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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 11

Q1 | Who defines the political system as the “institutions, processes and interactions throug whichvalues are authoritatively allocated in a society?
  • Almond
  • Easton
  • Apter
  • Pye
Q2 | Who said that politics is concerned with the authoritative ‘allocation of values’ for a society?
  • B. Miller
  • David Easton
  • Alan Ball
  • Ernest Benn
Q3 | Which of the following is one of the traditionally recognized organs of power in a state?
  • Legislature
  • Executive
  • Judiciary
  • All of the above
Q4 | The ‘power theory’ finds its brilliant manifestation in the political philosophy of
  • Locke
  • Hobbes
  • Mill
  • Rousseau
Q5 | Which of the following are not the basic of the authority of society?
  • Social customs
  • Conventions
  • Laws
  • Moral pressure
Q6 | The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called
  • Economics
  • History
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
Q7 | ________________is the central subject of the study of political science.
  • Population
  • State
  • Behaviour
  • Mass Communication
Q8 | Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the foundations of theState and the principles of Government?
  • Prof.Harold Laski
  • Lasswell
  • Garner
  • Paul Janet
Q9 | Bluntschli restricted the scope of Political Science to
  • The study of government and politics
  • The study of State and Government
  • The study of Government
  • The study of State
Q10 | Prof. Harold Laski emphasized the scope of Political Science to include the study of
  • State and sovereignty
  • Government and politics
  • State and Government
  • Government only
Q11 | Who said that State comes into existence originating in the bare needs of life of man andcontinuing in existence for the sake of good life?
  • Plato
  • Socrates
  • Aristotle
  • Montesqueau
Q12 | _______________is the most important agency of the State
  • Press
  • Judiciary
  • Sovereignty
  • Government
Q13 | The concept of ‘politics’ originated in ancient
  • Athens
  • Sparta
  • Greece
  • Spain
Q14 | Politics is a struggle for power on three levels
  • Society, state and family
  • State, inter-state and intra-state
  • Family, society and political groups
  • Nation, state and districts
Q15 | David Easton defined politics as authoritative allocation of
  • Power
  • Influences
  • Interests
  • Values
Q16 | A policy is authoritative when there __________to the authority
  • Willing compliance
  • Forceful compliance
  • Resistance
  • None of the above
Q17 | The central idea of sovereignty is
  • Power
  • Law
  • Authority
  • Legitimacy
Q18 | The main characteristics of a civil society are organization, interaction, communication and
  • Friendship
  • Interdependence
  • Solidarity
  • Goodwill
Q19 | Who among the following defined democracy as “the government of the people, for thepeop0le and by the people”?
  • Maclver
  • Aristotle
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Napoleon
Q20 | Which of the following is not a method of democratic participation?
  • Voting
  • Campaigning in the election
  • Contesting the election
  • Listening the election speeches
Q21 | The success of democracy depends upon
  • Popular education
  • Faith in certain fundamental democratic principles
  • Social equality
  • All of the above
Q22 | Who wrote the book Considerations on Representative Government?
  • Hobbes
  • Locke
  • Rousseau
  • J.S. Mill
Q23 | Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government?
  • Voting
  • Decision-making
  • Military force
  • None of the above
Q24 | Contribute towards the success of democracy?
  • Education
  • Participation
  • Political parties
  • Overpopulation
Q25 | Hobbes idea of civil society is the area where in the liberty of the subject lies in
  • The liberty to buy and sell and otherwise contract with one another
  • The liberty to choose their own abode
  • The liberty to choose their own trade of life
  • All of the above