200 Most Wanted Political Science MCQs (One Liner)

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-I

• Anschluss is a Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s doctrine of German political union with Austria, which effectively enabled Germany to annex that nation in March 1938.
• Perestroika means restructuring
• The Rio Treaty was an agreement binding the republics of the Western Hemisphere together in a mutual defense system. Also called the Rio Pact or the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, the treaty became effective on December 3, 1948, when two-thirds of the member states had ratified it.
• Which theory contributed to the rise of totalitarian state in the present century? Ethical Theory
• Who said: “good citizens make a good state and bad citizens make a bad state”? Aristotle
• The fall of the Feudal States and rise of Nation States took place in? The sixteenth century
• What is the name of the book written by Miss Follett? The New State
• In the past state used to perform? Police functions
• “State promotes exploitation of poor by the rich” who said this? Karl Marx
• Most important responsibility of a welfare state is? To check exploitation
• In ancient India most important function of the state was? To promote dharma
• In a secular state the religion? Has nothing to do with politics
• According to monistic theory about the functions of the state? Individual and state must exist for each other
• Who wrote a book that identified capitalism and democracy? Carnegie
• Who said ‘democracy is what the crowd wants’? Holmes
• Aristotle regarded the best form of government as a mixed polity
• According to Locke the sovereign was a party to the contract
• Term perestroika used by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe his plans to reform, modernize and partly decentralize the Soviet economy
• Glasnost means openness
• The flexible response plan was developed by Defense and State Department officials in the Kennedy administration who felt that Eisenhower’s “massive retaliation” doctrine restricted the president’s options too much.

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-II

• For a classical Marxist, on what grounds do the workers demand relief from starvation? Need, and entitlement to a return on their productive labour
• Kimiya-i-sa’adat was written by? Ghazali
• What does Cohen primarily mean by the phrase the ‘personal is political’? People’s actions, even when not legally required, are a matter of justice
• What is Cohen’s main objection to John Rawls’s difference principle? The personal behaviour of the ‘talented’ is not itself answerable to the difference principle
• What does Cohen mean by an ‘ethos’? A structure of response lodged in the motivations which inform everyday life
• Democracy means majority rule
• In Crick’s view, democracy can be totalitarian
• Democracy, according to Crick, can be in tension with liberty
• Who was concerned with the problems of democracy? J.S. Mill
• When was the last time in Britain that according to Crick, the term ‘democracy’ had a precise meaning? 1913
• The main function of the sovereign, according to Locke was? To interpret the laws
• Locke’s sovereign was? Bound by the existing laws
• Locke drew a clear distinction between state and government
• According to Locke the government was created for the purpose of? Protection of natural rights
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. GATT was signed by 23 nations in Geneva on 30 October 1947, and took effect on 1 January 1948.
• Locke concedes to the people? Change the government if it fails to perform its part of contract
• The Social Contract Theory of Rousseau is? Combines the points of theories of both Hobbes and Locke
• Rousseau advocated his theory of Social Contract in the book? Social Contract
• Rousseau hailed from France
• The Principle of ‘public good’ was borrowed by Rousseau from? Locke

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-III

• Defect of the Social Contract theory is: It is historically wrong
• One of the major contributions of the Social Contract theory is that? It gave a death blow to the ‘Divine Origin theory’ and paved the way for democracy
• The Social Contract theory paved the way for? Democracy
• According to Rousseau the two instincts, which governed the action of man in the state of nature, were? Self-preservation and sympathy towards others
• The state of nature, according to Rousseau, was a period of peace and happiness
• The two important factors, which according to Rousseau compelled the people to leave the state of nature and create the state were? Growth of population and property
• The contract envisaged by Rousseau was the social contract
• Under Rousseau’s contract? Each individual surrendered his powers to the Community
• Rousseau was an advocate of? Popular Sovereignty
• Which thinker is connected with the concept of General Will? Rousseau
• The General Will means? Will of the community viewed as a living and rational political organism
• The General Will is sovereign
• General Will cannot be represented through Parliamentary institutions
• The General Will according to Rousseau is always right
• The General Will, is Permanent
• Which is the most acceptable theory regarding the origin of the state? Historical theory
• The earliest territorial State was? Oriental Empire
• The early Oriental Empires rested on? Despotism of King
• The early Oriental Empires were mostly located? In the fertile valleys

