Which of the following statements are true regarding Political Theory?
A. 1 and 4
B. 2 and 3
C. Only 4
D. 3 and 4
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Economics is value free, but political economy orginates in the context of the ideological debate of the eighteenth century is a comment made by
A. Marx
B. keynes
C. Schumpeter
D. Amartya Sen
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Which of the following factors are responsible for the decline of political theory?
A. Only 1 and 2
B. Only 2 and 3
C. Only 1, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Assertion (A): While liberals say that the aim of politics is to resolve conflicts, maintain order, serve the common good and safeguard the right and liberties of the individual, the Marxists say that politics reflects class struggle. It is used by the owners of the means of production to safeguard their interests.Reason (R): The liberal and Marxian views of politics supplement one another.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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The work 'Marxism and Politics' is authored by:
A. N. Poulantzas
B. C. Wright Mills
C. Ralph Miliband
D. Antonio Gramsci
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Who among the following characterised early liberalism as 'possessive individualism'?
A. F. A. Hayek
B. Robert Nozick
C. C. B. MacPherson
D. Rawls
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MacIver writes, "force always disrupts unless it is made subservient to . . . . . . . . will . . . . . . . . "
A. Political
B. Social
C. Common
D. Partial
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Assertion (A) For Rawls the right is prior to good.Reason (R) The loss of freedom for some is made right by greater good shared by others.
A. Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
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The doctrine of proportionate equality was propounded by
A. Aristotle
B. Rousseau
C. Marx
D. Rawls
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"Justice is the central and commanding concept of current mainstream normative political philosophy".
A. John Rawls
B. Tom Campbell
C. Laski
D. Nozick
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To see things authentically as a conservative "is to experience events in the past." This statement belongs to
A. Rossiter
B. Mannhein
C. Carl Schmitt
D. Edmund Burk
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Who among the following cannot be considered as the proponent of classical liberalism?
A. Jeremy Bentham
B. T. H. Green
C. James Mill
D. D. C. Tocqueville
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Lord James Bryce is considered to be the best advocate of the:
A. Experimental method
B. Historical method
C. Observational method
D. Comparative method
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Who defined life as a "perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceased only in death."
A. Frederick Watkins
B. Willian Robson
C. Hobbes
D. John Rawls
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"To teach the theory of the state to men who have not learned the first principles of sociology is like teaching astronomy or thermodynamics to men who have not learned the Newtonian Laws of motion". The above statement is made by:
A. Giddings in "Principles of Sociology"
B. Stuart Rice in 'Quantitative Methods in Politics'
C. Kaplan in 'Power and Society'
D. Arnold Brecht in 'Political Theory'
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John Locke in his book "Two Treaties of Government", revealed about the concept of
A. Two-way contract
B. Criticism of Hobbes
C. Natural Rights
D. Individualism
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Who among the following said that ideology should neither be thought of as liberating or oppressive, nor as true or false. It can be any these things?
A. Andrew Heywood
B. John Rawls
C. Andrew Gamble
D. Bill Coxall
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Match the following
List-I (Books)List-II (Authors)
a. The Second Sex
1. Juliet Mitchell
b. The Second Stage
2. Kate Millell
c. Sexual Politics
3. Betty Friedan
d. Women's Estate
4. Simone de Beauvoir
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
D. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
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Who defines rights in terms of negative and positive liberties?
A. Kay Granger
B. Isaish Berlin
C. Barker
D. None of these
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Match the following
List-I (Authors)List-II (Books)
a. Betty Friedan
1. Sexual Politics
b. Kate Millett
2. The Femine Mystique
c. Mary Wallstonecraft
3. Vindication of the Rights of Women
d. Germanine Greer
4. The Female Funch
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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