Political Science GK Quiz
Q46. The central feature of Immanuel Wallerstein's work is
(a) Development of underdevelopment
(b) Nation State
(c) World System theory
(d) Conflict Resolution
Answer: (c) World System theory
Q47. Who philosophized about the ideal State in his work, Utopia
(a) Locke
(b) Hobbes
(c) Hegel
(d) Sir Thomas More
Answer: (d) Sir Thomas More
Q48. "Political party is an organized body with voluntary membership." Who said this
(a) Finer
(b) G. C. Field
(c) Maclver
(d) Sord
Answer: (a) Finer
Q49. The idea of "partyless democracy" was projected by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jaiprakash Narayan
(c) Mao Tse-tung
(d) Suharto
Answer: (b) Jaiprakash Narayan
Q50. Who said that Civil Service is a "professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled"
(a) Ogg
(b) Finer
(c) Gladden
(d) Max Weber
Answer: (b) Finer
Q51. The Marxist theory of development is primarily based on
(a) dictatorship of the proletariat
(b) withering away of the state
(c) the theory of surplus value
(d) the means of production
Answer: (c) the theory of surplus value
Q52. How many principles are connected with the term "POSDCORB" which coined by Gulick and Urwick
(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Seven
(d) Eight
Answer: (c) Seven
Q53. The study of political system of a country at one time, in all its contents, is known as
(a) Configuration approach
(b) Comparative approach
(c) Behavioural approach
(d) Structural approach
Answer: (b) Comparative approach
Q54. The entitlement theory of property has been propounded by
(a) John Locke
(b) John Rawls
(c) Nozick
(d) Rousseau
Answer: (c) Nozick
Q55. The three most prominent exponents of social contract theory are
(a) Austin, Bodin and Hobbes
(b) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
(c) Maclver, Laski and Rousseau
(d) J. S. Mill, Adam Smith and Locke
Answer: (b) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
Q56. Who said this "over himself over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign"
(a) Hobbes
(b) Laski
(c) Mill
(d) Bentham
Answer: (c) Mill
Q57. Fabianism made its appearance in
(a) Germany
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) England
Answer: (d) England
Q58. "Socialism is like a hat, which has lost its shape, beacuse everyone wears it." Who said this
(a) C. E. M. Joad
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) Mill
(d) Garner
Answer: (a) C. E. M. Joad
Q59. The concept of political sovereignty is associated with
(a) Plato
(b) Locke
(c) Rousseau
(d) Austin
Answer: (c) Rousseau
Q60. Who enunciated the theory of "socialism in one country"
(a) Marx
(b) Lenin
(c) Stalin
(d) Mao
Answer: (c) Stalin
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