Political Science MCQs

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Grotius

Option D: Rousseau

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Internal aspect

Option B: External aspect

Option C: Legal theory

Option D: Philosophical theory

Correct Answer: Legal theory ✔

Option A: Gettell

Option B: Gilchrist

Option C: John Coulhon

Option D: Liber

Correct Answer: Gilchrist ✔

Option A: Permanence

Option B: Exclusiveness

Option C: All comprehensiveness

Option D: Wealth

Correct Answer: Wealth ✔

Option A: John Coulhon

Option B: Laski

Option C: Liber

Option D: Prince Kropotkin

Correct Answer: Liber ✔

Option A: Recognised by national courts

Option B: Recognised by international courts

Option C: One which has no legal status

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: One which has no legal status ✔

Option A: Absolute sovereign

Option B: De facto sovereign

Option C: Political sovereign

Option D: Titular sovereign

Correct Answer: Titular sovereign ✔

Option A: Grotius

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Locke

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Maitland

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: Bentham

Option C: Maitland

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Maitland ✔

Option A: An absolute sovereign

Option B: A sovereign in name

Option C: None of both

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A sovereign in name ✔

Option A: Titular sovereignty

Option B: Real sovereignty

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: Legal sovereignty

Correct Answer: Titular sovereignty ✔

Option A: President

Option B: Prime Minister

Option C: Council of Ministers

Option D: Cabinet

Correct Answer: President ✔

Option A: Not precise

Option B: Not well organised

Option C: Fully well organised and precise

Option D: Not recognised by law

Correct Answer: Fully well organised and precise ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Grotius

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Mhenry Maine ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Plato

Option D: T.H.Green

Correct Answer: John Austin ✔

Option A: G.D.H. Cole

Option B: Sorel

Option C: Duguit

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: G.D.H. Cole ✔

Option A: Transference from other sovereignty

Option B: Its perpetuity

Option C: Its indivisibility

Option D: Its inalienability

Correct Answer: Its perpetuity ✔

Option A: Absolute powers both internally and externally

Option B: Legal unrestricted and unlimited powers

Option C: Supreme law making authority

Option D: The powers of an absolute monarch

Correct Answer: Absolute powers both internally and externally ✔

Option A: English

Option B: Greek

Option C: Latin

Option D: Roman

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Gettell

Option D: Gilchrist

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Laski

Option C: Jean Bodin

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: St. Augustine

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Locke

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: It is indivisible

Option B: It is permanent

Option C: It is inalienable

Option D: It is delegated to some one else by the state

Correct Answer: It is delegated to some one else by the state ✔

Option A: Democratic state

Option B: Distatorship

Option C: Constitutional monarchy

Option D: Absolute monarchy

Correct Answer: All types of states ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Barker

Option D: Hegel

Correct Answer: Hegel ✔

Option A: Contradictory to each other

Option B: Complementary to each other

Option C: Not related to each other

Option D: None of the above is true

Correct Answer: Complementary to each other ✔

Option A: Inernational law

Option B: Trade unions

Option C: Associations operating in the state

Option D: A written constitution

Correct Answer: Inernational law ✔

Option A: Traditional sovereignty

Option B: De-jure sovereignty

Option C: Political sovereignty

Option D: Hereditary sovereignty

Correct Answer: Political sovereignty ✔

Option A: This concept is impossible

Option B: It is against individual liberty

Option C: It is against freedom of association

Option D: It is against the ideal of international peace and harmony

Correct Answer: It is unethical ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Supranus

Option B: Supreme Court

Option C: Soviet

Option D: Statute

Correct Answer: Supranus ✔

Option A: State

Option B: Society

Option C: Government

Option D: Parliament

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Absoluteness

Option B: Divisibility

Option C: Permanence

Option D: Exclusiveness

Correct Answer: Divisibility ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Locke

Option D: T.H. Green

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Despotic state only

Option B: Democratic states only

Option C: All states

Option D: Government

Correct Answer: All states ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: People

Option B: Members of Parliament

Option C: Constitution

Option D: Pope

Correct Answer: People ✔

Option A: A person who enjoys absolute powers and is not accountable to any one

Option B: A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy

Option C: A person who enjoys all the powers vested in him by the constitution

Option D: A sovereign elected by the Parliament

Correct Answer: A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy ✔

Option A: It is definite

Option B: It enjoys only limited authority

Option C: It possesses the power to issue final commands

Option D: All rights emanate from it

Correct Answer: It enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: It is definite

Option B: It enjoys only limited authority

Option C: It possesses the power to issue final commands

Option D: All rights emanate from it

Correct Answer: It enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: Are opposed to each other

Option B: Can exist side by side

Option C: Have no relation with each other

Option D: Are acquired with the help of force

Correct Answer: Can exist side by side ✔

Option A: Right of the state to act without outside restrictions

Option B: Right of state to apply international law

Option C: Right of state to send diplomatic envoys to other states

Option D: Rights of a state to maintain an army of its own

Correct Answer: Right of the state to act without outside restrictions ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Austin

