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500+ Mcqs on An Introduction to Political Science
1. Which of the following are the features on the basis of which the
parliamentary system of government operates?
a. nominal and real executives
b. executive responsible to lower house
c. prime minister is the real executive
d. all of the above
Correct Option is:

d. all of the above
2. Which is not a feature of Presidential form of government?

a. single executive
b. fixed tenure of executive
c. checks and balances
d. dissolution of lower house.
Correct Option is:

d. dissolution of lower house.
3. The concept of Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality and Justice are related to—
a. dictatorship
b. aristocracy
c. democracy
d. oligarchy
Correct Option is::

c. democracy
4. The legal theory of Rights believes that—

a. the rights are created by the state
b. the rights are created by the nature
c. the rights are created by the society
d. the rights are eternal
Correct Option is::

a. the rights are created by the state
5. Civil rights are given to the individuals by—

a. the state
b. the people
c. nature
d. society
Correct Option is::

a. the state
6. Who said, “Liberty is the opposite of Over Government”

a. locke
b. laski
c. hobbes
d. seeley
Correct Option is::

d. seeley
7. Who first gave the Concept of ‘Distributive Justice’?

a. plato
b. aristotle
c. machiavelli
d. locke
Correct Option is::
b. aristotle
8. In Democracy, source of Authority is vested in—

a. the people
b. the party
c. constitution
d. law
Correct Option is::

a. the people
9. Landsgemeinde is a direct democratic institutions in which country

a. france
b. usa
c. switzerland
d. uk
Correct Option is::

c. switzerland
10. Who is the author of ‘A Grammar of Politics’?

a. mill
b. rousseau
c. lasswell
d. laski
Correct Option is::

d. laski
11. ‘ Administrative law ‘is popular in

a. england
b. france
c. u.s.a.
d. italy
Correct Option is::

b. france
12. “State is known by the rights that it maintains” who said?

a. russell
b. woodrow wilson
c. janet
d. laski
Correct Option is::

d. laski
13. Which law is popular in England?

a. administrative law
b. rule of law
c. ordinance
d. statute law
Correct Option is::

b. rule of law
14. What is the maximum term provided for an ordinance?

a. 8 months
b. 6months
c. 9months
d. 12 months
Correct Option is::

b. 6months
15. Which among the following is a Political right?
a. right to hold public office
b. right to freedom
c. right against exploitation
d. right to work
Correct Option is::

a. right to hold public office
16. Negative liberty implies that,

a. freedom should be unlimited
b. freedom should be restricted
c. freedom from wants
d. freedom to rule
Correct Option is::

a. freedom should be unlimited
17. Which law is made by the legislature?

a. international law
b. statutory law
c. common law
d. natural law
Correct Option is::

b. statutory law
18. Rousseau authored the book

a. social contract
b. republic
c. the prince
d. politics
Correct Option is::

a. social contract
19. Which day is observed as International Human Rights Day?

a. december 1
b. december 10
c. june 5
d. april 2
Correct Option is::

b. december 10
20. Referendum means

a. refer to the judiciary
b. refer to the legislature
c. refer to the executive
d. refer to the people
Correct Option is::

d. refer to the people
21. Plebiscite is a word derived from,

a. plebiscitum
b. plebiscite
c. public
d. plebian
Correct Option is::

a. plebiscitum
22. Plebiscite means

a. people’s opinion
b. people’s decree
c. people’s decision
d. people’s vote
Correct Option is::

a. people’s opinion
23. Which of the following country follows a multi party system

a. china
b. england
c. france
d. usa
Correct Option is::

c. france
24. Which is known as the citadel of democracy?

a. athens
b. america
c. india
d. switzerland
Correct Option is::

a. athens
25. Who defined political science is “that part of social science which treats the
foundations of the state and principles of government”?
a. paul janet
b. dyke
c. gettell
d. none of it
Correct Option is::
a. paul janet
26. Who introduced ‘intellectual foundations stones’ for behavioural approach?

a. easton
b. merriam
c. lasswell
d. bentley
Correct Option is::

a. easton
27. Which approach is, according to Rober A Dahl, an attempt to make the
empirical content of Political Science more scientific
a. institutional approach
b. historical approach
c. philosophical approach
d. behavioural approach
Correct Option is::

d. behavioural approach
28. Who said PoliticalScience is the sharing and shaping up of of power”?

a. merriam
b. lasswell
c. catlin
d. none of them
Correct Option is::

b. lasswell
29. Who is known as the greatest advocate of Post-Behaviouralism?

a. merriam
b. easton
c. lasswell
d. bentley
Correct Option is::

b. easton
30. Which approach demands ‘relevance’ and ‘action’?

a. institutional approach
b. post-behaviouralist approach
c. behaviouralist
d. historical approach
Correct Option is::

b. post-behaviouralist approach
31. Which approach considers “State being an engine of tyranny and

exploitation?
a. post-behaviouralism
b. marxian approach
c. behaviouralism
d. institutional approach
Correct Option is::

b. marxian approach
32. The term ‘state’ is derived from which language?

a. latin
b. greek
c. english
d. none of it
Correct Option is::
a. latin
33. Who defined “the state is the politically organised people of a definite
territory”?
a. bluntschli
b. wilson
c. machiavelli
d. aristotle
Correct Option is::

a. bluntschli
34. Who said, state is a “territorial society divided into government and subjects
whose relationships are determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive
power”?
a. laski
b. mao
c. wilson
d. marx
Correct Option is::

a. laski
35. Whose treatise, “the origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”?
a. marx
b. engels
c. lenin
d. mao
Correct Option is::

b. engels
36. Who is the author of the book ‘Ancient Society’?
a. morgan
b. popper
c. maine
d. mao
Correct Option is::

a. morgan
37. Who defined sovereignty as the ‘the supreme power over citizens and
subjects unrestrained by laws’?
a. garner
b. jean bodin
c. austin
d. gilchrist
Correct Option is::

b. jean bodin
38. Which one of the following is not an element of the state?

a. government
b. sovereignty
c. associations
d. territory
Correct Option is::

c. associations
39. Who said ‘Kinship creates society and society at length creates the state
a. gettell
b. maine
c. maciver
d. austin
Correct Option is::

c. maciver
40. Who points, because society is federal, authority must also be federal?
a. maine
b. maciver
c. bentham
d. laski
Correct Option is::

d. laski
41. Whose work is ‘ Das Capital ‘

a. karl marx
b. lindsay
c. bodin
d. maciver
Correct Option is::

a. karl marx
42. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

a. wealth
b. strength
c. militarism
d. justice.
Correct Option is::

d. justice.
43. To what domain did Rawls direct his views of justice?

a. political domain
b. medical domain
c. financial domain
d. private domain
Correct Option is::

a. political domain
44. Rawls conceives of the original contract as one to:

a. enter a particular society
b. set up a particular form of government
c. establish the principles of justice for the basic structure of society
d. establish the content of morality
Correct Option is::

c. establish the principles of justice for the basic structure of society
45. ‘Theory of Justice’ is a work by:

a. aristotle
b. henry min
c. john rawls
d. m e bayels
Correct Option is::

c. john rawls
46. Which is the work of Montesquieu?

a. ant-duhring
b. state and revolution
c. the spirit of laws
d. the poverty of philosophy

Correct Option is::
c. the spirit of laws
47. Shadow cabinet is a system prevails in which country

a. u k
b. japan
c. india
d. france
Correct Option is::

a. u k
48. Deliberative democracy involves

a. politicians consulting their ministerial colleagues before taking decisions
b. every major political decisions being taken after referendum
c. extensive public debate before taking decisions
d. none of the above
Correct Option is::

c. extensive public debate before taking decisions
49. Which work is written by Dicey?

a. modern states
b. the history of the states
c. introduction to the study of law of the constitution
d. the spirit of laws
Correct Option is::

c. introduction to the study of law of the constitution
50. Who wrote ‘The Process of Government’

a. arthur bentley
b. graham wallas
c. charles merriam
d. david easton
Correct Option is::

a. arthur bentley
51. Whose work is “Human Nature in Politics”

a. dicey
b. wallas
c. laski
d. merriam
Correct Option is::

b. wallas
52. Who wrote “New Aspects of Politis”

a. wallas
b. laski
c. merriam
d. bentley
Correct Option is::

c. merriam
53. Who wrote “The Political System”

a. almond
b. apter
c. lasswell
d. easton
Correct Option is::

d. easton
54. ‘It is better to be vague than irrelevant’. This statement explains the
following
b. behaviouralism
c. positivism
d. empiricism
Correct Option is::

55. Who introduced the concept of natural rights?

a. john locke
b. green
c. laski
d. barker
Correct Option is::

a. john locke
56. Legal theory of right was propounded by
a. mac iver
b. laski
c. hegel
d. barker
Correct Option is::

b. laski
57. Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions?
a. strong military forces
b. respect for individual rights
c. a one-party system
d. an agricultural economy
Correct Option is::
b. respect for individual rights
58. Parliamentary form of government first involved in
a. greece
b. the united kingdom
c. the united states
d. rome
Correct Option is::

b. the united kingdom
59. India has adopted Rule of Law on the pattern of
a. france
b. japan
c. britain with certain modifications
d. usa
Correct Option is::

c. britain with certain modifications
60. A direct vote on a law in which the entire electorate can participate is known as ”?
a. referendum
b. public opinion
c. initiative
d. veto
Correct Option is::

a. referendum
61. Participation is an important element of every
a. monarchial system
b. oligarchic system
c. democratic system
d. aristocratic system
Correct Option is::
c. democratic system
62. Which act is considered the watch dog of democracy?
a. the right to property act
b. the right to live act
c. the right to information act
d. none of these
Correct Option is::

c. the right to information act
63. According to Marx ‘the Dictatorship of the proletariat’ signifies?
a. a transitional state
b. an ideal state
c. an autocratic state
d. a liberal states
Correct Option is::

a. a transitional state
64. Who among the following first developed the concept of General System theory
a. colin cherry
b. ludwig von bertallanffy
c. robert k merton
d. talcott parsons
Correct Option is::

b. ludwig von bertallanffy
65. Structural functionalism as a method was developed to study the politics of
a. modern totalitarianism
b. developing countries
c. developed socialism
d. advanced capitalism
Correct Option is::
b. developing countries
66. Who wrote the book ‘Comparative Politics: A Development Approach
a. almond and powell
b. david easton and robert a dhal
c. andrew haywood
d. weber and lucian pie
Correct Option is::

a. almond and powell
67. Who wrote “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is
sovereign
a. jeremy bentham
b. robert nozick
c. m.k. gandhi
d. j.s. mill
Correct Option is::

d. j.s. mill
68. Gandhi describe himself as a
a. social democrat
b. philosophical anarchist
c. socialist
d. liberal
Correct Option is::

b. philosophical anarchist
69. According to Aristotle, democracy is
a. a genuine form of government
b. same as oligarchy
c. a perverted form of government

d. same as polity
Correct Option is::

c. a perverted form of government
70. The term ‘lag’ denotes
a. something which lies fixed
b. something strong
c. something legal
d. something changeable
Correct Option is::

a. something which lies fixed
71. Power is the capacity to
a. persuade
b. hold sovereignty
c. produce intended effects
d. exercise authority
Correct Option is::

c. produce intended effects
72. Who wrote the work ‘A Preface to Democratic Theory’?
a. dahl
b. marx
c. lenin
d. maciver
Correct Option is::

a. dahl
73. The most essential principle of liberalism is
a. equality
b. social justice
c. democracy
d. freedom
Correct Option is::

d. freedom
74. Socialism is:
a. an economic system that is based on private ownership
b. an economic system for communism
c. an economic system that allows competition in business
d. a government system that communist countries use
Correct Option is::

b. an economic system for communism
75. Who said Politics is about ‘who gets what, when and how’?
a. lasswell
b. almond
c. easton
d. verba
Correct Option is::

a. lasswell
76. Who introduced the concept of negative and positive rights?

