political science MCQs – Page 85

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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. bureaucracy 2. electorate and representation 3. property 4. ibn e khaldun 5. rule of law muslim political thoughts 6. sovereignty of state 7. parliamentary and presidential systems 8. the rights 9. france constitution 10. liberty 11. pakistan constitution 12. india constitution 13. political parties and pressure group 14. usa federalism 15. international law 16. state of local govt 17. plato 18. usa constitution 19. liberalism 20. al ghazali 21. development theories and under development 22. constitutional development and national movement in subcontinent 23. marxian socialism 24. marxian theory of origin of state 25. u s s r constitution 26. nizam ul mulk tusi 27. the state 28. england constitution 29. nature theories and state function 30. constitution and constitutional government 31. allama iqbal 32. shah walliullah 33. public opinion 34. cabinet government 35. al mawardi muslim political thoughts 36. muslim political thoughts al farabi 37. justice 38. freedom of speech and press role 39. western political thoughts 40. origin of state 41. evolutionary socialism 42. fascism 43. democracy 44. aristotle 45. equality

4201. The state of nature, according to Locke, was: _____________?
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A. A period of peace in certain areas and war in other areas

B. A period of lawlessness

C. A period of constant warfare

D. A period of peace and reason

4202. The basic of oriental empire was: ____________?
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A. Fear of Gad

B. Power of religion

C. Despotic king

D. Love for national culture

4203. The state of nature was substituted by:_________?
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A. Lawlessness

B. Police state

C. Civil society

D. Natural contract

E. Anarchy

4204. Who raised state to the highest glory?
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A. Marx

B. Rousseau

C. Hegel

D. Locke

4205. The two important factors, which according to Rousseau compelled the people to leave the state of nature and create the state were:
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A. Emergence of strong religious and military classes

B. Fear of foreign danger and need of a strong ruler to protect them

C. Growth of population and property

D. Growth of property and fear of revolution

4206. The state is neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of a resulution or convention nor a mere expansion of the family who said this?
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A. Garner

B. T.H. Green

C. Laski

D. Hegel

4207. Who of the following said that in the state of nature hands of all were against one and hand of one against all?
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A. Locke

B. Rousseau

C. Marx

D. Hobbes

4208. According to Locke the sovereign:
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A. Was a party to the contract

B. None of the above

C. Stood outside the contract

D. Was born out of the contract

4209. Aristotle believed that state originated as result of:__________?
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A. Social contract

B. Handiwork of God

C. Expansion of families

D. Force

4210. The Force Theory regarding the origin of state believes that:
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A. There is no relationship between the State and the Church

B. Church is superior to the state

C. The Church and the State enjoy equal powers

D. The state is superior to the Church

4211. Pick up one, which is not connected with the origin of the state:
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A. Industry

B. Population

C. Religion

D. Territory

4212. The view that State is an executive committee of the exploiting class is associated with:
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A. The Anarchists

B. All the above

C. The Idealists

D. The Marxists

4213. The state of nature, according to Rousseau, was: ___________?
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A. A period of peace and happiness

B. A period of constant warfare

C. A period of great uncertainty

D. A period of selfishness

4214. The earliest territorial State was: ___________?
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A. Oriental Empire

B. Feudal State

C. Greek city-state

D. Roman Empire

4215. The most important factor in the development of the modern state was:__________?
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A. Revival of ancient culture

B. Growing importance of religion

C. Growth of national consciousness

D. Scientific advancement

4216. Sovereign of Hobbes in social contract in effect meant that: _________?
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A. Sovereign came out of state of nature

B. Sovereign was not effected at all

C. Sovereign was subordinated to the people

D. Sovereign remained in the state of nature

4217. Who said that mans life in the state of nature was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short?
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A. Hobbes

B. Locke

C. Karl Marx

D. Rousseau

4218. Rousseaus Social Contract theory exercised immense influence on:__________?
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A. The French Revolution of October 1917

B. The American War of independence

C. The French Revolution of 1779

D. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England

4219. According to Locke in the state of nature man was: ___________?
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A. Uncivilised

B. Nasty and brutish

C. Peace loving

D. Respected no code of conduct.

4220. Hobbes holds that under the contract which resulted in the creation of state:
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A. Surrendered only their rights to property and religion

B. People refused to surrender their rights

C. People surrendered their rights subject to certain conditions

D. People surrendered all their rights to the sovereign unconditionally

4221. The view that the state arose not as the creator of law but the interpreter and enforcer of customs was expressed by:_________?
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A. Hobbes

B. Rousseau

C. Locke

D. Marx

4222. The General Will is:
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A. Sovereign

B. Ejoys only limited sovereignty

C. Non-sovereign

D. Legally sovereign

4223. Which one of the following is not an important factor for having colonial empire?
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A. Need for markets for dumping goods

B. Desire to live in peace

C. Individual advancement

D. Scientific discoveries

E. None of the above

4224. The first territorial states developed and appeared:
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A. Near the jungles

B. Valleys of the rivers

C. Near sea shores

D. On high mountains

4225. According to Locke people in the state of nature enjoyed only:___________?
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A. Religious rights

B. Divine rights

C. Natural rights

D. Legal rights

4226. Kinship, which according to the Evolutionary theory was one of the major contributory factors for the origin of state, means:
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A. Rule by Kind

B. Belief in common blood relationship

C. Association with peoples of the same region

D. Belief in divinity of Kind

4227. The book in which Hobbes gave theory of Social Contract is entitled:
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A. Social contract theory

B. The Modern State

C. Leviathan

D. A History of Political Theory

4228. The main profounder of the evolutionary theory were:__________?
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A. Hobbes and Locke

B. Lenin and Marx

C. Plato and Aristotle

D. Burgess and Leacock

4229. According to exponents of theory of Divine Origin of the State the Kings derived their authority from:
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A. Constitutional monarchy

B. God

C. People

D. Church

4230. Which one of the following is not a contributory factor in the growth of the state, according to Historical theory?
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A. Religion

B. Economic factor

C. Kinship

D. Class consciousness

E. Political consciousness

4231. In the Greek City State the Government was: ___________?
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A. It touched every aspect of human life

B. It did not try to establish mora values of the people

C. In was indifferent to the needs of the people

D. Little concerned with the life of the people

4232. Lacke was in favour of: _________?
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A. Absolute monarchy

B. Republic

C. Dictatorship

D. Constitutional monarchy

E. Presidential form of Government

4233. Who of the following said that in the state of nature man was nasty and brutish?
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A. Bodin

B. Hegel

C. Green

D. Hobbes

4234. Locke propounded his theory of Social Contract in the book entitled:
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A. Representative Government

B. Social Contract

C. Two Treatises on Civil Government

D. Lectures on Jurisprudence

4235. Locke says that people left the state of nature:
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A. Because they were fed up with the perpetual warfare

B. Because of the inconvenience caused by different interpretations of laws of nature of different members

C. Because of divine intervention

D. Because they were fed up with the autocratic rule of the King

4236. In the city state the king was: _________?
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A. Deputy of God on earth

B. Philosopher

C. Despotic

D. Hereditary

4237. Roussean borrowed the concept of absolute sovereignty from:
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A. Locke

B. Austin

C. Bodin

D. Hobbes

4238. 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

4239. 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

4240. 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

4241. 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

4242. 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

4243. 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

4244. 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

4245. 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

4246. 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

4247. 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

4248. 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

4249. 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

4250. Rousseau was an advocate of: __________?
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A. Individual Sovereignty

B. Legal Sovereignty

C. Popular Sovereignty

D. Political Sovereignty

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