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Political Science - I

2018

MCQs

Question 1
Marx and Engels produced the famous book “Communist Manifesto” in ____.
  • 1884
  • 1845
  • 1883
  • None of these
Explanation: The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848 which is not among the options.
Question 2
Montesquieu by birth belonged to ____.
  • Germany
  • France
  • England
  • None of these
Explanation: Montesquieu was a French political thinker of the Enlightenment.
Question 3
A bi-cameral legislature is most suited to ____.
  • Unitary States
  • Theocratic States
  • Federal States
  • None of these
Explanation: Bicameral legislatures suit federal systems by representing regions and people.
Question 4
Which from the following are the elements of Marxism?
  • Concept of surplus value
  • Dialectical Materialism
  • Doctrine of class struggle
  • All of these
Explanation: Marxism includes surplus value, dialectical materialism, and class struggle.
Question 5
Aristotle was famous student of ____.
  • Plato
  • Socrates
  • Hermes
  • None of these
Explanation: Aristotle studied under Plato at the Academy.
Question 6
Plato wrote the famous book named ____.
  • Leviathan
  • The Republic
  • The Clouds
  • None of these
Explanation: The Republic is Plato’s major work on justice and ideal state.
Question 7
Machiavelli died in ____.
  • 1469 AD
  • 1523 AD
  • 1527 AD
  • None of these
Explanation: Machiavelli died in 1527 in Florence.
Question 8
The concept of justice in the sense of greatest happiness of the greatest number was postulated by ____.
  • Marx
  • J.S Mill
  • Spencer
  • None of these
Explanation: J.S. Mill promoted utilitarianism based on greatest happiness principle.
Question 9
Liberal Democracy means ____.
  • Limited majority rule
  • Government by people
  • Government by majority
  • None of these
Explanation: Liberal democracy limits majority rule by protecting individual rights.
Question 10
The doctrine of proportionate equality was pronounced by ____.
  • Marx
  • Aristotle
  • Rousseau
  • None of these
Explanation: Aristotle proposed proportionate equality in justice.
Question 11
“General Will” as a concept was introduced by ____.
  • Locke
  • Hobbes
  • Rousseau
  • None of these
Explanation: Rousseau introduced general will as collective interest of citizens.
Question 12
The center of learning to the Greeks was the city state of ____.
  • Athens
  • Carthage
  • Spartas
  • None of these
Explanation: Athens was the intellectual center of ancient Greece.
Question 13
“The Treatise on Civil Government” was written by ____.
  • Montesquieu
  • John Locke
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • None of these
Explanation: Locke wrote Two Treatises of Government advocating rights and consent.
Question 14
Allama Iqbal characterized as “The sharp agent of devil” to a political philosopher namely ____.
  • Karl Marx
  • Chankl Kutalia
  • Machiavelli
  • None of these
Explanation: Iqbal criticized Machiavelli’s political realism as unethical.
Question 15
The concept of “Sovereignty” was introduced for the first time into politics by ____.
  • Jean Bodin
  • Hugo Grotius
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • None of these
Explanation: Jean Bodin formalized the concept of sovereignty in politics.
Question 16
The great but ungrateful pupil of his master who was born in 384 BC was ____.
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Socrates
  • None of these
Explanation: Aristotle, born in 384 BC, was a student of Plato.
Question 17
“An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” was published in 1690, it is the most important work of ____.
  • Bentham
  • J. Locke
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • None of these
Explanation: Locke wrote this work explaining human knowledge and experience.
Question 18
The sovereignty in Islamic Political System belongs to ____.
  • Maslis-e-Shura
  • Caliph
  • Allah
  • None of these
Explanation: Sovereignty in Islam belongs to Allah with governance based on divine law.
Question 19
It is normally the technique of pressure groups to impress the legislature by ____.
  • Lobbying
  • Canvassing
  • Propaganda
  • None of these
Explanation: Pressure groups use lobbying to influence lawmakers.
Question 20
Modern Political thought begins with ____.
  • Montesquieu
  • Machiavelli
  • J.S Mill
  • None of these
Explanation: Machiavelli is considered the founder of modern political thought.