Who among the following sought to establish the non-utilitarian proposition that some pleasures are of a higher quality than others?
A. Priestley
B. Hutcheson
C. J. Bentham
D. J. S. Mill
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Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) . Select the correct answer:
Assertion (A) For Locke, Labour is the source and justification of property.
Reason (R) Its function is to turn the Earth into consumable goods.
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 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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"Government is the agency or machinery through which common policies are determined, common affairs are regulated and common interests promoted".
The above statement is attributed to:
A. Gettel
B. Laski
C. Gilchrist
D. Garner
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For Rousseau which one of the following is not true?
A. For man's self-love, which satisfies his real needs, is only too apt to become pride
B. Pride becomes incompatible with sympathy
C. From pride all evil has grown
D. Pride does not seduce reason
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The pattern of social relations at any stage of social development is determind by:
A. The forms of production at that stage
B. The relations of production at that stage
C. The mode of production at that stage
D. All of the above
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Prominent critic of Imperialism is :
A. J. A. Hobson
B. Lenin
C. M. K. Gandhi
D. All of the above
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Assertion (A) Karl Marx was not the first socialist writer of the 19th century .
Reason (R) The idea of the class was spread by St. Simon and Guizot.
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 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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Who among the following political thinkers are generally regarded as founders of philosophical approach?
A. Plato and Aristotle
B. Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
C. Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill
D. Kant, Hegal
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Who among the following conceived society as a 'Cooperative venture for mutual advantage', more or less self-suffcient, and necessarily governed by rules?
A. Robert Nozick
B. Friedrich Hayek
C. John Rawls
D. Karl Marx
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Whose ideas of the following were incorporated in the philosophical radicalism of utilitarianism?
A. Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes
C. John Locke
D. Rousseau
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. . . . . . . . enjoys the power of coercion and . . . . . . . . does not enjoy the powers of coercion
A. State, Society
B. Nation, State
C. Association, Society
D. Government, State
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Consider the following statement: " . . . . . . . . the entire world has no right to silence a fool . . . . . . . . "
The above statement was made by:
A. Niccollo Machiavelli
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. James Mill
D. John Stuart Mill
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Which of the following statement is true regarding nation?
A. A nation is a community which considers itself one
B. A nation means the population of a selfgoverning state
C. It is held together by many ties like territory language etc
D. All of the above
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Who defined ideology as a 'systematic set of arguments and beliefs used to justify an existing or desired soical order'?
A. Max Weber
B. Joseph Dunner
C. Gramsci
D. Dyke
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The prominent criticism of the Marxian theory is that:
A. There is no rigid division of society into two classes
B. The size of the middle class has increased under the capitalist system instead of diminishing
C. Both A and B
D. Its prognosis has not been practicable anywhere, anytime
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. . . . . . . . is not restricted to any geographical area.
A. State
B. Nation
C. Society
D. Country
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Which of the following are not the basis of the authority of society?
A. Social Customs
B. Conventions
C. Laws
D. Moral Pressure
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Aristotle devoted himself to a critical study of the ideal states projected by
A. Phaleas
B. Hippodamus
C. Plato
D. All of these
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Who made no distinction between State and Society?
A. Hegel
B. Aristotle
C. Plato
D. Both B and C
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Assertion (A) For J. S. Mill will is the basis of all institutions including the state.
Reason (R) Will is not only dependent on number, it has a qualitative foundation and the Will which makes the institutions takes on the form of a belief.
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 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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