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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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. A good state is usually supposed to perform one of the following functions, which one:
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A. Welfare functions

B. Military functions

C. Supervisory functions

D. Police functions

4242. Tribal State means: ____________?
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A. The state, which are ruled by the Kings of the same tribe

B. The states which have majority of tribal population

C. A political organization which existed before the creation of the state

D. The states possessing population from the same tribe

4243. Who has said that social contact theory is fatal to political impostures?
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A. Sedgwick

B. Sir Henry Maine

C. Sir Fredrick Pollock

D. Bluntschli

4244. The early Oriental Empires were mostly located: ____________?
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A. On the banks of rivers

B. In Europe

C. One the sea coasts

D. In the fertile valleys
4245. Which one of the following merits of Divine Origin Theory has been wrongly enumerated:
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A. It helped the ruler to establish peace and order by claiming divine descent

B. It disciplined the primitives man

C. It taught the primitive man the value of obedience

D. It made the primitive man religious and superstitious
4246. The Social Contract theory holds ______________?
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A. Man is a social animal and cannot live outside the society

B. State is the result of slow process of evolution

C. State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

D. State was created through a contract concluded in the sixteenth century

4247. The evolutionary theory regarding the origin of states on:
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A. Religious principles

B. Evolutionary principle

C. Scientific-cum-religious principles

D. Revolutionary principle

4248. Rousseau was an advocate of: __________?
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A. Individual Sovereignty

B. Legal Sovereignty

C. Popular Sovereignty

D. Political Sovereignty

4250. Which one of the following condition was not associated with the state of nature as expounded by Locke?
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A. The prevalence of natural law

B. The state of nature was a state of peace, mutual assistance and cooperation

C. There were natural rights of life, liberty and property

D. There was continuous fear and danger of violent death
4251. Which one of the following is not true about Greek city states?
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A. The size of the state used to be small

B. The state looked after the welfare of the people

C. A sizeable population consisted of slaves

D. All states followed monarchical system
4252. According to Locke people left the state of nature for the sake of:__________?
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A. Creating a state

B. Creating an independent judiciary

C. An effective government

D. Preservation of their natural rights
4253. The Divine Origin Theory of state holds:
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A. The state was created by a Saint named Divine

B. State was created by the Pope

C. State was created by God

D. State was created by majority vote

4254. Which of the following theories is the most acceptable theories regarding the origin of state:
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A. Divine Origin Theory

B. Social Contract Theory

C. Force Theory

D. Evolutionary Theory
4255. The Confessions was written by: __________?
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A. G.B. Vico

B. Rousseau

C. Locke

D. Samuel Perfenrodorf

E. Burke

4256. According to Locke under the contract people surrendered:
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A. Only right to property

B. All rights

C. Only right to interpret and enforce the laws of nature

D. Only the natural rights

4257. Church occupied an important position in: ___________?
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A. The Holy Roman Empire

B. The Roman Empire

C. All the above

D. The city-states

4259. Rousseaus contributed to: __________?
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A. Glorious revolution in England

B. The French Revolution

C. American War of Independence

D. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

4260. Absence of unity was a characteristic of: ___________?
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A. The ancient city state

B. The Holy Roman Empire

C. The Roman Empire

D. The nation state