is regarded as the father of political science?

Correct : C. aristotle

28. According to Aristotle the end of State is:-

Correct : C. ethical

29. Who regards democracy as a perverted form of government?

Correct : B. aristotle

30. Plato’s system of communism s meant only for

Correct : B. philosophers and soldiers

31. Who defined justice as “treating equals equally and unequalsunequally”?

Correct : B. aristotle

32. Who identified democracy with mobocracy?

Correct : B. aristotle

33. The book ‘ Politics’ is written by

Correct : B. aristotle

34. The doctrine of proportional equality was propounded by

Correct : B. aristotle

35. The principle of distributive justice was first propounded by

Correct : A. aristotle

36. ...............believed the natural organism of the state.

Correct : A. aristotle

37. According to Aristotle,,,,,,,.........is the best form of government.

Correct : C. polity

38. The term, "anarchism" has been derived from the word 'anarchia' which is basically a:

Correct : B. latin word

39. A Discourse on the origin of Inequality and Social Contract was presented by:

Correct : C. rousseau

40. The General Will is the political concept of:

Correct : A. j. j. rousseau

41. Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished basis for:

Correct : C. popular sovereignty

42. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on:

Correct : B. 28th june 1712

43. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in:

Correct : B. geneva, switzerland

44. How does Rousseau describe man in his primal natural state?

Correct : A. a noble savage

45. What was Rousseau's remedy for the corruption and slavery of civilized society?

Correct : A. a new social contract

46. ‘Social Contract’ is a book written by

Correct : C. rousseau

47. Who among the following thinkers distinguished between “Real will” and “Actual will”

Correct : A. rousseau

48. Who argues that sovereignty can never be alienated, divided or represented?

Correct : C. rousseau

49. “A thinking man is a deprived animal” Who said?

Correct : C. rousseau

50. The concept of forced freedom was first enunciated by

Correct : C. rousseau

51. The theory of social contract primarily seeks

Correct : B. to explain the basis of political obligation

52. General will is the sum total of

Correct : A. real will

53. Hobbesian social contract is based on:

Correct : A. desire for peace

54. ‘Leviathan’ is written by:

Correct : A. thomas hobbes

55. What is the original source for the name "Leviathan"?

Correct : B. the of job

56. Who attempted to justify English revolution of 1688?

Correct : B. locke

57. “An essay concerning Human Understanding” is written by:

Correct : B. john locke

58. “Justice is giving everyone his due” is said by:

Correct : D. none of these

59. Locke laid down that state is:

Correct : C. unavoidable evil

60. According to John Locke, the best form of Government is:

Correct : C. democracy

61. In describing the ‘State of nature’ the concept of ‘the veil of ignorance was introduced by

Correct : B. locke

62. The view that property is natural rights of man is associated with

Correct : C. locke

63. Who said “Where there is no law, there is no freedom?”

Correct : B. locke

64. According to Hobbes and Locke Right to life liberty and property are given by

Correct : B. nature

65. The rule of law means

Correct : A. law is supreme

66. The statement “where there is no law,there is no freedom” refers to

Correct : D. law and liberty

67. Doctrine of ….. presents a reconciliation of St Augustine and Aristotle.

Correct : A. st thomas aquinas

68. Suma Theologica is a famous work by…………

Correct : D. st thomas aquinas

69. ‘De-Regmine Pricipium’ is written by……………

Correct : A. st thomas aquinas

70. Aquinas favoured …………..is the best form of government for several reasons.

Correct : A. limited monarchy

71. ..........according to Aquinas has authority to ex- communicate the ruler

Correct : A. church

72. Four fold classification of laws was given by…………..

Correct : A. st thomas aquinas

73. By............... Aquinas meant substantially revelation

Correct : B. divine law

74. With ……….. began modern political philosophy.

Correct : D. machiavelli

75. The work ‘Discourse’ is by

Correct : A. machiavelli

76. Who learned the idea of separation of ethics and politics from Aristotle

Correct : C. machiavelli

77. Machiavelli followed………… method in his political philosophy.

Correct : B. historical

78. According to ..............man is always termed as creature of habits

Correct : C. machiavelli

79. Who was the first political thinker who brought the concept of state in political science

Correct : A. machiavelli

80. ‘Felicific Calculus’ was the contribution of:

Correct : A. bentham

81. Founder of utilitarian school of thought was:

Correct : B. jeremy bentham

82. He is known as the founding father of Utilitarianism:

Correct : B. jeremy bentham

83. “Traits –de- legislation” is a book written by

Correct : B. bentham

84. Greatest happiness of the greatest number is the contribution of ....................

Correct : C. bentham

85. ’.Liberty is nothing to do with utility’ says.......

Correct : C. bentham

86. Human beings are governors of two masters , pleasure and pain.

Correct : C. bentham

87. Fragments of Government is written by ................

Correct : D. jeremy bentham

88. Plato’s ‘Republic’ contains his ideas about

Correct : D. all of the above

89. Bentham supported the theory of .....................

Correct : C. legal rights

90. Which one of the following is the essential pre requisite of constitutionalism

Correct : A. a limited government

91. The book ___________ is written by J.S.Mill.

Correct : A. on liberty

92. Principles of Political Economy is a work by ........................

Correct : C. j s mill

93. Subjection of Women is a work by.........................

Correct : C. j s mill

94. ...................is the champion of individualism and liberty

Correct : A. j s mill

95. Over himself , over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign.”

Correct : C. j s mill

96. .................. stood for qualitative pleasure.

Correct : C. j s mill

97. "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)" Was written by:

Correct : A. jeremy bentham

98. ...............favoured the idea of plurality of votes

Correct : C. js mill

99. According to JS Mill,......................is not an ideal form of government .

Correct : C. democracy

100. The positive theory of liberty was advocated by

Correct : A. mill