Political Science MCQs

Option A: Individualists

Option B: Idealists

Option C: Utilitarian

Option D: Socialists

Correct Answer: Fascists ✔

Option A: Freedom of speech

Option B: Freedom of association

Option C: Freedom of religion

Option D: Equality of property

Correct Answer: Equality of property ✔

Option A: Every adult citizen has right to take part in elections

Option B: Every adult citizen has a right to occupy and political office

Option C: Every citizen has equality before law

Option D: Every citizen has a right to criticise government

Correct Answer: Every citizen has a right to work ✔

Option A: That they are rich

Option B: That they are educated

Option C: That they have influence in the masses

Option D: That they have control over economic activity

Correct Answer: That they are an organised minority ✔

Option A: The society is divided between the upper and lower stratas

Option B: There are governing and non-governing elites in society

Option C: The people are the real sovereign in society

Option D: Governing elites are very capable people

Correct Answer: The people are the real sovereign in society ✔

Option A: In it people are sovereign

Option B: In it working classes govern

Option C: In it rich and poor cooperate really with each other

Option D: In it propertied adults have right to elect their representatives

Correct Answer: In it people are sovereign ✔

Option A: Hobhouse

Option B: Barker

Option C: Lindsay

Option D: G.D.H. Cole

Correct Answer: Burham ✔

Option A: Pareto

Option B: Laski

Option C: Michels

Option D: Burham

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: It believes that in it real power is with voters

Option B: It believes that the people are the real sovereign

Option C: It believes that power is used by a small group of elites

Option D: It believes that the judiciary is real power in the state

Correct Answer: It believes that power is used by a small group of elites ✔

Option A: Capitalists

Option B: Guld socialists

Option C: Utilitarian

Option D: Communists

Correct Answer: Communists ✔

Option A: It is based on the concept of common good, which is vague

Option B: It denies the freedom of expression to a common man

Option C: It believes that power does not rest with small elites of society

Option D: It does not suggest concrete means for implementing fundamental values.

Correct Answer: It denies the freedom of expression to a common man ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: T.H.Green

Option C: Laski

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Bakunin ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Machiavelli

Correct Answer: Machiavelli ✔

Option A: It means majority opinion

Option B: It means unanimous opinion

Option C: It means opinion of intelligent people in the society

Option D: It means opinion of dominant sections based on common good

Correct Answer: It means opinion of dominant sections based on common good ✔

Option A: In it the people are directly involved in electing their representatives

Option B: It it voters do not directly take part in elections but their representatives elect the mebers

Option C: Elected representatives are not respobsible to the electorates

Option D: Elected representatives are responsible to the executive only

Correct Answer: It it voters do not directly take part in elections but their representatives elect the mebers ✔

Option A: Free mass media

Option B: Independence of Judiciary

Option C: Representative government

Option D: Freedom of thought and expression

Correct Answer: Dential of fundamental rights ✔

Option A: Active involvement of people in politics

Option B: Universal suffrage

Option C: Manhood suffrage

Option D: Free elections

Correct Answer: Manhood suffrage ✔

Option A: Representative democracy

Option B: Direct election

Option C: Universal adult suffrage

Option D: Indirect democracy

Correct Answer: Direct election ✔

Option A: Which is big in size

Option B: Which is small in size and population

Option C: Which is big in size and population

Option D: Which has hot climate

Correct Answer: Which is small in size and population ✔

Option A: People to hold property

Option B: People to criticise Government

Option C: People to get higher education

Option D: Muddle in the affairs of Government quite frequently

Correct Answer: People to criticise Government ✔

Option A: Means should justify ends

Option B: Ends should justify means

Option C: People have ultimate power

Option D: Pressure groups should run administration

Correct Answer: People have ultimate power ✔

Option A: Stalin

Option B: Jawahar Lal Nehru

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Herbert Spancer

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Party system

Option B: Trade Union System

Option C: Groups of Citizens

Option D: The Citizens

Correct Answer: Party system ✔

Option A: The executive

Option B: The judiciary

Option C: The administrators

Option D: The citizens

Correct Answer: The citizens ✔

Option A: It subjects people to hardships

Option B: Develops creative thinking among masses

Option C: Few enjoy monopoly of pwer

Option D: Only elites feel satisfied

Correct Answer: Develops creative thinking among masses ✔

Option A: Which is thickly populated

Option B: Which is thinly populated

Option C: Which has vast areas

Option D: Which has small territories

Correct Answer: Where people have spirit toleration ✔

Option A: Propertied one

Option B: Educated

Option C: Devoted to social service

Option D: Well versed in the game of politics

Correct Answer: Educated ✔

Option A: It is government of the amateurs

Option B: In it there is too much dependence on the representatives of the people

