PRACTICE QUESTIONS - UGC NET (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
Political Theory
UGC NET POLITICAL SCIENCE
(UNIT 1)
Political Theory and its Key Concepts
(Liberty, Equality and Justice)
1. Political Theory is a value and based description of political problems.
(a) Fact
(b) Moral
(c) Logical
(d) Theoretical
2. Political Theory developed into a crystallised form through the writings of………..
(a) Marx and Engels
(b) Plato and Aristotle
(c) Socrates and Sophists
(d) None of these
3. The purpose of political theory is
(a) to generalise new theories
(b) to solve social and political problems
(c) to assert the importance of behaviouralism
(d) to develop new systems
4. Who said that “Political theory includes political science and political philosophy”?
(a) Charles Marriam
(b) Robert Nozick
(c) George Cabin
(d) W.C. Coker
5. Which decade is marked with the resurgence of Political Theory?
(a) 1950s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1990s
(d) 1970s
6. According to Barker, Political theory is
(a) a pre-conceived phenomenon
(b) a fact based theory
(c) speculation of particular thinker
(d) None of the above.
7. “Political theory is, quite simply, man’s attempt to consciously understood and solve the problems of his group life and organisation.” This is said by
(a) David Held
(b) G.H. Sabine
(c) Weinstein
(d) Andrew Hacker
8. Which among the following are Salient feature of Political Theory?
(a) It is a mixture of philosophy, science and ideology
(b) It is concerned with both facts and values
(c) It describe, analyses, explains, evolutes, prescribes and predicts the political phenomenon
(d) All of the above
9. Political theory is a ‘master science’ is said by
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Marx
(d) Locke
10. According to David Held Political theory is
(a) a network of concepts and generalisation of political life
(b) is a body of philosophical and scientific knowledge
(c) an activity of posing question and developing responses
(d) men’s attempt to solve the problem of life
11. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Political Theory?
(a) Political theory engages itself with political problems and provide solution
(b) It provides ideas that act as a tool of change and transformation
(c) It helps in planning for the future
(d) All of the above
12. Who said that “state must not interfere in the self regarding acts of individuals?
(a) CF Andrews
(b) AV Dioey
(c) JS Mill
(d) None of these
13. “Where there is no law, there is no freedom.” Whose statement is this?
(a) Hegel
(b) Locke
(c) Bosonquet
(d) Laski
14. Which of the following thinkers subscribes to the positive concept of liberty?
(a) Marx
(b) Darwin
(c) Spencer
(d) TH Green
15. Who among the following examined liberty as negative and positive conception?
(a) T.H Green
(b) Isaiah Berlin
(c) Hobbes
(d) Hegel
16. The best adjustment of liberty and equality can be achieved in a regime of
(a) Liberalism
(b) Socialism
(c) Democratic Socialism
(d) Idealism
17. Who among the following has used the concept of “equality of legal personality” to explain the legal dimension of equality?
(a) RH Tawney
(b) Harold Laski
(c) JF Stephen
(d) Ernest Barker
18. Who justifies ‘Liberty’ to the extent of eccentricity and oddity of character?
(a) Laski
(b) Locke
(c) Machiavelli
(d) Mill
19. Which one of the following is not a political liberty?
(a) Freedom to vote
(b) Freedom of movement
(c) Freedom to criticise the policies of government
(d) Freedom to settle down
20. John Locke in his book “Two Treaties of Government”, revealed about the concept of
(a) Two-way contract
(b) Criticism of Hobbes
(c) Natural Rights
(d) Individualism
21. Who among the following is an advocate of natural liberty?
(a) Herbert Spencer
(b) JJ Rousseau
(c) TH Green
(d) HJ Laksi
22. The following is an advocate of the republican notion of liberty.
(a) Machiavelli
(b) Hegel
(c) Mill
(d) Green
23. Which among the following is the greatest support of individual liberty
(a) Rousseau
(b) Montesquieu
(c) Mill
(d) Green
24. Positive liberty means
(a) Freedom from chains
(b) Freedom from slavery
(c) Freedom from bondage
(d) Freedom as autonomy
25. Which one of the following is an advocate of negative liberty?
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Rousseau
(c) Kant
(d) Marx
26. Which one of the following is an advocate of positive liberty?
(a) Hobbes
(b) Sidgwick
(c) Rousseau
(d) Mill
27. One of the following is not the work of JS Mill?
(a) On liberty
(b) Utilitarianism
(c) Liberty today
(d) The subjection of women
28. Who among the following thinkers formulated the concept of positive and negative liberty?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) CB Macpherson
(c) Isaiah Berlin
(d) Michael Oakeshott
29. The distinction between positive freedom and negative freedom is usually described as
(a) ‘freedom to’ and ‘freedom from’
(b) ‘freedom of’ and ‘freedom to’
(c) ‘freedom with’ and ‘freedom of’
(d) ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’
30. “The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time”. Who said this?
(a) Mill
(b) Jefferson
(c) Laski
(d) Gandhi
31. Who said this “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains”?
(a) Dugvit
(b) Krabbe
(c) Follet
(d) Rousseau
32. Green has defined liberty as
(a) capacity to do things that are worth doing.
