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WB SET Unit 2: Political Thought Part I

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1. Which of the following statements is/are true? (WB SET 2024)

(I) Machiavelli espoused a republican notion of liberty.

(II) Hobbes understood liberty primarily in positive terms.

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2. The view that 'there are no relations of power without resistances' is propounded by (WB SET 2024)

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3. Which thinker saw civil servants as a universal class? (WB SET 2024)

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4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer & from the codes given below: (WB SET 2024)

Assertion (A): For John Stuart Mill, will is the basis of all institutions including the State

Reason (R): Will is not only dependent on number, it has a qualitative foundation and will which makes the institutions takes on the a form of a belief

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5. Who represents the feminist perspective of political thought? (WB SET 2024)

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6. Which concept was formulated by Mao? (WB SET 2024)

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7. Which of the following statement (s) is / are true about hegemony? (WB SET 2024)

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8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer ও from the codes given below: (WB SET 2024)

Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science

Reason (R): Aristotle criticized Plato's idealism

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9. Who among the following wrote Democracy in America? (WB SET 2024)

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10. Who has been described as a theorist of the superstructure? (WB SET 2024)

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11. For Locke which of the following is not true in case of social contract? (WB SET 2024)

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12. Organise the following philosophers according to their time sequence: (WB SET 2024)

(I) Jean Bodin

(II) Polybius

(III) St. Augustine

(IV) Marsilius de Padua

Choose from the following options:

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13. Who among the following said: "The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape." (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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14. Identify the correct sequence of the following writings of Marx: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(i) Contribution of the Critique of Political Economy

(ii) Poverty of Philosophy

(iii) Theses on Feuerbach

(iv) Communist Manifesto

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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15. Rawls rejects Marxism because (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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16. The concept of piecemeal social engineering is propounded by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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17. Which formulation of the following is not accepted by Rousseau? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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18. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Scientific socialism explains history in terms of class struggle.

Reasons (R): Class struggle takes place in the super-structure first.

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19. Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers is related to (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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20. Which one of the following books is not written by Rawls? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

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22. Match ideas of List I one with names of List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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23. Locke was critical of patriarchy argument of: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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24. "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways, the point, however, is to change it." Who said it? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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25. The first congress of the International Workingmen's Association in which Marx took part was held in (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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26. Who, among the following, did advocate the concept of natural rights? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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27. Match the following lists by identifying the correct code: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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28. Rousseau's General Will stands for: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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29. 'Great Leap Forward' is: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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30. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi's 'Swaraj' is a form of participatory democracy that empowers the masses.

Reason (R): He believed that under it, the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest.

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31. The observation that 'consent is created and recreated by the hegemony of the ruling stratum in society', reflects the philosophical position of (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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32. Which of the following book is not authored by Karl Marx? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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33. Which one of the following ideas of Aristottle influenced Machiavelli? (WB SET 2017 Paper III)

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34. A government in which few people such as dominant clique have power is known as (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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35. The book ‘Subjection of Women’ was written by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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36. Match the following: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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37. Who did comment that Civil Society and Political Society have been created by the capitalist class to discipline mind and body of the common man? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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38. Who said that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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39. The term dialectic comes from the Greek word (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

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40. Who wrote The Discourses? (WB PSC 2022)

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41. Who wrote Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism? (WB PSC 2022)

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42. Who wrote The Wretched of the Earth? (WB PSC 2022)

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43. Who wrote the Discourse on Inequality? (WB PSC 2022)

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44. Who gave the concept of ‘general will’? (WB PSC 2022)

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45. Who said ‘greatest happiness for the greatest number’? (WB PSC 2022)

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46. Who was Mary Wollstonecraft? (WB PSC 2022)

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47. Who propagated the concept of ‘original position’? (WB PSC 2022)

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48. Who propagated the concept of the ‘Leviathan’? (WB PSC 2022)

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49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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50. Who commented that unequal economic resources will mean unequal political resources? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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51. The differentiation between antagonistic contradictions and non-antagonistic contradictions is made by (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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52. The assertion of autonomy of politics is enunciated by (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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53. Who is the author of the book, "The Philosophy of J. S. Mill'? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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54. Corporatism is the major focus in the political philosophy of  (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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55. For Hobbes, which one, among the following, is true? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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56. Who, among the following, separated politics from religion and ethics and treated religion and ethics as instrumental value? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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57. For Aristotle, who among the following, is a  citizen?  (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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58. Who said "Plato's communism is a half- communism"? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

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59. The following thinker made the statement that 'Accumulation of legislative, executive and judicial powers in one hand is the very definition of tyranny'. (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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60. Identify the book, which was not written by Hegel. (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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61. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was initiated by (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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62. In which book did Bentham develop his idea of Utilitarianism? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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63. Martin Luther launched the Reformation Movement against (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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64. When was Rousseau's The Social Contract published? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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65. Who among the following is not a proponent of the 'End of Ideology' theory? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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66. Arrange the following thinkers in chronological order: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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67. Jeremy Bentham is associated with: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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68. Match the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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69. Which of the following books is not written by John Stuart Mill? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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70. The Doctrine of Two Swords believes that  (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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71. T. H. Green is known as (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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72. The 'Original Position' of Rawls is based on the qualities of (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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73. Who wrote Discourses on Livy? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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74. Who of the following has not authored a book titled The Art of War? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

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75. Consider the following statements: (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)

(i) Authority is broader than power.

(ii) Power is capacity to act, authority provides right to act.

(iii) Relations of authority are hierarchical.

(iv) Legitimacy and legality are the same.

Which of the above statements is not true?

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76. Rawls arranges the principles of justice in ‘lexical priority’ in this order: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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77. “It is better to be . . . Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied”. — Who said this? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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78. Who wrote City of God? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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79. Which of the following books was written by Machiavelli? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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80. Identify the odd pair from the below: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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81. By the ‘Modern Prince’ Gramsci meant (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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82. St. Augustine’s chief political views find expression in his concept of (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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83. Who among the following considered Hobbes a spokesman of bourgeois morality? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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84. Aristotle’s Nichomachaen Ethics primarily explores (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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85. Which of the following book(s) was/were written by Frantz Fanon? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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86. Which one of the following books was not written by Karl Marx? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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87. Who has introduced the idea of ‘dictatorship of four classes’? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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88. Which one of the following made a distinction between ‘Traditional’ and ‘Organic’ intellectuals? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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89. Match the books with respective authors: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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90. Marx, in his thoughts on bureaucracy, refuted (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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91. Who said that Revolution meant a drastic sudden substitution of one group in charge of the running of a territorial political entity by another? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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92. At the end of Cold War, Francis Fukuyama constructed the thesis ‘end of history’ which meant the following: (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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93. Who among the following used the Machiavellian analogy of Lion and Fox? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

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94. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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95. "The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation." (Bentham) In which book it has written? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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96. Hegel's thoughts on slavery are contained in his work (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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97. In which of the following works Thomas Hobbes developed the case for absolutism? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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98. Rousseau's concept of 'General Will' avows which one of the following? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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99. In his concept of the 'Ideal State' Plato employs the term 'appetite' which refers to (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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100. Match the books with respective authors: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

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