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41. According to Lucian Pye most important thing in finding out political development was?
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A. Nature of political processes

B. Nature of laws passed by the state

C. None of these

D. Extent of political mobilisation

E. Extent of political participation

42. The neo-classical thinkers:
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A. Reiterated their faith in the people that wages are determined by supply and demand

B. Asserted that the wages of workers had consistently increased

C. None of the above

D. Asserted that the wages are determined by the productivity of the last worker employed

43. Development is a term which:
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A. Has clearly been defined

B. None of above

C. Has no clear definition

D. Can be defined but no attempt has been made

44. F.W. Riggs in his theory political development has laid stress on:
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A. Political stability

B. Industrialisation

C. Political modernisation

D. Political participation

E. Political democracy

45. Pick out one of the following whose name is linked with political stability in political development:
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A. Edward A. Shills

B. G.A. Almond

C. Karl Marx

D. Max Weber

E. Karl Deutsch

46. Max Weber has linked political development with: _________?
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A. Economy of society

B. Social conditions

C. Administrative development

D. Industrialisation

47. Which one of the following is not true about Malthus?
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A. Profits are high when land-population ratio is favourable

B. Profit go high when rate of accumulation is large

C. Wages go high when land-population ratio is favourable

D. Population tended to come down when wages increased

48. Which one of the following classical thinkers based the development theory on the prinicple of population?
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A. Malthus

B. J.S Mill

C. All the above

D. Adam Smith

49. According to Lucian Pye political and economic development:
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A. Should be separated from each other

B. Both are contradictory to each other

C. Should be delinked from each other

D. Should be linked with each other

50. About underdevelopment it has been said that capitalism:
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A. Helps maintaining status quo

B. At times it helps in development but at times not

C. Is always opposed to it

D. It seldom opposed to it

51. According to Karl Marx Surplus value can be earned by several ways. Which one of the following is not included in that?
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A. By reducing the wages rates

B. By using labour saving devices

C. By increasing working hours

D. By eliminating workers from the market

E. By resorting to technological advancement

52. Lenin held that the export of capital tends to: ____________?
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A. None of the above

B. Arrest development in capital importing countries

C. Arrest development in capital importing as well as capital exporting countries

D. Arrest development in capital exporting countries

53. According to M.F. Milikan political development should be linked with: __________?
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A. Political conditions

B. Other developments combined

C. Social conditions

D. Population growth rate

E. Economic conditions

54. The Theory of Economic Maturity carried froward the ideas worked in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by:
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A. Ricrodo

B. Adam Smith

C. Marshall

D. Keynes

55. Who of the following believed that political development should be linked with political development in international field?
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A. Edward A. Shills

B. J.S. Coleman

C. M.F. Milikan

D. Karl Deutsch

E. G.A. Almond

56. Who offered the agrument that the population grows whenever workers wages rise above subsistence level?
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A. Adam Smith

B. None of the above

C. Malthus

D. Ricardo

57. Liberal theory of development is also known as: _________?
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A. Theory of entrepreneur

B. Theory of economic maturity

C. Neo-classical theory of development

D. Classical theory of development

58. Ricardo built his theory round:
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A. Capital

B. Natural resources

C. Value

D. Wages

59. Who considered saving as a necessary condition for economic development?
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A. Marx

B. Adam Smith

C. All the above

D. Marshall

60. According to Talcott Parsons political develop0ment should be measured in terms of: ___________?
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A. Standards of modern state

B. Political modernisation

C. Industrialisation

D. Legal development

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