Option C: In it sincere persons can never participate

Option D: In it, it is not possible to have stable governments

Correct Answer: It is government of the amateurs ✔

Option A: It believes that it is government of highly competent persons

Option B: In it real patriots participate

Option C: In it there are no chances of violence

Option D: The people are participants in law making process

Correct Answer: The people are participants in law making process ✔

Option A: India

Option B: East Germany

Option C: USSR

Option D: France

Correct Answer: Switzerland ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Locke

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Adam Smith

Option B: Herbert Spencer

Option C: Bentham

Option D: Locke

Correct Answer: Locke ✔

Option A: Universal adult franchise and right to property

Option B: Woman suffrage and secret ballot

Option C: Popular sovereignty and constitutional government

Option D: Natural Rights and Representative Democracy

Correct Answer: Popular sovereignty and constitutional government ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: All the three

Correct Answer: J.S.Mill ✔

Option A: Emphasis on collective well-being as condition of individual freedom

Option B: Emphasis on absolute freedom of individual

Option C: Absolute powers for the state

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Emphasis on collective well-being as condition of individual freedom ✔

Option A: It emphasises that the power rests with the people

Option B: It holds that common interest can be realised only through democratic government

Option C: It concedes to the people the right to oppose the state

Option D: It does not give any power to the people to oppose the authority of the state

Correct Answer: It does not give any power to the people to oppose the authority of the state ✔

Option A: Pareto

Option B: Mosca

Option C: C. Wright Mills

Option D: James Burham

Correct Answer: C. C. Wright Mills ✔

Option A: Believe in political equality

Option B: Believe in equality between ruler and ruled

Option C: Do not believe in equality between ruler and ruled

Option D: Believe in all the above three principles

Correct Answer: Do not believe in equality between ruler and ruled ✔

Option A: The positions of control and decision-making mechanism in the political system are always occupied by a small group of individuals

Option B: There is no competition and adjustment among the various elite groups existing in a society

Option C: The elite groups are well-organised

Option D: The elite group generally tries to protect its own interests

Correct Answer: There is no competition and adjustment among the various elite groups existing in a society ✔

Option A: It stands for popular control over the means of production and distribution

Option B: It lays emphasis on economic freedom

Option C: It shall work on the basis of decisions taken through consensus

Option D: It should work through representative Parliaments

Correct Answer: It should work through representative Parliaments ✔

Option A: Provision for recall of the representatives

Option B: Elected Judiciary

Option C: Dominant role of leaders in preserving the system

Option D: Emphasis on political freedom

Correct Answer: Emphasis on political freedom ✔

Option A: Referendum and initiative

Option B: Elections and Political Parties

Option C: Political Parties and Press

Option D: Landsgemeinde and Parliament

Correct Answer: Referendum and initiative ✔

Option A: The people to recall their representatives if they do not act according to their wishes

Option B: The adult citizens to take direct part in the solution to the affairs facing their area

Option C: The local self-government institutions to work efficiently

Option D: The people to remove the corrupt judges

Correct Answer: The adult citizens to take direct part in the solution to the affairs facing their area ✔

Option A: To direct the Legislature to enact laws desired by them

Option B: To demand reference of laws passed by the legislature to people

Option C: To refer the bill to the Court to ascertain its constitutional validity

Option D: To request the head of the state to withhold signature on the bill passed bythe legislature

Correct Answer: To demand reference of laws passed by the legislature to people ✔

Option A: To suggest candidates for appointment to various offices

Option B: To suggest legislative measures which the legislature is not enacting

Option C: To reject the laws passed b the legislature

Option D: To seek judicial opinion regarding the constitutionality of laws enacted by the legislature

Correct Answer: To suggest legislative measures which the legislature is not enacting ✔

Option A: Enactment of laws

Option B: Ascertaining the views of people on a policy matter of public importance

