POLS/V/CC/05

2021

(CBCS)
(5thSemester)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
FIFTH PAPER
[Western Political Thought]

Full Marks: 75
Time: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(Please read the instructions carefully before you start writing
your answers)
1. Questions should be attempted as per instructions.
2. Do not copy the Questions. Indicate the Section and
Question No. clearly while attempting the answer.
3. For Multiple choice answers, candidate should indicate
the Question No., Sub. No., (if any) and the correct
answer. For example :
1. Name the State capital of Mizoram.
(a) Lunglei
(b) Aizawl
(c) Champhai
Candidate should provide answer as—Q. No. 1 : (b)
Aizawl
[Candidate should avoid writing only (b) ]
4. Section B - Answer to Short Answer should be limited to One
Page only.
5. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the
questions.
POLS/V/CC/05

2021

(CBCS)
(5th
Semester)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
FIFTH PAPER
[Western Political Thought]

Full Marks: 75
Time: 2 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

SECTION : A – OBJECTIVE

( Marks: 30 )

Choose the correct answer from the following:

1x30=30
1. Which one is Plato ‘s book
(a) The Leviathan
(b) The Republic
(c) The Two Cities of God
(d) The Prince
2. Lyceum was an institution founded by
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Socrates
(d) None of the above

3. According to St. Augustine, there can be no evil when there is no

(a) hatred
(b) greed
(c) love
(d) good

4. Who said “Man is by nature a social animal”?

(a) Plato
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Aristotle
(d) John Locke.

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5. Who says Morality and Religion are the best instruments of politics
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) [Link]
(d) Machiavelli

6. Who among the following were the first English men to write
comprehensively on Political philosophy
(a) JS Mill
(b) Bentham
(c) Hobbes
(d) Locke

7. According to Aristotle, Natural slaves were.

(a) Physically strong
(b) Mentally strong
(c) Physically weak
(d) None of the above.

8. De Civita Dei was written by

(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) St. Augustine
(d) Machiavelli

9. What is the most important book written by St. Augustine?

(a) The Village
(b) The Republic
(c) The New Age
(d) The City of God

10. Locke divided property into

(a) 2 types
(b) 3 types
(c) 4 types
(d) 5 types

[Link] one is relating to Plato’s guardian class

(a) spirit
(b) Reason
(c) Appetite
(d) virtue

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12. Machiavelli recommended that a Prince action should be guided by
(a) Humanity
(b) Loyalty
(c) Kindness
(d) Self – interest

13. Who of the following called the individual, a noble savage in the state of
nature
(a) Hobbes
(b) Locke
(c) Rosseau
(d) Machiavelli

14. Who accepted christian theology but rejected its ethics?

(a) John Locke
(b) Plato
(c) Machiavelli
(d) St Augustine
15. According to Aristotle, the perverted form of democracy is
(a) Oligarchy
(b) Monarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) Aristocracy

16. Who is regarded as the source of inspiration of the Great French

Revolution?
(a) Rousseau
(b) John Locke
(c) Laski
(d) Hobbes

17. Who of the following supported limited government.

(a) John Locke
(b) T.H Green
(c) Aristotle
(d) St. Augustine

18. Utilitarian Society was formed by JS Mill in

(a) 1823
(b) 1832
(c) 1820
(d) 1826

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19. Bentham believed that the only form of government that can give the
greatest happiness to the greatest number of people is
(a) Direct democracy
(b) Representative Democracy
(c) Rule by a sovereign king
(d) Dictatorship

20. The term Utility was coined by

(a) Locke
(b) Hobbes
(c) Bentham
(d) Mill

21. On Liberty, a philosophical essay by JS Mill was published in

(a) 1859
(b) 1873
(c) 1823
(d) 1832

22. Who says that the state is, ‘March of God on earth’?
(a) St. Augustine
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Hegel
(d) JS Mill

23. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class
struggle” was the quote of
(a) Hegel
(b) Mill
(c) Bentham
(d) Marx

24. The Subjugation of Women is an essay written by

(a) Bentham
(b) JS Mill
(c) Marx
(d) Hegel
25. According to Bentham, there are
(a) 2 sources of Pain and Pleasure
(b) 3 sources of Pain and Pleasure
(c) 4 sources of Pain and Pleasure
(d) 5 sources of Pain and Pleasure

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26. According to Hegel, State is
(a) Means to an end
(b) An end in itself
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above

27. Locke’s social contract theory is contained in his

(a) Discourses
(b) Leviathan
(c) Treatise on Civil Government
(d) Laws

28. In Marxist theory, the working class is also known as.

(a) Proletariat
(b) Bourgeoisie
(c) Leftist
(d) Patrician.

29. “If you want to love, you must serve, if you want freedom, you must die.”
Who said this?
(a) St. Augustine
(b) Bentham
(c) Mill
(d) Hegel

30. Das Kapital was written by

(a) Locke
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Hobbes
(d) Machiavelli

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SECTION : B – SHORT ANSWER
(Marks : 45)
Answer the following questions in not more than 1 (one) page each,
choosing 3 (three) questions from each unit.

3x15=45

UNIT I
1. Explain Plato’s theory of Justice.
2. Mention three features of Plato’s Ideal State
3. Briefly write Aristotle’s classification of Government.
4. Aristotle’s view on slavery.

UNIT II
5. Examine Machiavelli’s view on state.
6. Briefly write St Augustine’s view on the separation of the church and
State
7. Machiavelli’s view on religion and morality.
8. Write few words on St. Augustine’s idea of Two Cities

UNIT III
9. Examine the state of nature as depicted by Thomas Hobbes
10. “Man is born free but everywhere in chain”. Explain.
11. Write few lines on Locke’s limited government.
12. Explain the Actual Will and Real Will of Rousseau

UNIT IV

13. Write Bentham’s three factors of measurements of happiness

14. Briefly write JS Mills view on women
[Link] state JS Mill’s view on liberty
16. Briefly discuss the basic concept of utilitarianism.

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UNIT V

17. Examine Hegel concept of Dialectic.

18. Discuss the Theory of Surplus Value by Karl Marx.
19. Hegel’s concept of State
20. What is meant by Historical Materialism.

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