Question:

A democratic state means

A.

That the state is organized on democratic lines

B.

That democracy is basically organization of state

C.

That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate control over affairs

D.

All of the above

Answer» c. That the community as a whole processes sovereign authority ad maintains ultimate control over affairs

Question:

Who among the following viewed that justice consisted in an efficient administration of lawand it should not be tested on some imaginary moral values?

A.

Antony Giddens

B.

Alf Ross

C.

Almond

D.

None of the above

Answer» b. Alf Ross

Question:

Who among the following laid down an elaborate defiance of personal liberty?

A.

Rawls

B.

Poulantzas

C.

Robert Michels

D.

John Stuar Mill

Answer» d. John Stuar Mill

Question:

Justice is a dynamic idea because

A.

Its realization is a continuous process

B.

Progress towards its realization depends upon the development of social consciousness

C.

Both (a) and (b)

D.

The term justice suggests the quality of being just or right or reasonable

Answer» c. Both (a) and (b)

Question:

“The art of looking for trouble. Finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it wrongly andapplying the wrong remedy” Who among the following gave the above definition of politics?

A.

Ernest Barker

B.

Ernest Benn

C.

Frederick Pollock

D.

David Easton

Answer» b. Ernest Benn

Question:

The famous ‘fourfold functional analysis’ of the social systems is made by

A.

Gabriel Almond

B.

Sidney Verba

C.

James Coleman

D.

Talcott Parsons

Answer» d. Talcott Parsons

Question:

Who among the following holds the view that right are those conditions of social life withoutwhich man cannot be his best self?

A.

Green

B.

Laski

C.

Barker

D.

None of the above

Answer» b. Laski

Question:

The earliest concept of justice in Greek thought is found to be in the writings of

A.

Pericles

B.

Socrates

C.

Sophists

D.

Early pythagoreans

Answer» d. Early pythagoreans

Question:

He explained his view of democracy in his work ‘Political Main’. His view of democracy is based on what he calls the competitive character of governing elites in modern democracies.He is:

A.

Robert Dahl

B.

Louis Althusser

C.

S.Martin Lipset

D.

None of the above

Answer» c. S.Martin Lipset

Question:

The historical theory of rights can be summed up in the sentence:

A.

History makes right

B.

What is right is historical

C.

History of the child of right

D.

History and right are antithetical

Answer» a. History makes right