Who characterise nature as cruel and harsh?
A. Liberals
B. Socialists
C. Conservative
D. Ecologists
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The positive view of liberty entails
1. personal liberty
2. economic liberty
3. social liberty
4. economic as well as social liberty
Select the correct answer
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 3
D. 1 and 2
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Rousseau ⟺ Elite theory
B. John Locke ⟺ Totalitarian
C. Hobbes ⟺ Libertarian
D. Plato ⟺ Best rulers and wisest courses
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"The breakdown of capitalism might result not in communism but is anarchy form which there might emerge some dictatorship unrelated in principle to communist ideals."
Who said this?
A. Plekhnov
B. Marx
C. Laski
D. Lenin
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Which the following is not a disadvantage of democracy?
A. It create 'tyranny of majority'
B. It turn into mobocracy
C. Its decision-making process is accommodative
D. Its decision-making process is lengthy
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Who made the statement that, "in the present state of knowledge, politics far from being a science is one of the most backward of all arts"?
A. Henry Maine
B. Roucek
C. Buckle
D. Maitland
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According to Thomas Hobbes, what was man's natural state?
A. War
B. Parsimony
C. Communism
D. Harmony
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Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A. Theory of Natural Rights ⟺ Hobbes
B. Theory of Legal Rights ⟺ Austin
C. Idealist Theory of Rights ⟺ Legal
D. Social Welfare Theory of Rights ⟺ Locke
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Assertion (A): According to Marx political institutions and activities are an outgrowth of the prevailing economic system, especially the mode of production.
Reason (R): The conflicting economic interests are the motive force behind all politics.
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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"While presupposing a single shared cultural understanding is false, relying on the dominate understanding is dangerous." This statement belongs to
A. Arthur Schlesinger
B. Amy Gutmann
C. Martha Nussbaum
D. Susan Moller Okin
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Which among the following are the part of moral rights included under US Copyright Act?
A. Right to attribution
B. Right to integrity
C. Right to work
D. Both A and B
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The distinction between positive freedom and negative freedom is usually described as
A. 'freedom to' and 'freedom from'
B. 'freedom of' and 'freedom to'
C. 'freedom with' and 'freedom of'
D. 'freedom from' and 'freedom to'
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Which among the following is a work of Ehrlich and Harriman?
A. Only One Earth
B. The Silent Spring
C. How to be a Survivor
D. Blueprint for Surviva
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According to David Held Political theory is
A. a network of concepts and generalisation of political life
B. is a body of philosophical and scientific knowledge
C. an activity of posing question and developing responses
D. men's attempt to solve the problem of life
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Right to equality in India includes
1. equal protection of the laws.
2. abolition of untouchability.
3. equal pay for equal work.
4. abolition of titles.
Select the correct answer
A. 1 and 3
B. Only 1
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 4
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In the course of the growth of political science, American scholars have focussed their attention on:
A. Modelling political science after the fashion of physical sciences
B. Replacing the social content of political science with mathematical tools
C. Search for more comprehensive scope, for realism, for precision and for intellectual order
D. Breaking, the integrity of political science as a discipline into several sub-disciplines like political geography etc
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Which of the following is not an example of contractual rights?
A. Right to refunds and repair
B. Right to integrity
C. Rights to be the only seller or buyer
D. Rights to sell a product or service
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Which of the following belongs to the third generation of rights?
A. Right to life
B. Right to property
C. Right to rest and leisure
D. Right to enjoy a pollution free environment
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. . . . . . . . is the parent science of all the social sciences.
A. Sociology
B. History
C. Philosophy
D. None of the above
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Which among the following is true about Liberalism?
A. It promotes individual's civil and political liberties
B. It supports government through law
C. It rejects consent of the people
D. It is an economic theory
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