1. Who advocated open or public voting in a democratic society? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

2. Which one of the following statements has been wrongly attributed to Machiavelli? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

3. Which one of the following statements has wrongly been attributed to Aristotle? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

4. ‘Two Treatises of Government’ was written by (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

5. According to John Rawls the constitutional democracy should satisfy (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

6. Democracy is not an ideal form of government because it associates all with government. – who believed in this statement? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

7. Which form of the government was preferred by Jeremy Bentham? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

8. Which one of the following statements regarding J. S. Mill is correct? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

9. Human beings are by nature jealous and cannot see others prosper. – Who believed in this? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

10. Plato advocated (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

11. Which one of the following statements is true? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

12. Plato’s Justice Theory is based on (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

13. Which one of the following statements is true? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

14. Plato’s justice theory is based on (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

15. The idea of philosopher king was given by (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

16. Who said the following statement 'In a democracy the poor have more power than the rich, because there are more of them and the will of the majority is supreme'? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2016 PAPER III)

17. Who considers revolution as a motivational force of history? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

18. Who is related with the Doctrine of permanent revolution? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

19. Not matched with Lenin's, idea on revolution (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

20. In the context of theory of Justice, who propounded the principle of merit but not support the principle of reward (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

21. From french revolutionary traditions, Marx adopted the idea of (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

22. Who has described J. S. Mill as 'Reluctant Democrat? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

23. In a state, there are two types of sovereignty not one - one of government and second of peoples among the following who consider this thought (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

24. "Machiavelli did not develop the principal of political despotism like Hobbes", who said it (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

25. Which of the following socialist thinkers supported the platonic idea of property? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

26. The base of citizenship is, as per Aristotle (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 2)

27. 'It is better to be a Socrates dissatisfied rather than a pig satisfied' observed by: (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

28. Who of the following is considered the modern political thinker? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

29. Who propounded that 'Man is born free, but every where he is in Chains'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

30. Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau unanimously agree upon (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

31. Who gave the call 'Workers of the World Unite you have nothing to do but your chains'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

32. Materialistic interpretation of history was analyzed by (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

33. Who said 'Family is the First School of Social life'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2012 PART 1)

34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes below: (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

35. "Religion is the opium of the people". In which book of Karl Marx, this statement is mentioned? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

36. Consider the following statements : (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

(A) J. S. Mill advocates the Developmental Model of Democracy.

(B) J. S. Mill is a supporter of Women's Suffrage, but opposes the Universal Adult franchise.

Codes :

37. "People of the country, who are not God fearing, it advances on the path of .. destruction. " Whose statement is this? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

38. Among the following, who supports the idea of 'Forced Freedom'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

39. According to Aristotle, the correct group of the bases of citizenship are: (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

40. Among the following, which terminology is not related to Plato? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

41. According to Mao Tse Tung, after the revolution up to communism, what is not a part of social change programme? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 2)

42. Addressing whom, 'The theory of Two Swords' was presented by Pope Gelasius - I? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

43. Robert Nozick is a supporter of : (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

44. Who has propounded the concept of 'Organic Intellectual'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

45. According to Hegel, State is not : (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

46. Among the following, what is not related to John Locke? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

47. Who has identified State as a 'Community of Communities'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

48. The number of members of Council of Ministers determined in Shanti Parva is: (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

49. Which of the following statements regarding Gramsci's civil society and political society is correct? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

50. In which of the following works, Karl Marx while denouncing the bureaucratic and all powerful state advising the proletariat to destroy it? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

51. Consider the following statements regarding T.H.Green : (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) T.H. Green is a pioneer among modern liberal thinkers who accept the 'negative' concept of freedom.

(ii) T.H. Green defined freedom as the ability of people to make the most and best themselves.

