political science MCQs – Page 208

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
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
4141. Which one of the following methods was adopted by Hobbes?
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A. Scientific Method

B. None of the above

C. Historical Method

D. Comparative Method

4142. Rousseau championed the cause of: __________?
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A. Representative Democracy

B. Elites

C. Absolute Monarchy

D. Direct Democracy
4143. The important rights enjoyed by the people in the state of nature, says Locke were:
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A. Right to participate in affair of government

B. Right to religion, worship and conscience

C. Right to life, liberty and property

D. People enjoyed no rights all all

4144. General will, according to Rousseau was: _____________?
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A. Sum total of the will of minority

B. Sum total of bad wills

C. Sum total of good wills

D. Majority will

4145. The Social Contract theory replaced:
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A. Divine Origin theory

B. The Force theory

C. Patriarchal theory

D. Matriarchal theory

4146. Leviathan contains political philosophy of: _________?
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A. Laski

B. Henry Maine

C. Locke

D. Hobbes
4147. Who of the following has said, that man was born free and today he is everywhere in chains?
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A. Hobbes

B. Rousseau

C. Hegel

D. T.H. Green

E. Machiavelli

4148. John Locke, a proponent of Social Contract theory, hailed from:
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A. Britain

B. Germany

C. France

D. U.S.A.

4149. The Social Contract theory is based on: _____________?
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A. Individualism

B. Constitutionalism

C. Socialism

D. Nationalism

4150. Essays Concerning Human Understanding was written by: ___________?
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A. Spinoza

B. Rousseau

C. Milton

D. G.B.Vico

E. Locke
4151. After the creation of state, according to Hobbes, people continued to enjoy:
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A. Those rights which were granted to them by the sovereign

B. Those rights which they had retained at the time of the conclusion of the contract

C. Certain natural rights

D. Only those rights which were specified in the contract

4152. According to Hobbes people in the state of nature enjoyed: _____________?
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A. Only the right to life, liberty and property

B. Only economic rights

C. Unspecified natural rights

D. No rights
4153. Which one of the following most seriously challenged the absolute authority of the king in the 17th century?
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A. Colonial policy

B. Industrial class

C. Nobility

D. Middle class
4154. General will as expounded by Rousseau is sum total of: __________?
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A. Will of the elites

B. Real wills

C. Minority wills

D. Majority wills

4155. In the middle ages it was believed that:
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A. State is the march of God on earth

B. State was theresult of human efforts

C. State grew with the passage of time

D. Church gave state

4156. Which one of the following is not true of Roman Empire?
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A. It laid too much stress on unity

B. That it failed to establish a universal code of law

C. It proved that large states could be administered properly

D. It proved that large states could remain stable

E. It scarified individual liberty

4157. According to Hobbes the people:
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A. Could amend the contract by two-thirds majority

B. Automatically lapsed if one of the parties failed to carry out its part of obligations

C. Were free to revoke the contract

D. Could not revoke the contract
4158. The Patriarchal theory of the origin of state is associated with the name of: _________?
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A. Henry Maine

B. Morgan

C. Jenks

D. Laski

4159. According to Hobbes the primitive people were encouraged to conclude social contract on account of:___________?
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A. Their desire to preserve private property

B. Anarchy

C. Their desire to preserve individual liberty

D. Growth of political consciousness

4160. Which one of the followings has not been included by Locke 2in the list of natural rights?
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A. Right to liberty

B. Right of life

C. Right to work

D. Right to property