Deck 6: Political Theory and Thinkers

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

polis

Question 2

Who described politics as "acting in concert"?

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)marx
D)hannah arendt

Answer 2

hannah arendt

Question 3

Who wrote the work 'The Great Issues Politics'?

A)maciver
B)laski
C)lipson
D)catlin

Answer 3

lipson

Question 4

Who wrote the work "The Web of Government"?

A)lasswell
B)laski
C)lipson
D)catlin

Question 5

Whose work is "Marxism and Politics"?

A)macpherson
B)willoughby
C)charles merriam
D)miliband

Question 6

One of the following is an advocate of historical approach

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

Question 7

Who among the following was an advocate of behaviouralism and post behaviouralism?

A)leo strauss
B)david easton
C)george catlin
D)charles merriam

Question 8

'It is better to be vague than irrelevant' This statement explains the following

A)positivism
B)empriricism
C)behaviouralism
D)post behaviouralism

Question 9

Who used to say "I am the state"

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

Question 10

Who described man in the state of nature as a 'noble savage'?

A)hobbes
B)rousseau
C)lock e
D)laski

Question 11

Whose work is "the Process of Government"?

A)arther bentley
B)robert dahl
C)charles merriam
D)karl popper

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

Who wrote the work "The Prince"?

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

Who observed "the state should promote greatest good of the greatest number"?

A)t.h. green
B)jeremy bentham
C)j.s. mill
D)laski

Question 17

The chief advocate of the Patriarchal theory of the Origin of the state is

A)henry maine
B)morgan
C)locke
D)green

Question 18

Locke has used the social contract theory to justify

A)liberal democratic state
B)supremacy of the judicial organ
C)political obligation
D)absolute loyalty of citizens of the state

Question 19

Who contributed "Leviathan"?

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

Question 20

The pluralist theory views power as

A)repressive
B)relational
C)control over resources
D)a fixed quantity

Question 21

The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of

A)democracy
B)feudalism
C)absolute monarchy
D)decolonisation

Question 22

Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin's theory of sovereignty?

A)political sovereignty
B)limited sovereignty
C)absolute sovereignty
D)popular sovereignty

Question 23

Who believed that irrespective of the forms of government, authority tends to be oligarchic ?

A)laski
B)weber
C)robert michaels
D)aristotle

Question 24

Who said "knowledge is Power"

A)morgenthau
B)foucault
C)lasswell
D)easton