political science Mcqs
1. bureaucracy2. electorate and representation3. property4. ibn e khaldun5. rule of law muslim political thoughts6. sovereignty of state7. parliamentary and presidential systems8. the rights9. france constitution10. liberty11. pakistan constitution12. india constitution13. political parties and pressure group14. usa federalism15. international law16. state of local govt17. plato18. usa constitution19. liberalism20. al ghazali21. development theories and under development22. constitutional development and national movement in subcontinent23. marxian socialism24. marxian theory of origin of state25. u s s r constitution26. nizam ul mulk tusi27. the state28. england constitution29. nature theories and state function30. constitution and constitutional government31. allama iqbal32. shah walliullah33. public opinion34. cabinet government35. al mawardi muslim political thoughts36. muslim political thoughts al farabi37. justice38. freedom of speech and press role39. western political thoughts40. origin of state41. evolutionary socialism42. fascism43. democracy44. aristotle45. equality
851. The modern state has been described as: __________?
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A. A police state

B. A welfare state

C. An exploitative state

D. A moral institution

852. Who said that state came into being for the sake of life and continues for the sake of good life?
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A. Spencer

B. Aristotle

C. Rousseau

D. Plato

E. Spinoza
853. Which of the following is not a limitation on state authority?
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A. Labour laws

B. Religion and moral

C. Transport and communication

D. Schools and colleges

854. Which one of the following is not a political right?
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A. Right to protection

B. Right to family

C. Right to election to a public office

D. Right to vote

E. Right to be elected

855. In the economic spere, the individualists are in favour of: ______________?
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A. State control over production and distribution

B. Ending all free competition

C. Encourging free competition

D. Dictatorship of the proletariat

856. Right to property is a : ________?
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A. Civil right

B. Legal right

C. Moral rights

D. Political right

857. According to the individualists the people have maximum liberty if: __________?
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A. None of the above

B. The state performs minimum functions

C. The state is abolished

D. The state performs maximum functions

858. Main criticism against the legal theory of rights is that it: ____________?
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A. Has make rights above society

B. Believes that state alone creates rights

C. Has made rights dependent on others

D. Has given worong notion of rights

E. Has not properly understood rights

859. The system under the people are treated equal in the eyes of law is covered under:
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A. National equality

B. Civil equality

C. Natural equality

D. Political equality

860. Who said that individual is an instinct part of the state?
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A. Locke

B. Lenin

C. Rousseau

D. Aristotle

E. St. Thomas Acquinas

861. Who said that state existed for the life and continues to exist for the sake of good life?
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A. Montesquieu

B. Aristotle

C. Spencer

D. G.B. Vico

E. Plato

862. Organic theory of the state gave set back to:_________?
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A. Syndicalists

B. Theory of Social Contract

C. Anarchists

D. Theory of Divine Origin

863. Marx considers state:
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A. Class instrument

B. A law-making agency

C. A means of revolution

D. A welfare agency

864. The Theory of Natural Rights holds that: ________?
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A. Rights are granted by the constitution

B. Rights came from pre-civil society

C. Rights were granted by the King

D. Rights are a divine creation

865. The term liberty has been drawn from the Latin term: ________?
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A. Liber

B. Libel

C. Labour

D. Lingua

866. These days it is believed that political equality goes together with: __________?
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A. None of the above

B. National equality

C. Natural equality

D. Religious equality

E. Economic equality
867. Which is considered as optimal function of the state?
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A. Opening educational institutions

B. Preserving life of the people

C. Giving justice to the people

D. Preserving law and order

868. India is a secular state because in it there is: __________?
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A. Equality before law

B. Social Justice.

C. Liberty of worship

D. Courts have power of judicial interpretation

E. Equality of status

869. Essential function of state these days is:__________?
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A. Collection of maximum revenues

B. Maintenance of law and order

C. To maintain good transport system

D. Punishing of the criminals

870. Which of the following is considered to be optional function of the state?
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A. Maintaining of law and order

B. Administration of justice

C. Imposition of taxes

D. Fixing legal relations between individuals

E. Opening of employment exchanges
871. Liberty in positive sense means :
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A. Liberty granted under the Law

B. Liberty, which people have enjoyed from earliest times

C. Provision of conditions, which are conducive to human development

D. Provision of basic necessities of life to every member of society

872. Which of the following rights has been the subject of maximum controversy in recent years?
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A. Freedom of speech and expression