a. andrew haywood
b. laski
c. john locke
d. barker
Correct Option is::

a. andrew haywood
77. Social justice is primarily concerned with
a. who governs society
b. how society is governed

c. how society is defined
d. who should get what in society?
Correct Option is::

d. who should get what in society?
78. Equality of opportunity means
a. everybody as equal right to complain
b. everybody finishes the same start in life
c. everybody finishes the same regardless of effort
d. everybody is equal
Correct Option is::

b. everybody finishes the same start in life
79. Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?
a. james madison
b. john dunning
c. j rousseau
d. de tocqueville
Correct Option is::

d. de tocqueville
80. Who among the following advocated party less democracy in India?
a. acharya vinoba bhave
b. jayprakash narayan
c. mahatma gandhi
d. m.n. roy
Correct Option is::

b. jayprakash narayan
81. What did Gandhiji mean by Swaraj?
a. freedom of the country
b. freedom for the meanest of the countrymen

c. self government
d. complete independence
Correct Option is::

d. complete independence
82. Who among the following theorists advocated participatory democracy?
a. c.b. macpherson
b. michael oakeshoot
c. f. a. hayek
d. gaetano mosca
Correct Option is::

a. c.b. macpherson
83. Which of the following does not lead to the spread of democracy?
a. struggle by the people
b. end of colonialism
c. invasion by foreign countries
d. people’s desire for freedom
Correct Option is::

c. invasion by foreign countries
84. Participatory democracy calls for:
a. increasing the voter turnout in elections
b. greater and active engagement of citizens in government
c. greater involvement of the legislature in the business of legislature
d. active engagement of the representatives in the affairs of their constituencies
Correct Option is::

b. greater and active engagement of citizens in government
85. The advocates of deliberative democracy emphasize
a. executive supremacy
b. parliamentary sovereignty
c. judicial autonomy
d. popular participation
Correct Option is::

d. popular participation
86. The Communist manifesto was first published in
a. russian
b. english
c. german
d. french
Correct Option is::

c. german
87. According to David Easton, the main function of government is to:
a. provide social order, national security, and public goods
b. guarantee constitutional rights
c. levy tax on people to run the political system
d. allocate authoritatively values for a whole society.
Correct Option is::

d. allocate authoritatively values for a whole society.
88. The term ‘politics’ was derived from two words ‘polis’ and ‘polity’ in which
language
a. greek
b. latin
c. english
d. french
Correct Option is::

a. greek
89. Who defined politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on
the society?”
a. john lock
b. j.s. mill
c. david easton
d. almond
Correct Option is::

c. david easton
90. Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’?
a. aristotle
b. plato
c. socrates
d. machiavelli
Correct Option is::

a. aristotle
91. The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to
a. 4th century b.c
b. 3rd century b.c
c. 5th century b.c.
d. 6th century b.c.
Correct Option is::

a. 4th century b.c
92. Who was the first proponent of scientific study of Politics?
a. charles merriam
b. harold d lasswell
c. george catlin
d. arthur bentley
Correct Option is::

a. charles merriam
93. Who said this , ‘behavioural approach is a protest movement within politics
science and make the empirical component more rigorous’
a. charles merriam
b. robert a dahl
c. george catlin
d. arthur bentley
Correct Option is::

b. robert a dahl
94. Eighth principles of the behavioural approach of political science generally known
as
a. verifications
b. pure science
c. intellectual foundations
d. observational study
Correct Option is::

c. intellectual foundations
95. Who wrote the book ‘Four Essays on Liberty’?
a. herbert spencer
b. earnest barker
c. j s mill
d. isaiah berlin
Correct Option is::

d. isaiah berlin
96. Who was the most ardent advocate of Post Behaviouralism?
a. david easton
b. c wright mills
c. robert dahl
d. harold d lasswell
Correct Option is::
a. david easton
97. The strong demands of Post behaviouralists are
a. pure science
b. relevance and action
c. value
d. none of these
Correct Option is::

b. relevance and action
98. Historical materialism is one of the tools in
a. behaviouralism
b. utilitarianism
c. marxism
d. post behaviouralism
Correct Option is::

c. marxism
99. Whose work is Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?
a. gilchrist
b. john austin
c. a.v. dicey
d. garner
Correct Option is::

b. john austin
100. Who wrote the work “Representative Government”?
a. lowell
b. t.h. green
c. j.s. mill
d. laski
Correct Option is::
c. j.s. mill
101. Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political
Science?
a. simulation
b. legal institutionalism
c. historiography
d. comparison
Correct Option is::

c. historiography
102. Whose work is “A History of Political Theory?”
a. catlin
b. duverger
c. deutsch
d. george sabine
Correct Option is::

d. george sabine
103. The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term ‘state’
a. republica
b. polis
c. republic
d. commonwealth
Correct Option is::

b. polis
104. What is Constitutional Law?
a. provisions given in the constitution
b. law to make constitution
c. law to set up constituent assembly

Correct Option is::

a. provisions given in the constitution
105. The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of
a. limited democracy
b. representative democracy
c. maximum democracy
Correct Option is::

b. representative democracy
106. Who wrote the work “The Web of Government”?
a. lasswell
b. laski
c. weber
d. catlin
Correct Option is::

d. catlin
107. One of the following is an advocate of historical approach
a. coleman
b. lipset
c. henry maine
d. robert dahl
Correct Option is::

c. henry maine
108. Who used to say “I am the state”?
a. louis xiv
b. machiavelli
c. john austin
d. maciver
Correct Option is::

a. louis xiv
109. Which view is observed ‘the state is a necessary evil’?
a. idealistic view
b. individualistic view
c. fascist view
d. pluralistic view
Correct Option is::

b. individualistic view
110. Who observed ‘the state is the march of God on Earth’?
a. plato
b. aristotle
c. hegel
d. louis xiv
Correct Option is::

c. hegel
111. Who wrote the work “The Prince”?
a. maciver
b. locke
c. austin
d. machiavelli
Correct Option is::

d. machiavelli
112. Theorists who believe that “state is an association of associations” are best
described as
a. pluralists
b. federalists
c. socialists
d. anarchists
Correct Option is::

a. pluralists
113. Who contributed “Leviathan”?
a. plato
b. hobbes
c. locke
d. rawls
Correct Option is::

b. hobbes
114. Who said ‘power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely’?
a. almond
b. aristotle
c. acton
d. apter
Correct Option is::

c. acton
115. Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty?
a. absoluteness
b. indivisibility
c. delegation
d. permanence
Correct Option is::

c. delegation
116. Who wrote the work ‘Anarchy, State and Utopia’?
a. taylor
b. merriam
c. robert nozick
d. catlin
Correct Option is::

c. robert nozick
117. Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law?
a. a.d. lindsay
b. harold laski
c. a.v. dicey
d. ivor jennings
Correct Option is::

c. a.v. dicey
118. Constitutional government implies
a. limited government
b. representative government
c. government according to the constitution
d. government by the consent of the people
Correct Option is::

a. limited government
119. An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
a. a written constitution
b. parliamentary democracy
c. guarantee of fundamental rights
d. limited government
Correct Option is::

d. limited government
120. The theory of separation of powers was initiated by
a. montesquieu
b. locke
c. madison
d. dicey
Correct Option is::

a. montesquieu
121. The first systematic classification of government was given by
a. plato
b. aristotle
c. socrates
d. montesquieu
Correct Option is::

b. aristotle
122. According to Aristotle, the best of government was
a. democracy
b. monarchy
c. aristocracy
d. polity
Correct Option is::

d. polity
123. Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system?
a. chief justice
b. president
c. prime minister
d. speaker of the lower house
Correct Option is::

c. prime minister
124. All the ministers swim and sink together. This is true of the following form of
government
a. unitary
b. presidential
c. federal
d. parliamentary
Correct Option is::

d. parliamentary
125. The principle of one for all and all for one implies
a. individual responsibility
b. checks and balance
c. collective responsibility
d. political homogeneity
Correct Option is::

c. collective responsibility
126. Who among the advocate of negative theory of liberty?

a. kant
b. marx
c. sedgwick
d. isaiah berlin
Correct Option is::

d. isaiah berlin
127. Which of the following is a central attribute of Plato’s notion of justice?
a. harmony
b. equality
c. fraternity
d. liberty
Correct Option is::

a. harmony
128. The term ‘sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language
a. french
b. latin
c. greek
d. english
Correct Option is::

b. latin
129. Fascist movement first developed in
a. usa
b. germany
c. japan
d. italy
Correct Option is::

d. italy
130. Fascist ideology wish to establish the government of
a. people
b. aristocrats
c. one leader
d. oligarchic
Correct Option is::

c. one leader
131. Whosaid ‘My Programme is action and not talk’
a. stalin
b. hitler
c. mussolini
d. lenin
Correct Option is::
c. mussolini
132. Which of the following is not an element of fascism?
a. it is a negation of liberty
b. it is a negation of liberty
c. it believes in totalitarianism
d. it is against imperialism
Correct Option is::

d. it is against imperialism
133. Fascism resembles Communism (Marxism) in so far it stands for
a. class war
b. private property
c. internationalism
d. totalitarian state
Correct Option is::

d. totalitarian state
134. The idea that the sovereign nation state should be the main object of the political
loyalty of individual is
a. patriotism
b. nationalism
c. popular sovereignty
d. fascism
Correct Option is::

b. nationalism
135. In view of classical thinker nationalism lead to
a. equality, democracy and distrust of empire
b. economic prosperity
c. imperialism
d. authoritarians
Correct Option is::

a. equality, democracy and distrust of empire
136. Modern liberals were differ from classical because
a. it does not support individual liberty
b. it is against democratic institutions
c. it pleads for free enterprise
d. it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation
Correct Option is::

d. it stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation
137. The principle of ‘greatest good of the greatest number’ was advocated by
a. idealists
b. individualists
c. utilitarianism
d. marxists
Correct Option is::

c. utilitarianism
138. Positivist Liberals are in favour of:
a. pushing the state out of economic field
b. doing away the state\s interference in the economic sphere
c. state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
d. state regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists
Correct Option is::

c. state regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
139. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism?
a. it stands for individual liberty
b. it has no faith in human reasoning
c. it supports human freedom

d. it stands for constitutional government
Correct Option is::

