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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 1

Q1 | Traditional approach give stress on:
  • values.
  • facts.
  • objectivity.
  • precision.
Q2 | ‘Credo of Relevance’ Signaled
  • modernism.
  • behaviouralism.
  • post-behaviouralism.
  • rationalism.
Q3 | ‘The Intellectual God Father’ of Behaviouralism is
  • charles .e.merriam
  • david easton.
  • laswell.
  • none of the above.
Q4 | Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book.
  • republic.
  • prince.
  • social contract.
  • leviathan.
Q5 | Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach.
  • philosophical
  • historical.
  • institutional
  • behavioural.
Q6 | Integration of Political Science with other Social Sciences Is a basic principle of
  • traditionalism.
  • behaviouralism.
  • liberalism.
  • post – behaviouralism.
Q7 | The success of democracy depends upon
  • periodic elections.
  • voting.
  • campaigning in the elections.
  • all of the above
Q8 | Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government?
  • voting.
  • decision making.
  • military force.
  • none of the above.
Q9 | “A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the state” who said this?
  • laski
  • bosanquet
  • rousseau
  • green
Q10 | Who said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can be his best self”
  • hobhouse
  • bosanquet
  • laski
  • hegel
Q11 | The concept of Greek, ‘Justice’ was
  • legal
  • moral
  • social
  • political
Q12 | The origin of democracy can be traced back to
  • ancient greek city states
  • medieval period
  • modern era
  • feudalism
Q13 | Who among the following said “Liberty is the opposite of over government”?
  • seeley
  • prof. ramsay muir
  • laski
  • j.s mill
Q14 | A democratic society is one in which
  • government is popularly elected.
  • liberty is given the highest value.
  • the spirit of equality and fraternity prevails.
  • all of the above.
Q15 | Who wrote the book ‘Politics’
  • socrates
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • rousseau
Q16 | Behavioral approach in political science is “an attempt to make the empirical content of politicalscience more scientific” who said this?
  • charles. e. merriam
  • david easton
  • powell
  • robert a dahl
Q17 | Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of political science is generally known as :
  • regularities
  • pure science
  • verifications
  • intellectual foundations
Q18 | Who wrote the book ‘On liberty’?
  • henry maine
  • j.s mill
  • t.h green
  • laski
Q19 | ‘ A theory of justice ‘is the work of
  • j.s mill
  • bodin
  • john rawls
  • montesquieu
Q20 | The term ‘Globalization’ was coined by
  • kaplan
  • theodore levitt
  • burton
  • spiro
Q21 | Democracy is rule of
  • voters
  • people
  • members of parliament
  • political parties.
Q22 | Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
  • woodrow wilson
  • lord bryce
  • abraham lincoln
  • laski
Q23 | The two words ‘demos’ and ‘kratos’ from which democracy draws its origin belong to
  • latin language.
  • greek language.
  • french language.
  • spanish language.
Q24 | The two forms of democracy are
  • parliamentary and presidential.
  • direct and indirect.
  • monarchical and republican.
  • none of the above.
Q25 | Which one of the following theories of democracy accords high priority to the political rights ofcitizens?
  • pluralist theory of democracy .
  • elitist of democracy.
  • marxist theory of democracy.
  • liberal theory of democracy.