Political Science MCQs

Option A: Plato

Option B: Marx

Option C: Engels

Option D: Proudhon

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: State ownership

Option B: Common ownership and common use

Option C: Individual ownership and common use

Option D: Individual ownership and private use

Correct Answer: Individual ownership and common use ✔

Option A: Root of all evils

Option B: A fundamental right

Option C: An absolute right

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A fundamental right ✔

Option A: Property

Option B: Surplus value

Option C: Capital

Option D: Savings

Correct Answer: Surplus value ✔

Option A: Rousseau

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Locke

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Locke ✔

Option A: All property is theft

Option B: Property is respobsible for the division of society into two groups haves and have nots

Option C: Property hinders the development of a man’s personality

Option D: Property is essential for the development of a man’s personality

Correct Answer: D. Property is essential for the development of a man’s personality ✔

Option A: The measure of property nature has endowed to man is in keeping with his Labour and convenience of life

Option B: The right to property is in consonance with divine dispensation

Option C: The property nature has given to man is his own and nobody has any right to it but himself

Option D: Since man tills, plants, improves and cultivates property and can use the product of each property, it is his own

Correct Answer: The right to property is in consonance with divine dispensation ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Laski

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: The property owned by most people is not commensurate with the duties performed by them

Option B: Property leads to wasteful production under a capitalist system

Option C: Inherited property is morally justified

Option D: The property is the reward for labour

Correct Answer: The property is the reward for labour ✔

Option A: It leads to stagnation of country’s economy

Option B: It encourages the children to lead life of luxury without working

Option C: It gives rise to tension among various claimants

Option D: On all the above grounds

Correct Answer: It encourages the children to lead life of luxury without working ✔

Option A: Bentham

Option B: Kant

Option C: Marx

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Bentham ✔

Option A: Ancient times

Option B: Medieval times

Option C: Modern times

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Medieval times ✔

Option A: J.S. Mill

Option B: Adam Smith

Option C: Marx

Option D: Proudhon

Correct Answer: Proudhon ✔

Option A: Property should be equally distributed amongst all the individuals

Option B: An individual should be left free to acquire as much property as he can

Option C: The state should ensure equitable distribution of property through law

Option D: Property is a divine eift to man.

Correct Answer: An individual should be left free to acquire as much property as he can ✔

Option A: Property should belong to labours alone

Option B: Property was created as result of mixing of labour

Option C: Property should be equitably distributed amongst the lobourers

Option D: A person who does not put in Physical labour should not be give anything to eat

Correct Answer: Property was created as result of mixing of labour ✔

Option A: John Locke

Option B: Adam Smith

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Lenin

Correct Answer: John Locke ✔

Option A: Private property leads to exonomic equality

Option B: Private property ecourages exploitation of the one class by another

Option C: Private property leads to moral and physical degeneration

Option D: Private property gave rise to imperlialism and colonialism

Correct Answer: Private property leads to exonomic equality ✔

Option A: Absolute right to private property

Option B: Regulation of property in the interest of community

Option C: Abolition of right to private property

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Regulation of property in the interest of community ✔

Option A: Opposed to right to private property

Option B: In favour of limited right to property only

Option C: In favour of absolute right to private property

Option D: In favour of equitable distribution property

Correct Answer: In favour of absolute right to private property ✔

Option A: Property is a natural right and law merely recognises it:

Option B: Property is the creation of state

Option C: A person can be deprived of his property for the good of the community

Option D: The legal ownership of all property vests in the head of the state

Correct Answer: Property is the creation of state ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Austin

Option D: Marx

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Anarchists

Option B: Communists

Option C: Individualists

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Communists ✔

Option A: Machiavelli

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Plato

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Machiavelli ✔

Option A: After the industrial revolution

Option B: After people started leading settled life

Option C: After the creation of the state

Option D: After the glorious revolution

Correct Answer: After people started leading settled life ✔

Option A: Has been known to the people since the earliest times

Option B: Came into existence in the 5th century AD.

