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1. According to Marx the motive force of history is: ________?
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A. Forces of Production

B. Great Ideas

C. Great Personalities

D. Gods will

2. Marx borrowed from Hegel
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A. Concept of stateless society

B. Dialectical method

C. Materialist Philosophy

D. Labour Theory of value

3. Which one of the followings believed in class struggle?
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A. J.S.Mill

B. Tom Paine

C. Max Weber

D. Karl Marx
4. Dictatorship of proletariat means:
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A. Dictatorial rule of capitalist class

B. Rule of feudal class

C. Dictatorial rule of Working class

D. Dictatorial rule of a King

5. The proletarian state envisaged by Marx is: __________?
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A. The state which will be established after the overthrow of the capitalist state as a transitory measure

B. A state in which the factory workers would control all the means of production and distribution

C. A state in which the real power will be in the hands of peasants and farmers

D. A stateless and classless society, which the Marxists ultimately wish to establish

6. The concept of dictatorship of proletariat was elaborated by: ___________?
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A. Karl Marx in Das Capital

B. Lenin in State and Revolution

C. Marx and Engels jointly in Communist Manifesto

D. Engels in the Origin of Family, Private Property and State

7. According to Marx:
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A. State arises when population of the proletariat increases

B. State arises when the proletariat class tries to overthrow capitalist class

C. State arises when class antagonism cannot be reconciled

D. State arises when there exploitation of labour by capital
8. The Marxists believe that there cannot be any democracy in the capitalist society because:
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A. Power is in the hands of the politicians

B. Elections are held after long interval

C. People are not granted any political freedom

D. Power is in the hands of rich classes
9. The Marixsts want to do away with capitalist state by:___________?
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A. Violent revolution

B. Securing majority in elections

C. Constant discussion and persuasion

D. Educating the people about the evils of the capitalist state

10. According to the Marxists the state is: __________?
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A. A divine institution

B. A natural institution

C. A man made institution

D. Result of evolution

11. The most important feature of the state according to the Marxists is: _________?
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A. Removal of disparities

B. Elimination of inequalities

C. Oppression of one class by another

D. Protection of weaker sections

12. According to the Marxist theory:
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A. The state has been created through a social contract

B. The state is growth, not a make

C. The state is based on the economic factor

D. The state has been created by God

13. According to Marxists the slave owning society:
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A. Did not exist at all

B. Preceded the creation of the state

C. None of the prove

D. Followed the creation of the state

14. According to Marxists in the primitive society the natural resources were under the control of:________?
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A. The King

B. Military leaders

C. The priests

D. All the people
15. The ultimate objective of Marxists is: __________?
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A. To establish a state which is run in accordance with the wishes of people

B. To establish an omnipotent state

C. Stateless society

D. To establish a very weak state

16. The evolution of economic production in a society determines its institutional and ideological superstructure. Who among the following is the author of this statement?
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A. Max Weber

B. Hegel

C. J.S.Mill

D. Marx
17. According to the Marxists:
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A. The state is a necessary evil

B. The state is an instrument for the promotion of the welfare of the people

C. The states is a machine through which the ruling class imposes its will on the rest of the people

D. The state is mans natural destination

18. According to Marxists the capitalist state made its appearance:
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A. Towards the close of eighteenth century

B. Only after people took to cultivation

C. In the fourteenth century

D. In the middle of the nineteenth century

19. According to Marxists state uses institutions like army, police and courts for:
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A. Promotion of common good

B. Protecting the weaker section of the society

C. Doing away the inequalities existing in the society

D. Promotion of the interests of the dominating class
20. According to Marx the modern bourgeois society is characterized by struggle between:
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A. Free men and slaves

B. Capitalist and worker

C. Capitalist and socialists

D. Patrician and Plebeian