political science MCQs – Page 12

Practise multiple-choice questions from political science for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

political science Mcqs
221. Who of the following has tried to establish a close link between justice and liberty?
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A. Individualists

B. Anarchists

C. Marxists

D. Syndicalists

E. Liberals
223. The term state has often been confused with ___________?
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A. Association

B. Government

C. Nation

D. Sovereignty
224. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. State and nation are identical

B. Homogeneity is an essential feature of state

C. State and nation are opposed to each other

D. Nation is a territorial community
225. The state consists of:__________?
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A. Nine elements

B. Four elements

C. Three elements

D. Five elements

226. Who said that the state is expansion of family?
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A. Newton

B. Locke

C. Plato

D. Aristotle
227. The idea of trusteeship of private property emerged with:
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A. Spread of Christianity

B. Rise of landed class

C. People taking to agriculture

D. Establishment of constitutional monarchy

228. Which one of the following is not true about private property?
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A. It has divided society in classess

B. It has checked incentive and initiative

C. It has deprived the poor of their pleasure

D. It has promoted social disharmony

E. It has made the rich richer and poor still poorer

229. According to St. Augustine property was:____________?
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A. Natural institution

B. Religious institution

C. Conventional institution

D. Economic institution

E. Political institution

230. Political science stresses the study of ___________?
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A. All the above

B. State

C. Power

D. Government

231. According to the idealistic theory of property:
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A. All private property is theft

B. Private property is the cause of social inequalities

C. Private property is a gift from God

D. Property is an essential condition for the fulfilment of personality
233. Compared with society, scope of state activity is ____________?
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A. Wider

B. No comparison between the two

C. Just equal

D. Narrow

234. Which one of the following is not a state?
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A. Sikkim

B. Burma

C. Bhutan

D. Bangladesh

236. The general opinion at present it is favour of:
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A. None of the above

B. Absolute rights to property

C. Right to property within limitations

D. Abolition of all private property

238. The theory of surplus value is associated with:
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A. J.S. Mill

B. Karl Marx

C. Adam Smith

D. Herbert Spencer

239. Which of the following is not true about state and association?
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A. Membership of state is compulsory whereas that of the other is not

B. Membership of the state cannot be left whereas that of the association can be

C. State has fixed territory whereas association has not

D. Both the state and the association are permanent bodies
240. The liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century were:
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A. In favour of equitable distribution property

B. In favour of limited right to property only

C. Opposed to right to private property

D. In favour of absolute right to private property