"State is known by the rights that it maintains" who said?
A. Russel
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Janet
D. Laski
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Consider the correctness of following statements about liberalism.
A. Classical liberalism support limited government
B. Modern liberalism support enabling government
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above
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The concept of 'ultra-individualism' is associated with which of the followings?
A. Marxism
B. Liberalism
C. Anarchism
D. Individualism
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Who among the following said that "True politics cannot take a single step forward unless it has first done homage to morals"?
A. Acton
B. Lasswell
C. Kant
D. Gettell
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'The Personal is Political' is related with
A. Deliberative perspective of democracy
B. Feminist perspective of democracy
C. Participatory perspective of democracy
D. None of the above
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"I am not a part of a great symphony in which I realise myself only as an incident in the motif of the whole. I am unique. I am separate. I am myself."
The above statement is made by:
A. MacIver
B. Austin
C. Bryce
D. Laski
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President Lowell considered politics 'a/an . . . . . . . . and not an experimental science'.
A. Moral
B. Observational
C. Social
D. All of the above
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Which one of the following is not a factor, for Fuku-yama, leading to the triumph of liberal democracy?
A. The struggle for 'recognition'
B. The logic of science's mastery over nature
C. The absence of major contradictions in liberal democracy
D. The triumph of liberalism is more in terms of economics than ideologies
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"The modern state represents workers only in an illusory manner." The statement given by
A. John Maguire
B. V. I. Lenin
C. John Plamentaz
D. H. J. Laski
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Who said the "Liberty for the ancients consisted in an active and constant participation in collective power"?
A. Hobbes
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Locke
D. Benjamin Franklin
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Nation-Building and Citizenship (1964) is a book written by who among the following political philosopher?
A. R. Bendix
B. Bryan S. Turner
C. Jack Barbalet
D. Charles Taylor
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Which one of the following is an advocate of positive liberty?
A. Hobbes
B. Sidgwiek
C. Rousseau
D. Mill
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Which one of the following reflects the view of the liberals?
A. The state should look to the welfare of the people
B. The state should not at all interfere in the affairs of the people
C. The state is the positive good
D. The state should perform only the minimum necessary functions
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Which of the following is a book by Michael Walzer on Justice?
A. Theory of Justice
B. Communitarian Justice
C. Sphere of Justice
D. None of these
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For Rousseau, which of the following statements is not true?
1. Two original instincts i.e., self-love and sympathy make up man's nature.
2. A thinking man is a depraved animal.
3. Family is the only natural society.
4. General will is not a group mind.
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 only
D. 4 only
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Consider the following important points of distinction between political science and ethics and choose the correct answer using the options given below:
1. The subject-matter of politics is the political behaviour of man but ethics is concerned with his ethical behaviour.
2. Political Science is normative, practical and descriptive but ethics is mainly normative and theoretical.
3. Political Science is concerned with 'is' and 'ought', but ethics is primarily concerned with 'ought'.
4. Political Science is concerned with man as a moral being but ethics deals with man as a citizen.
5. Political Science is concerned primarily with the external aspect of man but ethics is concerned with the inner development of human beings.
A. 1, 2, 3 and 5
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Libertarian view of rights has been advocated by
A. Locke
B. Mill
C. Nozick
D. Waizer
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. John Locke
1. Liberalism
b. Karl Marx
2. Marxism
c. Clinton Rossiter
3. Socialism
d. Saint - Simon
4. Conservatism
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
C. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
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The Marxian theory of Surplus Value is largely derived from the theory of
A. Adam Smith
B. Ricardo
C. Malthus
D. John Stuart Mill
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"Rights are powers necessary for the fulfilment of man's vocation as a moral being." These lines belongs to
A. T. H. Green
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Barker
D. Harold Laski
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