"The politics of difference" or identity politics is closely associated with
A. Feminism
B. Ecologism
C. Multiculturalism
D. Postmodernism
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Who has used the concept of "Hegemony"?
A. Laski
B. MacIver
C. Gramsci
D. Marx
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'The Postmodern Condition' was written by
A. Michel Foucault
B. Derrida
C. Richard Rorty
D. Jean Francois Lyotard
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Who among the following applied the concept of culture to the study of social systems and presented the famous four fold functional analysis of the social systems?
A. Giddings
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Lipset
D. Max Weber
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Who defined early liberalism as 'possessive individualism'?
A. Immanuel Kant
B. Voltaire
C. J. S. Mill
D. C. B. Macpherson
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"Act only on those rules of action that could be universal law." This view is related with
A. Utilitarianism
B. Laski's theory of right
C. Kantian theory of right
D. None of the above
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Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?
A. Aristotle ⟺ Democracy is a rule of many
B. Dicey ⟺ Legislation based on public opinion
C. Bryce ⟺ People experiencing sovereignty through votes
D. Rousseau ⟺ Preference to individual rather than community
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. Classical Theory of Democracy
1. Macpherson
b. Neo-liberal Theory of Democracy
2. J. S. Mill
c. Elite Theory of Democracy
3. Joseph Schumpeter
d. Empirical Theory of Democracy
4. Michels
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
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Who among the following thinkers held the view that equality and liberty are antithetical?
A. Lord Acton
B. Karl Marx
C. Harold Laski
D. G. D. H. Cole
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Kautilya wrote his Arthasastra on the subject of:
A. History
B. Practical politics
C. Religion
D. Science
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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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Match the following
List-I (Theory of Rights)
List-II (Themes)
a. Natural Right Theory
1. Some object as rights
b. Historical Rights Theory
2. Claiming or waiving
c. Interest Theory
3. Rights as pre-social
d. Choice Theory
4. Rights emanating form customs
A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
D. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
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Negative liberty implies
1. Freedom as absence of restraints
2. Freedom from chains
3. Freedom as self-mastery
4. Freedom as non-interference
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Within the framework of differentiated citizenship, multiculturalism has sanctions which among the following kinds of rights for minority community?
A. Cultural right
B. Self-government right
C. Special representation right
D. All of the above
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The words "The desire to conserve" are related with
A. Russell Kirk
B. Edmund Burke
C. Oakeshott
D. Clinton Rossiter
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The institution common to Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Sweden is:
A. Ombudsman
B. Monarchy
C. Election commission
D. Local Judiciary
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Who among the following considers the state as the sole source of the right to use Violence?
A. Marx
B. Weber
C. Kant
D. Hegel
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