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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 6

Q1 | To what domain did Rawls direct his views of justice?
  • political domain
  • medical domain
  • financial domain
  • private domain
Q2 | Which one of the political thinker made valuable contribution to the growth of Scholasticismduring the medieval times?
  • thomas acquinas
  • dante
  • machiavelli
  • karl marx
Q3 | Which of these is a defining characteristic of democracy ?
  • that rulers govern the interests of the ruled
  • that rulers came from a wide range of social background
  • that rulers are accountable to the ruled on a regular basis
  • that the proceedings of the legislative body are televise
Q4 | Direct democracy is the system in which:
  • citizens choose the representatives in free and fair elections
  • citizens are allowed to debate with their representatives in open public meetings
  • citizens represent themselves in the decision making process
  • senior political leaders are known as ‘’directors’
Q5 | In John Rawls’s theory, principles of justice are established by people who are affected by what?
  • a veil of ignorance
  • a state of nature
  • economic inequality
  • short sited self interest
Q6 | Who said the liberty consists in following the moral law
  • cole
  • spinoza
  • marks
  • barker
Q7 | According to individualists the people have maximum liberty if
  • the state performs maximum functions
  • the state performs minimum functions
  • the state is abolished
  • none of the above
Q8 | Liberty in positive sense means
  • liberty granted under the law
  • liberty which people have enjoyed from earliest times
  • provision of conditions which are conducive to human development
  • provision of basic necessities of life to every member of society
Q9 | Who of the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty
  • rousseau
  • laski
  • mac iver
  • herbert spencer
Q10 | Which of the following does not fall within the purview of the political liberty?
  • right to vote
  • right to contest elections
  • right to criticize the government
  • right to move the court for the enforcement of rights
Q11 | The view that every state law enlarges individual freedom is associated with
  • marxists
  • idealists
  • syndicalist
  • individualist
Q12 | Civil liberty stands for
  • freedom to pursue one’s desire
  • freedom to exercise discretion in one’s own domain
  • liberty to mass wealth
  • liberty to free action and immunity from interference
Q13 | In their essence rights are:
  • legal injunctions
  • moral imperatives
  • conditions of law
  • aspects of social life
Q14 | The concept of liberty has developed mainly in modern times and is closely associated with thephilosophy of:
  • utilitarianism
  • liberalism
  • individualism
  • none of the above
Q15 | Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:
  • political institution
  • transformation of the mode of production
  • inculcation of new values of human equality
  • all the above
Q16 | Democracy in its narrow sense means
  • rule by the many
  • a form of government
  • a type of state
  • an order of society
Q17 | The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in the form of
  • referendum
  • initiative
  • recall
  • all of the above
Q18 | The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called
  • economics
  • history
  • political science
  • psychology
Q19 | Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the foundations of the Stateand the principles of Government?
  • prof.harold laski
  • lasswell
  • garner
  • paul janet
Q20 | Which of the following statement is true?
  • no rights can be given to the man against the social interest
  • grant of rights is not concerned with social interest
  • rights can have anti-social character
  • none of the above
Q21 | _________is the earliest theory of rights
  • liberal individualist theory of natural rights
  • legal theory
  • welfare theory
  • none of the above
Q22 | Which of the following is a Civil Right?
  • right to freedom of speech and expression
  • right to vote
  • right to become a member of parliament
  • right to association
Q23 | The right to elect Member of parliament is a
  • political right
  • social right
  • religious right
  • moral right
Q24 | Who among the following philosophers considers liberty as Obedience to Law?
  • hegel
  • kant
  • spencer
  • green
Q25 | Natural liberty is generally identified with
  • restricted freedom
  • limited freedom
  • unlimited and unrestricted freedom
  • none of the above