Which decade is marked with the resurgence of Political Theory?
A. 1950s
B. 1920s
C. 1990s
D. 1970s
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Match the following
List-I (Books)
List-II (Authors)
a. Small is Beautiful
1. Rudolph Bahro
b. A Rough Ride to the Future
2. Murry Bookchin
c. The Ecology of Freedom
3. James Lovelock
d. Socialism and Survival
4. Friedrich Schumacher
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
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Which of one of the following rights is vital for the successful working of democracy?
A. Right to stand for elections
B. Right to form associations
C. Right to acquire property
D. Right to criticise and express opinion
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Aristotle is rightly regarded as 'the father of political science' because:
A. Prior to him, political thinking was virtually absent in the world
B. He combined the 'practical' and 'theoretical' facets of politics
C. It was he who first brought to bear on political phenomena the patient analysis and unbiased research which are the proper marks and virtues of scientific inquiry
D. It was he who made the first effort to grant political science the shape of a separate academic discipline
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Consider the following statements.
1. Will Kymlicka was a feminist political theorist.
2. James Tully has supported multiculturalism.
Which of the above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
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Who among the following theorists advocated participatory democracy?
A. F. A. Hayek
B. C. B. Macpherson
C. Michael Oakeshott
D. Geatano Mosca
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How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
A. It enforces the law
B. It states who has the power and who doesn't
C. It ensures that there is an equal distribution
D. It ensures that some people get more duties than others
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The ground for distributive justice include
A. merit and desert
B. desert and need
C. merit and need
D. merit, desert and need
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Arrange the doctrines propounded by Marx.
1. Doctrine of class conflict
2. Theory of surplus value
3. Historical materialism
4. Dialectical materialism
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2, 4 and 3
C. 4, 3, 2 and 1
D. 4, 3, 1 and 2
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Marxian theorist, who initially supported classical Marxism, but later on accepted democratic socialism
A. Karl Kautsky
B. George Lukacs
C. Antonio Gramsci
D. Eduard Bernstein
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Who said this "Man is born free, but every where he is in chains"?
A. Dugvit
B. Krabbe
C. Follet
D. Rousseau
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Who defined justice as the treating of "equals equally and of unequals unequally"?
A. John Rawls
B. Marx
C. Aristotle
D. Plato
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Consider the following statements about nature.
1. Socialist have viewed and treated nature as merely as resource.
2. Feminists generally hold nature to be non-creative and malign.
Which of the above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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'The order of things' was written by
A. Jacques Derrida
B. Michel Foucault
C. Martin Heidegger
D. Richard Rosily
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According to . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . "A state is that agency in a society that is authorised to exercise control within a territory."
A. Maclver, Laski
B. Hegel, Kant
C. Anderson, Parker
D. Bradley, Lindsay
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Consider the correctness of following statements about conservatism.
A. Prefers liberty over equality
B. Prefers traditions over changes
C. History over politics
D. All of the above
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The phrase "the problem with no name" was coined by
A. Kate Millet
B. Germaine Greer
C. Betty Friedan
D. None of these
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The English word 'politics' originates from three Greek words like:
A. Polis, Polity, Politico
B. Polis, Polity, Politeia
C. Polity, Political, Polis
D. Politeia, Pol, Polis
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Consider the following statements:
1. Political institutions and activities are an outgrowth of the prevailing economic system.
2. The conflicting economic interests are the motive force behind all politics.
3. So long as society is divided into two classes, state and politics will continue to be used as the tools of the dominant class for the suppression of the dependent class.
4. There are many groups in society which seek to protect the interests of their members against the conflicting interests of the competing groups.
Which of the above statements encapsulate the Marxist view of politics? Select the correct answer from below:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 2, 3 and 4
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Engel's book "Origin of Family, Private Property and State" has been based upon the theory of the anthropologist.
A. Morgan
B. Malinowsky
C. Radcliff Brown
D. Louis Etkins
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