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-IV

• Tribal State means a political organization which existed before the creation of the state
• The City-states which made their appearance before the birth of Christ are generally associated with Greece
• The City-states Granted freedom only to the citizens
• The Roman Empire was characterized by a Highly centralized administration
• One of the outstanding contributions of the Roman Empire was Universal code of law
• The most outstanding contributions of the Roman Empire were? Unity, uniformity of law, sovereign organization and world peace
• Under the Feudal State offices were distributed on the basis of principle of heredity
• In the Feudal State authority rested with Landed classes
• The feudal state promoted unity
• The most important factor in the development of the modern state was Growth of national consciousness
• Which factor prompted countries like Britain, France etc, to carve out the colonial empire? To make use of the resources of colonies for mother country
• The various stages through which the modern state evolved itself were? Tribal state, Greek-city state, Roman Empire, Feudal state and Modern state
• In modern times the Force theory of the origin of state found a strong advocate in? Hitler
• Which thinkers did criticize the theory of social contract? Wright, Vaughan & T.H. Green
• The area test contribution of Hobbes to Political theory was? Monarchical Theory
• According to Hobbes the primitive people were encouraged to conclude social contract on account of? Anarchy
• The main profounder of the evolutionary theory were? Burgess and Leacock
• Who said that man’s life in the state of nature was ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’? Hobbes
• “The state is neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of a resolution or convention nor a mere expansion of the family” who said this? Laski
• The modern state is described as a welfare state

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-V

• Which theory regarding the origin of state was very popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Social Contract Theory
• Which theory regarded the origin of state evoked maximum controversy? Social Contract Theory
• Who was a staunch supporter of the ‘Divine Origin Theory’? James II of England
• Who was the first to offer a systematic theory of the social contract? Hobbes
• Hobbes put forth theory of Social Contract with a view to? Defend the absolute powers of the monarchy
• Which method was adopted by Hobbes? Scientific Method
• “He breathes the bitterest hatred not only of individualism, but even of those elementary rights, which none but the most backward nations now deny to the individual, yet this preposterous system, consciously or unconsciously represents an extreme form of individualism” The quotation given above applies to Hobbes
• According to Locke people left the state of nature for the sake of preservation of their natural rights
• Which social Contractualists was born at Geneva? Rousseau
• The Malta Conference was held from January 30 to February 3, 1945 between President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom on the island of Malta. The purpose of the conference was to plan the final campaign against the Germans
• Rousseau’s contributed to? The French Revolution
• Who said “So long as the General will is Sovereign, it does not matter what form of government it may be? Rousseau
• Rousseau championed the cause of? Direct Democracy
• According to Prof. Jones the most original, the most interesting and historically the most important contribution of Rousseau to Political Theory was the concept of? General Will
• The early Oriental Empires were ruled by? Hereditary monarchs
• The Greek city-states are regarded as the best specimens of? Direct democracy
• The two most outstanding city-states of ancient Greece were? Athens and Sparta
• The nation state came into existence after? The decline of the imperial states of orient
• The evolutionary theory regarding the origin of states on? Evolutionary principle
• Who wrote the term of the social contract? “I authorize and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in the like manner”? Rousseau

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-VI

• The historical theory of the origin of the state asserts that the state is? an outcome of gradual and continuous development of human society out of an imperfect beginning towards a more perfect organization
• Rousseau borrowed the concept of absolute sovereignty from? Hobbes
• Rousseau’s Social Contract theory exercised immense influence on? The French Revolution of 1779
• The view that the state arose not as the creator of law but the interpreter and enforcer of customs was expressed by? Locke
• Who made out a case for absolute monarchy? Hobbes
• The Social Contract theory replaced? Divine Origin theory
• Who said that “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”? Rousseau
• Which is accepted as the true theory of the origin of state? Evolutionary theory
• Historical and evolutionary theories are the same
• The theory of origin of state which holds that the state is the result of slow process of growth is known as evolutionary Theory
• The Evolutionary theory holds that state is the result of slow process of growth
• The four factors which helped in the evolution of the state were Kinship, Religion, Force and Political Consciousness
• Kinship, which according to the Evolutionary theory was one of the major contributory factors for the origin of state, means? Belief in common blood relationship
• Religion helped in the evolution of state by cultivating two qualities? Reverence and obedience
• The state is a product of society at a certain stage of development when it has split into irreconcilable antagonisms, which it is powerless to dispel. To which theory of the origin of the state does this statement belong? Marxists
• In Ancient city-state citizenship was available to all persons except the slaves and foreigners
• Church occupied an important position in? The Holy Roman Empire
• Absence of unity was a characteristic of? The ancient city state
• Feudalism was a dominant feature of? The Holy Roman Empire

