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nature theories and state function Mcqs
101. Who said that state is march of God on earth?
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A. Montesquieu

B. Hegel

C. Rousseau

D. Locke

102. Bosanquests name is associated with: ____________?
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A. Organic theory

B. Socialist theory

C. Anarchist theory

D. Syndicalists theory

E. Idealist theory
103. Who believed that the state should protect and restrain and not foster and promote?
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A. The Monistic

B. The Absolutists

C. The socialists

D. The Fabian Socialists

104. Whose name is associated with Idealist theory of the state?
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A. J.S. Mill

B. Hegel

C. James Mill

D. Grotius

105. Which is considered as optimal function of the state?
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A. Opening educational institutions

B. Preserving law and order

C. Giving justice to the people

D. Preserving life of the people

106. Which one of the following to day is not considered as function of the state?
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A. Imposing of taxes

B. Interfering in the religion of the people

C. Giving education to the people

D. Protecting one class of people against the other

107. The Socialists consider the state as: _________?
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A. An instrument of exploitation

B. A positive good

C. A divine institution

D. A necessary evil

108. The modern individualists are in favour of: __________?
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A. Maintaining status quo with regard to functions of state

B. Abolishing the state

C. Granting larger powers to state

D. Granting only co-ordinate powers to the state
109. The view that State comes into existence for the sake of life and continues for the sake of good life was expressed by:
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A. Idealists

B. Plato

C. Aristotle

D. Bentham

110. Which of the following preaches the establishment of a stateless society?
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A. The Fascists

B. The Anarchists

C. The Socialists

D. The Individualists

E. The Idealists

111. In the past state used to perform:
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A. Welfare functions

B. Optional functions

C. Police functions

D. Maximum functions for human development

112. Who of the following said that the state is to hinder hindrances to good life?
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A. Individualists

B. Utilitarian

C. Liberals

D. Socialists

E. Communists

113. According to welfare theory of the state which one of the following is not a function of the state?
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A. To open employment exchanges

B. To own the means of production

C. To maintain internal order

D. To end social evils

E. To spread education

114. According to individualists: __________?
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A. State is a positive good

B. The state is the March of God on this earth

C. State is a moral institution

D. State is a necessary evil
115. Who of the following is regarded as the father of Scientific Socialism?
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A. Kroptikan

B. Lenin

C. Robert Owen

D. Karl Marx

116. For whom end of the state activity was advancement of civilisation and humanity as a whole:
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A. Bluntschli

B. Burgess

C. Locke

D. Gettell

E. Plato

117. Which one of the following is true about a welfare state?
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A. It allows economic liberty only

B. It believes in imposition of uniform taxes

C. It believes in no taxation

D. It believes in graded taxation
118. The scientific jurisdiction for individualism was offered by: _________?
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A. Darwin

B. Locke

C. Marx

D. Herbert Spencer
119. Who said that the state is individual magnified?
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A. Marx

B. Plato

C. Waltair

D. G.B. Vico

120. The principle of greatest good of the greatest number was advocated by: ________?
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A. Utilitarianists

B. The socialists

C. Idealists

D. The Individualists

121. Most important responsibility of a welfare state is: __________?
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A. To check exploitation

B. To preserve private property

C. To check encroachments on fundamental rights

D. To promote religion of people

122. A socialist state lays emphasis on: __________?
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A. Right to private property

B. Economic equality

C. Independence of judiciary

D. Political liberty

123. Who believed that end of the state is good of humanity?
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A. Hobbes

B. Grotius

C. Spencer

D. Locke

E. Hegel

124. A welfare of state of today is supposed to perform: ______________?
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A. Only compulsory functions

B. Only optional functions

C. Minimum functions

D. Both compulsory and optional functions
125. Which of the following statements is the most convincing example of the liberal-democratic concept of welfare state: The state should seek to _________?
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A. Eradicate class conflicts by assuming direction and control over economic policies

B. Eradicate contradiction between political power and socio-economic justice

C. Provide for its citizens a maximum of material well-being so as to ensure reconciliation of partisan objectives

D. Provide for its citizens a minimum of material well being without destroying private initiative
126. Whose name is primarily associated with organic theory of the state?
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A. Herbert Spencer

B. T.H. Green

C. August Comte

D. MacIver

127. According to Individualists state activities: _________?
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A. Should be kept to the minimum

B. Should be at the highest ebb

C. Should remain as these are

D. Should be expanded

128. One of the compulsory functions of the state is to: _________?
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A. To maintain good transport system

B. To spread education

C. Regulate working hours of workers

D. Defend the people from outside aggression

E. To help in the growth of knowledge

129. The individuals were in favour of leaving the individual completely free because:
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A. He is unsocial

B. He knows his interest best

C. He is quarrelsome

D. He is a rational being

130. Which one of the following is correct about socialist views about functions of the state?
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A. It should hinder hindrances

B. Individual is the best judge of his interests

C. Rights of the individual are social

D. Rights of the individual are natural

E. It is enemy of the interests of the individuals

131. Which of the following is considered to be optional function of the state?
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A. Administration of justice

B. Opening of employment exchanges

C. Imposition of taxes

D. Maintaining of law and order

E. Fixing legal relations between individuals

132. In the light of the functions performed by a modern state it can be described as a: _________?
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A. Welfare state

B. None of the above

C. Socialist state aims at bringing about peaceful changes

D. Totalitarian state

133. Which one of the following thinkers is associated with the idealist theory of state?
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A. Laski

B. Hegel

C. Hobbes

D. J.S.Mill

134. A modern state is expected:
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A. None of the above

B. Least interfere in individuals mutual relationship

C. Not to bother about individuals mutual relations

D. To ensure that citizens have healthy relations
135. Who said that state came into being for the sake of life and continues for the sake of good life?
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A. Rousseau

B. Spencer

C. Aristotle

D. Plato

E. Spinoza
136. The Socialism advocated by Robert Owen is known as: ________?
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A. Scientific Socialism

B. Utopian Socialism

C. Collectivism

D. Syndicalism

137. Essential function of state these days is:__________?
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A. Punishing of the criminals

B. To maintain good transport system

C. Collection of maximum revenues

D. Maintenance of law and order
138. A Socialist state stands for: ___________?
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A. Free economic competition

B. Social control of the means of production and distribution

C. Class-struggle

D. Abolition of state

139. Which one of the following functions of state has been wrongly listed as its compulsory function?
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A. Protection of country against outside aggression

B. Maintenance of law courts and settlement of disputes among individuals

C. Maintenance of law and order

D. Promotion of education
140. According to Karl Marx, state:
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A. Promotes moral welfare of the people

B. Protects the interests of the poor

C. Gives maximum happiness to maximum number of people

D. Promotes exploitation of poor by the rich
141. According to monistic theory about the functions of the state: __________?
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A. Individual has nothing to do with state

B. Individual should surrender very little to the state

C. State should perform minimum functions

D. Individual and state must exist for each other
142. Who said that the state should aim at preserving destiny of humanity at international level?
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A. Bluntschli

B. Burgess

C. Sorel

D. Tucker

E. Duguit

143. The idealist theory is also known as: _________?
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A. Metaphysical Theory

B. Anarchist Theory

C. Socialist Theory

D. Welfare Theory

144. According to socialists which one of the following is not a function of the state?
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A. To remove social evils

B. To regulate working hours of workers

C. To own means of production

D. To maintain law and order

E. To promote religion
145. The objective of a Socialist state is to: __________?
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A. Do away with the institution of the state

B. Establish a just and equitable society

C. Perpetuate existing class distinctions

D. Establish a stateless and classless society