political science MCQs – Page 3

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
41. Which of the following is not true about Platos concept of justice?
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A. None of the above

B. For him justice was a socail bond

C. He stressed only on inward aspect of human personality

D. It was based on citizens sense of duty

E. For him justice should help in maintaining social order

42. Which one of the following is not true about Marxian concept of justice?
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A. The poor could possibly get justice in capitalist state

B. The poor will get justice when present state is demolished

C. The state ensured justice to the rich

D. The poor had no chances to get justice

E. The judicial system protected the rich

44. Which one of the following is the popular notion of state in modern times?
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A. Legal notion

B. Ethical Notion

C. Constitutional notion

D. Welfare nation
45. Main difference between the state and association is that?
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A. One is hindrance on the parth of the other

B. One can use force while other cannot

C. One cant be member of both

D. One cant live without the other

46. Legal nation of state emphasises that:
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A. All the laws enacted by the state must be approved by the people before they are enforced

B. The laws existed prior to the creation of the state, and state was created for the preservation of these laws

C. The states make laws for the maintenance of law and order and protection of rights

D. The state alone has the right to make laws

47. The sterm City-State denotes:
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A. States of a federation

B. Small independent states of modern world

C. States, which have not been admitted in the UNO

D. States of ancient Greece
48. Who of the following believed that private property in the society came as a serpent?
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A. John Huss

B. Wycliff

C. Melanchthan

D. Machiavelli

E. Rousseau

49. Which one of the following statements is associated with Aristotle?
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A. The state is a particular portion of mankind viewed as an organized unit

B. The state is a politically organised community with a definite territory.

C. The state is an association of families and their common possessions, governed by a supreme power and by reason.

D. The state is a union of families and villages having for its end a perfect and self-sufficing life.
50. Which one of the following defects of private has been wrongly listed?
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A. It leads to political instability

B. It encourages self-interest at the cost of social interest

C. It encourages scramble for power and wealth in place of nutual co-operation

D. It leads to division of society into two hostile classes

51. The labour theory of property holds that:
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A. A person who does not put in Physical labour should not be give anything to eat

B. Property should be equitably distributed amongst the lobourers

C. Property should belong to labours alone

D. Property was created as result of mixing of labour
52. The modern state is: ________?
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A. Regional state

B. National state

C. Federal state

D. International state

55. Who said that property is the source of power?
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A. Laski

B. Machiavelli

C. Plato

D. Aristotle

56. Which of the following is not true about the state and society?
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A. State does not have all aspects of life but society does

B. Society came prior to state

C. Both have no territorial jurisdictions

D. State has sovereignty whereas society does not possess it

57. With the emergence of the walfare state, emphasis begain to be laid on
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A. Abolition of right to private property

B. None of the above

C. Absolute right to private property

D. Regulation of property in the interest of community
58. Which of the following statements is not true about Bakunins views about property?
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A. It is instrument of exploitation

B. It provides superfluous luxury to few

C. It is root cause of many evils

D. It made millions happy and joyous

E. State could not exist without it

59. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. No comparison is possible between the activities of the state and the society

B. The scope of state activity is broader than the society

C. The scope of state activity is narrower than the society

D. The scope of the activities of state and society is identical

60. These days recognition to the new born state is given by a state when:
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A. It possesses all the four essential elements

B. When other nations begin to recognise it

C. When the state concerned fights a big war

D. When it is politically convenient for state giving recognition.