SLET Unit 2: Political Thought - Political Science Coaching Centre

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SLET Unit 2: Political Thought

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1. John Rawls' principle of distributive justice is based on which of the following notions: (SLET 2023)

(A) equality

(B) equity

(C) difference principle

(D) liberty

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2. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? (SLET 2023)

(i) Dependency theory - Samir Amin

(ii) Theory of development - Lucian Pye

(iii) Theory of Alienation - Karl Marx

(iv) Theory of Negative Liberty - John Rawls

Correct answer:

(A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct

(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct

(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct

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3. Match Column A with Column B in terms of codes below: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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4. Which one of the following is correct about Karl Marx ? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) All revolutions are inherent in the womb of the class society

(B) Alienation frustrates the possibilities for realising the human potential

(C) Through surplus value, the capitalist becomes richer day by day and worker becomes poorer and poorer

(D) All of the above

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5. Write the correct chronological order in which the books appeared or were published. (SLET 17th March 2024)

(a) Leviathan

(b) The Art of War.

(c) The Wretched of the Earth

(d) On Liberty

Codes:

(A) (a), (b), (c), (d)

(B) (b), (a), (d), (c)

(C) (b), (a), (c), (d)

(D) (a), (b), (d), (c)

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6. Identify the correct statement on Plato's political thought: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Plato was interested in a limited political authority.

(B) Plato was primarily concerned with the question of security of the individual.

(C) Plato was concerned with the question of anarchy and the problem arising out of it.

(D) Plato was primarily interested in constructing an ideal state.

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7. Out of the following which is incorrect about Rousseau's political thought: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) He believed that there are two kinds of inequalities among men-natural or physical and moral or political.

(B) His 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' was published immediately after the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

(C) He wrote the 'Social Contract' after the 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality'.

(D) In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' Rousseau puts forward a theory of revolution.

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8. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: : (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : (SLET 17th March 2024)

Assertion (A): Karl Marx termed early socialists as Utopian socialists.

Reason (R): They attacked the capitalist system itself.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the right explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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10. Match the following and select the correct answer using the codes below: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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11. Mao spoke of: (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Two stage revolution: Bourgeois democratic revolution and Socialist revolution

(B) One stage revolution: Revolutionary violence

(C) Three stages of revolution - People's revolution, BDR, and Communist revolution

(D) None of the above

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12. The two Constitutions that are more prone to political disorder to Aristotle are? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(A) Oligarchy and Democracy

(B) Aristocracy and Oligarchy

(C) Tyranny and Oligarchy

(D) Democracy and Aristocracy

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