Option C: Came into existence in the wake of industrial revolution

Option D: Came into existence in the wake of large scale production

Correct Answer: Has been known to the people since the earliest times ✔

Option A: It divides society

Option B: It creates an idle class

Option C: It promotes corruption in society

Option D: It checks social evils and corruptions

Correct Answer: It checks social evils and corruptions ✔

Option A: It halps man in expressing his personality

Option B: It helps in the advancement of civilisation

Option C: It checks healthy competition

Option D: It promotes confidence and responsibility

Correct Answer: It checks healthy competition ✔

Option A: It has checked incentive and initiative

Option B: It has divided society in classess

Option C: It has promoted social disharmony

Option D: It has deprived the poor of their pleasure

Correct Answer: It has checked incentive and initiative ✔

Option A: It is root cause of many evils

Option B: It is instrument of exploitation

Option C: State could not exist without it

Option D: It made millions happy and joyous

Correct Answer: It made millions happy and joyous ✔

Option A: It should be socialised

Option B: It should be possessed by ruling classes

Option C: It should be owned by citizens and slaves both

Option D: It should be owned by citizens alone

Correct Answer: There should be nothing like private property ✔

Option A: It is root cause of many evils

Option B: It hampers social progress

Option C: It should be retained with some restrictions

Option D: It should be abolished

Correct Answer: It should be retained with some restrictions ✔

Option A: It is creating anarchy in production

Option B: It protects the interests of the rich

Option C: It protects the interests of all the sections of society

Option D: It should be altogether abolished

Correct Answer: It protects the interests of all the sections of society ✔

Option A: It helps capitalists in squeezing the blood of the poor

Option B: It promotes selfish interests

Option C: It helps in producing socially useful goods

Option D: It does not care for social needs

Correct Answer: It helps in producing socially useful goods ✔

Option A: It helps in the development of fine arts

Option B: It develops a sense of confidence in people

Option C: It checks exploitation

Option D: It develops a sense of respobsibility among owners

Correct Answer: It checks exploitation ✔

Option A: Will altogether be abolished

Option B: Will be retained under trusteeship control

Option C: Will be managed by the church

Option D: Will be accepted as a natural right

Correct Answer: Will altogether be abolished ✔

Option A: It was essential for every individual

Option B: It was natural right of man

Option C: It was socially accepted right

Option D: All property was owned by the sovereign

Correct Answer: It was natural right of man ✔

Option A: John Huss

Option B: Wycliff

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Rousseau

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Karl Marx

Option B: J.S. Mill

Option C: Proudhan

Option D: Godwin

Correct Answer: J.S. Mill ✔

Option A: Religious right

Option B: Economic right

Option C: Civil right

Option D: Political right

Correct Answer: Civil right ✔

Option A: Bentham

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Bosanquet

Option D: T.H. Green

Correct Answer: Bosanquet ✔

Option A: With the emergence of various occupations

Option B: With the growth of capitalist economy

Option C: After man occupied a piece of land for his exclusive use

Option D: With the dawn of the industrial age

Correct Answer: After man occupied a piece of land for his exclusive use ✔

Option A: The property is created by the combination of capital and labour

Option B: The capital is the major factor for the determination of the property

Option C: The property is acquired through the application of labour

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The property is acquired through the application of labour ✔

Option A: Origin of both is shrouded in mystery

Option B: Loyalty of both is essential

Option C: Changes in the State do not come frequently whereas in the Government these are frequent

Option D: Sovereignty vests in the both

Correct Answer: Changes in the State do not come frequently whereas in the Government these are frequent ✔

Option A: Garnet

Option B: Gettell

Option C: Finer

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Garnet ✔

Option A: One can’t be member of both

Option B: One can’t live without the other

Option C: One can use force while other cannot

Option D: One is hindrance on the parth of the other

Correct Answer: One can use force while other cannot ✔

Option A: Wider

Option B: Narrow

Option C: Just equal

Option D: No comparison between the two

Correct Answer: Wider ✔

Option A: MacLver

Option B: Nimkoff and Ogburn

Option C: Barker

Option D: James Mill

Correct Answer: Barker ✔

Option A: It has acquired vast armies

Option B: Its natureal resources have come to be known and exploited

Option C: It possesses territory and population big enough to meet its needs

Option D: It is admitted in the family of nations

Correct Answer: It is admitted in the family of nations ✔

Option A: Inductive

Option B: Deductive

Option C: Philosophical

Option D: Comparative

Correct Answer: Comparative ✔

Option A: It is not permanent

Option B: It is only a cultural association

Option C: It has territorial limits

Option D: It has only limited membership

Correct Answer: It has territorial limits ✔

Option A: It is creation of state

Option B: It came along with state

Option C: It came after state

Option D: It came prior to state

Correct Answer: It came prior to state ✔

Option A: The government is the master while the state is its agent

Option B: The state is the master while the government is its agent

Option C: Government and state are one and the same thing

Option D: The authority of the state is limited while that of the government is unlimted

