CUET Unit 2: Political Thought - Political Science Coaching Centre

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CUET Unit 2: Political Thought

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Category: Karl Marx

1. Chronologically arrange the writings of Karl Marx according to the year of publication (CUET PG 2024)

(A). The Communist Manifesto

(B). Critique of Gotha Programme

(C). The German Ideology

(D). The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D).

2. (C), (A), (D), (B).

3. (B), (C), (A), (D).

4. (B), (C), (D) only.

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2. Rousseau's political philosophy furnished the basis for (CUET PG 2024)

1. Popular Sovereignty

2. Absolute Sovereignty

3. Limited Sovereignty

4. Political Sovereignty

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Category: Plato

3. Thucydides' text on the Peloponnesian War is a story between which ancient states? (CUET PG 2024)

1. Greek and Roman

2. Austria and Hungary

3. Athens and Sparta

4. Tibat and Tiwan

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Category: John Rawls

4. Match List-I with List-II (CUET PG 2024)

1. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

2. (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

3. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

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Category: Vladimir Lenin

5. Match List-I with List-II (CUET PG 2024)

1. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

2. (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

3. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

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Category: Aristotle

6. Who among the following political thinkers said - 'Equal should be treated as equals and unequal should be treated as unequals'? (CUET PG 2024)

1. J.S.Mill

2. Aristotle

3. John Locke

4. Plato

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Category: Robert Nozick

7. Who among the following were not exponents of Positive Liberty? (CUET PG 2024)

1. Rousseau

2. T.H.Green

3. Harold Laski

4. Robert Nozick

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Category: Aristotle

8. Which among the following political thinkers argued that 'man is by nature a political animal'? (CUET PG 2024)

1. Socrates

2. Plato

3. Thucydides

4. Aristotle

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Category: John Rawls

9. Which of the following statements are CORRECT about theories on global justice? (CUET PG 2024)

(A). Thomas Pogge in his work "The Law of Peoples" has addressed some of the issues of global justice

(B). In his eight principles, John Rawls seeks respect for human rights and duty.

(C). Rawls distinguishes between domestic and global society.

(D). Thomas Pogge argues that there is a gap between global poor and rich due to the global institutional order.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only.

2. (A), (B) and (C) only.

3. (A), (B), (C) and (D).

4. (B), (C) and (D) only.

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Category: Karl Marx

10. In which of Marx's writings is it said. "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"? (CUET PG 2024)

1. The Communist Manifesto

2. Social Reform or Revolution?

3. The Star 20 in Capitalist Society.

4. Socialism for a Sceptical Age

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Category: John Locke

11. According to Locke, following are the natural rights of the people- (CUET PG 2024)

1. Right to equality, self preservation and right to property

2. Right to self preservation and right to property

3. Right to life. equality and right to property

4. Right to life, liberty and property

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Category: John Stuart Mill

12. "Considerations on Representative Government" was authored by: (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Plato

(2) James Mill

(3) J.S. Mill

(4) John Locke

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Category: John Stuart Mill

13. Who among the following is considered as a 'reluctant democrat' ? (CUET PG 2022)

(1) J.S. Mill

(2) J.J. Rousseau

(3) Thomas Hobbes

(4) J. Locke

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Category: Thomas Hobbes

14. 'Leviathan' was written by (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Locke

(2) Hobbes

(3) J.S. Mill

(4) Rousseau

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Category: John Rawls

15. The term 'Original Position' is associated with (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Brian Berry

(2) John Rawls

(3) S. Moller Okin

(4) Michael Walzer

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Category: Aristotle

16. The author of 'Nicomachean Ethics' is (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Plato

(2) Aristotle

(3) Socrates

(4) Hobbes

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Category: John Rawls

17. John Rawls is (CUET PG 2022)

(1) A Utilitarian

(2) A Social Contractarian

(3) A Perfectionist

(4) A Marxist

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Category: Robert Nozick

18. Who among the following advocates the 'Entitlement theory of Justice'? (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Kant

(2) Michael Sandel

(3) Robert Nozick

(4) Michael Walzer

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Category: Jeremy Bentham

19. Which of the following constitutes the core principles of 'Utilitarianism' ? (CUET PG 2022)

A. Concept of utility

B. Greatest good of the greatest number

C. Laissez-Faire

D. Maximum happiness of maximum number of people

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) Only A and B

(2) Only A, B and C

(3) Only A, B, C and D

(4) Only A, B and D

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Category: Jeremy Bentham

20. Given below are two statements: (CUET PG 2022)

Statement I: Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, ridiculed natural rights as a pernicious fiction.

