Find the correct statement.
A. Nationality and nation are synonyms
B. Nationality, nation and the state are synonyms
C. A nation is a nationality which has organised itself into a political body either independent or desiring to be independent
D. Nationality, nation and society are synonyms
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The theory of right which is based on consequence of action or act is called
A. Kantian theory of rights
B. Deontological theory of rights
C. Utilitarian theory of rights
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following types of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality?
A. Legal equality
B. Political equality
C. Social equality
D. Economic equality
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'Vindication of the Rights of Women' was written by
A. Mary Wollastonecraft
B. Carole Pareman
C. Susan Moller Okins
D. Martha Nassbaum
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Consider the correctness of following features of Neo-liberalism.
1. Privatisation of public enterprises
2. Deregulation, to allow self-regulating market
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Which one of the following political philosophies has been described by C. E. M. Joad as "a hat, which has lost its shape because everyone wears it"?
A. Socialism
B. Communism
C. Anarchism
D. Marxism - Leninism
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Consider the false statement regarding liberalism.
1. Liberalism, like any other ideology, has failed to redeem mankind from its predicament.
2. Liberalism clung to capitalism so firmly that all new ventures appear to be its new devices.
3. Neo-liberals believe in 'Spontaneous order' of human relationships as exemplified in free markets.
4. Initially, individualism focused on individual as a rational creature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. Only 1
D. None of these
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Which of the following statements can be attributed to T. H. Green?
A. The passion for equality makes vain the hope of freedom
B. Equality, far from being inimical to liberty, is absolutely essential for its preservation
C. Nature has made men equal
D. There can be no identity of treatment and identity of reward so long as men differ in their needs and capacities
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Berne Convention which includes moral rights were declared in
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Raymond Aron ⟺ Social Structure and Ruling Class
B. Robert Dahl ⟺ The Mind and Society
C. Pareto ⟺ Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
D. Bentley ⟺ The Government Process
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For J. S. Mill which one of the following is not true?
A. Pleasures differ in quality
B. The felicific calculus is absurd
C. The principle of utility is the final end of life
D. Liberty consists in doing what one desires
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Which of the following pairs are not Correctly matched?
1. Introduction to Political Analysis ⟺ David E. Apter
2. Systematic Politics ⟺ G. E. G. Catlin
3. In Defence of Politics ⟺ Bernard Crick
4. The idea of Politics ⟺ Carl J. Friedrich
Select the correct answer from below:
A. Only 1
B. 2 and 4
C. Only 4
D. 1, 2 and 4
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Who among the following has described democracy as "that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the peoples vote."?
A. Robert Dahl
B. Peter Bachrach
C. C. Wright Mills
D. Joseph Schumpeter
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Match
List-I of Authors with
List-II of Books:
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Books)
a. T. H. Marshall
1. Citizenship and Social Class (1950)
b. R. Bendix
2. Nation-Building and Citizenship (1964)
c. Robert Nozick
3. Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974)
d. Willy Kymlicka
4. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority (1997)
Select the correct answer the options given below:
A. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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The ideology of positive liberalism as maintained that
A. society is more important than individual
B. individual is more important than the society
C. both individual and society are equally important
D. sometime individual is more important, at other time society is more important
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Who among the following examined liberty as negative and positive conception?
A. T. H. Green
B. Isaiah Berlin
C. Hobbes
D. Hegel
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The Father of modern sociology, A. Comte, portrayed society as a potentially harmonious and ordered structure in which all social classes
A. worked for social change
B. worked for the common good
C. worked for the individual
D. worked for capitalists
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Who summed up postmodemism as "incredulity towards meta-narratives"?
A. Jean Francois Lyotard
B. Edward Said
C. Michel Foucault
D. None of the above
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Who among the following defines political science as the study of "the act of human and social control" or the "study of control relationship of wills"?
A. Robson
B. Pollock
C. Maitland
D. Catlin
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Dialectical idealism
1. Marx
b. Dialectical materialism
2. Hegel
c. Cultural Revolution
3. Lenin
d. 'The State and Revolution'
4. Mao
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
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