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SEMESTER I
1. What is known as the scientific and systematic search of knowledge?
a. Research; b. study; c. investigation; d. None of these
2. Hypotheses of a Research is
a. Objective in nature; b. Permanent in nature; c. Tentative in nature
d. Final result of a research
3. Research is important for social scientists because it provides
a. intellectual satisfaction of knowing things; b. it is important to social scientists
c. as an academic topic; d. both a and b
4. Who was acknowledging politics is a universal activity?
a. MacIver; b. Robert Dahl; c. Hobbes; d. Plato
5. The term ‘Politics’ was derived from two words ‘Polis’ and ‘Polity’ in which language
a. Greek; b. Latin; c. English; d. French
6. Who defined Politics as “the authoritative allocation of values that are binding on the
society”.
a. John Lock; b. J.S. Mill; c. David Easton; d. Almond
7. Political Science is the scientific designation of the subject of study was accepted in
which year
a. 1948; b. 1950; c. 1945; d. 1970

8. Who contributed the work ‘the Politics’?
a. Aristotle; b. Plato; c. Socrates; d. Machiavelli
9. The scope of Political Science is determined by the enquiries that arise in connection
with the state. Who said so?
a. Gilchrist; b. Almond; c. T.H. Green; d. August Compte;
10. The development of Political Science as a discipline can be traced back to
a. 4th century B.C. b. 3rd century B.C. C. 5th century B.C. d. 6th century B.C.
11. In the Classical or Normative period, the study of politics reflected
a. a normative concern and deductive method of explanation;
b. behavioural study of politics; c. value oriented study of politics
d. None of these
12. Who dealt with the question of ‘justice’ in the Republic through the ideal state
a. Aristotle; b. John Austin; c. Plato; d. Machiavelli
13. Whose work is ‘A History of Political Theory’?
a. George H. Sabine; b. Gabriel Almond; c. David Easton; d. Gilchrist
14. Who introduced ‘Historicism’?
a. Karl Popper; b. Compte; c. Hegel; d. Sabine
15. Who was the first proponent of scientific study of politics?
a. Charles Merriam; b. Harold D. Lasswell; c. George Catlin; d. Arthur Bentley
16. Behavioural approach in Political Science is “an attempt to make the empirical
content of Political Science more scientific” who said this?
a. Charles Merriam; b. Robert A. Dahl; c. George Catlin; d. Arthur Bentley
17. Eighth principles of the behavioural approach of political science generally known as
a. verifications; b. pure science; c. intellectual foundations; d. observational study
18. Politics is “the study of shaping and shaping of power”
a. Charles Merriam; b. Robert A. Dhal; c. Harold D. Lasswell; d. Arthur Bentley