Statement II : Human rights are believed to have been derived from the idea of natural law.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

(4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

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Category: John Locke

21. The author of 'Essay on Toleration' is (CUET PG 2022)

(1) Locke

(2) Rousseau

(3) J.S. Mill

(4) Kant

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Category: Karl Marx

22. Given below is Karl Marx's formulation of 'Base and Superstructure' in a jumbled order. Give the correct order: (CUET PG 2023)

The relations are relations of productions which correspond to a definite stage of development of their material productive forces.
The relations are indispensable and independent of their will.
The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the real foundation of a given society.
In social production of life, men enter into definite relations.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D, A, C, B

2. D, B, A, C

3. B, A, D, C

4. B, C, A, D

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Category: Mary Wollstonecraft

23. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

1. (A)-(III); (B)-(II); (C)-(IV); (D)-(1)

2. (A)-(III); (B)-(IV); (C)-(1); (D)-(II)

3. (A)-(III); (B)-(1); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)

4. (A)-(III); (B)-(1); (C)-(IV); (D)-(II)

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

24. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

1. (A)-(III); (B)-(IV); (C)-(1); (D)-(11)

2. (A)-(IV); (B)-(1); (C)-(II); (D)-(III)

3. (A)-(III); (B)-(1); (C)-(IV); (D)-(II)

4. (A)-(IV); (B)-(III); (C)-(1); (D)-(II)

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Category: Plato

25. According to Plato's theory of men and metals, the rulers have (CUET PG 2023)

1. silver

2. bronze

3. gold

4. iron

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Category: Thomas Hobbes

26. Thomas Hobbes defined sovereignty as (CUET PG 2023)

1. the power of the people to question the king

2. the right of the citizen to elect governments

3. the monopoly of coercive power of singular ruler

4. the duty of the ruler to serve people

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Category: Plato

27. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (CUET PG 2023)

Assertion (A): According to Plato, "the State is individual writ large".

Reason (R): The virtues found in an individual are found in larger form in the State.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

3. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct

4. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

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Category: Karl Marx

28. Which among the following is not Marx's Laws of Dialectics? (CUET PG 2023)

1. Negation of negation

2. Increase in quality leads to quantitative change

3. Increase in quantity leads to qualitative change

4. Unity and struggle of opposites

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Category: Francis Fukuyama

29. Match List-I with List-II: (CUET PG 2023)

1. (A)-(III); (B)-(II); (C)-(IV); (D)-(1)

2. (A)-(IV); (B)-(1); (C)-(II); (D)-(III)

3. (A)-(III); (B)-(1); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)

4. (A)-(1); (B)-(II); (C)-(III); (D)-(IV)

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Category: John Rawls

30. The book authored by John Rawls on justice in international relations is (CUET PG 2023)

1. A Theory of Justice

2. Political Liberalism

3. Social Justice in a Liberal State

4. The Law of Peoples

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Category: Jeremy Bentham

31. Which among the following is not a principle of Utilitarianism? (CUET PG 2023)

1. Greatest good of the greatest number

2. Government is a necessary evil

3. State is a natural necessity

4. Maximum happiness of maximum number

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Category: Gramsci

32. The idea of hegemony is a key concept in the writings of (CUET PG 2023)

1. Francis Fukuyama

2. Antonio Gramsci

3. mEric Hobsbawm

4. Alexandra Kollontai

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

33. Which among the following is a book by Machiavelli? (CUET PG 2023)

1. Discourses

2. Discourse on the Sciences and Arts

3. Discourse on the Origin and the Foundation of Inequality Among Men

4. Letter Concerning Toleration

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Category: Plato

34. Given below are two statements: (CUET PG 2023)

Statement: Plato stated, "that the State comes into existence originating in the bare needs of the life and continuing in existence for the sake of good life."

Statement II: Machiavelli, in the Prince, considered that "the power which has Authority over Men" is the State.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

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Category: Thomas Hobbes

35. Who among the following scholars presented Hobbes' 'State of Nature' as a society of self-interested competitive individualism? (CUET PG 2023)

1. Quentin Skinner

2. Charles Taylor

3. C. B. Macpherson

4. Harold J. Laski

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Category: Robert Nozick

36. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (CUET PG 2023)

Assertion (A): Robert Nozick illustrated negative liberty in his writings.

