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
4101. Roussean borrowed the concept of absolute sovereignty from:
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A. Locke

B. Austin

C. Bodin

D. Hobbes
4102. Who said So long as the General will is Sovereign, it does not matter what form of government it may be __________?
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A. Rousseau

B. T.H. Green

C. Hegel

D. Hobbes

4103. Which one of the following is not true of church of the fourth century?
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A. There was a conflict between the pope and the state

B. Church was a pure institution

C. Pope began to claim himself as superior over king

D. The pope and the state lived in perfect harmony
4104. What is the name of the book written by Miss Follett?
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A. The Two States

B. State and Sovereignty

C. Lectures on Pluralism

D. The New State
4105. Which one of the following statements sums up Hobbess views about the nature of man:
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A. Man is a social animal

B. Man is essentially peace loving

C. Man is co-operative sympathetic towards members of society

D. Man is selfish and quarrelsome
4106. In modern times the Force theory of the origin of state found a strong advocate in __________?
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A. Lenin

B. Winston Churchill

C. Mahatma Gandhi

D. Hitler
4107. 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

4108. 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

4109. 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

4110. 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
4111. 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
4112. 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

4113. 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

4114. Rousseau was an advocate of: __________?
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A. Individual Sovereignty

B. Legal Sovereignty

C. Popular Sovereignty

D. Political Sovereignty

4115. Who said that theory of social contract about the origin of the state was most worthless?
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A. Sorel

B. Sir Henry Maine

C. T.H. Green

D. Bentham

4116. 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
4117. 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
4118. 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
4119. 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

4120. 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
4121. The Confessions was written by: __________?
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A. G.B. Vico

B. Rousseau

C. Locke

D. Samuel Perfenrodorf

E. Burke

4122. 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

4123. 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

4124. In France theory of Divine origin was supported by: __________?
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A. Louis XII

B. Louis XIII

C. Philips

D. Louis XIV
4125. 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

4126. 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

4127. All the Social Contractualists talk of State of Nature, which means: _____________?
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A. A study of the nature of state

B. The conditions existing prior to the creation of the state

C. A study of the various stages of the development of state

D. The role played by the nature in the creation of state

4128. The Social Contract theory deals with:__________?
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A. The purpose of State

B. The tunctions of State

C. The origin of State

D. The nature of State

4129. According to the Matriarchal theory the head of the family was: ___________?
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A. Nominated by the King

B. The eldest male member

C. Nominated by the Chief Priest

D. The eldest female member
4130. Hobbes gives right to the individual:
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A. To disobey the sovereign under certain conditions

B. Not to disobey the sovereign under any condition

C. To disobey the sovereign if he fails to act in accordance with the terms of the contract

D. To disobey the sovereign only if he acts against national interest

4131. Which one of the following theories contributed to the rise of totalitarian state in the present century?
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A. Ethical Theory

B. Welfare Theory

C. All the above

D. Legal Theory

4132. Rousseau was born in: __________?
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A. France

B. Germany

C. Switzerland

D. England

4133. Which of the following is correct about the relationship of state and Government?
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A. Indifferent

B. Complimentary

C. Contradictory

D. Complementary
4134. According to Rousseau the two instincts, which governed the action of man in the state of nature, were:
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A. Self-interest and fear

B. Fear and religion

C. Self-preservation and sympathy towards others

D. Protection of life and property

4135. The two most outstanding city-states of ancient Greece were:________?
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A. Athens and Venice

B. Athens and Sparta

C. Athens and Rome

D. Rome and Sparta

4136. According to Hobbes state of nature was: __________?
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A. Post-social

B. Pre-social

C. Socially respectable

D. None of the above

4137. Locke concedes to the people:
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A. Change the government if it fails to perform its part of contract

B. Change the government if it imposes heavy taxation

C. The right to change the government any time they like

D. No right to change the government

4138. Who said that family is the basis of the state?
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A. Leacock

B. Gilchrist

C. Gettell

D. Fenwick

4139. According to Locke the government was created for the purpose of:____________?
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A. Promotion of welfare of the community

B. Protection of natural rights

C. Maintenance of law and order

D. Protection of country from outside aggression

4140. Feudalism was a dominant feature of:__________?
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A. The Roman Empire

B. All the above

C. The city-states

D. The Holy Roman Empire
4141. In Hobbes contract sovereign was: ___________?
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A. Party to the contract

B. Below the people

C. Above the contract

D. To be elected in a democratic manner

4142. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a shortcoming of the Divine Origin Theory?
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A. It is dangerous because it leaves sufficient scope for the ruler to assume despotic powers

B. It leads to political stagnation and hampers progress

C. It is based on superstition and does not appeal to reason

D. It is not supported by history
4143. The tribal system of state organisation was: __________?
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A. Well developed

B. Rudimentary

C. Based on sound footings

D. Properly organised

4144. He breathes the bitterest hatred not only of individualism, but even of those elementary rights, which none but the most backward nations now deny to the individual, yet this preposterous system, consciously or unconsciously represents an exremeform of individualism The quotation given above applies to ___________?
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A. Hobbes

B. Locke

C. Machiavelli

D. Marx

4145. The four factors which helped in the evolution of the state were: ___________?
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A. Population, Territory, Government

B. Kinship, Religion, Force and Political Consciousness

C. Population, Religion, Government and Force

D. Religion, Force, Territory and Government

4146. According to exponents of force theory:
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A. Church was inferior to state

B. There was no relation between the church and the states

C. None of these

D. Church was superior to state
4147. The Principle of public good was borrowed by Rousseau from:
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A. T.H. Green

B. Locke

C. J.S. Mill

D. Bentham

4148. Henry Maine has supported about origin of state:
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A. Theory of divine origin

B. Matriarchal theory

C. Parriarchal theory

D. Evolutionary theory

4149. The Matriarchal theory of the origin of state is associated with: __________?
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A. Adam Smith

B. Sir Henry Maine

C. Jenks

D. Herbert

4150. In the contract envisaged by Hobbes:
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A. Sovergign was a party to the contract

B. Sovereign accpeted only limited obligations

C. Sovereign came into being as a result of the Contract

D. Sovereign refused to become a party to the contract