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1. Who said that nation is a nationality which has organised itself into a political body desiring to be independent?
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A. MacLver

B. James Mill

C. Barker

D. Nimkoff and Ogburn

2. Main difference between the state and association is that?
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A. One is hindrance on the parth of the other

B. One can use force while other cannot

C. One cant live without the other

D. One cant be member of both

3. Which of the following is not true about the state and society?
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A. State does not have all aspects of life but society does

B. Society came prior to state

C. Both have no territorial jurisdictions

D. State has sovereignty whereas society does not possess it

4. In our modern times trend is towards:
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A. Nation state

B. State with small population

C. City state

D. State with small areas

5. Which of the following is not true about difference between the State and the Government?
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A. The State is concrete while the Government is abstract

B. The State is large whereas Government is a small body.

C. The will of the State is expressed through Government

D. The State has original whereas Government has delegated powers

6. About the state and study of political problems the Behaviouralists believe:
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A. State should not interfere in social life of the people

B. For studying poliitical problem approach may be disciplinary

C. Inter-disciplinary approach should be followed

D. Scope of state activity is narrow

7. Who said I am the State.
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A. Louis XIV of France

B. James II of England

C. Napoleon I of France

D. Hitler of Germany

8. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. Nation is a territorial community

B. Homogeneity is an essential feature of state

C. State and nation are identical

D. State and nation are opposed to each other

9. Who of the following believe that the state is a necessary evil?
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A. Anarchists

B. Socialists

C. Marxists

D. Individualists
10. Who of the following believe that the state all along has been protecting the interests of the rich?
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A. The capitalists

B. The Marxists

C. The Idealists

D. The Fabian Socialists

11. These days recognition to the new born state is given by a state when:
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A. When the state concerned fights a big war

B. When it is politically convenient for state giving recognition.

C. When other nations begin to recognise it

D. It possesses all the four essential elements

12. Which group of the following thinkers emphasised the legal notion of state?
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A. Aristotle, Austin, Laki and Hobbes

B. Bodin, Austin, Hobbes, Bentham

C. Bodin, Hobbes, Bentham and Laski

D. Aristotle, Plato, Hobbes and Bentham

13. Which of the following is true about state?
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A. It is only a cultural association

B. It has territorial limits

C. It is not permanent

D. It has only limited membership

14. Who said that stte is a community permanently established for a political end?
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A. McIver

B. Laski

C. Woodrow Wilson

D. Hall
15. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. Society is prior to the state

B. Society receives its power from state

C. Society is a creation of state

D. Society is a territorial Organisation

16. About State Aristotle believed that it was:__________?
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A. Artificial

B. Contractual

C. Natural

D. Imposed

17. A state becomes an internationally recognised state only when:
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A. It has acquired vast armies

B. It is admitted in the family of nations

C. Its natureal resources have come to be known and exploited

D. It possesses territory and population big enough to meet its needs

18. City States were common in ancient:_________________?
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A. Greece

B. Pakistan

C. Rome

D. China

19. Who regarded the state as the highest embodiment of morality?
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A. Marx

B. Kant

C. All the above

D. Aristotle

20. Which of the following is the distinguishing characteristic of State, as compared with other associations?
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A. Sovereignty

B. Population

C. Government

D. Territory

21. A secular state is one which is:____________?
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A. Pro-religious

B. Has no religious of its own

C. Irreligious

D. Anti-religious

22. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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A. The membership of the state is open to all

B. State is an association of associations

C. The state is a territorial institution

D. State is not a permanent association
23. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. An individual has to be loyal to the Parliament

B. An individual has to be loyal to state

C. An individual may be disloyal to state but he has to be loyal to the government

D. None of these

24. Plato who elaborately dealt with state belonged to:
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A. Greece

B. Egypt

C. Rome

D. India

25. The state is primarily a:_________?
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A. Socio-economic-cum-political association

B. Political association

C. Social association

D. Economic association

26. Who regarded the state as an instrument of exploitation of one class by another?
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A. Aristotle