Reason (R): According to Robert Nozick, the primary threat to liberty is the imposition of obligation to which one has not consented.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

3. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct

4. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

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Category: Aristotle

37. In which of Aristotle's works, it is stated that the highest good for human beings is happiness, attained through moral and intellectual virtue? (CUET PG 2023)

1. Politics

2. Metaphysics

3. Eudemian ethics

4. Nicomachean ethics

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Category: John Rawls

38. According to John Rawls, what is the most important virtue of justice? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Equality

2. Fairness

3. Distribution

4. Political obligation

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Category: John Rawls

39. Who among the following uses the idea of veil of ignorance? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Elizabeth Anderson

2. John Rawls

3. Ronald Dworkin

4. Amartya Sen

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Category: T. H. Green

40. Political obligation and the State are linked together in (CUET PG 2021)

1. T. H. Green

2. J. S. Mill

3. R. M. Maclver

4. Harold Laski

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Category: Plato

41. Which of the following was written by Plato? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Politics

2. Apology

3. Nicomachean Ethics

4. Poetics

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Category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

42. "I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery." Who among the following is the author of the book, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2. Thomas Hobbes

3. Karl Marx

4. Antonio Gramsci

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Category: John Locke

43. Who is the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Immanuel Kant

2. John Locke

3. Antonio Gramsci

4. John Rawls

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Category: John Stuart Mill

44. Who amongst the following thinkers is a defender of individual freedom? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Thomas Hobbes

2. Niccolo Machiavelli

3. John Stuart Mill

4. All of the above

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

45. The author of Discourses on Livy is (CUET PG 2021)

1. Immanuel Kant

2. Niccolo Machiavelli

3. Antonio Gramsci

4. Thomas Hobbes

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Category: John Locke

46. For John Locke, knowledge is based on (CUET PG 2021)

1. experience

2. divinity

3. reason

4. non-material sources

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Category: Robert Nozick

47. Match List-I with List-Il and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (CUET PG 2021)

1. (A)-(III); (B)-(1); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)

2. (A)-(1): (B)-(III); (C)-(II); (D)-(IV)

3. (A)-(II); (B)-(IV); (C)-(III); (D)-(1)

4. (A)-(IV); (B)-(II); (C)-(1); (D)-(III)

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Category: John Stuart Mill

48. "Self-regarding" and "other-regarding" is theorised by (CUET PG 2021)

1. John Locke

2. James Mill

3. John Stuart Mill

4. John Rawls

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Category: Karl Marx

49. Marx discusses 'alienation' in (CUET PG 2021)

1. economic and philosophic manuscripts

2. theses on Feuerbach

3. the Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

4. the German ideology

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Category: Karl Marx

50. Marx was influenced by (CUET PG 2021)

1. German Idealism

2. French Socialism

3. English and Scottish Political Economy

4. All of the above

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Category: Karl Marx

51. Which of the following thinkers presented the idea of historical materialism? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Michel Walzer

2. Karl Marx

3. Will Kymlicka

4. Harold Laski

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Category: Plato

52. The concept of 'form' is primarily associated with (CUET PG 2021)

1. Plato

2. Adam Smith

3. Thomas Hobbes

4. John Stuart Mill

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Category: John Locke

53. The right to life, liberty, and estate is associated with (CUET PG 2021)

1. Plato

2. Karl Marx

3. John Locke

4. Niccolo Machiavelli

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Category: Aristotle

54. For Aristotle, eudaimonia is (CUET PG 2021)

1. State

2. people

3. tragedy

4. human good

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Category: Aristotle

55. Nicomachean Ethics was authored by (CUET PG 2021)

1. Plato

2. Aristotle

3. John Locke

4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Category: Niccolo Machiavelli

56. What did Niccolo Machiavelli mean by 'fortuna'? (CUET PG 2021)

1. Morality

2. Courage

3. Uncontrollable condition

4. Freedom

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Category: Thomas Hobbes

57. 'State of nature' is a component of the political theory of (CUET PG 2021)

1. G. W. F. Hegel

2. Aristotle

3. Plato

4. Thomas Hobbes

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