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This set of Methodology and Perspectives of Social Sciences Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Methodology And Perspectives Of Social Sciences Set 7

Q1 | Natural liberty implies
  • liberty enjoyed by man in the imaginary state of nature when civil society did not exist
  • the liberty which man enjoys in the society
  • the liberty which man enjoys in the state
  • absence of any type of liberty
Q2 | ‘Freedom is a product of free society’ means
  • it is in a free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
  • true freedom is conceivable without a free society
  • freedom from exploitation
  • none of the above
Q3 | The term “Justice” is derived from Latin word
  • justicia
  • justa
  • justitia
  • none of the above
Q4 | The essential principle of modern justice is
  • judges should be part of executive
  • there should be independence of judiciary
  • the judges should be under the control of the head of the state
  • the judges should be under the control of the electorate
Q5 | What is meant by Economic justice
  • the state should follow the theory of free trade policy
  • state should not protect the economically weaker section of society
  • the state should eliminate social discrimination
  • the basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
Q6 | The famous work by Kautilya
  • arthasastra
  • the prince
  • the republic
  • none of the above
Q7 | Who evaluates public policy?
  • the media
  • academics
  • government officials
  • all of the above
Q8 | Hobbes was a strong supporter of
  • aristocracy
  • democracy
  • absolute monarchy
  • republican system
Q9 | According to Kautilya there are ______
  • four elements of state
  • five elements of state
  • six elements of state
  • seven elements of state
Q10 | Aristotle expressed views on revolution in his book (Politics) on the basis of the study ofconstitutions of
  • 58 greek city-states
  • 158 greek city-states
  • 98 greek city-states
  • unspecified number of city-states
Q11 | Rousseau authored,
  • social contract
  • republic
  • the prince
  • politics
Q12 | Who wrote “The Political System”
  • almond
  • apter
  • lasswell
  • easton
Q13 | Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
  • lowell
  • t.h. green
  • j.s. mill
  • laski
Q14 | Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
  • mac iver
  • locke
  • austin
  • machiavelli
Q15 | Positivist Liberals are in favour of:
  • pushing the state out of economic field
  • doing away the state\s interference in the economic sphere
  • state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
  • state regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists
Q16 | The political thought of Rousseau is contained in
  • the social contract
  • emile
  • the confessions
  • all of the above.
Q17 | The evolutionary approach where every stage of development is better thanits precedingstage.
  • unilinear
  • multilinear
  • cyclical
  • universal
Q18 | Which of the following seeks to find explanations to unexplained socialphenomena?
  • statistics
  • social sciences
  • social surveys
  • extra reading
Q19 | Research in Social Science areas equip us with
  • greater power of control over the social phenomena
  • greater power of control over the emotions of humans
  • control over the natural resources
  • control over the supernatural powers
Q20 | Now the natural world is studied by the methods of
  • science
  • action
  • belief
  • interpretation
Q21 | In Renaissance human reason placed above
  • culture
  • faith
  • arts
  • literature
Q22 | The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of
  • william thompson
  • j. schumpeter
  • m.weber
  • harry johnson
Q23 | The period from about 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterizedby the rebirth and proliferation of
  • modern knowledge
  • ancient knowledge
  • modern thinking
  • ancient thinking
Q24 | The period of Enlightenment was in
  • 1650 ce and 1700 ce
  • 1500 ce and 1550 ce
  • 1400 ce and 1450 ce
  • none of these
Q25 | Which of the following is a simple household?
  • two or more parental families
  • one parental family and part of a parental family
  • part of one parental family and part of another parental family
  • a mother and her unmarried children