political science MCQs – Page 213

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4241. According to Rousseau main reason for the social contract was that: _________?
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A. There was need to interpret law

B. Social laws began to be disrespected

C. Private property came as a serpent

D. Man became nasty.

4242. According to Hobbes in the state of nature man was: __________?
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A. Selfless and had fellow feelings

B. Cultured and mannered

C. Very law abiding

D. Nasty and brutish
4244. The early Oriental Empires rested on: ___________?
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A. Fear of God

B. Despotism of King

C. Laws of nature

D. Sweet will of the people

4245. The Patriarchal theory of the Origin of State holds that:
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A. The eldest female member was the head of the family

B. The eldest male member was the head of the family

C. The King was the agent of God on this earth

D. None of the above

4246. 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

4247. Rousseau championed the cause of: __________?
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A. Representative Democracy

B. Elites

C. Absolute Monarchy

D. Direct Democracy
4248. 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

4249. 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

4250. The Social Contract theory replaced:
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A. Divine Origin theory

B. The Force theory

C. Patriarchal theory

D. Matriarchal theory

4254. The Social Contract theory is based on: _____________?
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A. Individualism

B. Constitutionalism

C. Socialism

D. Nationalism

4256. 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

4257. 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
4259. 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

4260. 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