B. Marx

C. Plato

D. Grotious

27. Main difference between the state and the Government is that:
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A. One has horizontal jurisdictions while the other has not

B. Both do not work for the welfare of the people

C. Both are not well organized

D. Both do not touch many aspects of human life

28. Which of the following is not an essential element of association?
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A. Necessity of rules and regulations

B. Definite and common purpose

C. Optional membership

D. Definite territory
29. Who said that a nation is a body of men who cherish a common will and tend to have a separate state?
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A. Plato

B. Barker

C. Masaca

D. Aristotle

30. Who of the following has laid stress on inter-disciplinary approach about the study of the problems of state?
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A. Hobbes

B. Easton

C. Machiavelli

D. T.H. Green

31. Membership of state is:
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A. Voluntary

B. Compulsory

C. Unnecessary

D. Not desirable

32. Which of the following is not true about state and association?
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A. Membership of state is compulsory whereas that of the other is not

B. Membership of the state cannot be left whereas that of the association can be

C. State has fixed territory whereas association has not

D. Both the state and the association are permanent bodies
33. Which of the following is true about difference between the State and Government?
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A. Origin of both is shrouded in mystery

B. Loyalty of both is essential

C. Changes in the State do not come frequently whereas in the Government these are frequent

D. Sovereignty vests in the both

34. Which one of the following statements is true about society?
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A. It came along with state

B. It came prior to state

C. It came after state

D. It is creation of state

35. Which one of the following methods for the study of problems of State of his times was used by Aristotle?
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A. Inductive

B. Comparative

C. Deductive

D. Philosophical

36. Who said that the state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues for the sake of good life?
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A. Aristotle

B. Cicero

C. Machiavelli

D. Plato

37. In order to write Politics which deals with state, Aristotle compared :
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A. 61 Constitution

B. 157 Constitutions

C. 159 Constitutions

D. 158 Constitutions

E. 160 Constitutions

38. The legal notion of state has been discarded in lodern times because:
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A. Of all the above factors

B. It subordinates the laws, which represent cumulated wisdom of several generations, to te will of the people

C. It emphasizes only the negative functions of states

D. It over-emphasizes the role of the law in the governance of the state

39. The view that the state is an unmitigated evil is attributed to:____________?
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A. Idealists

B. Anarchists

C. Individualists

D. Socialists

40. The sterm City-State denotes:
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A. States of a federation

B. States of ancient Greece

C. Small independent states of modern world

D. States, which have not been admitted in the UNO

41. The organic theory of state holds:__________________?
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A. The state is the result of a social contract

B. The state is a divine creation

C. The state is the result of force

D. The state is a living organism, rather a living spiritual being
42. Who said: A state is that agency in a society that is authorised to exercise coercive control within a territory.
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A. MaclIver

B. Durkheim

C. Max Weber

D. Anderson and Parker
43. Who of the following believe that the state is bound to wither away?
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A. Guild Socialists

B. Marxists

C. Anarchists

D. Syndicalists

44. Which of the following is not true about the state and Government?
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A. Loyalty to both is most essential

B. State has one whereas Government has several forms

C. State is more comprehensive than the Government

D. None of the above

45. Which of the following is true about scope of the activity as compared with the society?
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A. It is narrower

B. It is identical

C. There is no comparison between the two

D. It is broader

46. These days for studying problems of state the approach followed is:
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A. Traditional

B. Disciplinary

C. Inter-disciplinary

D. None of the above

47. A state becomes a state only if:
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A. It is recognised by all the states

B. It is recognised by majority of the members of the UNO

C. None of the above

D. It is recognised by at least ten sovereign states

48. Technically speaking which one of the following cannot be termed as state?
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A. Bangladesh

B. Lahore

C. U.S.A.

D. U.S.S.R.

49. The most acceptable definition of state that it has four exxential ingredients was given by ____________?
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A. Finer

B. Gettell

C. Laski

D. Garnet
50. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. The government is the master while the state is its agent

B. The state is the master while the government is its agent

C. Government and state are one and the same thing

D. The authority of the state is limited while that of the government is unlimted