Socio Political Thought Set 6

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Socio Political Thought Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Socio Political Thought Set 6

Q1 | The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’
  • republica
  • polis
  • republic
  • commonweal
Answer: polis
Q2 | Who described politics as “acting in concert”?
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • marx
  • hannah arendt
Answer: hannah arendt
Q3 | Who wrote the work ‘The Great Issues Politics’?
  • maciver
  • laski
  • lipson
  • catlin
Answer: lipson
Q4 | Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”?
  • lasswell
  • laski
  • lipson
  • catlin
Answer: catlin
Q5 | Whose work is “Marxism and Politics”?
  • macpherson
  • willoughby
  • charles merriam
  • miliband
Answer: miliband
Q6 | One of the following is an advocate of historical approach
  • coleman
  • lipset
  • henry maine
  • robert dahl
Answer: henry maine
Q7 | Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?
  • leo strauss
  • david easton
  • george catlin
  • charles merriam
Answer: david easton
Q8 | ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’ This statement explains the following
  • positivism
  • empriricism
  • behaviouralism
  • post behaviouralism
Answer: post behaviouralism
Q9 | Who used to say “I am the state”
  • louis ixv
  • machiavelli
  • john austin
  • maciver
Answer: louis ixv
Q10 | Who described man in the state of nature as a ‘noble savage’?
  • hobbes
  • rousseau
  • lock e
  • laski
Answer: rousseau
Q11 | Whose work is “the Process of Government”?
  • arther bentley
  • robert dahl
  • charles merriam
  • karl popper
Answer: arther bentley
Q12 | Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’
  • idealistic view
  • individualistic view
  • fascist view
  • pluralistic view
Answer: individualistic view
Q13 | Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • hegel
  • louis xiv
Answer: hegel
Q14 | Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
  • maciver
  • locke
  • austin
  • machiavelli
Answer: machiavelli
Q15 | Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best described as
  • pluralists
  • federalists
  • socialists
  • anarchists
Answer: pluralists
Q16 | Who observed “the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number”?
  • t.h. green
  • jeremy bentham
  • j.s. mill
  • laski
Answer: jeremy bentham
Q17 | The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is
  • henry maine
  • morgan
  • locke
  • green
Answer: henry maine
Q18 | Locke has used the social contract theory to justify
  • liberal democratic state
  • supremacy of the judicial organ
  • political obligation
  • absolute loyalty of citizens of the state
Answer: liberal democratic state
Q19 | Who contributed “Leviathan”?
  • pateman
  • hobbes
  • locke
  • rawls
Answer: hobbes
Q20 | The pluralist theory views power as
  • repressive
  • relational
  • control over resources
  • a fixed quantity
Answer: relational
Q21 | The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of
  • democracy
  • feudalism
  • absolute monarchy
  • decolonisation
Answer: feudalism
Q22 | Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin’s theory of sovereignty?
  • political sovereignty
  • limited sovereignty
  • absolute sovereignty
  • popular sovereignty
Answer: absolute sovereignty
Q23 | Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ?
  • laski
  • weber
  • robert michaels
  • aristotle
Answer: robert michaels
Q24 | Who said “knowledge is Power”
  • morgenthau
  • foucault
  • lasswell
  • easton
Answer: foucault
Q25 | Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’?
  • almond
  • aristotle
  • acton
  • apter
Answer: almond
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