political science MCQs – Page 172

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
3421. According to Lucian Pye political and economic development:
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A. Should be separated from each other

B. Both are contradictory to each other

C. Should be delinked from each other

D. Should be linked with each other
3422. About underdevelopment it has been said that capitalism:
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A. Helps maintaining status quo

B. At times it helps in development but at times not

C. Is always opposed to it

D. It seldom opposed to it

3423. According to Karl Marx Surplus value can be earned by several ways. Which one of the following is not included in that?
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A. By reducing the wages rates

B. By using labour saving devices

C. By increasing working hours

D. By eliminating workers from the market

E. By resorting to technological advancement

3424. Lenin held that the export of capital tends to: ____________?
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A. None of the above

B. Arrest development in capital importing countries

C. Arrest development in capital importing as well as capital exporting countries

D. Arrest development in capital exporting countries
3425. According to M.F. Milikan political development should be linked with: __________?
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A. Political conditions

B. Other developments combined

C. Social conditions

D. Population growth rate

E. Economic conditions

3429. Liberal theory of development is also known as: _________?
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A. Theory of entrepreneur

B. Theory of economic maturity

C. Neo-classical theory of development

D. Classical theory of development
3430. Ricardo built his theory round:
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A. Capital

B. Natural resources

C. Value

D. Wages
3432. According to Talcott Parsons political develop0ment should be measured in terms of: ___________?
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A. Standards of modern state

B. Political modernisation

C. Industrialisation

D. Legal development
3433. According to Lucian Pye Political development:
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A. Could be measured with industrialisation:

B. And industrialisation should be delinked from each other

C. And industrialisation were opposed to each other

D. Could not be measured with industrialisation
3434. In his theory of development Schumpeter has laid stress on: __________?
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A. Capital formation

B. None of these

C. Leadership

D. Accumulated capital

E. Ownership

3435. Those who view development not in purely economic terms but in socio cultural matrix attribute the development to: __________?
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A. The form of government

B. Standards of education and health

C. All the above

D. The legal system

3436. Which one of the following was not included in political development by Lucian Pye?
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A. Method of paying wages to workers

B. Achievement and standards of public servants

C. Method of recruitment

D. Nature of laws passed by the state

3438. Which one of the following is not correct about classical thinkers or development?
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A. Level of wages could not be changed by the Government

B. Level of wages was linked with employment capacity of economy.

C. Level of wages could be arbitrarily fixed

D. Social product was the outcome of labour utilised

E. Level of wages could not be changed by labour unions

3440. Karl Marx ideas about development theory are available in: _________?
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A. Communist Manifesto

B. None of these

C. Das Kapital

D. Capital: A. Critique of Political Economy