Option D: Montesquieu

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Grotius

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Laski

Option C: Sir Henry Maine

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Sir Henry Maine ✔

Option A: The sovereignty resides in the state alone

Option B: Sovereignty resides in the King only

Option C: Sovereignty is shared by the King and the Parliament

Option D: Sovereignty is shared by the state and other associations

Correct Answer: The sovereignty resides in the state alone ✔

Option A: Legal Sovereignty

Option B: Political Sovereignty

Option C: Titular Sovereignty

Option D: Popular Sovereignty

Correct Answer: Legal Sovereignty ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Grotius

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: Denial of all sovereign power to the state

Option B: Grant of absolute sovereign right to the state

Option C: Grant of limited sovereign powers to the state

Option D: Grant of all powers to associations only

Correct Answer: Grant of limited sovereign powers to the state ✔

Option A: Sovereignty is exclusively vested in the state

Option B: Sovereignty is shared by the various social, religious, economic and political groups

Option C: Sovereignty is the privilege of social and economic groups only

Option D: Sovereignty rests with the United Nations

Correct Answer: Sovereignty is shared by the various social, religious, economic and political groups ✔

Option A: Legal sovereignty

Option B: Political sovereignty

Option C: Nominal Sovereign

Option D: Absolute sovereignty

Correct Answer: Political sovereignty ✔

Option A: Absoluteness

Option B: Inalienability

Option C: Divisibility

Option D: Exclusiveness

Correct Answer: Divisibility ✔

Option A: The state is a unique organization

Option B: The state is as important as the other social, economic and religious groups

Option C: The other social, economic and religious groups are more important than the state

Option D: State is controlled by other associations

Correct Answer: The state is as important as the other social, economic and religious groups ✔

Option A: Abolition of state

Option B: Classless and stateless society

Option C: Curtailing powers of state

Option D: Further extension of the powers of state

Correct Answer: Curtailing powers of state ✔

Option A: Written Constitution

Option B: Independent Judiciary

Option C: Political Parties

Option D: International Law

Correct Answer: International Law ✔

Option A: Titular Sovereignty

Option B: Real Sovereignty

Option C: Popular Sovereignty

Option D: Legal Sovereignty

Correct Answer: Titular Sovereignty ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Locke

Option C: Mooney

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: The General Will

Option B: The Real Will

Option C: The Actual Will

Option D: The King

Correct Answer: The General Will ✔

Option A: The concept of sovereignty is against the freedom of association

Option B: The concept of sovereignty is against individual liberty

Option C: The concept of sovereignty is against the ideal of international peace and harmony

Option D: The concept of sovereignty is unethical

Correct Answer: The concept of sovereignty is unethical ✔

Option A: Parliament

Option B: Supreme Court

Option C: President

Option D: Electorate

Correct Answer: Parliament ✔

Option A: A person who is the lawful ruler of the country

Option B: King who has lawfully inherited to the throne

Option C: A person or body of persons who actually exercise power

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A person or body of persons who actually exercise power ✔

Option A: Popularly elected representative body

Option B: The electorate

Option C: The people

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: The people ✔

Option A: Master of people

Option B: Servant of people

Option C: A power machine

Option D: Brother of masses

Correct Answer: Brother of masses ✔

Option A: Command of the sovereign

Option B: Embodiment of general will

Option C: Built upon general social environment

Option D: Accumulation of religious principles and practices

Correct Answer: Built upon general social environment ✔

Option A: Master of society and associations

Option B: Servant of society

Option C: Identical with society

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Servant of society ✔

Option A: Sir Henry Maine

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: To make decisions with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the state, free of external restraint or coercision

Option B: To enforece laws made by decision makers over those who are willing to ‘coerce’ the unwilling citizens

Option C: To cultivate popular conscience to obey wuch decisions as are made by the legislature and to ensure compliance thereof

Option D: To ensure enforcement of dicisions made by authorities with a view to total and abiding obedience by citizens

Correct Answer: To make decisions with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the state, free of external restraint or coercision ✔

Option A: A sovereignty where ultimate authority rests with the people

Option B: A sovereignty which has the legal right to command obedience

Option C: A sovereignty which is actually obeyed by the people whether it has a legal status or not

Option D: A sovereignty which is absolute and Incapable of limitation

Correct Answer: A sovereignty which is actually obeyed by the people whether it has a legal status or not ✔

Option A: The monistic school

Option B: The pluralistic school

Option C: The legalistic school

Option D: The analytical school

Correct Answer: The pluralistic school ✔

Option A: It resides in a determinate human superior

Option B: The determinate human superior should not be in the habit of obedience to like superior