b. it has no faith in human reasoning
140. A democratic government is better than a non-democratic government because
a. it may or may not be accountable
b. it always responds to the needs of the people
c. it may be a constitutional government
Correct Option is::

b. it always responds to the needs of the people
141. Who among the following is not support the limiting the function of the state
a. herbert spencer
b. adamsmith
c. karl marx
d. bentham
Correct Option is::

c. karl marx
142. According to John Dewey contemporary liberalism is
a. attitude towards certain things
b. solid programme of action
c. both a programme and action
d. partly an attitude and partly a programme
Correct Option is::

c. both a programme and action
143. Liberalism stands for
a. social liberty
b. political liberty
c. economic liberty
d. all the above.
Correct Option is::

d. all the above.
144. Which of the following ideas was borrowed by Marx from Hegel?
a. class struggle
b. surplus value theory
c. dialectical materialism
d. none of the above.
Correct Option is::

c. dialectical materialism
145. Who said, “Capitalism carried within itself the seeds of its own decay”?
a. angels
b. karl marx
c. lenin
d. stalin
Correct Option is::

b. karl marx
146. The term ‘Politics’ was first employed by
a. socrates
b. plato
c. aristotle
d. karl marx
Correct Option is::

c. aristotle
147. The statement that “A man without society is either a beast or a God” is
attributed to
a. hegel
b. hobbes
c. aristotle
d. plato
Correct Option is::

c. aristotle
148. Political parties have been described as ‘power behind the throne’ by
a. herman finer
b. mac iver
c. burke
d. sabine
Correct Option is::

a. herman finer
149. Who was the author of the book ‘On Liberty’?
a. laski
b. t. h green
c. bentham
d. j. s mill
Correct Option is::

d. j. s mill
150. Parliamentary government is accountable to the
a. president
b. legislature
c. prime minister
d. council of ministers
Correct Option is::

b. legislature
151. In a Federal Government, the powers are divided between the Centre and the
States by
a. the central government
b. majority decision
c. the constitution
d. the parliament.
Correct Option is::

c. the constitution
152. A Unitary government has
a. no right of citizenship
b. division of powers
c. an independent judiciary
d. a single citizenship
Correct Option is::

d. a single citizenship
153. Rule of Law is one of the Fundamental principles of the
a. german constitution
b. british constitution
c. french constitution
d. russian constitution
Correct Option is::

b. british constitution
154. Most favoured technique of pressure groups, in the USA is
a. boycott and picketing
b. lobbying
c. total strike
d. peaceful agitations
Correct Option is::

b. lobbying
155. Psephology deals with
a. political parties
b. voting behavior and election studies
c. human rights
d. pressure groups
Correct Option is::

b. voting behavior and election studies
156. The argument that the study of Political Science focused on State and
government belongs to
a. traditional approach
b. behavioural approach
c. post behavioural approach
d. marxian approach
Correct Option is::

a. traditional approach
157. The Classic work on “Public opinion” was authored by
a. robert a. dahl
b. walter lippmann
c. rajni kothari
d. karl deutsch
Correct Option is::

b. walter lippmann
158. The theory of ideal state is associated with
a. plato
b. rousseau
c. aristotle
d. hobbes
Correct Option is::

a. plato
159. Political homogeneity is a feature of
a. presidential system
b. collegial executive
c. parliamentary system
d. aristocracy
Correct Option is::

160. ‘Filibustering’ is associated with
a. law making
b. training
c. civil service
d. election
Correct Option is::

a. law making
161. “The Functions of the Executive” was written by
a. urwick
b. chester bernard
c. robert dahl
d. herbert simon
Correct Option is::

b. chester bernard
162. The concept of labour theory of value is propounded by
a. karl marx
b. herbert spencer
c. david ricardo
d. karl popper
Correct Option is::
c. david ricardo
163. Which one of the following is not a concept of Gandhiji
a. ramaraj
b. gramswaraj
c. classeless democracy
d. cottage industries
Correct Option is::

c. classeless democracy
164. Which one of the following is not a technique of Satyagraha
a. sarvodaya
b. strike
c. hijrat
d. non cooperation
Correct Option is::

a. sarvodaya
165. Who started Sarvodaya as a social movement
a. gandhiji
b. jayaprakash narayan
c. vinobha bhave
d. nehru
Correct Option is::

c. vinobha bhave
166. In a Parliamentary system the council of ministers are responsible to
a. prime minister
b. judiciary
c. parliament
d. president
Correct Option is::
c. parliament
167. The meeting of the cabinet is presided over by
a. president
b. speaker
c. prime minister
Correct Option is::

c. prime minister
168. A representative democracy is the most suitable form of government for
enactment of laws that are consistent with
a. public opinion
b. principle of liberty
c. regional aspiration
d. market forces
Correct Option is::

a. public opinion
169. West Minister model stands for particular form of
a. constitution
b. state
c. government
d. administration
Correct Option is::

c. government
170. According to Marx the state came into being to
a. make life better
b. protect life and liberty
c. end exploitation of the poor

d. legalise exploitation of the poor by the state
Correct Option is::

d. legalise exploitation of the poor by the state
171. Which institution in a federal system is called ‘Balancing Wheel of
theConstitution’?
a. legislature
b. executive
c. judiciary
d. press
Correct Option is::

c. judiciary
172. Who gave the view that ‘ A constitutional state ‘is one in which the powers of
government, the rights of the governed and the relations between the two are
adjusted’?
a. k. c. wheare
b. c. f. strong
c. carl j. friedrich
d. james bryce
Correct Option is::

b. c. f. strong
173. ‘Those who says that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what
religion means’ who said this ?
a. gandhi
b. karl marx
c. hobbes
d. locke
Correct Option is::

a. gandhi
174. In which theory of origin of the state, political conscience is an important factor
a. force theory
b. matriarchic theory
c. social contract theory
d. evolutionary theory
Correct Option is::

d. evolutionary theory
175. “The art of looking for trouble. Finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it
wrongly and applying the wrong remedy” Who among the following gave the above
definition of politics?
a. Ernest Barker
b. Ernest Benn
c. Frederick Pollock
d. David Easton
Correct Option is::

b. Ernest Benn
176. Who among the following pioneered the integration of the study of political
science with psychology?
a. S.M.Lipset
b. Walter Bagehot
c. Eric Voeghin
d. Harold Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Walter Bagehot
177. Who among the following advocated that the central idea of the political science
is power?
a. David Apter
b. Amos
c. Max weber
d. Runciman
Correct Option is::
c. Max weber
178. Harold Lasswell’s “Politics: Who Gets, What, when and How” discusses:
a. Distributive justice
b. Scientific method and value-relativism
c. Social implications of political participation
d. Fundamentals of political participation
Correct Option is::

b. Scientific method and value-relativism
179. Who among the following employed a biological method in the study of politics?
a. Lord action
b. Milton
c. T.H Green
d. Herbert Spencer
Correct Option is::

d. Herbert Spencer
180. The work ‘Power and Society’ is co-authored by :
a. Greenstein, Polsby and Nelson
b. Rieselbach and Balds
c. Girth and Mills
d. Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan
Correct Option is::

d. Harold Lasswell and Abraham Kaplan
181. The keynote of liberalism is _________
a. Individual
b. Liberty
c. Liberty of the individual
d. Personality
Correct Option is::
b. Liberty
182. The famous ‘fourfold functional analysis’ of the social systems is made by
a. Gabriel Almond
b. Sidney Verba
c. James Coleman
d. Talcott Parsons
Correct Option is::

d. Talcott Parsons
183. A scientific sociological evaluation of the state has been discussed by:
a. Maclver in the Modern state
b. Engels in Anti-Duhring
c. Maclver in the Web of Government
d. Engels in The origin of the family, private property and the state
Correct Option is::

d. Engels in The origin of the family, private property and the state
184. Jurisprudence is
a. Law
b. History of law
c. Anthology on law
d. Science of law
Correct Option is::

d. Science of law
185. The work ‘Political Science: A philosophical Analysis’ is authored by:
a. Oran Young
b. Herbert Storing
c. Vermon van Dyke
d. Leo strauss
Correct Option is::
c. Vermon van Dyke
186. Which of the following works have nsote been authored by R.M. MacIver?
a. The Web of Government
b. Society: its structure and changes
c. The Modern State
d. An introduction to Politics
Correct Option is::

d. An introduction to Politics
187. Which of the following have been authored by RobertDahl?
a. A preface to Democratic theory
b. Politic science – The discipline and its dimensions
c. Modern political analysis
d. Both (a) and (c)
Correct Option is::

d. Both (a) and (c)
188. In Marxist theory, society is divided into dominant and dependent classes and the
former controls the state which is an embodiment of:
a. Political Power
b. Economic Power
c. Social Power
d. None of the above
Correct Option is::

a. Political Power
189. Who opined that it was in small states that democracy first arose?
a. Lord Bryee
b. Lord Action
c. Lord Hewart
Correct Option is::

a. Lord Bryee
190. The chief proponents of the theory of natural rights are
a. John Locke and Thomas Paine
b. Lasswell and Kant
c. Hegel and Kant
d. Durkheim and Weber
Correct Option is::

a. John Locke and Thomas Paine
191. Which of the following theories is the one opposed to the theory of natural
rights?
a. Personality theory of rights
b. Historical theory of rights
c. Legal theory of right
d. social expediency theory of rights
Correct Option is::

c. Legal theory of right
192. The historical theory of rights can be summed up in the sentence:
a. History makes right
b. What is right is historical
c. History of the child of right
d. History and right are antithetical
Correct Option is::

a. History makes right
193. In connection with rights, Bentham and Mill expressly advocate the principle of
utility in opposition to :
a. Conventions and traditions
b. Merely following customs and appealing to the arbitrary voice of nature

c. Law and rules
d. Principles of jurisprudence
Correct Option is::

b. Merely following customs and appealing to the arbitrary voice of nature
194. Who among the following laid down an elaborate defiance of personal liberty?
a. Rawls
b. Poulantzas
c. Robert Michels
d. John Stuar Mill
Correct Option is::

d. John Stuar Mill
195. Civil liberty stands for :
a. Freedom to pursure one’s desire
b. Freedom to exercise discretion in one’s own domain
c. Liberty to mass wealth
d. Liberty to free action and immunity from interference
Correct Option is::

d. Liberty to free action and immunity from interference
196. Who among the following held the view that liberty and equality are opposed to
each other? 1.J.S Mill 2. Lord Hewart 3. De Tocqueville 4. Lord Acton
a. Only 2
b. Only 3
c. 3 and 4
d. Only 4
Correct Option is::

c. 3 and 4
197. “—– Who opines that freedom exists only because there is restraint”
a. Dicey
b. Seeley
c. Bryce
d. Willoughby
Correct Option is::

d. Willoughby
198. “Man is free when he obey’s the law of impulse for self –perfection” – Green in
the above statement Thomas Hill Green upholds which of the following ideas of
freedom?
a. Personal freedom
b. Moral freedom
c. National freedom
d. Constitutional freedom
Correct Option is::

b. Moral freedom
199. Democracy in Crisis 3. Democracy in Crisis 28. The author of Anarchy, State
and Utopia is
a. F.A. Hayek
b. C.b. Macpherson
c. Robert Nozick
d. Neitzsche
Correct Option is::

