Deck 6: Political Science Concepts and Thinkers

Question 1

Which of the following is not a traditional approach to the study of Political Science?

A)simulation
B)legal institutionalism
C)historiography
D)comparison

Answer 1

historiography

Question 2

Whose work is "A History of Political Theory?"

A)catlin
B)duverger
C)deutsch
D)george sabine

Answer 2

george sabine

Question 3

The ancient Greeks used the following word for the term 'state'

A)republica
B)polis
C)republic
D)commonwealth

Answer 3

polis

Question 4

What is Constitutional Law?

A)provisions given in the constitution
B)law to make constitution
C)law to set up constituent assembly
D)none of the above

Question 5

The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of

A)limited democracy
B)representative democracy
C)maximum democracy
D)none of the above

Question 6

Who wrote the work "The Web of Government"?

A)r. m. macIver
B)laski
C)weber
D)catlin

Question 7

One of the following is an advocate of historical approach

A)coleman
B)lipset
C)henry maine
D)robert dahl

Question 8

Who used to say "I am the state"?

A)louis xiv
B)machiavelli
C)john austin
D)maciver

Question 9

Which view is observed 'the state is a necessary evil'?

A)idealistic view
B)individualistic view
C)fascist view
D)pluralistic view

Question 10

Who observed 'the state is the march of God on Earth'?

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)hegel
D)louis xiv

Question 11

Who wrote the work "The Prince"?

A)maciver
B)locke
C)austin
D)machiavelli

Question 12

Theorists who believe that "state is an association of associations" are best described as

A)pluralists
B)federalists
C)socialists
D)anarchists

Question 13

Who contributed "Leviathan"?

A)plato
B)hobbes
C)locke
D)rawls

Question 14

Who said 'power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely'?

A)almond
B)aristotle
C)acton
D)apter

Question 15

Which among the following is not a feature of sovereignty?

A)absoluteness
B)indivisibility
C)delegation
D)permanence

Question 16

Who wrote the work 'Anarchy, State and Utopia'?

A)taylor
B)merriam
C)robert nozick
D)catlin

Question 17

Who among the following is associated with the Rule of law?

A)a.d. lindsay
B)harold laski
C)a.v. dicey
D)ivor jennings

Question 18

Constitutional government implies

A)limited government
B)representative government
C)government according to the constitution
D)government by the consent of the people

Question 19

An essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?

A)a written constitution
B)parliamentary democracy
C)guarantee of fundamental rights
D)limited government

Question 20

The theory of separation of powers was initiated by

A)montesquieu
B)locke
C)madison
D)dicey

Question 21

The first systematic classification of government was given by

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)socrates
D)montesquieu

Question 22

According to Aristotle, the best of government was

A)democracy
B)monarchy
C)aristocracy
D)polity

Question 23

Who is called the keystone of the cabinet arch in a parliamentary system?

A)chief justice
B)president
C)prime minister
D)speaker of the lower house

Question 24

All the ministers swim and sink together. This is true of the following form of government

A)unitary
B)presidential
C)federal
D)parliamentary

Question 25

The principle of one for all and all for one implies

A)individual responsibility
B)checks and balance
C)collective responsibility
D)political homogeneity