(b) absence of law
(c) licence to do anything
(d) absence of restraints
33. “If liberty and law do not quarrel, liberty quarrel with itself”. Who said this?
(a) Green
(b) Laski
(c) Barker
(d) Bryce
34. Which one of the following is not generally considered as a part of the right to equality?
(a) Equal protection under law
(b) Equality of opportunity for all
(c) Equality of right to the satisfaction of basic needs of all
(d) Equality of treatment in all circumstances
35. The doctrine of proportionate equality was propounded by
(a) Aristotle
(b) Rousseau
(c) Marx
(d) Rawls
36. Who expressed the view that “equality is unnatural and undesirable”?
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Hegel
(d) Hobbes
37. Marx believed that equality in a society could be established only when
(a) all individuals were given political freedom
(b) class contradictions were removed
(c) rule of law was established
(d) separation of powers was practised
38. Which of the following statements can be attributed to T.H. Green?
(a) The passion for equality makes vain the hope of freedom
(b) Equality, far from being inimical to liberty, is absolutely essential for its preservation
(c) Nature has made men equal
(d) There can be no identity of treatment and identity of reward so long as men differ in their needs and capacities
39. Which one of the following types of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality?
(a) Legal equality
(b) Political equality
(c) Social equality
(d) Economic equality
Political Theory and its Key Concepts
(Liberty, Equality, Justice)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (a) | 2 | (b) | 3 | (b) | 4 | (c) | 5 | (d) |
| 6 | (c) | 7 | (b) | 8 | (d) | 9 | (a) | 10 | (a) |
| 11 | (a) | 12 | (c) | 13 | (b) | 14 | (d) | 15 | (b) |
| 16 | (c) | 17 | (d) | 18 | (d) | 19 | (a) | 20 | (c) |
| 21 | (a) | 22 | (a) | 23 | (c) | 24 | (d) | 25 | (a) |
| 26 | (c) | 27 | (c) | 28 | (c) | 29 | (a) | 30 | (b) |
| 31 | (d) | 32 | (a) | 33 | (c) | 34 | (c) | 35 | (a) |
| 36 | (b) | 37 | (b) | 38 | (a) | 39 | (d) | 40 | (b) |
| 41 | (a) | 42 | (c) | 43 | (d) | 44 | (d) | 45 | (c) |
| 46 | (a) | 47 | (c) | 48 | (b) | 49 | (a) | 50 | (b) |
| 51 | (c) | 52 | (b) | 53 | (c) | 54 | (c) | 55 | (b) |
| 56 | (c) | 57 | (c) | 58 | (c) | 59 | (a) | 60 | (d) |
| 61 | (c) | 62 | (c) | 63 | (c) | 64 | (b) | 65 | (d) |
| 66 | (a) | 67 | (b) | 68 | (d) | 69 | (c) | 70 | (a) |
| 71 | (d) | 72 | (c) | 73 | (b) | 74 | (c) | 75 | (b) |
| 76 | (a) | 77 | (b) | 78 | (b) | 79 | (c) | 80 | (c) |
| 81 | (c) | 82 | (a) | 83 | (b) | 84 | (a) | 85 | (a) |
| 86 | (b) | 87 | (d) | 88 | (a) | 89 | (b) | 90 | (b) |
| 91 | (c) | 92 | (c) | 93 | (a) | 94 | (b) | 95 | (a) |
| 96 | (a) | 97 | (c) | 98 | (b) | 99 | (c) | 100 | (c) |
Other Key Concepts of Political Theory
(Rights, Democracy, Power and Citizenship)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (c) | 2 | (d) | 3 | (c) | 4 | (c) | 5 | (a) |
| 6 | (b) | 7 | (a) | 8 | (b) | 9 | (c) | 10 | (d) |
| 11 | (d) | 12 | (d) | 13 | (d) | 14 | (c) | 15 | (a) |
| 16 | (b) | 17 | (d) | 18 | (d) | 19 | (b) | 20 | (c) |
| 21 | (a) | 22 | (c) | 23 | (d) | 24 | (d) | 25 | (d) |
| 26 | (d) | 27 | (c) | 28 | (a) | 29 | (a) | 30 | (c) |
| 31 | (d) | 32 | (a) | 33 | (c) | 34 | (c) | 35 | (c) |
| 36 | (d) | 37 | (c) | 38 | (d) | 39 | (a) | 40 | (c) |
