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This set of Socio Political Thought Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Socio Political Thought Set 4

Q1 | An institution is a form of
  • organisation
  • legal system
  • culture
  • state
Q2 | Who said Politics is about 'who gets what, when and how'?
  • lasswell
  • almond
  • easton
  • verba
Q3 | Social justice is primarily concerned with
  • who governs society
  • how society is governed
  • how society is defined
  • who should get what in society
Q4 | Which one of the following country follows unitary form of government?
  • australia.
  • usa
  • india
  • uk
Q5 | Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?
  • james madison
  • john dunning
  • j rousseau
  • de tocqueville
Q6 | Who among the following is not an exponent of ‘Elitist Theory of Democracy’?
  • mosca
  • pareto
  • michel
  • c macpherson
Q7 | Who among the following advocated partyless democracy in India?
  • acharya vinoba bhave
  • jayprakash narayan
  • mahatma gandhi
  • m.n. roy
Q8 | Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the ‘end of history’?
  • samuel p. huntington
  • francis fukuyama
  • robert dahl
  • c. wright mills
Q9 | Who among the following favoured qualification as the basis for right to vote?
  • e. barker
  • t.h. green
  • j.s. mill
  • j. bentham
Q10 | Which is Canada’s political system?
  • a confederal state
  • a direct democracy
  • a unitary stated.
  • parliamentary
Q11 | Rational-legal authority also known as
  • confederal
  • universal
  • democratic
  • bureaucratic
Q12 | the concept of ‘circulation of elites’ has been used by
  • mosca
  • michels
  • weber
  • pareto
Q13 | Who among the following, characterized bureaucracy as ration-legal authority ?
  • max weber
  • herbert a. simon
  • vilfredo pareto
  • f.m. marx
Q14 | The Communist manifesto was first published in
  • russian
  • english
  • german
  • french
Q15 | The International Criminal Court is located at
  • washington
  • hague
  • geneva
  • london
Q16 | Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as theend of history ?
  • francis fukuyama
  • samuel p. huntington
  • david held
  • samir amin
Q17 | The National Parliamentary body of China is known as
  • national people’s congress
  • supreme soviet
  • people’s assembly
  • state council
Q18 | Which aspect of imperialism does the dependency theory emphasize ?
  • strategic
  • political
  • cultural
  • economic
Q19 | Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity?
  • maciver
  • robert dahl
  • hobbes
  • plato
Q20 | The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which language
  • greek;
  • latin;
  • english;
  • french
Q21 | Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society”
  • john lock b.
  • j.s. mill
  • david easton
  • almond
Q22 | Political science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in whichyear
  • 1948
  • 1950
  • 1945
  • 1970
Q23 | Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’?
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • socrates
  • machiavelli
Q24 | The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to
  • 4th century b.c .b. 3rd century
  • c
  • 5th century b.c
  • 6th century b.c.
Q25 | Who was the first proponent of scientific study of politics?
  • charles merriam
  • harold d lasswell
  • george catlin
  • arthur bentley