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This set of An Introduction to Political Science Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on An Introduction To Political Science Set 5

Q1 | Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political Science?
  • simulation
  • legal institutionalism
  • historiography
  • comparison
Q2 | Whose work is “A History of Political Theory?”
  • catlin
  • duverger
  • deutsch
  • george sabine
Q3 | The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’
  • republica
  • polis
  • republic
  • commonwealth
Q4 | What is Constitutional Law?
  • provisions given in the constitution
  • law to make constitution
  • law to set up constituent assembly
  • none of the above
Q5 | The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of
  • limited democracy
  • representative democracy
  • maximum democracy
  • none of the above
Q6 | Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”?
  • lasswell
  • laski
  • weber
  • catlin
Q7 | One of the following is an advocate of historical approach
  • coleman
  • lipset
  • henry maine
  • robert dahl
Q8 | Who used to say “I am the state”?
  • louis xiv
  • machiavelli
  • john austin
  • maciver
Q9 | Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’?
  • idealistic view
  • individualistic view
  • fascist view
  • pluralistic view
Q10 | Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’?
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • hegel
  • louis xiv
Q11 | Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
  • maciver
  • locke
  • austin
  • machiavelli
Q12 | Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best described as
  • pluralists
  • federalists
  • socialists
  • anarchists
Q13 | Who contributed “Leviathan”?
  • plato
  • hobbes
  • locke
  • rawls
Q14 | Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’?
  • almond
  • aristotle
  • acton
  • apter
Q15 | Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty?
  • absoluteness
  • indivisibility
  • delegation
  • permanence
Q16 | Who wrote the work ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’?
  • taylor
  • merriam
  • robert nozick
  • catlin
Q17 | Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law?
  • a.d. lindsay
  • harold laski
  • a.v. dicey
  • ivor jennings
Q18 | Constitutional government implies
  • limited government
  • representative government
  • government according to the constitution
  • government by the consent of the people
Q19 | An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
  • a written constitution
  • parliamentary democracy
  • guarantee of fundamental rights
  • limited government
Q20 | The theory of separation of powers was initiated by
  • montesquieu
  • locke
  • madison
  • dicey
Q21 | The first systematic classification of government was given by
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • socrates
  • montesquieu
Q22 | According to Aristotle, the best of government was
  • democracy
  • monarchy
  • aristocracy
  • polity
Q23 | Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system?
  • chief justice
  • president
  • prime minister
  • speaker of the lower house
Q24 | All the ministers swim and sink together. This is true of the following form of government
  • unitary
  • presidential
  • federal
  • parliamentary
Q25 | The principle of one for all and all for one implies
  • individual responsibility
  • checks and balance
  • collective responsibility
  • political homogeneity