c. Robert Nozick
200. The idea of joining or fitting’ is implied in the concept of
a. Liberty
b. Equality
c. Property
d. Justice
Correct Option is::
a. Liberty
201. The idea of ‘reverse discrimination’ implies:

a. Discriminiation in a decreasing order
b. Equating rich and poor as in the electoral arena
c. Bestowing favoured treatment to the hithere deprived sections
d. Establishing institutional checks against arbitrary distinctions
Correct Option is::

c. Bestowing favoured treatment to the hithere deprived sections
202. Who among the following holds the view that right are those conditions of social
life without which man cannot be his best self?
a. Green
b. Laski
c. Barker
Correct Option is::

b. Laski
203. Who among the following opines that a right is a power clamined and recognized
as contributory to common good?
a. Green
b. Laski
c. Barker
Correct Option is::

a. Green
204. In their essence rights are:
a. Legal injunctions
b. Moral impreatives
c. Conditions of law
d. Aspects of social life
Correct Option is::

d. Aspects of social life
205. Who among the following held the view that right is man’s capacity of
influencing the acts of another by means of the opinion and force of society?
a. Bluntschli
b. Bodin
c. Holland
d. Locke
Correct Option is::

c. Holland
206. The work Law and Rights is authored by:
a. W.E Hocking
b. L.T Hobhouse
c. Harold Laski
Correct Option is::

a. W.E Hocking
207. Rights are broadly divided into three categories: natural rights, moral rights and
legal rights
a. Civil rights
b. Political rights
c. Economic rights
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

d. All of the above
208. Which of the following is the use to which the term ‘liberty’ can be put?
a. Freedom from constraint, captivity or tyranny
b. The unrestrained enjoyment of natural rights
c. Power of free choice
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
209. Inequality in society was supported by:
a. Pericls
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Both (b) and (c)
Correct Option is::

d. Both (b) and (c)
210. In the nineteenth century, a vigorous demand for socio –econimic equality was
raised by:
a. Working class
b. Peasantry
c. Propertied class
Correct Option is::

a. Working class
211. The work liberty, Equality, Fraternity is authored by:
a. J.F. Stephen
b. J.F. Kennedy
c. J.F. Ribero
Correct Option is::

a. J.F. Stephen
212. Legal equality implies:
a. Equal subjection of all citizens to the law
b. Equal protection of the law for all citizens
c. Equal distribution of material goods to all
d. Both (a) and (b)
Correct Option is::

d. Both (a) and (b)
213. Justice is a dynamic idea because
a. Its realization is a continuous process
b. Progress towards its realization depends upon the development of social

consciousness
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. The term justice suggests the quality of being just or right or reasonable
Correct Option is::

c. Both (a) and (b)
214. The earliest concept of justice in Greek thought is found to be in the writings of
a. Pericles
b. Socrates
c. Sophists
d. Early pythagoreans
Correct Option is::

d. Early pythagoreans
215. The concept of positive law is
a. Roman in origin
b. Greek in origin
c. Liberals

Correct Option is::
a. Roman in origin
216. Who has termed social consciousness is modern consciousness in the context of
the determination of the meaning of justice?
a. Barker
b. D.D.Raphael
c. Laski
d. Sabine
Correct Option is::

b. D.D.Raphael
217. Legal justice is broadly applied in the context of :
a. Justice according to law
b. Law according to justice
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Law and justice according to morality
Correct Option is::

c. Both (a) and (b)
218. Who among the following viewed that justice consisted in an efficient
administration of law and it should not be tested on some imaginary moral values?
a. Antony Giddens
b. Alf Ross
c. Almond
Correct Option is::

b. Alf Ross
219. Democratic or political participation is the hall mark of democracy and
a. Political modernization
b. Political development
c. Both (a) and (b)

d. Political communication
Correct Option is::

c. Both (a) and (b)
220. In the long run broadened participation is a variable of :
a. Political communication
b. Social and economic modernization
c. Cultural revolution
d. Social justice
Correct Option is::

b. Social and economic modernization
221. The book India’s Development Experience is authored by:
a. Manmohan Singh
b. Atul Kohli
c. I.J.Ahluwalia
d. Tarlock Singh
Correct Option is::

d. Tarlock Singh
222. The system which enables the majority of a constituency in Switzerland to call
back their representative from his office if they are not satisfied with his office and if
they are not satisfied with his work is:
a. Proportional representation
b. Recall
c. Spoil system
d. Plebiscite
Correct Option is::

b. Recall
223. The work ideology and Utopia is authored by:
a. Karl Mannheim
b. S.M. Lipset
c. Saint Simon
d. A.F. Bentley
Correct Option is::

a. Karl Mannheim
224. Who among the following insists on the ‘mono-national state’ as a condition of
successful democracy?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Hannah Arendt
c. J.S Mill
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

c. J.S Mill
225. The “iron law of oligarchy” was propounded by:
a. James Burnham
b. Robert Michels
c. Gaetano Mosca
d. Graham Wallas
Correct Option is::

b. Robert Michels
226. He explained his view of democracy in his work ‘Political Main’. His view of
democracy is based on what he calls the competitive character of governing elites in
modern democracies. He is:
a. Robert Dahl
b. Louis Althusser
c. S.Martin Lipset
Correct Option is::

c. S.Martin Lipset
227. Who among the following condemned democracy as “an aristocracy of black
guards”?
a. Henry Maine
b. Lord Bryce
c. Lecky
d. Talleyrand
Correct Option is::

d. Talleyrand
228. Which of the following works have been authored by C.b. Mapherson?
a. The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy
b. Demoractic Theory : Essay in Tetrieval
c. The real world of democracy
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
229. Who among the following has dubbed Marxism as a totalitarian doctrine?
a. Karl Popper
b. Isaiah Berlin
c. Hannah Arendt
d. Both (a) and (c)
Correct Option is::

d. Both (a) and (c)
230. Democracy as an ideal can be achieved through:
a. Political Institution
b. Transformation of the mode of production
c. Inclucation of new values of human equality
d. All the above

Correct Option is::
d. All the above
231. Which of the following is held as a transitional state in Marxian philosophy?
a. Socialist state
b. Liberal democratic state
c. Fascist state
d. Anarchist state
Correct Option is::

a. Socialist state
232. In the words of Woodrow Wilson, World War I was fought to make the world
safe for:
a. Representative government
b. Liberty
c. Democracy
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

c. Democracy
233. Who among the following was known to have been of the view that there has
been a growing distrust and discontent with politicians and the political method
evolved by parliamentary democracy?
a. H.G Wells
b. Harold Laski
c. Abraham Lincoln
Correct Option is::

a. H.G Wells
234. Who calls democracy only an experiment in government?
a. Seeley
b. Lowell
c. Lincoln
Correct Option is::

b. Lowell
235. A democratic state means
a. That the state is organized on democratic lines
b. That democracy is basically organization of state
c. That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate

control over affairs
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

c. That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate
control over affairs
236. Who described democracy as a government in which everyone has share?
a. Seeley
b. Dicey
c. Wiloughby
Correct Option is::

a. Seeley
237. Who defines democracy as a form of government in which the government body
is a comparatively large fraction of the entire nation?
a. Lincoln
b. Dicey
c. Garner
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Dicey
238. A democratic society is one in which
a. Government is popularly elected
b. Liberty is given the highest value
c. The spirit of equality and fratemity prevails
d. All of the above.
Correct Option is::

c. The spirit of equality and fratemity prevails
239. Democracy in its narrow sense means
a. Rule by the many
b. A form of government
c. A type of state
d. An order of society
Correct Option is::

a. Rule by the many
240. Early Greek city states experimented with different forms of Government
prominent among them were:
a. Monarchy and Tyranny
b. Aristocracy and Oligarchy
c. Democracy and Monarchy
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

d. All of the above
241. As a form of government, Aristotle preferred
a. Aristocracy
b. Tyranny
c. Democracy
d. Monarchy
Correct Option is::
c. Democracy
242. A powerful eighteenth century advocate of direct democracy was
a. Rousseau
b. Montesquieu
c. Voltaire
d. Doderot
Correct Option is::

a. Rousseau
243. Direct democracy was first practiced in the Greek city states. In the medieval
times this type of democracy was revived by
a. Chinese kings
b. Indian states
c. Italian city states
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

c. Italian city states
244. The nearest approach that one finds to direct democracy in some modern states in
the form of
a. Referendum
b. Initiative
c. Recall
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

d. All of the above
245. Which of the following is the work authored by Lord Bryce?
a. Political Science and Government
b. State in Theory and Practice
c. Modern Democracies
d. Democratic Government
Correct Option is::

c. Modern Democracies
246. Which of the following countries practice direct democracy in modern times?
a. Greece
b. Forest Cantons of Switzerland
c. German Lander
d. Both (b) and (c)
Correct Option is::

b. Forest Cantons of Switzerland
247. Who among the following opinion that life is a “perpetual and restless desire for
power after power which ceases only in death”?
a. Aristotle
b. Bietzsche
c. Hobbes
d. Lasswell
Correct Option is::

b. Bietzsche
248. Who among the following is one of the advocates of the power theory in politics
?
a. Catlin
b. Kaplan
c. Lasswell
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

d. All of the above
249. Who founded the structural functional school in political science ?
a. Apter
b. Coleman
c. Plato
d. Both (a) and (b)
Correct Option is::

d. Both (a) and (b)
250. Political socialization is the process of induction into the political culture and the
psychological dimension of the
a. Socio economic system
b. Political system
c. Economic System
d. Social system
Correct Option is::

b. Political system
251. Who defines the political system as the “institutions, processes and interactions
throug which values are authoritatively allocated in a society?
a. Almond
b. Easton
c. Apter
d. Pye
Correct Option is::

b. Easton
252. Who said that politics is concerned with the authoritative ‘allocation of values’
for a society?
a. b. Miller
b. David Easton
c. Alan Ball
d. Ernest Benn
Correct Option is::

b. David Easton
253. Which of the following is one of the traditionally recognized organs of power in
a state?
a. Legislature
b. Executive
c. Judiciary
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

c. Judiciary
254. The ‘power theory’ finds its brilliant manifestation in the political philosophy of
a. Locke
b. Hobbes
c. Mill
d. Rousseau
Correct Option is::

d. Rousseau
255. Which of the following are not the basic of the authority of society?
a. Social customs
b. Conventions
c. Laws
d. Moral pressure
Correct Option is::

d. Moral pressure
256. The subject that deals with man in relation to the State and Government is called
a. Economics
b. History
c. Political Science
d. Psychology
Correct Option is::
c. Political Science
257. ________________is the central subject of the study of political science.
a. Population
b. State
c. Behaviour
d. Mass Communication
Correct Option is::

b. State
258. Who defines Political Science as that part of social science which treats the
foundations of the State and the principles of Government?
a. Prof.Harold Laski
b. Lasswell
c. Garner
d. Paul Janet
Correct Option is::

d. Paul Janet
259. Bluntschli restricted the scope of Political Science to
a. The study of government and politics
b. The study of State and Government
c. The study of Government
d. The study of State
Correct Option is::

