Political Science
1. “Law is a command of superior to inferior.” Who made the statement?
(A) Austin
(B) Rousseau
(C) Laski
(D) Locke
2. Leviathan Was Written by
(A) Grotius
(B) Hobbes
(C) Rousseau
(D) None of them
3. Who was the first thinker to use the word ‘State’?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) Bodin
(D) Hobbes
4. Who Propounded the theory of ‘General Will’?
(A) Hobbes
(B) Locke
(C) Rousseau
(D) Green
5. Which of the following is/are the element(s) o f social Justice?
(A) Reform in social system
(B)Abolition of privileges
(C) Social equality
(D) All of the above
6. The word ‘liberty ‘ is derived om the word ‘liber’ of which of the following languages?
(A) French
(B Latin
(C) Spanish
(D) Greek
7 . Gandhiji regarded the state as
(A) a divine institution
(B) a means, not end
(C) an end itself
(D) an omnipotent institution
8. Which of the following is a political right?
(A) Right to life
(B) Right to religion
(C) Right to vote
(D) Right to work
9. The
element(s) of liberalism
is/are
(A) individualism
(B) constitutionalism
(C) reasons and tolerance
(D) all of the above
10. “Liberty is the product of Right “ Who said this?
(A) Laski
(B) Marx
(C) Barker
(D) None of them
11. The
essential element(s) of nationalism is/are
(A) common race
(B) common culture
(C) common language
(D) All of the above
12. The method(s)
of direct democracy is/are
(A) referendum
(B) recall
(C ) initiatives
(D) All of the above
13. Who
said, “the democracy
is only an experiment in government”?
(A) Lindsay
(B) Rousseau
(C) Macpherson
(D) Lowell
14. Who among
the following held
the view that
liberty and equality
are opposed to
each other?
(A) J. S. Mill
(B) Lord Hewart
(C) A. de Tocqueville
(D) Lord Acton
15. Who
among the following
considered equality as
man’s law of
nature?
(A) Pericles
(B) Euripides
(C) Stoics
(D) All of then
16. Who
among the following
holds the view
that rights are
those conditions of
social life without
which man cannot
be his best
self?
(A) Green
(B) Laski
(C) Barker
(D) None of them
17. the
chief exponent of
idealistic theory of
State is
(A) Hegel
(B) Kant
(C) Marx
(D) Easton
18. According
to the Marxist
point of view, politics is
only a part
of
(A) structure
(B) substructure
(C) superstructure
(D) class structure
19. The
idea of pressure
groups is originated
in
(A) the UK
(B) the USA
(C) France
(D) None of the above
20. Who
among the following used
the term ‘Political
system’ instead of the
State?
(A) M. H. Fried
(B) G. Almond
(C) Miss Follett
(D) Bakunin
21. Who
among the following
political scientists stated, “Sociology is
the science of
society’ Political Science
is the science
of the State
or Political theory”?
(A) Lord Bryce
(B) J. S. Mill
(C) R. N. Gilchrist
(D) R. Kranenburg
22. Who
conveyed the idea
of ‘political system’
as the scope
of political science?
(A) J. W. Garner
(B) David Easton
(C) R. A. Dahl
(D) Soltan
23. Who
defined politics as the ‘study
of shaping and sharing of
power’?
(A) Kaplan
(B) Lasswell
(C) Gettell
(D)Both (A) and (B)
24. Who
among the following
writers is associated
with behavioral approach
to the study
of political science?
(A) David Easton
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Lord Bryce
(D) None of them
25. In the Marxist theory.
the State will
wither away after
(A) the revolution of workers takes place
(B) a classless society comes into existence
(C) the Proletariat takes away the property of the Capitalists
(D) None of the above
26. Jean
Bodin claims to
be the first
modern writer to
give the idea
of sovereignty. He
discussed it at length
in
(A) Lectures on Jurisprudence
(B) On Sovereignty
(C) Six Books of the Republic
(D) Recent Theories of Sovereignty
27. “Will, not
force is the
basis of the
State.” Who said
this?
(A) Kant
(B) T. H.. Green
(C) Hegel
(D) None of them
28. The
view that State
is a necessary
evil is associated
with
(A) individualists
(B) anarchists
(C) Marxists
(D) democratic socialists
29. Who
advocated the principal
of ‘Survival of
the fittest’?
(A) J. S. Mill
(B) T. H. Green
(C) Herbert Spencer
(D) Harold Laski
30. The
normative approach seeks
to determine and
prescribe the
(A) values
(B) culture
(C) facts
(D) rituals
31. Which
of the following
is the oldest
source of law?
(A) Customs
(B) Adjudication
(C) Legislation
(D) None of the above
32. Who
wrote Das Kapital?
(A) J. A. Mill
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Stalin
(D) Lenin
33. Who
said, “The State is
nothing more that
a machine for
the oppression of
one class by
another”?
(A) Mao
(B) Lenin
(C) Stalin
(D) None of them
34. A
socialist State lays
stress on the
(A) political liberty
(B) economic equality
(C) right to private property
(D) independence of judiciary
35. The
demo0cratic socialists are
(A) opposed to nationalism
(B) the supporters of immediate nationalization of industries
(C) the supporters of mixed economy
(D) None of the above
36. Who
stated, “Man is born
free and everywhere he
is in chains”?
(A) Locke
(B) Plato
(C) Rousseau
(D) Marx
3. Law
is derived from
the
(A) Green root
(B) Old Teutonic root
(C) Roman root
(D) None of the above
38. Surplus
value as explained
by Marx means
(A) low price
(B) high profit
(C) excessive value
(D) the difference between the proceeds of the sales and wages paid to the workers
39. Which
of the following theories
believed that law
is eternal, universal, constant,
rational and immutable?
(A) Natural theory
(B) Legal theory
(C) Marxian theory
(D) Historical theory
40. Who
is the writer
of the book,
Two Treatises of
Government?
(A) Laski
(B) Hobbes
(C) Rousseau
(D) None of them
Broad Question
1. (a) Discuss, in brief, the normative approaches to the study of Political Science.
Or
(b) Critically discuss the Marxian theory of State.
2. (a) “The pluralists the do not want to abolish the State, but the logical outcome of their theory may be the same.” Discuss.
Or
(b) Discuss the meaning and features of democracy.
3. (a) Define equality. Analyze the relationship between liberty and equality.
Or
(b) Discuss the main sources of law.
4. (a) Define individualism. Critically discuss the functions of individualistic State.
Or
(b) Discuss briefly Lenin’s contribution to the Marxism.
❤Thank You❤
