1) Which one of the following theories held that the State is a product and manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms?
(a) Evolutionary Theory
(b) Anarchist Theory
(c) Marxist-Leninist Theory
(d) Guild-Socialist Theory
Answer: (c)
2) “The Development of Capitalism in Russia was written by: (CSS-2005)
(a) Lenin
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Mao-Tung
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Proposal for Joint Defense between Pakistan and India was made by:
(a) Nehru
(b) Chou-En-Lie
(c) Ayub Khan
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Explanation: In 1962, a territorial differences increased between India and People’s Republic of China, the Beijing was planning to stage an invasion in northern territories of India. Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier and Mao Zedong invited Pakistan to join the raid and extricate the rest of Indian-held Kashmir from Indian control Bhutto advocated for the plan , but President Ayub Khan oppose to plan he was feared of retreat by Indian troops Instead Ayub Khan proposed a “joint defense union” with India, Bhutto was shocked by such statement and felt Ayub Khan was unlettered in international affairs
Pakistan is the sixth-largest nation in the world by way of
(a) Area
(b) Population
(c) Military Strength
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Who among the following argued that justice is the first virtue of social institutions?
(a) G.W.F. Hegel
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Charles Taylor
(d) John Rawls
Answer: (d)
Materialistic interpretation of history was propounded by: (CSS-2000)
(a) Trotsky
(b) Lenin
(c) Bolsheviks
(d) Mensheviks
(e) Karl Marx
Answer: (e)
Explanation: Marx’s theory, which he called “historical materialism” or the “materialist conception of history” is based on Hegel’s claim that history occurs through a dialectic, or clash, of opposing forces. Hegel was a philosophical idealist who believed that we live in a world of appearances, and true reality is an ideal. Marx accepted this notion of the dialectic, but rejected Hegel’s idealism because he did not accept that the material world hides from us the “real” world of the ideal; on the contrary, he thought that historically and socially specific ideologies prevented people from seeing the material conditions of their lives clearly.
Who among the following argued that universal suffrage does injustice to property owners?
(a) Henry Maine
(b) H.J. Laski
(c) J.S. Mill
(d) W. F. Willoughby
Answer: (c)
JS MILL wrote a famous book ‘On Liberty’ in the year: (CSS-2005/2009)
(a) 1759
(b) 1859
(c) 1895
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
J.S. Mill recommended complete freedom of speech and censorship:
(a) in the case of a false view
(b) in the cases of a false view and a view that is partially true and partially false
(c) in the case of view that is both.-partially true and partially false
(d) in all cases irrespective of whether a view is partially or wholly true or false
Answer: (d)
Which one of the following statements about Rousseau is correct?
(a) He perfected the theory of Social Contract
(b) He repudiated the theory of Contract altogether
(c) He transformed the theory of Contract into an idealist mode of political discourse
(d) He added nothing to the theories of Hobbes and Locke beyond combining their views
Answer: (c)
Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 at: (CSS-2009)
(a) New York
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Geneva
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Who among the following used the expression “forced to be free” in connection with the notion of liberty of the individual?’
(a) Rousseau
(b) Locke
(c) Green
(d) Hobhouse
Answer: (a)