d. The study of State
260. Prof. Harold Laski emphasized the scope of Political Science to include the study
of
a. State and sovereignty
b. Government and politics
c. State and Government

d. Government only
Correct Option is::

c. State and Government
261. Who said that State comes into existence originating in the bare needs of life of
man and continuing in existence for the sake of good life?
a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
d. Montesqueau
Correct Option is::

c. Aristotle
262. _______________is the most important agency of the State
a. Press
b. Judiciary
c. Sovereignty
d. Government
Correct Option is::

d. Government
263. The concept of ‘politics’ originated in ancient
a. Athens
b. Sparta
c. Greece
d. Spain
Correct Option is::

c. Greece
264. Politics is a struggle for power on three levels
a. Society, state and family
b. State, inter-state and intra-state

c. Family, society and political groups
d. Nation, state and districts
Correct Option is::

b. State, inter-state and intra-state
265. David Easton defined politics as authoritative allocation of
a. Power
b. Influences
c. Interests
d. Values
Correct Option is::

d. Values
266. A policy is authoritative when there __________to the authority
a. Willing compliance
b. Forceful compliance
c. Resistance
Correct Option is::

a. Willing compliance
267. The central idea of sovereignty is
a. Power
b. Law
c. Authority
d. Legitimacy
Correct Option is::

b. Law
268. The main characteristics of a civil society are organization, interaction,
communication and
a. Friendship
b. Interdependence
c. Solidarity
d. Goodwill
Correct Option is::

c. Solidarity
269. Who among the following defined democracy as “the government of the people,
for the peop0le and by the people”?
a. Maclver
b. Aristotle
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Napoleon
Correct Option is::

c. Abraham Lincoln
270. Which of the following is not a method of democratic participation?
a. Voting
b. Campaigning in the election
c. Contesting the election
d. Listening the election speeches
Correct Option is::

d. Listening the election speeches
271. The success of democracy depends upon
a. Popular education
b. Faith in certain fundamental democratic principles
c. Social equality
d. All of the above
Correct Option is::

d. All of the above
272. Who wrote the book Considerations on Representative Government?
a. Hobbes
b. Locke
c. Rousseau
d. J.S. Mill
Correct Option is::

d. J.S. Mill
273. Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of
government?
a. Voting
b. Decision-making
c. Military force
Correct Option is::

a. Voting
274. Contribute towards the success of democracy?
a. Education
b. Participation
c. Political parties
d. Overpopulation
Correct Option is::

d. Overpopulation
275. Hobbes idea of civil society is the area where in the liberty of the subject lies in
a. The liberty to buy and sell and otherwise contract with one another
b. The liberty to choose their own abode
c. The liberty to choose their own trade of life
d. All of the above

Correct Option is::
d. All of the above
276. According to the classical liberal theorists

a. State is a social agency
b. State is a political agency
c. State is a neutral body
d. State is an agent of economic upliftment
Correct Option is::

b. State is a political agency
277. According to the liberal theory, the individual can find freedom by
a. Obedience to the State
b. Voluntary choice of activities
c. Resistance to the authority
d. Going against the law
Correct Option is::

b. Voluntary choice of activities
278. Who said “Rights, in fact, are those conditions of social life without which no
man seek, in general to be his best”?
a. Maclver
b. Laski
c. Hegel
d. Kant
Correct Option is::

b. Laski
279. Which of the following statement is true?
a. No rights can be given to the man against the social interest
b. Grant of rights is not concerned with social interest
c. Rights can have anti-social character

Correct Option is::

a. No rights can be given to the man against the social interest
280. According to _________”Life is not merely living but living well”
a. St. Augustine
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Socrates
Correct Option is::

c. Aristotle
281. In the words of Laski
a. State is not known by the rights of the State
b. State is known to crate rights
c. State is known by moral rights
d. State is known by the rights it maintains
Correct Option is::

d. State is known by the rights it maintains
282. The statement “Men are born and always continue free and equal in respect of
their rights is associated with
a. U.N Character of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
b. French Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789
c. American Declaration of Rights
Correct Option is::

b. French Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789
283. According to ___________”A right is a claim recognized by society and
enforced by the State”
a. Barker
b. Bosanquet
c. Hobbes
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Bosanquet
284. Which of the following is correct?
a. My right is not your duty and your right is my duty
b. My right is your duty and your right is mu duty
c. Right and duties are not the two sides of the same coin
d. Every right does not have a corresponding obligation
Correct Option is::

b. My right is your duty and your right is mu duty
285. Which of the following rights were considered important during middle ages?
a. Right of life
b. Right of education
c. Right of properly
d. And (c)
Correct Option is::

d. And (c)
286. In the words of _________in his book Principles of social political Obligation,
“Right are the external conditions necessary for the greatest possible development for
the greatest possible development of the capacities of the personality”
a. Laski
b. Barker
c. Bosanquet
d. Lindsay
Correct Option is::

b. Barker
287. By fundamental rights we mean,
a. Right’s guaranteed by the constitution
b. Rights guaranteed by the monarch
c. Rights followed by duties
Correct Option is::

a. Right’s guaranteed by the constitution
288. The political Rights granted by the state enable a citizen to
a. Participate in the administration of the state
b. Lead good religious life
c. Preach politics
d. Meddle in affairs of Government
Correct Option is::

a. Participate in the administration of the state
289. Which of the following is not a Theory of Rights?
a. Legal theory of Rights
b. Historical theory of Rights
c. Divine Rights of King
d. Social welfare theory of rights,
Correct Option is::

c. Divine Rights of King
290. _________is the earliest theory of rights
a. Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights
b. Legal theory
c. Welfare theory
Correct Option is::

a. Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights
291. Locke is the supporter of
a. Theory of Natural rights
b. Historical theory of rights
c. Legal theory of rights
Correct Option is::

a. Theory of Natural rights
292. Which of the following statements is not associated with natural theory of rights?
a. Rights inherent in man
b. Rights are absolute
c. Rights are pre-civil and according to some political thinkers they are also pre-social
d. Rights are alienable
Correct Option is::

d. Rights are alienable
293. Who among the following supported the theory of Natural Rights ?
a. Locke
b. Hobbes
c. Thomas Paine
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

a. Locke
294. According to _____________one’s natural rights are ones natural powers
a. John Locke
b. Hobbes
c. Mill
d. Thomas paine
Correct Option is::

b. Hobbes
295. Who among the following propounded the legal theory of rights?
a. Hobbes
b. Locke
c. Ritche
d. Roussau
Correct Option is::

a. Hobbes
296. In the opinion of Laski
a. Holds are created by the State
b. Rights are prior to the state
c. They are not recognized by the State
d. Both (a) and b)
Correct Option is::

b. Rights are prior to the state
297. Which of the following is an essential conditions for safeguarding rights of the
individuals? I. Decentralisation of authority II. Existence of Consultative bodies III.
Existence of supreme court IV. Non-interference by the state in the internal affairs of
associations
a. Only I and II
b. Only II and III
c. Only II,III and IV
d. Only I,II and IV
Correct Option is::

d. Only I,II and IV
298. A bill of Rights is
a. A declaration of fundamental rights
b. An economic terms
c. A business term
d. A constitutional term
Correct Option is::
a. A declaration of fundamental rights
299. Which of the following countries was the first to include a Bill of Rights?
a. America
b. India
c. Sweden
Correct Option is::

c. Sweden
300. ________is not a Civil Right
a. Right of life
b. Right to Liberty
c. Right to Education
d. Right to vote
Correct Option is::

d. Right to vote
301. Which one of the following is not a political right?

a. Right to public Office
b. Right to Petition
d. Right to contest Election
Correct Option is::

302. Which of the following is a Civil Right?
a. Right to freedom of speech and expression
b. Right to vote
c. Right to become a member of parliament

d. Right to Association
Correct Option is::

a. Right to freedom of speech and expression
303. The right to elect Member of parliament is a
a. Political right
b. Social right
c. Religious right
d. Moral right
Correct Option is::

a. Political right
304. __________has granted the Fundamental rights to the citizens of India
a. Parliament
b. Constitution of India
c. A government of Order
d. A Special Law
Correct Option is::

b. Constitution of India
305. ________was the first political thinker to advocate communism of property.
a. Marx
b. Lenin
c. Plato
d. Engels
Correct Option is::

c. Plato
306. Who among the following deemed liberty as living life to the fullest.
a. Macpherson
b. Hegel
c. Kant
d. Green
Correct Option is::

a. Macpherson
307. Who among the following philosophers considers liberty as Obedience to Law?
a. Hegel
b. Kant
c. Spencer
d. Green
Correct Option is::

a. Hegel
308. The word liberty is derived from the word liber of
a. Greek language
b. French language
c. German language
d. Latin language
Correct Option is::

d. Latin language
309. The word liber means
a. Licence
b. Free
c. Restricted
d. Obstruction
Correct Option is::

b. Free
310. What is the literal meaning of liberty?
a. Absence of restraint
b. Restraint
c. Freedom with certain limitations

d. Positive freedom
Correct Option is::

a. Absence of restraint
311. Natural liberty is generally identified with
a. Restricted freedom
b. Limited freedom
c. Unlimited and unrestricted freedom
Correct Option is::

a. Restricted freedom
312. Natural liberty implies
a. Liberty enjoyed by man in the imaginary state of nature when civil society did not
exist
b. The liberty which man enjoys in the society
c. The liberty which man enjoys in the state
d. Absence of any type of liberty
Correct Option is::

c. The liberty which man enjoys in the state
313. _________was the chief exponent of the concept of natural liberty
a. Rousseau
b. Hobbes
c. Locke
d. Austin
Correct Option is::

a. Rousseau
314. According to ___”Civil liberty consists of right and privileges which the State
creates and protects for its subjects.
a. Gettell
b. Gilchrist
c. Laski
d. Montesquieu
Correct Option is::

a. Gettell
315. Which among the following is not civil liberty?
a. Right to equality before law.
b. Right to freedom of speech ad expression
c. Right to vote
d. Freedom of the person
Correct Option is::

c. Right to vote
316. Who among the following said “Liberty means to grow to one’s natural height to
develop one’s abilities?
a. Burns
b. Gettell
c. Locke
d. Rousseau
Correct Option is::

a. Burns
317. Who among the following said ‘Political liberty is the power to be active in the
affairs of the state’?
a. Hobbes
b. Laski
c. Gilchrist
d. Gettell
Correct Option is::

b. Laski
318. Laski holds that two conditions are essential to make political liberty real
a. Equality and property
b. Equal access to education, honest and free press
c. Civil liberty and Economic liberty
d. Religious and Civil liberty
Correct Option is::

b. Equal access to education, honest and free press
319. The positive view of liberty was first put forward by
a. Ideals thinkers like Kant, Hegel, Fichte
b. Idealist thinkers like Laski, Kant etc.
c. Classical thinkers like Adam Smith
d. Utilitarian thinkers like Bentham, Mill etc.
Correct Option is::

a. Ideals thinkers like Kant, Hegel, Fichte
320. C.B Macpherson has discussed his view on liberty in his book
a. Grammar of politics
b. Democratic theory
c. On liberty
d. Concepts of liberty
Correct Option is::

b. Democratic theory
321. Who among the following regards positive liberty as developmental liberty?
a. Laski
b. Macpherson
c. Weber
d. Maclver
Correct Option is::

b. Macpherson
322. ‘Freedom is a product of free society’ means
a. It is free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
b. True freedom is conceivable with out a free society
c. Freedom from exploitation
Correct Option is::

a. It is free society that man has the opportunity to develops his real self.
323. Which of the following philosophers said, “nature hath made men equal”?
a. Plato
b. Hobbes
c. Aristotle
d. Machiavelli
Correct Option is::

b. Hobbes
324. Who among the following stated. “We want to abolish classes and in this sense
we are for equality”
a. Marx
b. Lenin
c. Engels
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Lenin
325. The term justice is derived from latin word
a. Justicia
b. Justa
c. Justitia
Correct Option is::

c. Justitia
326. The concept of Greek justice was
a. Legal
b. Moral
c. Social
d. Political
Correct Option is::

b. Moral
327. Roman view of justice was based on the conception of Just gentium, i.e
a. Law of the people
b. Law of the God
c. Law of the King
d. Law of the Land
Correct Option is::

a. Law of the people
328. Rule of law is not followed in
a. Britain
b. United State of America
c. France
d. India
Correct Option is::

c. France
329. The essential principle of modern justice is
a. Judges should be part of executive
b. There should be independence of judiciary
c. The judges should be under the control of the Head of the State
d. The judges should be under the control of the electorate

