Who among the following referred to the 'decline' of Political Theory?
1. David Easton and Alfred Cobbon
2. Lasslett and Robert Dahl
3. Will Durant
4. Nathenial Hawthron
A. 2 and 3
B. 3 and 4
C. 1 and 3
D. 1 and 2
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Who among the following has give 'Sleeping Dogs' theory of democratic culture?
A. Lucian Pye and Robert E. Ward
B. James S. Coleman and Myron Weiner
C. James C. Charlesworth and F. W. Riggs
D. Almond and Verba
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Which one of the following is not included in the well known sayings of Mao?
A. Weapons are an important factor in war, but no the decisive one
B. Politics is war without bloodshed
C. The party commands the gun and the gun must never be allowed to command the party
D. Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend
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Who among the following described modern democracies as 'Polyarchy'?
A. David Easton
B. Robert Dahl
C. Joseph Schumpter
D. S. Huntington
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Out of the given statements according to Sir John Seely which best describe the relation between political science and history.
A. History without political science has no fruit and political science without history has no root
B. History without political science is a study incomplete, turn cated, as on the other hand, political science without history is hollow and baseless
C. Politics is vulgar when not liberalised by history and history fades in to mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to politics
D. All of the above
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Which of the following are features of Marx's theory of surplus value?
1. It is an extension of Ricardo's theory.
2. Labour power equals the brain, muscle and nerve of the labourer.
3. The value of every commodity is not proportional to the quantity or labour contained in it.
4. The worker must be paid a price proportional to the number of labour hours that entered into its production.
Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Justice as one person, one duty one class one work
1. Plato
b. Justice as fairness
2. Aristotle
c. Justice proportionate equality
3. Rawls
d. Justice as the interest of the strong
4. Thrasymachas
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Dominant concepts)
a. Thomas Pogge
1. Distributive Justice
b. Michael Walzer
2. Communitarian Perspective of Justice
c. Susan Moller Okin
3. Feminist Conception of Justice
d. John Rawls
4. Global Justice
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
C. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
D. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
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Harold Lasswell's "Politics : Who Gets, What, When and How" discusses :
A. Distributive justice
B. Scientific method and Value-relativism
C. Social implications of Capitalist Politics
D. Fundamentals of Political-participation
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Guild and Palmer strongly pleaded that the subject of politics should be:
A. The political parties
B. To secure obedience
C. Negative
D. Power instead of the state
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Arrange the following works of Isaiah Berlin in chronological order of his publications.
Select the correct answer:
1. Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays.
2. Four Essays on Liberty
3. Vico and Herder: Two Studies in the History of Ideas
4. Karl Marx : His Life and Environment
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 3, 2, 1, 4
C. 4, 2, 3, 1
D. 2, 4, 1, 3
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Match
List-I (Definitions) with
List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer:
List-I (Definitions)
List-II (Authors)
a. Politics is both a science and an art
1. David Easton
b. Politics is the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the society
2. Lasswell and Kaplan
c. Politics is the study of the shaping and sharing of power
3. Michael Curtis
d. Politics is organised dispute about power and its use
4. Treitschke
A. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
B. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
C. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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Gramsci characterised Fascism as
A. Hegemonic revolution
B. Passive revolution
C. Bourgeois revolution
D. Petit Bourgeois revolution
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The chief exponent of Scientific Socialism is/are?
A. Karl Marx
B. Fredrick Engels
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A and B
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Who described the classical tradition as 'Epic theory'?
A. Isaiah Berlin
B. Karl Popper
C. Sheldon Wolin
D. Michael Oakeshott
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Who among the following analyses liberty as a triadic relationship in the defined manner-X is free from Y to do or become (or not to do or become) Z?
A. Gerald Mac Callum
B. Milton Friedman
C. Robert Nozick
D. Isaiah Berlin
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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) . Select the correct answer:
Assertion (A) Karl Marx is interpreted by some as an economic determinist but by others as a humane socialist.
Reason (R) The problem stems from the wide range and complex nature of his own writings.
A. Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
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Consider the following statement:
" . . . . . . . . the notion of politics does not come from heaven. It does not come Oak trees. It is not a gift of any angel. It is a human venture centred in man and created by man".
The above statement is made by:
A. Ramsay Mcdonald
B. Heinz Eulau
C. Robert A. Dahl
D. Aristotle
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Hobbes
1. Defence of sovereignty and assertion of the claims of political authority over religion.
b. Locke
2. Defence of individual freedom of thought and expression
c. Rousseau
3. Limited form of constitutional government
d. J. S. Mill
4. Claim that sovereignty has its origin in the people and remains with the people.
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
C. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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Who among the following disputed the view that human behaviour could be adequately described without reference to the intentions, motives and reasons of the actors involved?
A. Peter Winch
B. C. Hull
C. D. Hume
D. R. A. Dahl
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