Political Science MCQs

Option A: Locke

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Comparative Method

Option B: Historical Method

Option C: Scientific Method

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Scientific Method ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Marx

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: The individual is left with no other alternative but to obey the commands of the sovereign

Option B: Men are free from any superior power on earth, and they act as they think fit within the bounds of the law of nature

Option C: The Government exists for the good of the people, and can be removed if it violates the trust reposed in it

Option D: The State is composed of equal individuals, some having authority over others and all participate in the General will

Correct Answer: The Government exists for the good of the people, and can be removed if it violates the trust reposed in it ✔

Option A: An effective government

Option B: Preservation of their natural rights

Option C: Creating a state

Option D: Creating an independent judiciary

Correct Answer: Preservation of their natural rights ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Glorious revolution in England

Option B: American War of Independence

Option C: The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

Option D: The French Revolution

Correct Answer: The French Revolution ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Hegel

Option D: T.H. Green

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Elites

Option B: Representative Democracy

Option C: Direct Democracy

Option D: Absolute Monarchy

Correct Answer: Direct Democracy ✔

Option A: Popular sovereignty

Option B: Direct Democracy

Option C: General Will

Option D: Constitutional Monarchy

Correct Answer: General Will ✔

Option A: Military leaders

Option B: Elected leaders

Option C: Priests

Option D: Hereditary monarchs

Correct Answer: Hereditary monarchs ✔

Option A: Military rule

Option B: Direct democracy

Option C: Representative democracy

Option D: Absolute rule

Correct Answer: Direct democracy ✔

Option A: Athens and Rome

Option B: Rome and Sparta

Option C: Athens and Venice

Option D: Athens and Sparta

Correct Answer: Athens and Sparta ✔

Option A: Revolutionary principle

Option B: Evolutionary principle

Option C: Religious principles

Option D: Scientific-cum-religious principles

Correct Answer: Evolutionary principle ✔

Option A: The state of nature was a state of peace, mutual assistance and cooperation

Option B: There were natural rights of life, liberty and property

Option C: The prevalence of natural law

Option D: There was continuous fear and danger of violent death

Correct Answer: There was continuous fear and danger of violent death ✔

Option A: General Will is always good, just and right

Option B: General Will is the will of the masses

Option C: General Will is supreme, inalienable and indivisible

Option D: Individual’s freedom consists in acting in conformity with General Will

