Modern Political Analysis And Political Sociology Set 1
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This set of Modern Political Analysis and Political Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Modern Political Analysis And Political Sociology Set 1
Q1 | Duverger’s classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in
- western europe
- all the democracies of the world
- party system in the developing world
- political party system in the communist world
Q2 | Who said ‘negative liberty is superior to positive liberty’?
- j.s. mill
- isaiah berlin
- t.h. green
- ernest barker
Q3 | Which one among the following is not a work about alienation?
- paris manuscripts
- theses on feuerbach
- poverty of philosophy
- the german ideology
Q4 | Who among the following presents a ‘flow model’ of political system?
- gabriel almond
- david easton
- morton kaplan
- oran young
Q5 | Almond borrowed most of the terminology of his approach from
- robert k. merton
- talcott parsons
- malinowski
- arthur bentley
Q6 | Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study ofpolitical development?
- lucian pye
- organski
- halpern
- david apter
Q7 | Who among the following has connected cultures with civilizations?
- almond and verba
- huntington
- lucian pye
- edward shils
Q8 | The elite theory was first started in
- the united states of america
- the united kingdom
- central and western european countries
- australia
Q9 | Who wrote the book, “Democracy and Discontent”?
- james manor
- atul kohli
- zoya hasan
- msa rao
Q10 | Which among the following statements is not correct?
- post-behavioural political theory inter-relates value and fact.
- post-behavioural political theory is ethnocentric. c. post-behavioural political theory is tied to action and relevan
- d. post-behavioural political theory is change oriente
Q11 | Positive liberalism does not believe in
- welfare state
- nanny state
- state as a moral agency
- minimal state
Q12 | Marx does not believe in
- human consciousness determines social existence
- ideas are the reflections of the interplay of material forces
- the base determines the superstructure
- matter is active and dynamic
Q13 | Which one of the following has tried to give an essentially engineering orientation to humanbehaviour?
- input-output analysis
- structural–functional approach
- communications theory
- behavioural approach
Q14 | The characteristics of Almond’s political system mostly resemble those of the politicalsystem(s) of
- united states of america
- scandinavian countries
- developing countries
- latin american countries
Q15 | Which one of the following approaches/theories was first started as a critique ofdemocracy and socialism?
- elite theory
- structural–functional approach
- communications theory
- game theory
Q16 | With which liberal thinker would you associate “Democratic Peace Theory”?
- michael doyle
- james rosenau
- richard falk
- michael walzer
Q17 | According to Almond, which one is not a condition for political development?
- availability of resources
- adequate response to challenges
- overlapping of stages of development
- congruent development of the other social systems
Q18 | Corporatism is an approach that is centrally concerned about
- structures of the public sector
- functions of the political system
- class conflict is interest based
- stresses the state and society interactions, especially the role of social interests influencing
Q19 | Who among the following elite theorists said, “A man is effective in society as a whole, not so much because of his individual qualities as because of the social energies whichhave been deposited in him by the mass”?
- pareto
- gasset
- michels
- mosca
Q20 | The politics of sex is no longer on the fringe of politics, but it is a central concern forpolicy and law makers. Which category will this issue be placed under?
- political development
- political modernization
- political culture
- political elites
Q21 | Who has called India a Democratic Developmental State?
- paul brass
- james manor
- christopher jefferlot
- atul kohli
Q22 | Who among the following regards political development as political modernization plusinstitutionalization?
- almond
- helio jaquaribe
- cyril black
- none of the above
Q23 | Who of the following makes a distinction between liberal constitutionalism andDemocratic disorder?
- francis fukuyama
- theda skocpol
- b.f. skinner
- fareed zakaria
Q24 | The idea of Participatory democracy originates with
- aristotle
- cicero
- locke
- rousseau
Q25 | Structural-functionalism is primarily
- a measurement for comparison
- an ideology of development
- a framework of investigation
- a method of governance