Correct Option is::
b. There should be independence of judiciary
330. What is meant by Economic justice
a. The state should follow the theory of free trade policy
b. State should not protect the economically weaker section of society
c. The state should eliminate social discrimination
d. The basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
Correct Option is::

d. The basic needs regarding food, clothing and shelter of every citizen are met.
331. Who among the following said, “In justice arises as much from treating unequals
equally as from treating equals unequally”?.
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Machiaveli
d. Marx
Correct Option is::

a. Aristotle
332. The origin of democracy can be traced to
a. Ancient Greek city-states
b. Medieval Age
c. Feudalism
d. Ancient India
Correct Option is::

a. Ancient Greek city-states
333. Who among the following was a great supporter of direct democracy?
a. Hobbies
b. Rousseau
c. Locke
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

a. Hobbies
334. Which of the following countries has a representative democracy?
a. Afghanistan
b. Saudi Arabia
c. India
d. Egypt
Correct Option is::

c. India
335. Who among the following, “Public opinion is the opinion held by the majority
and passively acquiesced in by the minority”?
a. G.D.H Cole
b. Lowell
c. Roucek
d. Morris Ginsburg
Correct Option is::

b. Lowell
336. Public opinion plays a significant role in
a. Democracy
b. Monarchy
c. Military Rule
Correct Option is::

a. Democracy
337. Ina democracy, the government cares for the public opinion because
a. Public opinion is always right
b. Public opinion is very powerful

c. The people are the best judges of the government
Correct Option is::

c. The people are the best judges of the government
338. Which of the following is very harmful for the formation of a healthy public
opinion?
a. Yellow Journalism
b. Journalism
c. Media
d. Radio
Correct Option is::

a. Yellow Journalism
339. Which of the following acts as an obstacle in the formation of public opinion?
a. Newspapers
b. Over population
c. Free Press
d. Illiteracy
Correct Option is::

d. Illiteracy
340. Which of the following contribute to the formation of the public opinion?
a. Press
b. Political Parties
c. Legislature
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
341. How can the press help in the formation of public opinion?
a. By spreading communal feelings
b. By publishing sensational news
c. By Publishing impartial and correct news and facts
d. By publishing partial news and facts
Correct Option is::

b. By publishing sensational news
342. The legislature also influence the public opinion by
a. Passing a laws to favour public opinion
b. Giving concession to certain sections of the society
c. Discussing the various burning problems faced by the people and the country
threadbare
d. Passing a vote of no-confidence against the council of ministers
Correct Option is::

b. Giving concession to certain sections of the society
343. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The Radio and television influence the public opinion through their entertainment
programmes
b. The Radio and Television influence the public opinion through their commercial
programme
c. The Radio and television influence the public opinion by disseminating the latest
news and views concerning the national and international happenings.
Correct Option is::

c. The Radio and television influence the public opinion by disseminating the latest
news and views concerning the national and international happenings.
344. Public platforms help a great deal in the formation of public opinion, because
a. The speakers can attract the audience by their oratory
b. The people get the opportunity to know the view of different speakers on the
current problems
c. The people can see their leaders

d. The speakers can advance the ideology of their parties
Correct Option is::

c. The people can see their leaders
345. Author of ‘Spirit of Laws’.
a. Rousseau
b. J S Mill
c. Montesque
d. Bodin
Correct Option is::

c. Montesque
346. Father of the theory of separation of powers
a. Montesque
b. Marx
c. Aristotle
d. Bodin
Correct Option is::

a. Montesque
347. Theory of separation of powers found its best expression in the constitution of
……..
a. India
b. USA
c. China
d. Britain
Correct Option is::

b. USA
348. Who first made a distinction between deliberative, magisterial and judicial
functions
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Bodin
d. Garner
Correct Option is::

b. Aristotle
349. Who classified powers of government into Legislature, executive and Federative
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Bodin
d. Locke
Correct Option is::

d. Locke
350. Author of ‘Civil Government’
a. Locke
b. Rousseau
c. Bentham
d. Mill
Correct Option is::

a. Locke
351. Who is famous for the dictum “I am the State”.

a. Napoleon
b. Hitler
c. Louis Fourteen
d. Rana Ranjith Singh
Correct Option is::

c. Louis Fourteen
352. According to Montesque separation of powers is needed to safeguard………….
a. Duty
b. Power
c. Authority
d. Liberty
Correct Option is::

d. Liberty
353. Montesque’s writing influenced the……………….. revolution.
a. French Revolution
b. Russian Revolution
c. Revolt of 1857
d. The First World War.
Correct Option is::

a. French Revolution
354. Legislature of USA is called
a. Duma
b. National assembly
c. Congress
d. parliament
Correct Option is::

c. Congress
355. In India central legislature is known by the name
a. House of Deputies
b. Parliament
c. assembly
d. Duma
Correct Option is::

b. Parliament
356. Legislature of Spain is ………….
a. Parliament
b. House of representatives
c. Congress of Deputies
d. National Assembly
Correct Option is::

c. Congress of Deputies
357. French parliament is known by the name
a. Congress of Deputies
b. National Assembly
c. Parliament
d. Congress
Correct Option is::

b. National Assembly
358. The word parliament comes from the French word “parler” which means
a. to argue
b. to fight
c. to show
d. to talk
Correct Option is::

d. to talk
359. According to Gandhi ”Avoiding injury to anything on earth in thought word or
deed” is …….
a. Satyagraha
b. violence
c. Ahimsa
d. penance
Correct Option is::

a. Satyagraha
360. In cabinet system a bill is normally introduced in the parliament by…………
a. President
b. Governor
c. concerned Minister
d. Cabinet Secretary
Correct Option is::

c. concerned Minister
361. The rule making department of the state
a. Executive
b. Judiciary
c. Legislature
d. none
Correct Option is::

c. Legislature
362. In Parliamentary system ministers are collectively responsible to ………….
a. Parliament
b. Judiciary
c. President
d. Governor
Correct Option is::

a. Parliament
363. In parliamentary system ministers can continue in office till they enjoy the
confidence of the ………
a. Judiciary
b. President
c. Legislature
d. people
Correct Option is::
c. Legislature
364. To remove the political executive, parliament can pass the motion
of…………………
a. no- confidence
b. cut motion
c. censure motion
Correct Option is::

a. no- confidence
365. A majour financial function of parliament
a. constitutional amendments
b. passing of annual budget
c. impeachment of the President
d. election of the President
Correct Option is::

b. passing of annual budget
366. Highest court of appeal in UK
a. House of Lords
b. House of Commons
c. Supreme Court
d. administrative tribunal
Correct Option is::

a. House of Lords
367. The impeachment trial of President of USA takes place in the…………
a. National Assembly
b. Supreme Court
c. Congress of deputies
d. Senate
Correct Option is::

d. Senate
368. In India the…………….. takes part in the election of president and vice-
president
a. Parliament
b. Judiciary
c. all the eligible voters of the country
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

a. Parliament
369. In most countries, including India the power to change the constitution rest with
the………………
a. people
b. Judiciary
c. President
d. Parliament
Correct Option is::

d. Parliament
370. In India supreme court judges can be removed by the……………
a. Prime Minister
b. Chief Justice of Supreme Court
c. people
d. Parliament
Correct Option is::

d. Parliament
371. In USA all international treaties signed by the president needs…………..
a. the ratification of Senate
b. approval of Supreme Court

c. Cabinets approval
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

a. the ratification of Senate
372. The legislature of a country organized into two chambers are called
a. Unicameralism
b. Bi- cameralism
c. Multi-cameralism
d. Cameralism
Correct Option is::

b. Bi- cameralism
373. When the legislature of a country has only one chamber ,it is called
a. Unicameralism
b. Bi- cameralism
c. Multi-cameralism
d. Cameralism
Correct Option is::

a. Unicameralism
374. In India the lower house is ………………
a. the House of the people
b. Lok Sabha
c. Rajya Sabha
Correct Option is::

b. Lok Sabha
375. In India members are directly elected in the………….
a. Lok Sabha
b. legislative council
c. Rajya Sabha
d. Cabinet
Correct Option is::

a. Lok Sabha
376. In India Money bill can be introduced ………………….

a. only in the Rajya Sabha
b. only in the Lok Saha
c. In both Lok Sabha and Rajya- Sabha
d. in joint sitting of both the houses
Correct Option is::

b. only in the Lok Saha
377. Unicameralism exists in
a. India
b. china
c. USA
d. UK
Correct Option is::

b. china
378. Unicameralism exists in
a. India
b. Israel
c. USA
d. UK
Correct Option is::

b. Israel
379. Bi-cameralism exists in
a. Israel
b. New Zealand
c. India
d. Bangladesh
Correct Option is::

c. India
380. Hasty and ill considered legislation can be checked by the presence of
a. Unicameralism
b. Bi-cameralism
c. Cameralism
d. Multi-cameralism
Correct Option is::

b. Bi-cameralism
381. In India president can nominate…….. members to the Rajya Sabha
a. 10
b. 8
c. 14
d. 12
Correct Option is::

d. 12
382. Rule application is the function of the ………….
a. Legislature
b. Executive
c. Judiciary
d. Supreme Court
Correct Option is::

a. Legislature
383. President of India is the…………..
a. real executive
b. nominal executive
c. permanent executive
Correct Option is::

