NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 44 of 150)
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- Which one of the following is the correct combination related to theoretical defense of the welfare state?
- John Locke: Treatise on Government
- J S Mill: Representative Government
- F. Engels: Socialism Utopian and Scientific
- L. T. Hobhouse: Liberalism
- Why do contemporary liberals persuaded by John Rawis argue for the primacy of rights over good?
- A majority of the people prefer rights over good
- There are plurality of conceptions of good which people uphold and they have their reasons for the same 7 of 15
- Liberal societies, unlike the traditional, uphold rights
- The universal declaration on human rights prefers right over good
- Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- The party system and the elections in India are based on single member constituencies, first-past-the post system of plurality voting and a bicameral legislature
- British party system is the product of the great economic and social changes that rocked the society and the state in the nineteenth century Europe
- The electoral system is at the heart of the credibility (legitimacy) of modern democracies
- The first general elections (Parliamentary Elections) were held in
- India in the year 1950 following the ratification of the Constitution
- Consider the following with respect to deepening of democracy:
- A system of representation, with well functioning political parties and interest associations.
- An electoral system that guarantees free and fair elections as well as universal suffrage.
- A system of checks and balances based on the separation of powers with independent judicial and legislative branches.
- A vibrant civil society as well as a free and independent media.
- Which of the above are required to deepen democracy?
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 4 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- The effects of globalization on the lives of women have been multiple, contradictory, exclusionary and exclusionary
- The gender question can be meaningfully addressed only by ensuring equality in the private realm
- A democratic solution to gender question lies with more democracy in social, economic and political fields with a commitment to equality
- Feminist political theory from its inception has demanded special and different treatment for women
- Consider the following statements about conservatism:
- Conservatism is opposed to revolutionary change.
- For conservatives, traditions, customs and usages are sources of rights.
- Conservatives are invariably committed to religious practices.
- Conservatives are opposed to universal adult franchise.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 3 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 3 and 4 only
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following countries:
- France
- England
- Switzerland
- Germany
- By the end of 19th century in which of the above countries all adult women were enfranchised?
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3 only
- 1 only
- None of the above
- Which one of the following thinkers defended representative democracy against direct democracy?
- J J Rousseau
- Karl Marx
- M. A. Bakunin
- J. Madison
- Consider the following statements: In early 1920s Gandhi argued that swaraj is impossible without
- Khadi
- Hindu-Muslim unity
- Abolition of unsociability
- Nai Talim (Basic Education)
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only 8 of 15
- 2 and 4 only
- Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Che Guevara
- Match Item 2: Bolshevik Revolution
- Match Item 1: Georg Lukacs
- Match Item 2: Cuban Revolution
- Match Item 1: Rose Luxemburg
- Match Item 2: German Uprising
- Match Item 1: Nikolai Bukharin
- Match Item 2: Hungarian
- Revolution
- Which one of the following conditions aptly represents Gandhi՚s idea of swaraj?
- Self-sufficiency in food grains based on large scale irrigation and applications of fertilizers
- Self-sufficient rural economy employing local resources and laborintensive techniques
- An economy where men and women are fully employed in professions requiring technical education
- Labor intensive agriculture and a modern urban economy
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched (Concept) ? (Thinker)
- Match Item 1: Public sphere
- Match Item 2: Thomas Hobbes
- Match Item 1: Civil associations
- Match Item 2: A. De Tocqueville
- Match Item 1: Social capital
- Match Item 2: Robert Putnam
- Match Item 1: Nongovernmental, non-party organizations
- Match Item 2: Rajni Kothari
- Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Leo Strauss
- Match Item 2: Political philosopher
- Match Item 1: Albert Venn Dicey
- Match Item 2: Constitutional theorist
- Match Item 1: Harold Lasswell
- Match Item 2: Communication theorist
- Match Item 1: Samuel Finer
- Match Item 2: Historian of
- Government
- Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 and 3 only
- 2,3 and 4 only
- 1,2 and 4 only
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Modernization theories assonate which of the following with political modernization?
- Equal opportunity to participate n politics and compete for government office.
- Differentiation and speciaflzabon of political functions.
- Secularization of the political sphere.
- Formation of a federal system of government.
- Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 3 and 4 only
- 1,2 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 4 only
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following statements: Thomas Hobbes argues that
- Without the state, morality, justice, industry and civilization cannot endure.
- In the state of nature, everyman has the liberty to use his power as he wants.
- Human nature primarily seeks self preservation, power, glory, riches and honor.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 3