B. Right to constitutional remedy

C. Right to equality

D. Right to property

873. The liberal thinker of the nineteenth century considered the state as: __________?
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A. Preserver of Liberty

B. A welfare agency

C. A necessary evil

D. Instrument of exploitation

874. Which of the following preaches the establishment of a stateless society?
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A. The Individualists

B. The Idealists

C. The Fascists

D. The Anarchists

E. The Socialists
875. The individualists believe that:__________?
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A. He needs others to make min realise his welfare

B. Individual is the best judge of his interests

C. State looks after best interests of the individuals

D. Guilds can promote individuals welfare

876. Political Rights are available to citizens:
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A. Only in democratic countries

B. Both in democratic and autocratic countries

C. Only in autocratic countries

D. Only in countries which possess a written constitution

877. The chief exponent of the Utilitarian philosophy was: ___________?
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A. Rousseau

B. Laski

C. Bentham

D. Locke

878. According to Anarchists the present system of representation?
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A. Should be replaced by functional representation

B. Is very sound

C. Is a mockery

D. Needs great encouragement

879. Rights cant be claimed against:
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A. Government

B. Prime Minister

C. Elected representatives

D. State

880. Who of the following believed that state was Leviathan?
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A. Hobbes

B. Plato

C. Rousseau

D. Aristotle

E. Locke

881. Which one of the following to day is not considered as function of the state?
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A. Imposing of taxes

B. Protecting one class of people against the other

C. Giving education to the people

D. Interfering in the religion of the people
882. Liberty and equality are: _________?
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A. None of These

B. Complementary

C. Neither complementary nor contradictory

D. Contradictory

883. Who of the followings was an advocate of positive liberty?
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A. J.S.Mill

B. Green

C. Bentham

D. Marx

884. The Legal Theory of Rights holds that:
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A. The rights are the creation of state

B. The sights are fixed and static

C. The rights are prior to the state

D. The rights are natural and the state merely recognises them

885. Which one of the hailed from England?
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A. Kant

B. T.H. Green

C. Fichte

D. Hegel

886. The Idealist Theory attaches great importance to: __________?
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A. None of the above

B. Equality of all men

C. Perfection of human personality

D. Provision of basic necessities of life to all

887. The theory, which believes that all are equal in the eyes of nature, is called:________?
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A. Natural equality

B. Economic equality

C. Cultural equality

D. Political equality

888. The concept of natural liberty is associated with: ________?
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A. Divine Origin Theory

B. Evolutionary Theory

C. Force Theory

D. Social Contract Theory
889. The concept of natural liberty is associated with: _________?
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A. Rousseau

B. Laski

C. Hegel

D. Hobbes

890. The modern individualists are in favour of a: ___________?
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A. Police state

B. Totalitarian state

C. Stateless society

D. Welfare state
891. The Social Welfare theory holds that: _________?
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A. Rights are the conditions of social welfare

B. Rights is another name for the power of the state used for social welfare

C. Rights are powers granted to the rulers to promote social welfare

D. Rights exist for the good of the weaker sections of society

892. Which one of the following is true about political rights?
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A. These are available to people where there is a written constitution

B. These are available to aliens

C. These are available to people in dictatorships

D. These are available to freedom fighters

E. These are available in democracies
893. Who believes that individual independent in his own way dependent on others?
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A. The Anarchists

B. The Monistic

C. The Dualists

D. The Socialists

894. Right of life is a : __________?
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A. Civil right

B. Political right

C. Moral right

D. Legal right

895. The Social Welfare theory is defective in so far as: __________?
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A. It attaches too much importance to the individual rights

B. It favours grant of unlimited powers to the state

C. It attaches greater importance of the weaker sections

D. It attaches too much importance to social welfare and curbs individual rights
896. Who of the following said that rights are crystallization of customs?
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A. Dr. Asirvatham

B. Authors of French Revolution

C. Edmund Burke

D. Ritchie
897. Who of the following is considered an exponent of modern individualism?
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A. Hobbes

B. Leacock

C. Laski

D. Graham Wallas
898. Who said that everystate activity should aim at perfection of national life?
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A. Gettell

B. Rousseau

C. Bluntschli

D. Burgess

E. Garner

899. Who said that state is march of God on earth?
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A. Locke

B. Montesquieu

C. Rousseau

D. Hegel
900. Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a defect of the theory of natural rights
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A. It assumes that rights can exist independent of state

B. There is a universal agreement regarding the lists of natural rights

C. There is no commonly agreed list of natural rights

D. The natural rights often conflict with each other