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Political Science Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Political Science Quiz Set 7

(1) How did Gandhi describe himself ?
(1) Philosophical Anarchist
(2) Liberal democrat
(3) Social Democrat
(4) Communist
Answer: Philosophical Anarchist
(2) New Institutionalism emphasises on :
(1) Institutions rather than individuals
(2) A balance between institutions and individuals
(3) A group theory in politics
(4) Economics dominates over politics
Answer: Institutions rather than individuals

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(3) Easton described his drastic revision in political science in 1969 as :
(1) Counter Reformation
(2) Genuine Revolution
(3) Correction to earlier studies
(4) Abandoning his own earlier research
Answer: Genuine Revolution
(4) The essential framework of liberal political economy was provided by :
(1) Locke
(2) Hume
(3) Montesquieu
(4) Smith
Answer: Smith
(5) What has mainly accounted for the evolution of the unwritten constitution of Great Britain ?
(1) The British practice of following continuity and change peacefully
(2) The British acceptance of conventions as sacred as law but not enforceable in courts
(3) The British belief that the ‘King can do no wrong’
(4) The common law tradition in Britain
Answer: The common law tradition in Britain
(6) In which country the practice of ‘once a speaker always a speaker’ is followed ?
(1) USA
(2) UK
(3) India
(4) Switzerland
Answer: UK
(7) The Supreme Court’s right to judicial review was first established in :
(1) USA
(2) India
(3) France
(4) Switzerland
Answer: USA
(8) In which of the following countries individual citizen’s rights have developed by the significant intervention of the judiciary :
(1) Switzerland
(2) U.K
(3) U.S.A
(4) France
Answer: U.S.A
(9) Political Socialization deals with :
(1) Process of formulating political ideas
(2) Career planning and political socialization
(3) Elaborating the theories of Durkheim
(4) Elaborating the theories of Weber
Answer: Process of formulating political ideas
(10) Subject - participatory culture was associated with :
(1) Erstwhile communist regimes
(2) Fascist regimes
(3) Post Colonial Societies
(4) Non Ideological dictatorships
Answer: Erstwhile communist regimes
(11) Who has commented that politics is about diversity and conflict and the essential ingredient of its existence is scarcity ?
(1) Leftwich
(2) Lasswell
(3) Crick
(4) Millett
Answer: Lasswell
(12) Huntington criticizes the modernization theory for not taking into account :
(1) Presence of several competing value systems or cultures in traditional society
(2) The difference between base and superstructure
(3) The question of leadership
(4) Overdeveloped nature of modernizing nations
Answer: Presence of several competing value systems or cultures in traditional society
(13) Who among the following provided an economic approach to elitism ?
(1) Pareto
(2) Mosca
(3) Mills
(4) Burnham
Answer: Burnham
(14) According to whom the Indian Constitution aimed at the tripartite goal of national unity, democracy and social revolution as three distinct strands interwoven into a “seamless web” ?
(1) W.H. Morris Jones
(2) Rajni Kothari
(3) Granville Austin
(4) Sunil Khilnani
Answer: Granville Austin
(15) Once approved by Parliament for how long can the proclamation of financial emergency remain in operation ?
(1) 2 months
(2) 3 years
(3) Till the term of that Parliament
(4) Indefinitely
Answer: Indefinitely

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