384. Bureaucracts constitutes the………………………
a. nominal Executive
b. political executive
Correct Option is::

385. In India Prime Minister and his cabinet constitutes the……………..
a. nominal executive
b. permanent executive
c. real executive
Correct Option is::

c. real executive
386. Plural executive exists in…………………
a. India
b. USA
c. UK
d. Switzerland
Correct Option is::

d. Switzerland
387. The executive in Switzerland is the …………………..
a. Federal Council
b. Federal assembly
c. Federal Tribunal
d. Federal Legislature
Correct Option is::

a. Federal Council
388. In USA the President can only be removed from office by the process of
………………
a. amendment
b. Impeachment
c. censure motion
d. no-confidence motion
Correct Option is::

b. Impeachment
389. Ordinance is the law made by the………….
a. Legislature
b. Judiciary
c. Executive
d. Prime Minister
Correct Option is::

c. Executive
390. In parliamentary system a bill becomes an act when it gets the formal assent of
the ……………..
a. Prime Minister
b. head of the government
c. real executive
d. head of the state
Correct Option is::

d. head of the state
391. Rule adjudication is the main function of the………………….
a. Legislature
b. Executive
c. Judiciary
d. executive and legislature
Correct Option is::

c. Judiciary
392. In India judges are………………..
a. elected by the Legislature
b. appointed by the Legislature
c. appointed by the Executive
d. elected by the executive
Correct Option is::

393. In Switzerland judges are …………………..
a. elected by the people
b. appointed by the Legislature
d. elected by the executive
Correct Option is::

394. One way of ensuring the independence of judiciary is…………………….
a. giving short tenure in office
b. making the removal of judges easy
c. security of service
d. appointment by the people

Correct Option is::
c. security of service
395. Judicial review is a feature of countries with …………………..
a. un written constitution
b. unitary system
c. unwritten constitution and federal systems
d. written constitutions and federal systems
Correct Option is::

d. written constitutions and federal systems
396. Doctrine of judicial review originated in……………….
a. India
b. UK
c. France
d. USA
Correct Option is::

d. USA
397. By the constitution of India, the article that entrust the court with review power is
……………
a. Art. 17
b. Art.18
c. Art.21
d. Art. 13
Correct Option is::

d. Art. 13
398. What is the full form of PIL
a. public interest law
b. president initiated legislation
c. public interest litigation

d. Prime Minister initiated legislation
Correct Option is::

c. public interest litigation
399. All power concentrated in the hand of the central government is called
………….
a. federal system
b. unitary system
d. presidential system
Correct Option is::

b. unitary system
400. Unitary government exist in ……………..
a. India
b. USA
c. UK
d. Switzerland
Correct Option is::

c. UK
401. A major demerit of unitary system is ………………..

a. administrative efficiency
b. quick decisions
c. lack of regional autonomy
Correct Option is::

c. lack of regional autonomy
402. Uniformity of administration is a feature of countries with ……………….
System.
a. federal System
b. confederal system
d. unitary
Correct Option is::

d. unitary
403. Word federation is derived from Latin word ‘foedus’ meaning ………….
a. strong
b. treaty
c. state
d. power
Correct Option is::

b. treaty
404. Division of powers between central and regional governments is a feature of
a. unitary system
b. federal system
c. confederation
d. all of the above
Correct Option is::

b. federal system
405. Which is a federation
a. UK
b. Italy
c. Sri Lanka
d. USA
Correct Option is::

d. USA
406. In India the residuary powers rest with ……….
a. regional governments
b. central government
c. both the centre and the states
d. the
Correct Option is::

b. central government
407. Which is not an essential feature of federation
a. supremacy of the constitution
b. independent judiciary
c. distribution of powers between centre and states
d. single citizenship
Correct Option is::

d. single citizenship
408. Regional autonomy is a feature of …………. System
a. federal system
b. unitary system
c. Presidential system
d. Parliamentary
Correct Option is::

a. federal system
409. In Parliamentary system the political executive is immediately responsible to
…………..
a. President
b. judiciary
c. legislature
d. cabinet
Correct Option is::

c. legislature
410. Parliamentary form of government exists in …………..
a. USA
b. Brazil
c. Cuba
d. India
Correct Option is::

d. India
411. In Parliamentary system Prime Minister and his council of ministers constitute
the ……………
a. real executive
c. permanent executives
Correct Option is::

a. real executive
412. In UK the nominal executive is …………….
a. Prime minister
b. king or queen
c. cabinet
d. President
Correct Option is::

b. king or queen
413. In Parliamentary system legislature is the creator of the …………….
a. permanent executive
b. Judiciary
c. political executive
d. permanent executive and political executive

Correct Option is::
c. political executive
414. In Parliamentary system who presides over the cabinet meetings
a. President
b. Prime Minister
c. Cabinet Secretary
d. home minister
Correct Option is::

b. Prime Minister
415. Collective responsibility is a feature of ……………. System
a. Parliamentary
b. Presidential
c. authoritarian
d. military
Correct Option is::

d. military
416. Who selects the ministers in the parliamentary system
a. President
b. Legislature
c. Governor
d. Prime Minister
Correct Option is::

d. Prime Minister
417. A major demerit cited against parliamentary system is ……………..
a. its stability
b. its instability
c. it is not responsive to public opinion
d. it is autocratic
Correct Option is::
b. its instability
418. System based on the principle of separation of powers
a. Presidential system
b. Parliamentary system
c. socialist system
Correct Option is::

419. Political executives enjoy a fixed tenure in…………………
b. Parliamentary system
c. socialist system
Correct Option is::

420. Who is the nominal executive in presidential system
a. President
b. Prime Minister
c. Cabinet
d. no nominal executive
Correct Option is::

d. no nominal executive
421. In Presidential system ministers are ……………
b. members of legislature
c. not members of legislature
d. elected by the people

Correct Option is::
c. not members of legislature
422. In presidential system ministers are ……………
b. elected by the legislature
c. selected b the President
d. nominated by the legislature
Correct Option is::

c. selected b the President
423. In presidential system ministers can continue in office …………………
a. till the expiry of their term
b. till they enjoy the confidence of legislature
c. till the age of 65years
d. till they enjoy the confidence of the President
Correct Option is::

d. till they enjoy the confidence of the President
424. In Presidential system ministers are …………… of the President .
a. the colleagues
b. subordinate officers
c. of same status
Correct Option is::

b. subordinate officers
425. In USA the power enjoyed by the president to turn down a bill passed by the
legislature
a. foedus
b. Presidential review
c. judicial review
d. veto
Correct Option is::

d. veto
426. In Presidential system is the ……………

b. permanent executive
c. real executive
Correct Option is::

c. real executive
427. One organ of government act as a check on the power of the other organ is
doctrine of…………..
a. checks and powers
b. balance of power
d. stable power
Correct Option is::

428. Chief merit of presidential system is its …………
a. stability
b. authoritarianism
c. simplicity
d. rigidity
Correct Option is::

a. stability
429. System which is considered suitable for dealing with emergencies
b. Parliamentary systems
c. plural executive
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

430. Origin of party system is connected with which country
a. India
b. china
c. France
d. England
Correct Option is::

d. England
431. Political parties of the modern kind first emerged in ………………..
a. India
b. France
c. Italy
d. USA
Correct Option is::

d. USA
432. Which is not a feature of political party
a. members agree on fundamental principles of the party
b. members share same ideology
c. members are organized
d. does not aim to capture power
Correct Option is::

d. does not aim to capture power
433. Political parties may be formed on the basis of………….
a. economic interest
b. ideology
c. human nature
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
434. Political parties ……………. the political process.
a. unite
b. simplify
c. stabilize
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
435. Which is not a function of political party
a. rule adjudication
b. political education
c. political recruitment
d. political socialization
Correct Option is::

a. rule adjudication
436. Single party system exist in ………..
a. UK
b. USA
c. Russia
d. china
Correct Option is::

d. china
437. One party rule is generally associated with ……………..
a. democracies
b. monarchies
c. totalitarian regimes
Correct Option is::

c. totalitarian regimes
438. One party dominates the politics and administration of a country
a. bi-party system
b. two party system
c. multiparty system
Correct Option is::

439. Italy under Mussolini was an example of……………
a. bi- party system
b. multi-party system
c. single party system
Correct Option is::

c. single party system
440. Great merit of one party system is its ………………..
a. democratic nature
b. stability
c. responsiveness
d. ability to take right decisions
Correct Option is::

b. stability
441. Single party systems are ………….
a. less expensive
b. expensive
c. very democratic
d. slow to take decisions
Correct Option is::

a. less expensive
442. Single party systems ………….
a. may eliminate opposition
b. may lead to elite rule
c. may lead to authoritarianism
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
443. Bi-party system exists in …………….
a. France
b. USA
c. China
d. Italy
Correct Option is::

b. USA
444. Bi-party system means
a. only two major parties exist in a country
b. only two parties exit in a country
c. more than two major parties exist in a country
d. only one party is allowed in a country.
Correct Option is::

a. only two major parties exist in a country
445. In USA the two major parties are the Republican Party and the……………….
a. Labour Party
b. Conservative Party
c. Democratic Party
d. Congress Party
Correct Option is::

c. Democratic Party
446. The two major parties in UK are the Conservative Party and the……………
a. Labour Party
b. Republican Party
c. Democratic Party
d. Congress Party
Correct Option is::

a. Labour Party
447. Multi-party system exists in ………………
a. UK
b. USA
c. Cuba
d. India
Correct Option is::

d. India
448. Multi-party system does not exist in ……………….
a. UK
b. India
c. Italy
d. France
Correct Option is::

a. UK
449. Which system is considered more democratic
a. single part system
b. two –party system

c. multi-party system
d. Monarchies
Correct Option is::

c. multi-party system
450. Main drawback of multiparty systems is its ………………….
a. authoritarian nature of governments
b. instability of governments
c. Genuine alternative for the people to choose
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

b. instability of governments
451. Groups or associations formed for the realization of specific interest

a. political party
b. government
c. interest groups
d. executive
Correct Option is::

c. interest groups
452. Choose the correct one. Pressure group
a. differ from political party
b. is bigger than political party
c. is a multi-interest group
d. one cannot be a member of many pressure groups
Correct Option is::

a. differ from political party
453. Identify the pressure group
a. congress party
b. Kerala Congress
c. BJP
d. RSS
Correct Option is::

d. RSS
454. Which is an example of Institutional Pressure Groups
a. NSS
b. bureaucracy
c. Bar Association
d. INTUC
Correct Option is::

b. bureaucracy
455. Parties represented in parliament in direct proportion to their overall electoral
strength is …………
b. First past the post system
c. Single member plurality system
Correct Option is::