Correct Answer: General Will is the will of the masses ✔

Option A: Social Contract

Option B: Liberal

Option C: Historical-Evolutionary

Option D: Marxists

Correct Answer: Marxists ✔

Option A: The city-states

Option B: The Roman Empire

Option C: The Holy Roman Empire

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: The Holy Roman Empire ✔

Option A: The city-states

Option B: The Roman Empire

Option C: The Holy Roman Empire

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: The Holy Roman Empire ✔

Option A: The ministers of the king

Option B: The King

Option C: The feudal lords

Option D: The farmers

Correct Answer: The feudal lords ✔

Option A: Kant

Option B: Marx

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Plato

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: A nation state

Option B: A federal state

Option C: An international state

Option D: A liberal state

Correct Answer: A nation state ✔

Option A: Welfare Theory

Option B: Legal Theory

Option C: Ethical Theory

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Ethical Theory ✔

Option A: The sixteenth century

Option B: The seventeenth century

Option C: Eighteenth century

Option D: Nineteenth century

Correct Answer: The sixteenth century ✔

Option A: The New State

Option B: The Two States

Option C: State and Sovereignty

Option D: Lectures on Pluralism

Correct Answer: The New State ✔

Option A: Genetics

Option B: Geography

Option C: Political Science

Option D: Sociology

Correct Answer: Geography ✔

Option A: Philips

Option B: Louis XII

Option C: Louis XIII

Option D: Louis XIV

Correct Answer: Louis XIV ✔

Option A: Theory of Divine Origin of State

Option B: Introduction of far reaching legislative reforms

Option C: Reforms in national finances

Option D: Reforms in land revenue system

Correct Answer: Theory of Divine Origin of State ✔

Option A: The Jews

Option B: The Christians

Option C: The Muslims

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: The Jews ✔

Option A: The people had desire to live in the state

Option B: There was necessity for division of labour

Option C: God sent state on earth

Option D: People concluded a contract for bringing state

Correct Answer: There was necessity for division of labour ✔

Option A: Blaise Pascal

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Jean Bodin

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Blaise Pascal ✔

Option A: Al-Mawardi

Option B: Al-Farabi

Option C: Al-Ghazali

Option D: Ibn-e-Khaldun

Correct Answer: Al-Ghazali ✔

Option A: Tous, Iran

Option B: iraq

Option C: Mecca

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Tous, Iran ✔

Option A: Tusi

Option B: Ghazzali

Option C: Iqbal

Option D: Farabi

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Tusi

Option B: Farabi

Option C: Ghazzali

Option D: Iqbal

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Tusi

Option B: Farabi

Option C: Ghazzali

Option D: Iqbal

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Farabi

Option B: Ghazzali

Option C: Tusi

Option D: Iqbal

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Ghazzali

Option B: Farabi

Option C: Tusi

Option D: Iqbal

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Farabi

Option B: Tusi

Option C: Ghazzali

Option D: Iqbal

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Farabi

Option B: Ghazzali

Option C: Tusi

Option D: Mawardi

Correct Answer: Ghazzali ✔

Option A: Tibrul-Masbuk

Option B: Fatihatul-Ulum

Option C: Kimiya-i-Sa’adat

Option D: Muqadma

Correct Answer: Tibrul-Masbuk ✔

Option A: Al-Farabi

Option B: Al-Mawardi

Option C: Al-Ghazali

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Al-Ghazali ✔

Option A: Al-Ghazali

Option B: Al-Mawardi

Option C: Ibn-e-Khuldun

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Al-Ghazali ✔

Option A: 1109

Option B: 1110

Option C: 1111

Option D: 1112

Correct Answer: 1111 ✔

Option A: Nishat-ul-Mulk

Option B: Fozul Kabir

Option C: Adab Nama Iran

Option D: Syasat Nama

Correct Answer: Nishat-ul-Mulk ✔

Option A: Geographer

Option B: Jujat-ul-Islam

Option C: Historian

Option D: Qazi-u-Quza

Correct Answer: Jujat-ul-Islam ✔

Option A: Ihya-e-eUloom-ud-Din

Option B: Kashful Mehjoob

Option C: Sirat-e-Faridia

Option D: Hujja-tul-Baligha

Correct Answer: Ihya-e-eUloom-ud-Din ✔

Option A: 1058

Option B: 1059

Option C: 1060

Option D: 1061

Correct Answer: 1058 ✔

Option A: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen or the King

Option B: The legal sovereign in England is the People

Option C: The legal sovereign in England is the House of Commons

Option D: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen/King-in-Parliament

Correct Answer: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen/King-in-Parliament ✔

Option A: Austin’s theory of sovereignty is in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty

Option B: Austin’s theory of sovereignty is not in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty

Option C: Austin exaggerates the element of force when he describes law as a command of the sovereign

Option D: Austin fails to draw a distinction between, legal and political sovereignty

Correct Answer: A. Austin’s theory of sovereignty is in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty ✔

Option A: Legal sovereign has power to issue final commands

Option B: Violation of the command of Legal sovereign is punishable

Option C: All rights emanate from the legal sovereign

Option D: The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority

Correct Answer: The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: Sovereignty rests exclusively with the state

Option B: Sovereignty is permanent

Option C: Sovereignty is shared by the state with government

Option D: State can give a part of its sovereignty to society

Correct Answer: State can give a part of its sovereignty to society ✔

Option A: Sovereignty implies freedom to conduct intenal affairs of a state

Option B: Sovereignty means freedom to conduct the foreign affairs

Option C: Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs

Option D: Sovereignty is the desire of people to have independence

Correct Answer: Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs ✔

Option A: A Marxist viewpoint

Option B: A Pluralist viewpoint

Option C: A Fabian viewpoint

Option D: An Anarchist viewpoint

Correct Answer: A Pluralist viewpoint ✔

Option A: Parliamentary control of associations

Option B: Government control of association

Option C: Autonomy of associations

Option D: Administrative control of associations

Correct Answer: Autonomy of associations ✔

Option A: Burgess

Option B: Willoughby

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: Pluralists

Option B: Socialists

Option C: Capitalists

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Pluralists ✔

Option A: Fully supported Austin’s theory of sovereignty

Option B: Supported the basic principles of Austin’s theory of sovereignty but differed from him in details

Option C: Bitterly criticised Austins’s theory of sovereignty

Option D: Expressed new views about Austin’s theory of sovereignty

Correct Answer: C. Bitterly criticised Austins’s theory of sovereignty ✔

Option A: A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience.