52. Who among the following considers civil society as 'system of needs'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

53. According to Hegel, which of the following is related to the state? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

54. Who among the following called John Stuart Mill 'the saint of Rationalism'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

55. Who among the following believes that voting is a public trust which should be performed under the eye and criticism of the public? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

56. Which of the following idea of Jeremy Bentham is described by Michel Foucault as quintessence of the disciplinary apparatus of the bourgeois state? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

57. Who among the following thinkers considered Freedom as a collective venture? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

58. According to which of the following thinkers, the institution of property was absent in the state of nature? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Thomas Hobbes

(ii) John Locke

(iii) J.J. Rousseau

Choose the correct option:

59. Which of the following books of Thomas Hobbes has the another title "The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

60. Hobbes described liberty as the absence of opposition in "Leviathan". By opposition, he meant (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

61. Who among the following Thinkers has made this statement that 'A ruler must learn to be other than good'? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

62. Thomas Aquinas, in his book "Summa Theologiae", portrayed the state as: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

63. Who among the following is the author of the work De Re Publica? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

64. Consider the following statements regarding Aristotle. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) For Aristotle man is by nature a social and political animal.

(ii) To explain human nature, Aristotle used the term 'zoon politikon'

65. Assertion (A): Aristotle insists that a Science of any subject matter must be teleological.

Reason (R): Teleology is ethical theory which considers certain moral duties as self evident and absolutely binding, irrespective of the consequences. (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

66. Which of the following is related to the philosophy of Plato? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Myth of metals and of Earth born

(ii) The allegory of the cave

(iii) The principle of the golden mean

(iv) The metaphor of the divided line

Choose the correct option:

67. Consider the following statements regarding Plato: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) 'Kallipolis' is the centre of Plato's political philosophy and of the 'Republic' itself.

(ii) 'Kallipolis' means the good or maximally happy happy community.

68. Which of the following are the three components of political development according to Francis Fukuyama? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

69. Who among the following does not accept trade-offs between efficiency and equality? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

70. Consider the following statements regarding Hannah Arendt's thought about human activities: (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

(i) Practical activity comes in a hierarchy of three broad forms: labour, work and action.

(ii) At the top of this hierarchy is 'labour'.

71. Who among the following thinkers believes that the decline of traditional values and hierarchies was one of the factors which explained the advent of Nazism and Stalinism? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

72. Who is the author of the book 'Black skin, white mask's? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

73. Who Among the following emphasized that the dominance of the ruling class is achieved by ideological manipulation, rather than just open coercion? (RAJASTHAN SET 2020 PART 2)

74. Who among the following thinkers asserted that it was illusionary to hold that the state had a Universal Character that could harmonize the discordant elements of civil Society'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

75. According to Hegel, State is a 'Coherent whole', which following are included in it? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

(A) Rights

(C) Welfare

(B) Freedom

Correct answer is:

76. Who among the following points out that Machiavelli's use of the word 'Lo Stato' was different from the use of word 'State' in modern times? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

77. Which of the following thinkers, while praising the book of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, compared his style to that of James Mill? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

78. In his article "The End of History' Francis Fukuyama described which of the following as a challenge to the Liberalism in twentieth century? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

(A) To Facism

(B) To Communism

(C) To Thatcherism

Correct answer is: 

79. Assertion (A): According to Francis Fukuyama the strength of liberal democracy in comparision to its rivals Communism and Fascism becomes apparent because it has created a better mechanism for proper recognition of ordinary people.

Reason (R): Democracy today has become as much a necessity for economics as it has been for politics and that implies issues of development, economic equality, civil and political rights have to be guaranteed by  any government. (Rajasthan SET 2020)

80. Consider the following statements about Joseph Allious Schumpeter. (Rajasthan SET 2020)

(i) Joseph Allious Schumpeter draws an analogy between Political behavior and market behavior where leaders compete for people's vote, the vote having the same importance as money in the market.

(ii) He perceives a division between political activists and passive electorate as a key to strong, efficient government and defense of liberty.

81. Who among the following thinkers asserted that if Politician are allowed to use their judgement they will use this advantage to pursue their own self interest. Government without Constitution is power without right'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

82. Who among the following reiterating Thomas Aquinas categorically asserts that 'authority and power is derived from God'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

83. Who among the following has given view that 'In France was an Bonapartism opportunistic and populist alliance between part of bourgeoise and part of the proletariat to secure legitimacy for the regime'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

84. Which of the following scholar considered the thought of John Rawls as 'Gladstonian and Spenserian'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

85. Who among the following thinkers democratic has described method as 'institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of competitive struggle for the people's vote'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

86. Who among the following described freedom as the 'Silence of the Laws'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

87. Who among the following thinkers defines freedom as 'non interference and considers the aim of public policy to mitigate avoidable suffering of people rather than promote happiness'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)