Option C: Appointment of civil servants

Option D: Appointment of judges

Correct Answer: Ascertaining the views of people on a policy matter of public importance ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Marx

Option D: Hegel

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: People are indifferent towards the affairs of state

Option B: Political parties are opposed to it

Option C: Propertied classes are opposed to it

Option D: Of the practical difficulties posed by the size and population of modem states

Correct Answer: Of the practical difficulties posed by the size and population of modem states ✔

Option A: Universal suffrage

Option B: Free elections

Option C: Minority rule

Option D: Presence of opposition

Correct Answer: Minority rule ✔

Option A: Democracy promotes general welfare

Option B: Democracy averts revolutions

Option C: Democracy leads to frequent changes in the policy of government

Option D: Democracy promotes patriotism

Correct Answer: Democracy leads to frequent changes in the policy of government ✔

Option A: Presence of political parties based on political and economic principles

Option B: Presence of educated electorate

Option C: Presence of a strong propertied class

Option D: Presence of a vigorous system of local government

Correct Answer: Presence of a strong propertied class ✔

Option A: Is a panacea for all political evils

Option B: Is a perfect government

Option C: Has its merits as well as demerits

Option D: Is fact declining

Correct Answer: Has its merits as well as demerits ✔

Option A: Majority rule

Option B: Absolute liberty

Option C: End justifies the means

Option D: Quality rule

Correct Answer: Majority rule ✔

Option A: Voters

Option B: People

Option C: Members of Parliament

Option D: Political

Correct Answer: People ✔

Option A: Woodrow Wilson

Option B: Lord Bryce

Option C: Abraham Lincoln

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln ✔

Option A: Inequalities of wealth should be removed by state action

Option B: All the means of production and distribution are owned by the state

Option C: Free enterprise and state enterprise exist side by side

Option D: No body is without work

Correct Answer: No body is without work ✔

Option A: Rousseau

Option B: Bryce

Option C: Seeley

Option D: Abraham Lincoln

Correct Answer: Seeley ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Socrates

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Cicaro

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Parliamentary and Presidential

Option B: Direct and indirect

Option C: Monarchical and Republican

Option D: None of These

Correct Answer: Direct and indirect ✔

Option A: Macpherson

Option B: J.S.Mill

Option C: Joseph Schumpeter

Option D: Lipset

Correct Answer: Macpherson ✔

Option A: Green

Option B: J.S.Mill

Option C: Thomas Paine

Option D: De Tocqueville

Correct Answer: J.S.Mill ✔

Option A: It aims at the material good of the people

Option B: It ensures social justice

Option C: It guarantees civil and political rights

Option D: It is responsive to the will of the people

Correct Answer: It is responsive to the will of the people ✔

Option A: Pluralist Theory of Democracy

Option B: Elitist Theory of Democracy

Option C: Marxist Theory of Democracy

Option D: Liberal Theory of Democracy

Correct Answer: Liberal Theory of Democracy ✔

Option A: Party system

Option B: Periodic Elections

Option C: Fundamental Rights

Option D: Democratic Centralism

Correct Answer: Democratic Centralism ✔

Option A: Marxist Theory

Option B: Elitist theory

Option C: Pluralist Theory

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Marxist Theory ✔

Option A: Democracy is a rule of the majority

Option B: Democracy is a government by a select group of people

Option C: Democracy is the best form of government

Option D: In Democracy the moral worth of the individual is recognized

Correct Answer: Democracy is a rule of the majority ✔

Option A: Liberal Theory of Democracy

Option B: Marxian Theory of Democracy

Option C: Both Marxian and Liberal

Option D: Theories of Democracy

Correct Answer: Marxian Theory of Democracy ✔

Option A: Against separation of powers

Option B: Against periodical elections

Option C: In favour of elections because they help in gauging public opinion

Option D: Against decentralisation of authority

Correct Answer: In favour of elections because they help in gauging public opinion ✔

Option A: The state is the source of all authority and all groups draw from it

Option B: The power in society is shared by the government and other groups

Option C: Political power cannot be divided among various groups, associations etC.