456. Two varieties of proportional Representation are the Hare system and
a. Just System
b. droop system
c. List system
Correct Option is::

c. List system
457. Hare system is associated with…………
a. George Hare
b. Thomas Hare
c. Bryce
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Thomas Hare
458. The idea of individualism originated in………….
a. Italy
b. UK
c. France
d. Russia
Correct Option is::

c. France
459. Ideology that advocates maximum possible freedom to individual and minimum
of state functions
a. Fascism
b. Marxism
c. Individualism
d. Gandhism
Correct Option is::

c. Individualism
460. Author of the book ‘wealth of Nations’.
a. Herbert Spencer
b. J S Mill
c. Laski
d. Adam Smith
Correct Option is::
d. Adam Smith
461. Who among the following is not associated with Individualism
a. Spencer
b. Adam Smith
c. Hegel
d. J S Mill
Correct Option is::

c. Hegel
462. Individualist consider state …………….
a. as a necessity
b. ethical institution
c. necessary evil
d. totally unwanted institution
Correct Option is::

c. necessary evil
463. Primary duty of the state according to individualist……………………..
a. regulate economic life of man
b. protect the individual from violence and fraud
c. Regulate social life of man
Correct Option is::

b. protect the individual from violence and fraud
464. Policy of laissez faire is otherwise known as …………..
a. Fascism
b. Marxism
c. Socialism
d. Individualism
Correct Option is::
d. Individualism
465. Chief exponent of biological argument of Individualism
a. Herbert Spencer
b. J S Mill
c. Adam Smith
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

a. Herbert Spencer
466. Who among the following is associated with modern Individualism
a. Adam Smith
b. Spenser
c. Graham Wallas
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

c. Graham Wallas
467. Classical liberalism stood for ………….
a. liberty of individuals
b. democratic institutions
c. free enterprise
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
468. In the political sphere liberalism entails …………………
a. Freedom of press and judiciary
b. freedom of thought and expression
c. free and fair elections
d. all the above

Correct Option is::
d. all the above
469. Who among the following is considered a father figure of Liberal tradition
a. Hegel
b. Karl Marx
c. John Locke
d. Plato
Correct Option is::

c. John Locke
470. Who among the following is not associated with modern Liberalism
a. Barker
b. Hobhouse
c. Mac Iver
d. Adam Smith
Correct Option is::

d. Adam Smith
471. Author of communist Manifesto
a. Hegel
b. Marx
c. Barker
d. Laski
Correct Option is::

b. Marx
472. Dialectical method is associated with…………….
a. Barker
b. Laski
c. Hegel
d. J S Mill
Correct Option is::
c. Hegel
473. Marx considered the…………… as the basis of this world
a. idea
b. spirit
c. organization
d. material object
Correct Option is::

d. material object
474. According to Marx all fundamental historical changes are determined by
the……………..
a. state
b. working class
c. capitalist class
d. economic forces
Correct Option is::

d. economic forces
475. According to Marx ‘superstructure, constitutes …………….
a. mode of production
b. social relations of productions
c. ideas of society
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

c. ideas of society
476. Literal meaning of bourgeoisie

a. capitalist class
b. working class
c. middle class
Correct Option is::

c. middle class
477. By proletariat class Marx meant ……………
a. the working class
b. the middle class
c. the capitalist class
d. middle class and capitalist class combined
Correct Option is::

a. the working class
478. The class war is between ….
a. middle class and Proletariat class
b. Proletariat class and working class
c. Bourgeoisie and Middle class
d. Proletariat and Bourgeoisie
Correct Option is::

d. Proletariat and Bourgeoisie
479. According to Marx, in the class war …………….. will come out victorious.
a. Bourgeoisie
b. Capitalist Class
c. Proletariat
d. Middle Class
Correct Option is::

c. Proletariat
480. Dictatorship of the proletariat is a ………………
a. quasi-state of the working class
b. dictatorship of the capitalist
c. new state of the working class

d. is full- fledged state of the proletariat
Correct Option is::

a. quasi-state of the working class
481. The task of the dictatorship of the proletariat is ……………..
a. centralize production
b. increase production
c. to expropriate the Bourgeoisie
d. all the
Correct Option is::

d. all the
482. According to Marx after the success of revolution and overthrow of capitalism
the state will…….
a. reduce its functions
b. wither away
c. become a class institution of the workers
d. become powerless
Correct Option is::

b. wither away
483. Marx predicts
a. a classless society
b. communist society
c. society without contradictions
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
484. The ideology of fascism emerged in which country
a. Germany
b. Russia
c. Italy
d. Spain
Correct Option is::

c. Italy
485. The ideology of Fascism was developed by ….… …..
a. Hitler
b. Stalin
c. Napoleon
d. Mussolini
Correct Option is::

d. Mussolini
486. The word fasces in Italian means ………….
a. power
b. bundles
c. strength
d. state
Correct Option is::

b. bundles
487. Fascism stood against …………..
a. democracy
b. liberty
c. internationalism
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
488. Fascism advocated ………………
a. aggressive nationalism
b. hero-worship
c. irrationalism
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
489. The ideology that considered the state as an end in itself
a. Liberalism
b. Individualism
c. Marxism
d. Fascism
Correct Option is::

d. Fascism
490. The ideology that consider democracy as the worst form of government
a. Liberalism
b. Individualism
c. Marxism
d. Fascism
Correct Option is::

d. Fascism
491. The ideology that advocated aggressive war fare and imperialist expansion
a. Fascism
b. Marxism
c. Liberalism
d. Individualism
Correct Option is::

a. Fascism
492. Tolstoy’s book that made a great influence on Gandhi
a. Unto This Last
b. Civil Disobedience
c. The Kingdom of God within You
Correct Option is::

a. Unto This Last
493. According to Gandhi Non-Violence is the quality of…….
a. weak
b. brave and effeminate
c. villagers
d. strong and brave
Correct Option is::

d. strong and brave
494. To Gandhi Ahimsa is
a. supreme love
b. supreme kindness
c. supreme self sacrifice
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
495. According to Gandhi, the highest form of non-violence………..
a. Non-violence of the brave
b. passive non-violence of the helpless
c. Passive non-violence of the coward
Correct Option is::

a. Non-violence of the brave
496. Satyagraha
a. is based on the concept of suffering
b. never injures the opponent

c. tries to wean the opponent from error by love and self suffering
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
497. Which is true. Gandhian society will be
a. state less society
b. classless society
c. socialist society
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
498. According to Gandhi
a. ends are more important than means
b. only our means should be moral and not ends
c. moral means leads to moral ends
d. our ends should be moral and not means
Correct Option is::

b. only our means should be moral and not ends
499. In Greek ‘Demos’ means
a. power
b. state
c. democracy
d. people
Correct Option is::

d. people
500. In Greek ’Kratos’ means
a. power
b. state
c. democracy
d. people
Correct Option is::

a. power
501. India follows

a. direct democracy
b. participatory democracy
c. representative democracy
Correct Option is::

c. representative democracy
502. Which of the following is not a necessary condition for the success of democracy
a. social and economic equality
b. sound party system
c. freedom of press
d. state religion
Correct Option is::

d. state religion
503. Verdict of the people sought on a proposed law or constitutional amendment
is………
a. Recall
b. Referendum
c. plebiscite
d. Initiative
Correct Option is::

a. Recall
504. Power of the people to propose legislation
a. Recall
b. Referendum
c. plebiscite
d. Initiative
Correct Option is::

d. Initiative
505. In Unformulated Initiative , Initiative is ………
a. in the form of proper law
b. taken by the legislature
c. taken by the executive
d. in the form of a general demand
Correct Option is::

d. in the form of a general demand
506. The word plebiscite is derived from the French word plebiscitum
meaning………….
a. power of the people
b. will of the people
c. decree of the people
d. rule of the people
Correct Option is::

c. decree of the people
507. Plebiscite is ………..
a. a law
b. a bill for consideration of people
c. a popular vote on matters of political importance
d. the law making power of the people
Correct Option is::

c. a popular vote on matters of political importance
508. Power of the people to call back elected representatives before the expiry of their
term
a. Recall
b. Referendum
c. plebiscite
d. Initiative
Correct Option is::

a. Recall
509. People have the right to ‘recall’ in which country
a. china
b. UK
c. Italy
d. Switzerland
Correct Option is::

d. Switzerland
510. An opinion to be considered as public opinion…………….
a. it must emanate from the people as a whole
b. it should not be a sectional interest
c. it should have the consent of the minority
d. All the above.
Correct Option is::

b. it should not be a sectional interest
511. Which is an agent of public opinion
a. political party
b. press
c. educational institutions
d. all the above

Correct Option is::
d. all the above
512. Choose the correct one .
a. legislature is an agent of public opinion
b. government is not an agent of public opinion
c. Internet do not help in the creation of public opinion
d. Public opinion never change
Correct Option is::

a. legislature is an agent of public opinion
513. Which is a method of minority representation
a. The Limited vote plan
b. The cumulative vote System
c. The Separate Electorate System
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

d. All the above
514. Choose the tactic not generally associated with pressure groups
a. lobbying
b. strike
c. Generating favourable public opinion
d. use of muscle power
Correct Option is::

d. use of muscle power
515. Primary reason for the formation of pressure group is ……………..
a. to capture power
b. self interest
c. to amass wealth
d. All the above

Correct Option is::
b. self interest
516. Bi-party system exists in ……
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Sri Lanka
Correct Option is::

517. Which one of the following is true.
a. satyagrahi injures the opponent
b. a satyagrahi has be deeply religious
c. Satyagrahi appeals to the soul of the opponent
d. satyagrahi makes the opponents suffer
Correct Option is::

c. Satyagrahi appeals to the soul of the opponent
518. Which is a democracy
a. China
b. Myanmar
c. Sri Lanka
d. All the above
Correct Option is::

c. Sri Lanka
519. Which is not a direct democratic device
a. Initiative
b. Recall
c. Plebiscite
d. Refer
Correct Option is::
d. Refer
520. Parliamentary system exist in ……..
a. USA
b. Brazil
c. china
Correct Option is::

521. Leadership of the Prime Minister is a feature of ……
a. Presidential System
b. Government of USA
c. All Latin American Countries
Correct Option is::

522. The President of India is…….

a. Directly elected by the people
b. elected by the Rajya Sabha
c. elected by the Lok Sabha
Correct Option is::

523. Which is true. In single party system

a. only two parties exist in the system
b. Power alternates between the two parties
c. Coalitions governments are a permanent feature

Correct Option is::

b. Power alternates between the two parties
524. Democracy assures the people…………

a. political freedom
b. Economic liberty
c. Human rights
d. all the above
Correct Option is::

d. all the above
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b. executive responsible to lower house

c. prime minister is the real executive

d. all of the above

Correct Option is:

2. Which is not a feature of Presidential form of government?

b. fixed tenure of executive

c. checks and balances

d. dissolution of lower house.

Correct Option is:

Correct Option is::

4. The legal theory of Rights believes that—

c. the rights are created by the society

d. the rights are eternal

Correct Option is::

5. Civil rights are given to the individuals by—

Correct Option is::

6. Who said, “Liberty is the opposite of Over Government”

Correct Option is::

7. Who first gave the Concept of ‘Distributive Justice’?

8. In Democracy, source of Authority is vested in—

Correct Option is::

9. Landsgemeinde is a direct democratic institutions in which country

Correct Option is::

10. Who is the author of ‘A Grammar of Politics’?

Correct Option is::

11. ‘ Administrative law ‘is popular in

Correct Option is::

12. “State is known by the rights that it maintains” who said?

Correct Option is::

13. Which law is popular in England?

Correct Option is::

14. What is the maximum term provided for an ordinance?

Correct Option is::

c. right against exploitation

Correct Option is::

16. Negative liberty implies that,

b. freedom should be restricted

c. freedom from wants

Correct Option is::

17. Which law is made by the legislature?

Correct Option is::

18. Rousseau authored the book

Correct Option is::

19. Which day is observed as International Human Rights Day?

Correct Option is::

20. Referendum means

b. refer to the legislature