Who among the following prominent writers has given psychological explanations of almost all the political problems?
A. Le Bon
B. Baldwin
C. Graham Wallas
D. All of the above
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Who among the following said that political theory is in the doghouse in the 1950s?
A. Easton
B. Laslett
C. R. A. Dahl
D. Riemer
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Which one of the following contentions of Isaiah Berlin is not true in the context of resurgence of political theory (political philosophy)?
A. Politics exists in a society where ends collide. In a liberal order political theory can never see its end
B. The responsibility for causing decline of political theory should be laid on rank empiricists who have displaced classical tradition
C. Political theory shall continue to exist as a result of the inquisitive and rational inquiry of man
D. He is sheptical about the resurgence of political theory (philosophy)
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Who among the following is not associated with decline of political theory?
A. Peter Laslett
B. David Hasten
C. Jean Blonde
D. Alfred Cobban
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According to Marx, Politics is:
A. A devise to enhance class contradictions
B. An instrument of class domination
C. A mode of ensuring social harmony
D. A process aimed at welfare of the dominant class
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Who among the following dismissed John Rawl's concept of social justice as a 'mirage'?
A. Macpherson
B. Friedrich Hayek
C. Isaiah Berlin
D. Robert Nozick
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Who of the following lamented the 'death' of political philosophy?
A. Robert Dahl
B. Peter Laslett
C. Peter Winch
D. David Easton
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Which one of the following statements is not true?
A. Neo-liberalism refers to significant revival of interest in classical liberalism
B. Neo-liberal ideas were taken up by the political parties of the New Right in Britain
C. The revival of classical liberalism occurred as a reaction against the onset of a world recession in the 1970s
D. T. H. Green accepted the classical liberal notion of liberty only
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Which is not a part of Rawls well ordered society?
A. Stable
B. Efficient
C. Just
D. Equal
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Who said "Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and of the Proletarian Revolution"?
A. Marx
B. Lenin
C. Stalin
D. Mao
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C. Wright Mill's 'The Power Elite' is a study of the contemporary politics of
A. China
B. The United States of America
C. The Soviet Union
D. Great Britain
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Books)
a. Brian Berry
1. Justice
b. Susan Moller Okin
2. Idea of Justice
c. Amartya K. Sen
3. Justice, Gender and Family
d. Tom Campbell
4. The Liberal Theory of Justice
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
C. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
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Who among the following has defined 'political power' as the "relationship in which one person or a group is able to determine the actions of another in the direction of the former's own end"?
A. Bertrand Russel
B. Habermas
C. Morgenthau
D. David Easton
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Power is like money is formulated by
A. C. Wright Mills
B. Paul Sweezy
C. Talcott Parsons
D. Ralph Miliband
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Ethics is concerned with man as a man and as such, it is prior to:
A. Society
B. Science
C. Political Science
D. History
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Who among the following defined civil power as "the right of making laws with penalties .... for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws ... all this only for the public good."?
A. Rousseau
B. Karl Marx
C. John Locke
D. J. S. Mill
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Ivor Brown points out that economics deals mainly with . . . . . . . . and politics is concerned with . . . . . . . .
A. Wealth, Government
B. Business, State
C. Commodities, Human beings
D. Production, Administration
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With which approach would one associate the following statement. Economic globalisation is an uneven, hierarchical process and benefits only a tiny minority.
A. Economic Liberalism
B. Economic Realists
C. Mercantilism
D. Neo-Marxism
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Concepts)
a. John Rawls
1. Equality of What
b. John C. Harsanyi
2. Primary Goods Reconsidered
c. Richard J. Arneson
3. Justice as Fairness
d. Alex Callinicos
4. The Maximin Principle
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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Which one of the features of Rawls' concept of 'Veil of ignorance' is not true?
A. No one knows his place in society, his class position or social status
B. No one knows his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities
C. The parties know their special psychological propensities
D. The parties do not (even) know their conception of the good
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