Communitarianism - Political Science Coaching Centre

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Communitarianism

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1. Communitarianism is an ideology that emphasises (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

(A) State control of communities

(B) Communities' control of State

(C) Responsibility of the individual to the community

(D) Responsibility of the community to the individual

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2. Who coined first the word ‘Communitarian’ in 20th century? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

(A) Daniel Bell

(B) John Rawls

(C) David Cameron

(D) John Goodwyn Barmby

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3. Which of the following teams belong to communitarians? (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER III)

(A) Taylor and Sandel

(B) Hayek and Rawls

(C) Dworkin and Taylor

(D) Dworkin and Walzer

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4. Communitarians argue that :- (DU MA 2019)

1. Communities must take precedence over nations

2. Communal thinking is morally wrong

3. None of these

4. Liberalism devalues communal attachments

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5. The concept of 'Complex Equality' was given by (CUET PG 2022)

(1) John Rawls

(2) Michael Walzer

(3) Ronald Dworkin

(4) David Miller

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6. Who among the following is a communitarian thinker? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Michael Sandel

2. Robert Nozick

3. Friedrich Hayek

4. Milton Friedman

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7. Charles Taylor is known for his work on (CUET PG 2021)

1. imperialism

2. politics of recognition

3. feminism

4. environmentalism

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8. Which one of the following is not advocated by the theory of communitarianism? (GUJARAT SET 2016 PAPER 3)

(A) The individual is not an independent entity

(B) Rights do not exist prior to the state

(C) Duties and obligations of the citizens are more important than rights

(D) The person is an unencumbered self

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9. Who among the following is not a Communitarian thinker? (JMI M.A. 2023)

(a) Alasdair MacIntyre

(b) Michael Walzer

(c) Michael Sandel

(d) John Rawls

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10. Who among the following is not a Communitarian thinker? (JMI M.A. 2016)

(A) Alasdair MacIntyre

(B) Michael Walzer

(C) Michael Sandel

(D) John Rawls

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11. Who among the following is not a proponent of communitarianism? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)

(A) Alasdair MacIntyre

(B) Michael Sandel

(C) Michael Walzer

(D) Friedrich Hayek

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12. Which of the following a group of contemporary political thinkers are staunch supporters of communitarianism? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Rousseau, Hegel and Green

(B) Berlin, Hayek and Milton Friedman

(C) Adam Smith, John Locke and Jeremy Bentham

(D) Michael Okeshott and Hannah Arendt

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13. Who coined the term ‘communitarianism’? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Jean Blondel

B) Barmby

C) V. O Key

D) M. Sandel

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14. Which thought lays stress on rights of ‘recognition’ and ‘belongings’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Libertarianism

B) Communitarianism

C) Post-modernism

D) Neo-humanism

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15. Communitarianism emerged as a critical response to: (GUJARAT SET 2008)

(A) Liberalism

(B) Communism

(C) Nationalism

(D) Totalitarianism

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16. Which of the following arguments are not advocated by the communitarians? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

(A) Individual is a socially embedded being.

(B) Individual freedom cannot be surrendered for the cause of common welfare.

(C) Common good is more important than the individual rights.

(D) There cannot be any universal yardstick for all societies as they grow differently.

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17. Identify the communitarian philosopher from among the following: (NET June 2009)

(A) Ernest Barker

(B) Maurice Cranston

(C) Friedrich Hayek

(D) Michael Sandel

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18. Give, with help of the code given below, the correct chronological order of emergence of the following theories/approaches in Political Science: (NET June 2009)

(i) Post-behaviourism

(ii) Structural-functionalism

(iii) Communitarianism

(iv) Neo-liberalism

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(A) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

(B) (iv,) (ii), (iii), (i)

(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

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19. Match the lists of Communitarian authors with their books and select correct answer from the codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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20. Match the following Lists and identify the correct one from the code below: (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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21. Which of the following critique of liberalism is not made by the communitarians? (JNU MA 2021)

1. Liberalism lays stress on abstract individuals and misses importance of the community

2. Liberalism sees individuals as socially embedded creatures in a community with obligations to each other

3. Liberalism views individuals as right‐bearing individuals

4. Liberalism degrades and devalues community

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22. Who wrote the book Liberalism and its Critics? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(A) Charles Taylor

(B) Michael Walzer

(C) Alasdair Mac Intyre

(D) Michael Sandel

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