Option B: A person who is authorised by Parliament to rule the country

Option C: A person in whom the entire authority is vested by the constitution but does not make use of that power

Option D: The constitutional ruler of state

Correct Answer: A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience. ✔

Option A: Legal sovereign

Option B: Political sovereign

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: All the above sovereigns

Correct Answer: Legal sovereign ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Jean Bodin

Option C: Austin

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Society

Option B: State

Option C: Government

Option D: Nation

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Sovereignty lies in the state only

Option B: Sovereignty lies in the Parliament

Option C: Sovereignty lies in the Kind

Option D: Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state

Correct Answer: Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Jean Bodin

Option C: Hobbes

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: John Austin ✔

Option A: Bentham

Option B: J.S. Mill

Option C: Leacock

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: To promote general welfare of its citizens

Option B: To regulate the activities of various associations

Option C: To regulate production distribution of essential goods

Option D: To provide social securities like unemployment allowance and old pension

Correct Answer: To regulate the activities of various associations ✔

Option A: A reaction against denial of sovereignty to state

Option B: A reaction against to much of importance attached to economic and social groups

Option C: Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty

Option D: A plea for an independent judiciary

Correct Answer: Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: MacIver

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Von Gierke

Correct Answer: Von Gierke ✔

Option A: The House of Lords

Option B: The Queen-in-Parliament

Option C: The Queen

Option D: The Courts

Correct Answer: The Queen-in-Parliament ✔

Option A: Two Treatises on Government

Option B: Lectures on Jurisprudence

Option C: Early History of Institutions

Option D: Modern State

Correct Answer: Lectures on Jurisprudence ✔

Option A: T.H. Green

Option B: Hobhouse

Option C: Laski

Option D: Grotius

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: G.D.H.Cole

Option D: Henry Maine

Correct Answer: Henry Maine ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Oppenheim

Option D: Bentham

Correct Answer: Grotius ✔

Option A: Real sovereign

Option B: Political sovereign

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Political sovereign ✔

Option A: The courts, which decide the disputes

Option B: The constitution of a country

Option C: The body which possesses supreme law making powers

Option D: The Head of the State

Correct Answer: The body which possesses supreme law making powers ✔

Option A: Rousseau

Option B: TH.Green

Option C: Austin

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: John Lacke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: John Lacke ✔

Option A: The Greeks

Option B: The English

Option C: The Romans

Option D: Indians

Correct Answer: The Romans ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Austin

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: It believes sovereignty is indivisible

Option B: It believes that legal and popular sovereignty cannot keep pace with each other

Option C: It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty

Option D: It has not distinguished between legal and political sovereignty

Correct Answer: It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty ✔

Option A: Associations

Option B: State

Option C: Society

Option D: Dictatorship

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Laski

Option C: MacIver

Option D: Marsiglio of Padua

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Individualist

Option B: Democrats

Option C: Absolutists

Option D: Socialists

Correct Answer: Socialists ✔

Option A: De-jure Sovereign

Option B: Political Sovereign

Option C: Nominal Sovereign

Option D: Internal Sovereign

Correct Answer: Political Sovereign ✔

Option A: John Locke

Option B: Hegel

Option C: Austin

Option D: Holland

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: De-jure Sovereignty

Option B: De-facto Sovereignty

Option C: Popular Sovereignty

Option D: Political Sovereignty

Correct Answer: De-jure Sovereignty ✔

Option A: Bulk of society

Option B: Determinate human superior

Option C: In the like superior

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Determinate human superior ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: T.H. Green

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Hegel

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Jean Bodin

Correct Answer: Jean Bodin ✔

Option A: Limited

Option B: Constitutional

Option C: Absolute

Option D: Divided

Correct Answer: Absolute ✔

Option A: Divisibility

Option B: Comprehensiveness

Option C: Permanence

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Divisibility ✔

Option A: Permanence

Option B: Inalienability

Option C: Indivisibility

Option D: Delegation of authority by some persons to the state

Correct Answer: Delegation of authority by some persons to the state ✔

Option A: People

Option B: Political elite

Option C: Members of Parliament

Option D: Judiciary

Correct Answer: People ✔

Option A: G.D.H. Cole

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Sir Henry Maine

Correct Answer: Sir Henry Maine ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Gettell

Option C: Austin

Option D: Barker

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Roman

Option B: Greek

Option C: French

Option D: English

Correct Answer: English ✔

Option A: All the persons in and outside the state

Option B: By outside people alone

Option C: By international organisations alone

Option D: By associations in the state only

Correct Answer: All the persons in and outside the state ✔

Option A: John Coulhon

Option B: Dicey

Option C: Sir Henry Maine

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: John Coulhon ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Grotius ✔