19. Politics became “narrow focus, the trivial detail and abstract fact”
a. C. Wright Mills; b. Robert A. Dahl; c. Harold D. Lasswell; d. Arthur Bentley
20. Who was the most ardent advocate of Post-Behaviouralism?
a. David Easton; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl; d. Harold D. Lasswell
21. The strong demands of Post-behaviouralists are
a. pure science; b. ‘relevance’ and ‘action’; c. value; d. None of these
22. Historical materialism is one of the tools in
a. Behaviouralism; b Utilitarianism; c. Marxism; d. Post-behaviouralism
23. “it is not a matter of ‘problems’ to be ‘solved’ but a state of domination and
subjugation to be ended by a total transformation of the conditions which give rise to
it”. Who said this?
a. David Easton; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl; d. Ralph Miliband
24. Who said, the State is the politically organized people of a definite territory”?
a. J.K. Bluntschli; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Robert A. Dahl; d. Ralph Miliband
25. Who defines state as “People organized for law within a definite territory”?
a. J.K. Bluntschli; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson; d. Ralph Miliband
26. Territorial society divided into government and subjects whose relationships are
determined by the exercise of this supreme coercive power”. Who said this?
a. Harold J. Laski; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson; d. Ralph Miliband
27. Who emphasized the importance of the ‘subjective desire of the people’ for
organization and maintenance of the state?
a. Harold J. Laski; b. C. Wright Mills; c. Woodrow Wilson; d. Willoughby
28. Who said, an association as “a group organized for the pursuit of an interest or a
group of interests in common”
a. Harold J. Laski; b. MacIver; c. Woodrow Wilson; d. Willoughby
29. The most important proponents of civil society is the propagators of
a. Neo-liberalism; b. Liberalism; c. Realism; d. Marxism
30. Civil society was constituted with the consent of the people for the purpose of
protecting and safeguarding private property. Who said?
a. Adam Smith; b. Adam Ferguson; c. John Locke; D. None of these
31. who observed ‘civil society as a vibrant sphere peopled by all kinds of associations,
churches, libraries, literary bodies, public groups, town councils, and other
autonomous public organizations’
a. Michel Waltzer; b. Tocquvellian; c. Cohen; d. Aratto
32. Civil society is a protective buffer for the state and economy. Who said?
a. Gramsci; b. Anthony Giddens; c. Adam Smith; d. Michel Waltzer
33. Who said, Kinship created a common consciousness, common interest and
common purpose?
a. Gramsci; b. Anthony Giddens; c. Adam Smith; d. Henry Maine
34. Who has written the work ‘Ancient Society’?
a. Lewis H. Morgan; b. Adam Smith; c. Henry Maine; d. None of these
35. Whose work is “The origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”?
a. Gramsci; b. Anthony Giddens; c. Engels; d. Michel Waltzer
36. Whose work is ‘The poverty of Philosophy’?
a. Gramsci; b. Marx; c. Engels; d. Michel Waltzer
37. “State and Revolution” is written by
a. Gramsci; b. Anthony Giddens; c. Lenin; d. Michel Waltzer
38. whose work is”Anti-Duhring”?
a. Friedrich Engels; b. Anthony Giddens; c. Lenin; d. Michel Waltzer
39. The term ‘Sovereignty’ is derived from the word ‘superanus’ of which language
a. French; b. Latin; c. Greek; d. English

40. Who defined sovereignty as the ‘absolute and perpetual power of commanding in a state’?
a. Garner; b. Jean Bodin; c. Green; d. Hobbes
41. Who is regarded as the greatest exponent of the Monistic theory of sovereignty?
a. Jean Bodin; b. Anthony Giddens; c. John Austin; d. Michel Waltzer
42. Who defines sovereignty it as “the sum total of the influences in a state which lie
behind the law”
a. Gilchrist; b. A.V. Dicey; c. John Austin; d. Michel Waltzer
43. Who propounded sovereignty in his famous concept of the ‘General Will’
a. Anthony Giddens; b. Rousseau; c. John Locke; d. Hobbes
44. Who defined sovereignty as “the supreme power of the state over citizens and
subjects unrestrained by law”.
a. John Austin; b. Rousseau; c. John Locke; d. Jean Bodin
45. Whose work is “The Law of War and Peace”?
a. John Austin; b. Jean bodin; c. Hugo Grotius; d. John Locke
46. Whose work is “Lecturers on Jurisprudence”?
a. Gilchrist; b. John Austin; c. A.V. Dicey; d. Garner
47. Who developed the concept of law as “a command given by a superior to an
inferior”.
a. Jean Bodin; b. John Lock; c. Hugo Grotius; d. John Austin
48. Who is the main proponent of the pluralist concept of ‘sovereignty’?
a. Hugo Grotius; b. John Austin; c. Henry Maine; d. Jean Bodin
49. Whose work is “Grammar of Politics”?
a. John Austin; b. Jean Bodin; c. Lask; d. Locke
50. Whose work is “The Spirit of Laws”?
a. Jean Bodin; b. Henry Maine; c. Laski; d. Montesquieu

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