JMI Unit 2: Political Thought - Political Science Coaching Centre

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JMI Unit 2: Political Thought

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Category: Friedrich Hegel

1. Who among the following advocated organic theory of the state? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Locke

(b) Hobbes

(c) Marx

(d) Hegel

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Category: John Locke

2. The theory of natural rights was propounded by (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Rousseau

(b) Hobbes

(c) Locke

(d) T. H. Green

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Category: Plato

3. The author of "The History of Peloponnesian War" is (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Socrates

(b) Plato

(c) Aristotle

(d) Thucydides

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Category: Vladimir Lenin

4. The author of "State and Revolution" was (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Antonio Gramsci

(b) Lenin

(c) Stalin

(d) A G Frank

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Category: Mao Ze Dong

5. Who among the following propagated the idea of Cultural Revolution under Socialism? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Mao -Tse -Tung

(c) V.I. Lenin

(d) J. Stalin

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Category: Roman and Medieval Political Thought

6. Who among the following expressed the view that if justice is taken away, the State becomes a band of robbers? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Plato

(b) Aristotle

(c) St. Augustine

(d) Locke

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Category: John Rawls

7. John Rawls's principle of distributive justice is based on: (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Deserts

(b) Difference Principle (Social Equality)

(c) Utility

(d) Property

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Category: John Locke

8. John Locke was a supporter of the theory of: (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) natural rights

(b) historical rights

(c) legal rights

(d) ethical rights

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

9. Who among the following used the expression "forced to be free" in connection with the notion of liberty of the individual?" (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Rousseau

(b) Locke

(c) Green

(d) Hobbes

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10. The Theory of Social Contract primarily seeks: (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) to explain the origin of the State

(b) to explain origin of capitalism

(c) to over throw the Democratic State

(d) to bring out a radical transformation of society by revolution

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Category: Robert Nozick

11. Who among the following is the most outstanding contemporary advocate of libertarianism is? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) John Rawls

(b) Jurgen Habermas

(c) Ronald Dworkin

(d) Robert Nozick

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Category: Vladimir Lenin

12. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Karl Marx : The Poverty of Philosophy

(b) Y. I. Lenin : Sate and Revolution

(c) Josef Stalin : Wage, Labour and Capital

(d) Friedrich Engels : Origin of Family, Private Property and the State

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Category: Karl Marx

13. Karl Marx adopted dialectical method from (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Plato

(b) Hobbes

(c) Engels

(d) Hegel

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Category: Mary Wollstonecraft

14. Which among the following statements is Not true about "Mary Wollstonecraft"? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Rights are two-dimensional

(b) Reason is God-given to both the sexes

(c) The Family is not the foundation of the State

(d) Laws upholding 'the divine rights of husbands' undermine public life

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Category: Aristotle

15. Which of the following is Not correct in Aristotle's thought? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Slavery is justified

(b) Commitment to Constitutionalism

(c) Polis is not only apolitical but ethical community

(d) the principle of equity is not fundamental to justice.

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Category: Uncategorized

16. Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book. (JMI M.A. 2022)

A) Republic.

B) Prince.

C) Social Contract.

D) Leviathan.

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Category: Gramsci

17. Which philosopher's multi volume collection of essay written in the prison is known as "Prison Notebook"? (JMI M.A. 2022)

A) Rosa Luxemburg

B) Bhagat Singh

C) Antonio Gramsci

D) M.N Roy

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Category: Frantz Fanon

18. 'Black Skin, White Masks' is a book by? (JMI M.A. 2022)

A) Frantz Fanon

B) Paulo Freire

C) Nelson Mandela

D) Edward W. Said

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Category: Immanuel Kant

19. Critique of Pure Reason' is authored by? (JMI M.A. 2022)

A) Martin Heidegger

B) Immanuel Kant

C) Bertrand Russell

D) David Hume

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Category: Mao Ze Dong

20. Who among the following propagated the idea of Cultural Revolution under Socialism? (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Karl Marx

(B) Mao-Tse-Tung

(C) V.I. Lenin

(D) J. Stalin

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Category: Friedrich Hegel

21. Who among the following advocated organic theory of the state? (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Locke

(B) Hobbes

(C) Marx

(D) Hegel

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

22. The author of "The Prince" was (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Kautilya

(B) Niccolo Machiavelli

(C) Bismarck

(D) Hobbes

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Category: John Locke

23. The theory of natural rights was propounded by (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Rousseau

(B) Hobbes

(C) Locke

(D) T. H. Green

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Category: Plato

24. The author "The History of of Peloponnesian War" is (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Socrates

(B) Plato

(C) Aristotle

(D) Thucydides

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Category: Gramsci

25. The concept of Hegemony is associated with (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Antonio Gramsci

(B) Lenin

(C) Stalin

(D) AG Frank

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Category: Uncategorized

26. John Rawls's principle of distributive justice is based on: (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Deserts

(B) Difference principle (Social Equality)

(C) Utility

(D) property

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Category: Jeremy Bentham

27. Bentham was a supporter of the theory of (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Natural rights

(B) Historical rights

(C) Legal rights

(D) Ethical rights

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

28. Who among the following used the expression "forced to be free" in connection with the notion of liberty of the individual? (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Rousseau

(B) Locke

(C) Green

(D) Hobbes

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

29. The Theory of Social Contract primarily seeks: (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) To explain the origin of the State

(B) To explain origin of capitalism

(C) To over throw the Democratic State

(D) To bring out a radical transformation of society by revolution

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Category: John Rawls

30. The idea of social contract has been recently revived under a new form by: (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Nozick

