Socio Political Thought Set 3
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This set of Socio Political Thought Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Socio Political Thought Set 3
Q1 | Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions?
- strong military forces
- respect for individual rights
- a one-party system
- an agricultural economy
Q2 | Who said “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” ?
- lord acton
- david apter
- a.v. dicey
- montesquieu
Q3 | Parliamentary form of government first evolved in
- greece
- the united kingdom
- the united states
- rome
Q4 | Who said that Bureaucracy is “a regulated administrative system organized as a series ofInter related offices ?
- max weber;
- gladden;
- f.m. marx;
- john a. vieg
Q5 | The power to decide an election petition is vested in the
- parliament;
- supreme court;
- high courts;
- election commission
Q6 | Who said, “Revolution is a sweeping fundamental change in the predominant myth of a socialorder”?
- g.s. peter;
- h arendt;
- huntington;
- neumann
Q7 | Participation is an important element of every
- monarchial system
- oligarchical system
- democratic system
- aristocratic system
Q8 | 'If sovereignty is not absolute, no state will exist'. Who said this ?
- laski;
- locke;
- austin;
- none of the above
Q9 | According to Marx 'the Dictatorship of the proletariat' signifies ?
- a transitional state
- an ideal state
- an autocratic state
- a liberal states
Q10 | Who said ‘Neutrality is’ one of the strongest bulwarks of democracy ?
- f. m. marx;
- peter self;
- ajay baseli;
- o. p. dwivedi
Q11 | “All administration means domination” who said this ?
- weber;
- martin albrow;
- r. k. merton;
- talcot parsons
Q12 | Who among the following first developed the concept of general system theory
- colin cherry
- ludwig von bertallanffy
- robert k merton
- talcott parsons
Q13 | Democracy is meaningless without
- president and congress
- supreme court and president
- a federal form of government
- freedom of speech
Q14 | Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of
- modern totalitarianism
- politics of developing countries
- developed socialism
- advanced capitalism
Q15 | Who wrote “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign 70. Gandhi describe himself as a
- social democrat
- philosophical anarchist
- socialist
- liberal
Q16 | According to Aristotle, democracy is
- a genuine form of government
- the same as oligarchy
- a perverted form of government
- the same as polity
Q17 | Power is the capacity to
- persuade
- hold sovereignty
- produce intended effects
- exercise authority
Q18 | Authority is the right to
- invoke tradition
- nationhood
- rule
- delegate
Q19 | Sovereignty refers to
- ruling monarchs
- ceremonial leaders
- supreme courts
- the ultimate source of authority
Q20 | Which of the following is the function of political parties?
- supervising interest groups
- administering elections
- aggregating (combining) interest
- negotiating with foreign governments
Q21 | Who introduced hegemony in the concept of civil society?
- lenin
- gramsci
- hegel
- marx
Q22 | Who said ‘civilisation is not a burden, but it is an opportunity?
- marx
- gandhi
- nehru
- lenin
Q23 | The Iron Law of Oligarchy is associated with
- michels
- millet
- bentham
- kant
Q24 | Who wrote the work ‘a preface to democratic theory’?
- dahl
- marx
- lenin
- maciver
Q25 | The most essential principle of liberalism is
- equality
- social justice
- democracy
- freedom