Option C: The determinate human superior receives habitual obedience from the bluk of population of given society

Option D: The determinate human superior must be responsible for his acts to the elected representatives of the people

Correct Answer: The determinate human superior receives habitual obedience from the bluk of population of given society ✔

Option A: St. Augustine

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Rousseau

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: Romans

Option B: Greek

Option C: Muslims

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Romans ✔

Option A: Green

Option B: Latin

Option C: English

Option D: French

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Legal Justice

Option B: Political Justice

Option C: Economic Justice

Option D: Social Justice

Correct Answer: Legal Justice ✔

Option A: Emphasis on elimination of all kinds of discrimination and privileges

Option B: Emphasis on elimination of the social evils prevailing in the society

Option C: Emphasis on the need of concerted action to Improve the lot of the weaker sections of society

Option D: Adjustment of society’s interests to ensure individual happiness

Correct Answer: D. Adjustment of society’s interests to ensure individual happiness ✔

Option A: There can be no justice without law

Option B: There must be courts or other semi-judicial bodies to impart justice

Option C: Legal justice has no relationship with punishment

Option D: Legal justice demands equal rights for all members with discrimination

Correct Answer: Legal justice has no relationship with punishment ✔

Option A: Adam Smith

Option B: J.S.Mills

Option C: Bentham

Option D: Engels

Correct Answer: Engels ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Plato

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: It is related to dealings among human beings

Option B: Impartiality in the tretment of various persons

Option C: It does not permit discrimination under any circumstances

Option D: It emphasises the importance of personal dignity

Correct Answer: It does not permit discrimination under any circumstances ✔

Option A: Dealings with human beings

Option B: Dealings with all living beings

Option C: Dealings with living as well as non-living beings

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Dealings with human beings ✔

Option A: Opposed to equality

Option B: Opposed to liberty

Option C: Anti-thesis of equality and liberty

Option D: Closely linked with liberty

Correct Answer: Closely linked with liberty ✔

Option A: Contradictory to each other

Option B: Complementary to each other

Option C: Cooperate with each other only when necessary

Option D: Partially complementary and partially contradictory to each other

Correct Answer: Complementary to each other ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Locke

Option C: Austin

Option D: Marx

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Marx

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Bentham

Correct Answer: Bentham ✔

Option A: Economic aspect of justice

Option B: Legal aspect of justice

Option C: Classical aspect of justice

Option D: Social aspect of justice

Correct Answer: Economic aspect of justice ✔

Option A: State did not interfere in religion

Option B: State actively interfered in religion

Option C: State intervened in religion when called upon to do so

Option D: Religion and state complemented each other

Correct Answer: State did not interfere in religion ✔

Option A: The state runs educational institution

Option B: The state provides scholarships for studies abroad

Option C: The state encourages right to property

Option D: The state preaches religion toleration

Correct Answer: The state maintains courts of law ✔

Option A: It should promote religion

Option B: It should be available to the rich

Option C: It was what philosopher king thought was just

Option D: It should be available both to the citizens and the slaves

Correct Answer: It should be available both to the citizens and the slaves ✔

Option A: Economic considerations

Option B: Political considerations

Option C: Social considerations

Option D: Ethical and philosophical considerations

Correct Answer: Ethical and philosophical considerations ✔

Option A: Functions

Option B: Religion

Option C: Morality

Option D: Wealth

Correct Answer: Functions ✔

Option A: Legal Justice

Option B: Social Justice

Option C: Political Justice

Option D: Economic Justice

Correct Answer: Legal Justice ✔

Option A: Management institutions

Option B: Regulation of the economy of the country

Option C: Maintenance of system of law courts

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Maintenance of system of law courts ✔

Option A: A virtue that cannot be separated from the virtues of temperance, courage and wisdom

Option B: Not a matter of outright equality but is rather a matter of right proportion

Option C: A mtter of human relations which change and grow in the process of time with changes of social thought, and it adjusts itself and changes accordingly

Option D: The first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought

Correct Answer: A mtter of human relations which change and grow in the process of time with changes of social thought, and it adjusts itself and changes accordingly ✔

Option A: The principle of deterrent punishment to criminals

Option B: The principle of revenge

Option C: The principle that punishment should aim at reforming the criminals

Option D: The principle of hate the sin and not the sinner

Correct Answer: The principle of revenge ✔

Option A: Social

Option B: Moral

Option C: Legal

Option D: Political

Correct Answer: Moral ✔

Option A: Retributive theory of justice

Option B: Deterrent theory of justice

Option C: Reformative theory of justice

Option D: All the above theories

Correct Answer: Retributive theory of justice ✔

Option A: The Constitution

Option B: The Parliament

Option C: The Courts

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔

Option A: Socialists

Option B: Individualists

Option C: Idealists

Option D: Anarchists

Correct Answer: Socialists ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Marx

Correct Answer: Plato ✔