PRACTICE QUESTIONS - UGC NET (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
Western Political Thought
UGC NET POLITICAL SCIENCE
(UNIT 2)
Ancient Political Thought
(Plato, Aristotle and Confucius)
1. Which of the following statement is not correct about Political thought?
(a) It analyses, examines and evaluates issues that have a universal concern
(b) Attempt to identify values and norms
(c) Political thought is primarily the study of the state
(d) None of the above
2. Who among the following can be considered as a philosopher of ancient age?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Hobbes
(c) Locke
(d) Rousseau
3. Who among the following is not a political philosopher of West?
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Confucius
(d) Socrates
4. Who among the following is not a political philosopher of ancient age?
(a) Machiavelli
(b) Aristotle
(c) Confucius
(d) Plato
5. Which among the following is not a book of Plato?
(a) Republic
(b) Stateman
(c) Politics
(d) Laws
6. Who said that “Plato is philosophy and Philosophy is Plato …………..?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Hegal
(c) Safine
(d) Ralph Waldo
7. Plato was disciple of
(a) Aristotle
(b) Socrates
(c) Pythogorus
(d) Glucon
8. When did Plato established his Academy?
(a) 428 BC
(b) 380 BC
(c) 347 BC
(d) None of these
9. Which among the following is the quest of Republic by Plato?
(a) Idea of material
(b) Idea of Peace
(c) Idea of Good
(d) None of these
10. Who said that “Republic but the finest treatise on is hardly a political work, education ever written”?
(a) Hobbes
(b) Rousseau
(c) Hegal
(d) Locke
11. Plato blamed the restored for the death of Socrates? in Athens
(a) Aristocracy
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of the above
12. Plato attacked democracy for
(a) factionalism
(b) partisan politics
(c) political instability
(d) All of these
13. Which is considered as the central cohesive source of stability of Plato’s Ideal state?
(a) Justice system
(b) Education system
(c) Communism of wife and Property
(d) Philosopher ruler
14. Which among the following is not a quality of good ruler as suggested by Plato?
(a) Wisdom
(b) Nepotism
(c) Protector of its subject
(d) Temperance
15. The central question of the ‘Republic’ by Plato was
(a) Meaning of Justice
(b) Right conduct
(c) Morality
(d) All of these
16. The virtue of a soldier as assigned by Plato is
(a) Temperance
(b) Wisdom
(c) Courage
(d) None of these
17. Whose soul is considered as Appetitive by Plato?
(a) Rulers
(b) Artisans/farmer
(c) Soldiers
(d) None of these
18. Who said that “The origin of the state is to be found in the needs of man”?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Confucius
(c) Plato
(d) Socrates
19. Plato’s Justice is based on which of the principle of society?
(a) Non-interference
(b) Functional specialisation
(c) Principle of harmony
(d) All of these
20. The book “The Open Society and its Enemies” was written by
(a) Lord Acton
(b) Plato
(c) Prof Popper
(d) Sobine
21. Who among the following criticised Plato conception of Justice?
(a) Lord Acton
(b) Aristotle
(c) Prof. Popper
(d) All of these
22. Who consider political science as a ‘master science’?
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Confucius
(d) Machiavelli
23. Nicomachean Ethics was written by
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Confucius
(d) Hegal
24. “The end of politics is the best of ends, and the main concern of politics is to provoke a certain character in the citizens and to make them good and disposed to perform noble actions.”
(a) Plato
(b) Confucius
(c) Aristotle
(d) Socrates
Ancient Political Thought
(Plato, Aristotle and Confucius)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (d) | 2 | (a) | 3 | (c) | 4 | (a) | 5 | (c) |
