Which one of the following approaches/theories was first started as a critique of democracy and socialism?
A. Elite theory
B. Structural-functional approach
C. Communications theory
D. Game theory
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Hegel's dialectical method was
A. To build a science of politics
B. To accept the enlightenment's philosophical method
C. To assert that the methods of natural sciences and those of social sciences were identical
D. To solve the problem of contradiction
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Which one among the following statements is true?
A. Social justice violates the principles of equality
B. Social justice is derived from moral reasonableness
C. Social justice as a negation of justice
D. Social justice is an instrument of political manipulation
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Which of the following is not correct regarding Behaviouralism?
A. It is a sort of a protest movement against the inadequacies of conventional political science
B. It has made the individual the centre of attention in the study of political phenomena
C. It lays emphasis on traditional outlook
D. It is pragmatic, catholic and eclectic
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Match the following in the term of
Authors and
Important Concepts :
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Important Concepts)
a. John Rawls
1. Communitarian Perspective of Justice
b. Robert Nozick
2. Global Justice
c. Michael Walzer
3. Distributive Justice
d. Thomas Pogge
4. Justice as Entitlement
A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Which of the following is correct so far as John Rawls' writings are concerned?
A. At Theory of Justice
B. Political Liberalism
C. The Law of Peoples
D. All of these
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Rearrange the following works of Karl Marx in sequential order in terms of Publication year.
1. Critique of Political Economy
2. Poverty of Philosophy
3. Communist Manifesto
4. The Holy Family
A. 4, 2, 3, 1
B. 1, 3, 4, 2
C. 2, 1, 4, 3
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
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Identify the correct sequence of Marx's writings in ascending order.
1. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
2. Poverty of Philosophy
3. Thesis on Feuerbach
4. Communist Manifesto
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 3, 4, 1
C. 3, 2, 4, 1
D. 4, 1, 2, 3
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The growth of judicial power over the last one hundred years in liberal democracies have taken place because
A. The Constitutions have given the judiciary more powers
B. Acceptance of the theory of separation of powers
C. The UN Directives
D. Protect human rights
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Who of the following said, "An important function of Political theory is not only to show what a political practice is but also to show what it means. In showing what a practice means, or what it ought to mean, Political theory can alter what it is"?
A. G. H. Sabine
B. Leo Strauss
C. Michael Oakeshott
D. Isaiah Berlin
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Capitalism is the primary cause of environmental degradation-who said this?
A. Habermas
B. Medha Patkar
C. Arundhoti Ray
D. Anna Hazare
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Positive liberalism does not believe in
A. Welfare State
B. Nanny State
C. State as a moral agency
D. Minimal State
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Which of the following statements relating to Mao's theory of contradictions are true?
1. Contradictions are universal in all times and in all societies.
2. Antagonistic contradictions exist among the hostile classes in terms of ownership of productive forces.
3. Non-antagonistic contradictions could exist among people which could be resolved without resorting to violence.
4. Contradictions have no place in a socialist system.
Choose the correct answer from the below:
A. 2 and 1
B. 2 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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The elite theory was first started in
A. The United States of America
B. The United Kingdom
C. Central and Western European Countries
D. Australia
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Plato considered politics a sub-division of
A. Political Science
B. Sociology
C. Ethics
D. History
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C. Wright Mills 'The Power Elite' (1956) offered a general analysis of elites in
A. Entire capitalistic world
B. Developed capitalistic world of North America and Western Europe
C. Developed capitalistic nations of North America, Western Europe and Japan
D. Developed capitalism of the USA
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Concepts)
List-II (Thinkers)
a. Tacit consent
1. Rawls
b. Self-regarding and other regarding action
2. Berlin
c. Negative and positive liberty
3. Locke
d. Well ordered society
4. Bentham
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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For J. S. Mill, which of the following statements is not true?
1. Pleasures differ in quality as well as in quantity.
2. Mill makes use of the non-utilitarian arguments.
3. The felicific calculus is absurd.
4. Pleasures can be objectively measured.
Select the correct answer:
A. 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 4 only
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Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
List-I
List-II
1
A. Pareto
I. Circulation of elites
2
B. Mosca
II. Theory of the masses
3
C. Michels
III. Concept of mass mind
4
D. Gasset
IV. Political formula
A. 2 and 4
B. 1 and 2
C. 3 and 4
D. 2 and 3
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Which one of the following statements is incorrect regarding political ideology?
A. It is a belief system which helps to structure how the world is understood and explained
B. It is a set of ideas which provides the basis for some kind of political action
C. It is art action-oriented belief system
D. Political ideology is to the same thing as political theory
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