Correct Answer: The state is the master while the government is its agent ✔

Option A: An individual has to be loyal to state

Option B: An individual may be disloyal to state but he has to be loyal to the government

Option C: An individual has to be loyal to the Parliament

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: An individual has to be loyal to state ✔

Option A: Society is a creation of state

Option B: Society receives its power from state

Option C: Society is prior to the state

Option D: Society is a territorial Organisation

Correct Answer: Society is prior to the state ✔

Option A: State is an association of associations

Option B: The state is a territorial institution

Option C: The membership of the state is open to all

Option D: State is not a permanent association

Correct Answer: State is not a permanent association ✔

Option A: State and nation are identical

Option B: State and nation are opposed to each other

Option C: Homogeneity is an essential feature of state

Option D: Nation is a territorial community

Correct Answer: Nation is a territorial community ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Kant

Option C: Marx

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Kant ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Grotious

Option D: Marx

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: It emphasizes only the negative functions of states

Option B: It over-emphasizes the role of the law in the governance of the state

Option C: It subordinates the laws, which represent cumulated wisdom of several generations, to te will of the people

Option D: Of all the above factors

Correct Answer: It emphasizes only the negative functions of states ✔

Option A: Aristotle, Plato, Hobbes and Bentham

Option B: Bodin, Hobbes, Bentham and Laski

Option C: Bodin, Austin, Hobbes, Bentham

Option D: Aristotle, Austin, Laki and Hobbes

Correct Answer: Bodin, Austin, Hobbes, Bentham ✔

Option A: The state is an association of families and their common possessions, governed by a supreme power and by reason.

Option B: The state is a union of families and villages having for its end a perfect and self-sufficing life.

Option C: The state is a particular portion of mankind viewed as an organized unit

Option D: The state is a politically organised community with a definite territory.

Correct Answer: The state is a union of families and villages having for its end a perfect and self-sufficing life. ✔

Option A: Social association

Option B: Economic association

Option C: Political association

Option D: Socio-economic-cum-political association

Correct Answer: Political association ✔

Option A: The state is the result of a social contract

Option B: The state is a divine creation

Option C: The state is the result of force

Option D: The state is a living organism, rather a living spiritual being

Correct Answer: The state is a living organism, rather a living spiritual being ✔

Option A: James II of England

Option B: Napoleon I of France

Option C: Louis XIV of France

Option D: Hitler of Germany

Correct Answer: Louis XIV of France ✔

Option A: MaclIver

Option B: Anderson and Parker

Option C: Durkheim

Option D: Max Weber

Correct Answer: Anderson and Parker ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Cicero

Option D: Machiavelli

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Irreligious

Option B: Anti-religious

Option C: Pro-religious

Option D: Has no religious of its own

Correct Answer: Has no religious of its own ✔

Option A: Idealists

Option B: Individualists

Option C: Socialists

Option D: Anarchists

Correct Answer: Anarchists ✔

Option A: Compulsory

Option B: Voluntary

Option C: Unnecessary

Option D: Not desirable

Correct Answer: Compulsory ✔

Option A: It is recognised by majority of the members of the UNO

Option B: It is recognised by all the states

Option C: It is recognised by at least ten sovereign states

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: Scope of state activity is narrow

Option B: For studying poliitical problem approach may be disciplinary

Option C: State should not interfere in social life of the people

Option D: Inter-disciplinary approach should be followed

Correct Answer: Inter-disciplinary approach should be followed ✔

Option A: Membership of state is compulsory whereas that of the other is not

Option B: Membership of the state cannot be left whereas that of the association can be

Option C: State has fixed territory whereas association has not

Option D: Both the state and the association are permanent bodies

Correct Answer: Both the state and the association are permanent bodies ✔

Option A: Loyalty to both is most essential

Option B: State has one whereas Government has several forms

Option C: State is more comprehensive than the Government

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Loyalty to both is most essential ✔

Option A: State does not have all aspects of life but society does

Option B: Society came prior to state

Option C: Both have no territorial jurisdictions

Option D: State has sovereignty whereas society does not possess it

Correct Answer: Both have no territorial jurisdictions ✔

Option A: Lahore

Option B: U.S.A.