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The power in society is shared by the government and other groups ✔

Option A: Barelson

Option B: Sartori

Option C: Presthus

Option D: All the above three

Correct Answer: All the above three ✔

Option A: Elected representatives of the people

Option B: Permanent civil servants

Option C: An elite class

Option D: A body composed of all the above three

Correct Answer: An elite class ✔

Option A: Priestly class

Option B: Military class

Option C: Civil Servants

Option D: A small group of elites

Correct Answer: A small group of elites ✔

Option A: Robert Michels

Option B: James Burham

Option C: Vilfredo Pareto

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: James Burham ✔

Option A: Vilfredo Pareto

Option B: Mosca

Option C: Robert Michels

Option D: All the three

Correct Answer: All the three ✔

Option A: Their property

Option B: Their educational qualifications

Option C: Their nature of work

Option D: Their abilities and capabilities

Correct Answer: Their abilities and capabilities ✔

Option A: Government

Option B: Party in power

Option C: Associations

Option D: Societies

Correct Answer: People as a whole ✔

Option A: Lincoln

Option B: Bryce

Option C: Dicey

Option D: Herodotus

Correct Answer: Lincoln ✔

Option A: Dicey

Option B: Bryce

Option C: Leacock

Option D: Woodrow Wilson

Correct Answer: Bryce ✔

Option A: Grant of right to work

Option B: Provision of minimum wages

Option C: Regulation of working hours

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔

Option A: All citizens residing in a state must be granted liberty

Option B: The country is independent and sovereign

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The country is independent and sovereign ✔

Option A: Absolute liberty

Option B: Liberty with reasonable restrictions

Option C: No liberty

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Liberty with reasonable restrictions ✔

Option A: TH. Green

Option B: J.S. Mill

Option C: Mahatma Gandhi

Option D: H.J. Laski

Correct Answer: J.S. Mill ✔

Option A: J.S. Mill

Option B: Bentham

Option C: T.H Green

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: J.S. Mill ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: TH. Green

Option D: J.S. Mill

Correct Answer: J.S. Mill ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: Lenin

Option C: Spencer

Option D: Aristotle

Correct Answer: Spencer ✔

Option A: It the realisation of that the government can be brought to book in a court of law

Option B: In identifying a man as a political unit in a way which distinguishes him from other citizens

Option C: In a decentralized society wherein the basic needs of men can find satisfaction

Option D: In the understanding that liberty and restraints are complementary

Correct Answer: It the realisation of that the government can be brought to book in a court of law ✔

Option A: Green

Option B: Kant

Option C: Laski

Option D: Spencer

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Idealists and Anarchists

Option B: Individualists and Anarchists

Option C: Idealists and Socialists

Option D: Anarchists and Socialists

Correct Answer: Individualists and Anarchists ✔

Option A: State

Option B: Nature

Option C: Society

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: It has adopted a democratic system of government

Option B: It enjoys a favourable balance of trade

Option C: It is free from economic control of other powers

Option D: It is free from foreign rule and enjoys self-government

Correct Answer: It is free from foreign rule and enjoys self-government ✔

Option A: Lord Acton

Option B: Austin

Option C: Poland

Option D: Lord Bryce

Correct Answer: Lord Acton ✔

Option A: Lord Acton

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: MacIver

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: MacIver ✔

Option A: Adam Smith

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Laski

Option D: Green

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Cole

Option B: Green

Option C: MacIver

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: MacIver ✔

Option A: J.S. Mill

Option B: Locke

Option C: Godwin

Option D: Bentham

Correct Answer: J.S. Mill ✔

Option A: Independent and impartial judiciary

Option B: Funcamental Rights

Option C: Free Press

Option D: Compulsory Military Training

Correct Answer: Compulsory Military Training ✔

Option A: Marxists

Option B: Idealists

Option C: Syndicalists

Option D: Individualists

Correct Answer: Idealists ✔

Option A: Idealists

Option B: Anarchist

Option C: Marxists

Option D: Socialists

Correct Answer: Anarchist ✔

Option A: Right to work

Option B: Right to Social Security

Option C: Self-government in industry

Option D: Right to participate in the formulation of national plans

Correct Answer: Right to participate in the formulation of national plans ✔

Option A: Right to vote

Option B: Right to contest elections

Option C: Right to criticise the government

Option D: Right to move the court for the endorcement of rights

Correct Answer: Right to move the court for the endorcement of rights ✔