(B) Rawls

(C) Oakshott

(D) Hannah Arendt

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Category: Robert Nozick

31. The most outstanding contemporary advocate of libertarianism is: (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Rawls

(B) Habermas

(C) Dworkin

(D) Nozick

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Category: Uncategorized

32. According to Plato, population of the State should be about: (JMI M.A. 2018)

A. 5000

B. 6000

C. 7000

D. 8000

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Category: Karl Marx

33. Karl Marx's theory of praxis is about: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Unity of thought and action

B. Tension between thought and inaction

C. Unity of action

D. Unity of happiness and sorrow

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Category: Uncategorized

34. For Thomas Hobbes the two fundamental human motivations were: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Joy and sorrow

B. Fear and self-interest

C. Fear and sorrow

D. Joy and self-interest

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Category: Uncategorized

35. Justice, for Aristotle, was a: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. A complete virtue, though not absolute

B. An incomplete virtue

C. An absolute virtue

D. Eudaimonia

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Category: John Locke

36. Which 17th Century philosopher equated civil society with political society? (JMI M.A. 2019)

A) Thomas Hobbes

B) Karl Marx

C) John Rawls

D) John Locke

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Category: Roman and Medieval Political Thought

37. Decline and eventual collapse of the Roman empire paved the way for: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Roman World Empire

B. Tribal State

C. Feudal State

D. City-state

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Category: John Locke

38. Which philosopher argued that the best form of government is a republic, ruled by laws and elected representatives? (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. John Locke

B. Niccolò Machiavelli

C. Thomas Hobbes

D. Plato

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Category: John Locke

39. John Locke is associated with which theory of government? (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Totalitarianism

B. Fascism

C. Limited Government

D. Communism

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Category: Gramsci

40. Distinction between state and civil society must be maintained in order to: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Prevent Democratization

B. Strengthen Peace

C. Establish monarchy

D. Prevent authoritarianism

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Category: Gramsci

41. Which Italian Marxist put forward the concept of "structures of coercion' with regard to political society? (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Vito Corleone

B. Antonio Gramsci

C. Antonio Banderas

D. Mussolini

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Category: Friedrich Hegel

42. Hegel associated 'civil society' with: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. A realm of idiocy

B. A realm of benevolence

C. Universal egoism

D. Universal benevolence

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

43. Machiavelli's maxim "the power which has authority over men" is with reference to: (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Provinces

B. Nations

C. State

D. City

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Category: Plato

44. What does the Greek 'polis' stand for? (JMI M.A. 2019)

A. Police Force

B. Policemen

C. State

D. City-State

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

45. Who is the author of the book The Art of War? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Kenneth Waltz

B) Niccolo Machiavelli

C) Carl Von Clausewitz

D) Sun Tzu

Both Option B and D

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Category: Plato

46. Who is the author of Peloponnesian, an early text in Realist International Politics? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Aristotle

B) Sophocles

C) Heraclitus

D) Thucydides

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Category: Friedrich Hegel

47. In which year did German Unification take place? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) 1856

B) 1864

C) 1871

D) 1879

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Category: Karl Popper

48. Liberal theory of incremental change is associated with? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) John Locke

B) Thomas Kuhn

C) Karl Popper

D) Thomas Hobbes

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Category: Miscellaneous of WPT

49. The term ‘Sociology of Knowledge’ was introduced by: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Karl Manheim

B) Georg Lukacs

C) Karl Popper

D) Thomas Kuhn

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Category: Gramsci

50. That the ‘Structure of Legitimation' within the capitalist society usually prevents any challenge to authority is the formulation by: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Antonio Gramsci

B) Karl Marx

C) Joseph Stalin

D) Descartes

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

51. A political outlook which holds that individual freedom can only be achieved through political participation is? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Satyagraha

B) General Will

C) Sovereignty

D) Civic Republicanism

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

52. Machiavelli's idea of virtue is associated with? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Masculine and warlike qualities

B) Feminine qualities

C) Theocracy

D) Post-enlightenment

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Category: Plato

53. The theory of the philosopher ruler was the linchpin of which political philosopher? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Manu

B) V. D. Savarkar

C) Plato

D) Aristotle

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Category: Plato

54. The central question of the Plato's Republic was the meaning of? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Injustice

B) Justice

C) Democracy

D) Fraternity

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Category: Aristotle

55. Both Plato and Aristotle regarded Polis as: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Complete form of reality

B) Incomplete form of reality

C) Alie

D) Mirage

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Category: Aristotle

56. The state, according to which political philosopher, was the highest form of political union? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Plato

B) Aristotle

C) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

D) Kautilya

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Category: John Locke

57. The historical background of the Second Treatise by John Locke was? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) French Revolution

B) American Revolution

C) Revolt of 1857

D) Glorious Revolution

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Category: Karl Marx

58. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louise Bonaparte is a treatise by? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) John Locke

B) Joan of Arc

C) Karl Marx

D) Napoleon Bonaparte

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Category: John Stuart Mill

59. Which political philosopher made happiness and the dignity of man, and not the principle of pleasure, the chief end of life? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) James Mill

B) John Stuart Mill

C) Jeremy Bentham

D) Karl Popper

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Category: Friedrich Hegel

60. Civil Society for Hegel reflected: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Involuntary association

B) System of needs

C) Differentia existing between a family and a state

D) The State

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Category: Karl Marx

61. The view that human nature changed from one historical epoch to another is associated with: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Hegel

B) Marx

C) Kant

D) Lenin

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Category: Karl Marx

62. Karl Marx associates subsistence production with: (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

A) Pre-industrial societies

B) Industrial societies

C) Post-industrial societies

D) Capitalist societies

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