| 41 | (a) | 42 | (b) | 43 | (d) | 44 | (a) | 45 | (c) |
| 46 | (b) | 47 | (a) | 48 | (b) | 49 | (b) | 50 | (c) |
| 51 | (b) | 52 | (c) | 53 | (b) | 54 | (c) | 55 | (b) |
| 56 | (b) | 57 | (a) | 58 | (c) | 59 | (b) | 60 | (d) |
| 61 | (d) | 62 | (d) | 63 | (a) | 64 | (a) | 65 | (c) |
| 66 | (d) | 67 | (b) | 68 | (a) | 69 | (b) | 70 | (d) |
| 71 | (c) | 72 | (b) | 73 | (a) | 74 | (c) | 75 | (a) |
| 76 | (d) | 77 | (d) | 78 | (d) | 79 | (d) | 80 | (c) |
| 81 | (c) | 82 | (d) | 83 | (c) | 84 | (b) | 85 | (d) |
| 86 | (a) | 87 | (a) | 88 | (d) | 89 | (c) | 90 | (a) |
| 91 | (d) | 92 | (c) | 93 | (b) | 94 | (d) | 95 | (c) |
| 96 | (b) | 97 | (b) | 98 | (a) | 99 | (c) | 100 | (a) |
| 101 | (c) |
Classical Political Ideologies
(Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and Marxism)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (b) | 2 | (c) | 3 | (d) | 4 | (c) | 5 | (b) |
| 6 | (a) | 7 | (c) | 8 | (d) | 9 | (c) | 10 | (b) |
| 11 | (d) | 12 | (d) | 13 | (c) | 14 | (d) | 15 | (b) |
| 16 | (a) | 17 | (c) | 18 | (a) | 19 | (d) | 20 | (b) |
| 21 | (d) | 22 | (a) | 23 | (b) | 24 | (c) | 25 | (b) |
| 26 | (a) | 27 | (b) | 28 | (d) | 29 | (a) | 30 | (b) |
| 31 | (c) | 32 | (b) | 33 | (c) | 34 | (a) | 35 | (b) |
| 36 | (d) | 37 | (a) | 38 | (b) | 39 | (c) | 40 | (b) |
| 41 | (d) | 42 | (c) | 43 | (a) | 44 | (a) | 45 | (a) |
| 46 | (b) | 47 | (a) | 48 | (a) | 49 | (c) | 50 | (c) |
| 51 | (a) | 52 | (c) | 53 | (c) | 54 | (d) | 55 | (a) |
| 56 | (b) | 57 | (b) | 58 | (a) | 59 | (c) | 60 | (d) |
| 61 | (a) | 62 | (b) | 63 | (d) | 64 | (b) | 65 | (d) |
| 66 | (b) | 67 | (a) | 68 | (d) | 69 | (c) | 70 | (b) |
| 71 | (a) | 72 | (d) | 73 | (c) | 74 | (d) | 75 | (d) |
| 76 | (b) | 77 | (d) | 78 | (d) | 79 | (a) | 80 | (d) |
| 81 | (a) | 82 | (c) | 83 | (d) | 84 | (a) | 85 | (c) |
| 86 | (d) | 87 | (b) | 88 | (c) | 89 | (b) | 90 | (b) |
| 91 | (a) | 92 | (a) | 93 | (c) | 94 | (b) | 95 | (a) |
| 96 | (b) | 97 | (a) | 98 | (b) | 99 | (b) | 100 | (c) |
| 101 | (d) | 102 | (a) | 103 | (a) | 104 | (b) | 105 | (d) |
| 106 | (a) | 107 | (c) | 108 | (c) | 109 | (c) | 110 | (c) |
Contemporary Political Ideologies
(Feminism, Ecologism, Multiculturalism and Postmodernism)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (b) | 2 | (d) | 3 | (a) | 4 | (c) | 5 | (b) |
| 6 | (a) | 7 | (c) | 8 | (a) | 9 | (c) | 10 | (a) |
| 11 | (b) | 12 | (c) | 13 | (c) | 14 | (a) | 15 | (a) |
| 16 | (d) | 17 | (b) | 18 | (c) | 19 | (b) | 20 | (b) |
| 21 | (c) | 22 | (a) | 23 | (a) | 24 | (b) | 25 | (c) |
| 26 | (c) | 27 | (d) | 28 | (c) | 29 | (b) | 30 | (a) |
| 31 | (b) | 32 | (b) | 33 | (c) | 34 | (a) | 35 | (b) |
| 36 | (c) | 37 | (b) | 38 | (d) | 39 | (c) | 40 | (c) |
| 41 | (a) | 42 | (d) | 43 | (b) | 44 | (d) | 45 | (c) |
| 46 | (b) | 47 | (c) | 48 | (a) | 49 | (b) | 50 | (b) |
| 51 | (d) | 52 | (a) | 53 | (c) | 54 | (a) | 55 | (a) |
| 56 | (d) | 57 | (c) | 58 | (b) | 59 | (d) | 60 | (a) |
| 61 | (c) | 62 | (c) | 63 | (b) | 64 | (b) | 65 | (b) |
| 66 | (c) | 67 | (a) | 68 | (a) | 69 | (c) | 70 | (c) |
| 71 | (a) | 72 | (c) | 73 | (b) | 74 | (b) | 75 | (a) |
| 76 | (a) | 77 | (a) | 78 | (b) | 79 | (b) | 80 | (c) |
| 81 | (b) | 82 | (a) | 83 | (d) | 84 | (b) | 85 | (b) |
| 86 | (b) | 87 | (a) | 88 | (a) | 89 | (d) | 90 | (a) |
| 91 | (a) | 92 | (a) | 93 | (a) | 94 | (b) | 95 | (b) |
| 96 | (b) |