| 6 | (a) | 7 | (b) | 8 | (a) | 9 | (c) | 10 | (b) |
| 11 | (c) | 12 | (d) | 13 | (d) | 14 | (b) | 15 | (d) |
| 16 | (c) | 17 | (b) | 18 | (c) | 19 | (d) | 20 | (c) |
| 21 | (d) | 22 | (b) | 23 | (b) | 24 | (c) | 25 | (c) |
| 26 | (a) | 27 | (b) | 28 | (d) | 29 | (b) | 30 | (d) |
| 31 | (d) | 32 | (c) | 33 | (c) | 34 | (d) | 35 | (b) |
| 36 | (d) | 37 | (a) | 38 | (d) | 39 | (b) | 40 | (a) |
| 41 | (b) | 42 | (a) | 43 | (d) | 44 | (b) | 45 | (c) |
| 46 | (d) | 47 | (a) | 48 | (c) | 49 | (a) | 50 | (c) |
| 51 | (d) | 52 | (c) | 53 | (c) | 54 | (a) | 55 | (a) |
| 56 | (a) | 57 | (c) | 58 | (a) | 59 | (a) | 60 | (a) |
| 61 | (d) | 62 | (b) | 63 | (c) | 64 | (c) | 65 | (b) |
| 66 | (a) | 67 | (b) | 68 | (d) | 69 | (b) | 70 | (b) |
| 71 | (b) | 72 | (a) | 73 | (d) | 74 | (c) | 75 | (a) |
| 76 | (c) | 77 | (b) | 78 | (b) | 79 | (a) | 80 | (b) |
| 81 | (c) | 82 | (b) | 83 | (c) | 84 | (b) | 85 | (a) |
| 86 | (a) | 87 | (b) | 88 | (a) | 89 | (a) | 90 | (c) |
| 91 | (a) | 92 | (a) | 93 | (b) | 94 | (b) | 95 | (a) |
| 96 | (b) |
Modern Political Thought (Part – I)
(Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Hegel)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (b) | 2 | (c) | 3 | (a) | 4 | (c) | 5 | (d) |
| 6 | (d) | 7 | (d) | 8 | (a) | 9 | (d) | 10 | (c) |
| 11 | (b) | 12 | (b) | 13 | (d) | 14 | (b) | 15 | (a) |
| 16 | (d) | 17 | (b) | 18 | (c) | 19 | (a) | 20 | (b) |
| 21 | (d) | 22 | (c) | 23 | (b) | 24 | (c) | 25 | (a) |
| 26 | (c) | 27 | (a) | 28 | (a) | 29 | (b) | 30 | (d) |
| 31 | (a) | 32 | (c) | 33 | (b) | 34 | (c) | 35 | (d) |
| 36 | (b) | 37 | (d) | 38 | (d) | 39 | (c) | 40 | (c) |
| 41 | (a) | 42 | (b) | 43 | (c) | 44 | (d) | 45 | (b) |
| 46 | (a) | 47 | (a) | 48 | (c) | 49 | (d) | 50 | (b) |
| 51 | (c) | 52 | (b) | 53 | (c) | 54 | (d) | 55 | (d) |
| 56 | (a) | 57 | (c) | 58 | (c) | 59 | (d) | 60 | (c) |
| 61 | (d) | 62 | (a) | 63 | (b) | 64 | (b) | 65 | (d) |
| 66 | (c) | 67 | (d) | 68 | (c) | 69 | (c) | 70 | (a) |
| 71 | (d) | 72 | (b) | 73 | (a) | 74 | (b) | 75 | (b) |
| 76 | (a) | 77 | (c) | 78 | (c) | 79 | (b) | 80 | (b) |
| 81 | (a) | 82 | (b) | 83 | (d) | 84 | (c) | 85 | (c) |
| 86 | (c) | 87 | (a) | 88 | (d) | 89 | (b) | 90 | (c) |
| 91 | (c) | 92 | (c) | 93 | (b) | 94 | (c) | 95 | (b) |
| 96 | (a) | 97 | (b) | 98 | (a) | 99 | (c) | 100 | (d) |
Modern Political Thought (Part – II)
(Mill, Karl Marx, John Rawls etc.)
| No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans | No. | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (a) | 2 | (c) | 3 | (b) | 4 | (d) | 5 | (d) |
| 6 | (d) | 7 | (c) | 8 | (c) | 9 | (c) | 10 | (d) |
| 11 | (b) | 12 | (a) | 13 | (c) | 14 | (d) | 15 | (c) |
| 16 | (d) | 17 | (b) | 18 | (c) | 19 | (c) | 20 | (d) |
| 21 | (c) | 22 | (b) | 23 | (c) | 24 | (c) | 25 | (d) |
| 26 | (c) | 27 | (b) | 28 | (a) | 29 | (c) | 30 | (b) |
| 31 | (b) | 32 | (c) | 33 | (b) | 34 | (c) | 35 | (b) |
| 36 | (d) | 37 | (d) | 38 | (d) | 39 | (c) | 40 | (b) |
| 41 | (c) | 42 | (c) | 43 | (a) | 44 | (b) | 45 | (d) |
| 46 | (b) | 47 | (a) | 48 | (c) | 49 | (c) | 50 | (b) |
| 51 | (a) | 52 | (c) | 53 | (a) | 54 | (a) | 55 | (a) |
| 56 | (b) | 57 | (b) | 58 | (a) | 59 | (d) | 60 | (c) |
| 61 | (b) | 62 | (b) | 63 | (b) | 64 | (a) | 65 | (c) |
| 66 | (d) | 67 | (c) | 68 | (b) | 69 | (d) | 70 | (c) |
| 71 | (b) | 72 | (d) | 73 | (c) | 74 | (d) | 75 | (d) |
| 76 | (d) | 77 | (a) | 78 | (b) | 79 | (c) | 80 | (c) |
| 81 | (a) | 82 | (b) | 83 | (a) | 84 | (d) | 85 | (a) |
| 86 | (b) | 87 | (d) | 88 | (d) | 89 | (b) | 90 | (c) |
| 91 | (c) | 92 | (b) | 93 | (d) | 94 | (d) | 95 | (b) |
| 96 | (c) | 97 | (c) | 98 | (c) | 99 | (a) | 100 | (b) |
| 101 | (c) | 102 | (d) | 103 | (a) | 104 | (a) | 105 | (b) |
| 106 | (c) |