Option C: U.S.S.R.

Option D: Bangladesh

Correct Answer: Lahore ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Barker

Option D: Masaca

Correct Answer: Barker ✔

Option A: One has horizontal jurisdictions while the other has not

Option B: Both do not work for the welfare of the people

Option C: Both are not well organized

Option D: Both do not touch many aspects of human life

Correct Answer: One has horizontal jurisdictions while the other has not ✔

Option A: Traditional

Option B: Disciplinary

Option C: Inter-disciplinary

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Inter-disciplinary ✔

Option A: It possesses all the four essential elements

Option B: When other nations begin to recognise it

Option C: When the state concerned fights a big war

Option D: When it is politically convenient for state giving recognition.

Correct Answer: When it is politically convenient for state giving recognition. ✔

Option A: Hall

Option B: Laski

Option C: Woodrow Wilson

Option D: McIver

Correct Answer: Hall ✔

Option A: The will of the State is expressed through Government

Option B: The State is concrete while the Government is abstract

Option C: The State has original whereas Government has delegated powers

Option D: The State is large whereas Government is a small body.

Correct Answer: The State is concrete while the Government is abstract ✔

Option A: Population

Option B: Territory

Option C: Government

Option D: Sovereignty

Correct Answer: Sovereignty ✔

Option A: It is broader

Option B: It is identical

Option C: There is no comparison between the two

Option D: It is narrower

Correct Answer: It is narrower ✔

Option A: Greece

Option B: Rome

Option C: Pakistan

Option D: China

Correct Answer: Greece ✔

Option A: Nation state

Option B: City state

Option C: State with small population

Option D: State with small areas

Correct Answer: Nation state ✔

Option A: Egypt

Option B: India

Option C: Greece

Option D: Rome

Correct Answer: Greece ✔

Option A: 157 Constitutions

Option B: 158 Constitutions

Option C: 159 Constitutions

Option D: 160 Constitutions

Correct Answer: 158 Constitutions ✔

Option A: Optional membership

Option B: Definite and common purpose

Option C: Definite territory

Option D: Necessity of rules and regulations

Correct Answer: Definite territory ✔

Option A: Marxists

Option B: Individualists

Option C: Anarchists

Option D: Socialists

Correct Answer: Anarchists ✔

Option A: Guild Socialists

Option B: Syndicalists

Option C: Anarchists

Option D: Marxists

Correct Answer: Marxists ✔

Option A: States of a federation

Option B: Small independent states of modern world

Option C: States, which have not been admitted in the UNO

Option D: States of ancient Greece

Correct Answer: States of ancient Greece ✔

Option A: The capitalists

Option B: The Marxists

Option C: The Idealists

Option D: The Fabian Socialists

Correct Answer: The Marxists ✔

Option A: Natural

Option B: Artificial

Option C: Imposed

Option D: Contractual

Correct Answer: Natural ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: T.H. Green

Option D: Easton

Correct Answer: Easton ✔

Option A: Almond

Option B: Dahl

Option C: Easton

Option D: Machiavelli

Correct Answer: Machiavelli ✔

Option A: Ancient Egypt

Option B: Ancient Greece

Option C: Ancient China

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Ancient Greece ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: Hobbes

Option D: T.H. Green

Correct Answer: Machiavelli ✔

Option A: Four elements

Option B: Five elements

Option C: Three elements

Option D: Nine elements

Correct Answer: Four elements ✔

Option A: 1,900 persons

Option B: 5,040 persons

Option C: 10,000 persons

Option D: 1,00,000 person

Correct Answer: 5,040 persons ✔

Option A: 10,000 persons

Option B: 50,000 persons

Option C: 27,000 persons

Option D: did not fix any number

Correct Answer: 10,000 persons ✔