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-VII

• The position of the Kings during the Holy Roman Empire was rendered weak due to? Rise of feudal lords and Popes
• The ownership of land under feudalism rested with? The feudal lords
• One of the major factor which contributed to the decline of the Holy Roman Empire was? Challenge of bourgeoisie class
• Who asserted, “the state would ultimately wither away”? Marx
• Who said: “a man who lives outside the polis is either a beast or a God”? Aristotle
• The statement “State is an ethical institution which is indispensable for the full moral development of man” is associated with the? Idealist
• The modern state is also is also known as? A nation state
• The view that “State is an executive committee of the exploiting class” is associated with? The Marxists
• Who believed that the state should protect and restrain and not foster and promote? The Monistic
• Who believes that individual independent in his own way dependent on others? The Anarchists
• Who said that the state is individual magnified? Plato
• Who said that individual is an instinct part of the state? Aristotle
• Who believed that head of the state is comparable to the spirit of human body? Cicero
• Who said that state is image of human organism? Bluntschli
• Whose name is primarily associated with organic theory of the state? Herbert Spencer
• Organic theory of the state gave set back to? Theory of Social Contract
• The problem with the German state in Marx’s time was that it was Christian
• Germany in Marx’s time had no Citizens
• For Marx, emancipation is inadequate when it is merely political

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-VIII

• Who saw the mature state as divorced from all particular religions? Burke
• When the state is ‘perfected’, society is Civil
• As a member of the state, the individual has a sovereignty that is fictitious
• The citizen in the state is, according to Marx? Sophistical
• Religion in the USA is a matter of celebration
• The democratic state, in Marx’s eyes, is rooted in dualism
• Civil rights, in Marx’s view, are political
• The ‘rights of man’ are based upon private property
• The free person in the political state is, according to Marx? A monad
• Marx sees ‘political man’ as abstract
• H.G. Wells saw Lenin’s Russia as rule by? Party oligarchy
• In Crick’s view, the classical Marxist critique ignores nationalism
• The Fabians are British
• The Future of Socialism was written by Crosland
• Ralph Miliband wrote a book called Parliamentary Socialism
• Cultural revolution in China was led by Mao-Zedong
• ‘The dignity of work’ was a particular concern of William Morris
• Socialists believe in greater equality
• ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’. This is an adage of autocracy
• Who considered that democracy was only workable with mass education? J.S. Mill
• Marxism, in Crick’s eyes, lacks a clear doctrine of ethics

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-IX

• Who claimed to be ‘blown off course’ by international economic events? Harold Wilson
• Democratic socialists support Liberty
• Which socialist spoke of ‘oppressive tolerance’? Marcuse
• Equality must be sharply differentiated from? Sameness
• Who wrote an important report on World Poverty? Brandt
• Who said ‘Property is theft’? Proudhon
• Which anarchist took part in the First International? Bakunin
• What differentiates an anarchist from a nihilist? Belief in morality
• Who wrote a book entitled Political Justice? Proudhon
• The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe’s postwar reorganization.
• What is the distinguishing feature of an anarcho-syndicalist? Support for revolutionary trade unions
• Which anarchist embraced pacifism? Tolstoy
• What French thinker is responsible for ‘Cogito, ergo sum’? Rene Descartes
• Which thinker said “’I think, therefore I am’? Rene Descartes
• Which thinker said these words ‘the only thing I can be certain of is my own existence’? Rene Descartes
• What American philosopher wrote ‘A Theory of Justice’? John Rawls
• What thinker is associated with the ‘categorical imperative’? Immanuel Kant
• What school of thought ascribes to the notion that there exist as many competing realities as there are individuals, thus absolutes cannot exist? Postmodernism
• Who wrote the ‘Second Treatise on Civil Government’? John Locke
• Locke was an elitist — famous for condemning the poor as those less ‘rational and industrious’ than the successful.

POLITICAL SCIENCE MCQs Set-X

• The Clouds is not a Platonic Dialogue. The Clouds was the work of Aristophanes.
• Who is most correctly referred to as the father of utilitarianism? Jeremy Bentham
• J.S. Mill was raised in the utilitarian tradition by his father, John Mill, and his father’s close friend, Jeremy Bentham.
• Who wrote ‘Being and Nothingness’? Jean-Paul Sartre
• What dramatist wrote the ‘Philosophy of Existentialism’? Gabriel Marcel
• What communitarian wrote Democracy’s Discontents? Michael Sandel
• What name was given to those allied with Alexander Hamilton in support of a strong national government with weak states? Federalists
• What is the rule of the wealthy known as? Plutocracy
• Who wrote an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding? David Hume
• Locke wrote the ‘Essay concerning Human Understanding.’
• ‘Tis better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both’ — is in a great, and completely readable, work by whom? Nicolo Machiavelli
• Who is known as the founder of the deconstructionalist school of thought? Jacques Derrida
• What philosopher fond of aphorisms suffered from syphilis and is often wrongly associated with the tenets of Nazi party? Frederich Nietzsche
• Which is the distinguishing characteristic of State, as compared with other associations? Sovereignty
• Which are the four characteristics of state? Population, territory, government and sovereignty
• The term state has often been confused with? Sovereignty
• The State is concrete while the Government is abstract
• According to Plato, the population of the State should be about? 5040
• Changes in the State do not come frequently whereas in the Government these are frequent
• Who said that ‘state is a community permanently established for a political end’? Hall

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