POL SC HELP TEST SERIES
NET/JRF DEC 22 BATCH
TEST PAPER 1
THEME- WPT
1.Which is Not correct about political thoughts of Plato?
A. Radical rationalism is reflected in his thoughts
B. He visualized justice as Justice as harmony of soul
C. He advocated replacement of all existing rulers of then city states by philosophers
D. For him, state was like a magnified individual
2. Which pair is correctly matched?
Book by Plato Their contents/about the book
1. Apology dialogue between Socrates and his accusers
2. Crito dialogue on possible nature of the physical
world and human being
3. Statesman Dialogue regarding justice, injustice, and the
appropriate response to injustice after Socrates'
imprisonment
4. Laws The last and longest book of Plato
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 2, 4
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1 and 4
3. Which of these concepts are attributed to Plato
1. Communism of wife & property
2. Nocturnal council
3. Allegory of cave
4. State based on rule of law and constitution
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1 and 3
4. Plato was influenced by?
A. Socrates
B. Heraclitus
C. Parmenides
D. Pythagoreans.
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1 and 3
5.The principal characters, apart from Socrates, who got engaged in dialogue, in the
Republic are?
1. Cephalus,
2. Polemarchus,
3. Thrasymachus,
4. Glaucon,
5. Adeimantus.
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1,2,3,4,5
D. 1,2.3,4
6.In Plato’s law, there was an attempt to frame a constitution based on rule of law of
which imaginary state?
A. Athenea
B. Crito
C. Sparta
D. Magnesia
7.Which is correct about political thoughts of Aristotle?
A. To him, justice was based on the principle of equity- proportional equality
B. Was first to give the idea of distributive justice
C. He advocated distribution on the basis of need
A. To him, State was prior to individual and family
8.Which modern political philosophy give a very similar theory of state as given by
Aristotle?
A. Hobbes
B. Locke
C. Hegel
D. Rousseau
9.Which pair is correctly matched?
1. Eudemonia Plato
2. Allegory of Caves Plato
3. Perpetual Peace Immanuel Kant
4. Felicific Calculus J.S.Mill
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
10.Which is/are correct about Aristotle’s views on slavery?
A. Accepted slavery on natural and social requirement basis
B. Slaves lack reason/rationality and self-control which are necessary for self-governing
C. Enslavement justified only if slave lack virtue/reason
D. Master need not be more virtuous than the slave
E. He anticipated no need for slavery with technological advancements
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1,2,3,4,5
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1,2,3,5
11. Which pair is correctly matched?
Book Author
1. Ideology and Utopia Karl Mannheim
2. Right of Men Montesquieu
3. Spirit of Laws Thomas Paine
4. Utopia Thomas Moore
Options:
A. 1,4
B. 2,3
C. 2,4
D. 1,3,4
12.Mary Wollstonecraft challenged the thoughts of which great thinkers of her time?
1. Rousseau
2. Edmund Burke
3. Thomas Paine
4. Montesquieu
Options:
A. 1,2,3
B. 2,3,4
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1,2
13.
Assertion: Machiavelli was the child of his time
Reason: yearning to break away from the medieval system of feudalism towards republicanism,
secularism, and nationalism are reflected in his political thought
Options:
A - Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B - Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C - A is true but R is false.
D - A is false but R is true
14.Which of these are correct about Machiavelli?
1. Regarded as the Father of Political Realism
2. Considered as first modern political thinker
3. He preferred Monarchy over republicanism
4. He adopted empirical approach and criticized historicism
Options:
A. 1,2,3
B. 2,3,4
C. 2,4
D. 1,2
15.Which of these terms cannot be associated with Machiavelli?
1. commonsensical approach
2. Moral Indifference
3. Republicanism
4. Rationalism
5. Secularism
6. Nationalism
7. Lion & Fox
8. Fortuna
9. Virtue
Options:
A. 4,9
B. 1,9
C. 1,4
D. 2,4
16.Which pair is Not correctly matched?
1. Plato- Crito
2. Aristotle- On the ideal Orator
3. Bentham- The Classical Utilitarians
4. Hannah Arendt- Totalitarianism
Options:
A. 2,4
B. 2,3
C. Only 1
D. Only 2
17.Which is Not one of the views of Machiavelli on Religion?
A. Criticized the Roman Catholic church and Christian values and morality itself
B. Remain silent on his views on after life, eternity of soul, salvation, etc.
C. He praised the pagan civic religions of ancient societies such as Rome
D. He believed that the Ruler should not use Religion in manipulating people’s emotions
18. Confucius teachings are compiled and preserved in which book ?
A. Analects
B. Tiny Times
C. Tongwan
D. Mockingjay
19.Who said ‘Machiavelli’s political philosophy was narrowly local and narrowly dated’
A. Dunning
B. Wayper
C. Maxey
D. Sabine
20.Which of these are Not correct about Machiavelli’s conception of ‘Fortuna’
A. Compared Fortuna to furious women, as furious river destroying everything in its flood
B. Once inflicted by Fortuna, a prince always faces misery and loses his state
C. Machiavelli's Fortuna is a malevolent and uncompromising source of human misery, pain, and
disaster.
D. Fortuna is enemy of political order, the ultimate threat to the safety and security of the state
21.Which of these advise Machiavelli did not forwarded to Prince?
A. Ruthless & aggressive behaviour
B. Like Lion & Fox
C. Moderate behaviour
D. Rely on support of people than nobles/aristocrats
E. Rely more on fear rather than love for political obligation
22.“Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary
to some law”- what is the best interpretation of this famous quote of Hobbes
A. Justice is following law in letter & spirit
B. Justice is dependent on laws
C. Justice is contextual to laws
D. Laws are contextual to justice
23.Which of these books are Not authored by a social contraction thinker?
A. Critique of Pure Reason
B. A Letter Concerning Toleration
C. El Panoptico
D. Elements of law, natural and politic
24.Which pair is correctly matched? (corrected)
Books by Locke Content/about
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Refuted Hobbes’ thoughts
on human nature
2. Two Treatises of Government Refuted Robert Filmer’s
divine rights theory of state
3. A Letter Concerning Toleration Tabula Rassa
4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Refuted patriarchal theory of
state by sir Henry Maine
Options:
A. 1,2
B. 1,2,3
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 3, 4
25.Which pair is correctly matched?
1. Empiricism Immanuel Kant
2. Rationalism Plato
3. Monism John Austin
4. Conservatism Edmund Burke
Options:
A. 1,2
B. 1,2,3
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 2,3,4
26.Given below are two statements, choose the correct options
Statement 1 : To Hobbes, man is bundle of matter in motion
Statement 2: To Locke, child’s brain at birth is like white paper or blank slate
Options:
A. Both Statement I and II are correct
B. Both Statement I and II are incorrect
C. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
D. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
27. Which is Not correct about ‘General Will’ of Rousseau?
A. It represented group mind
B. It denoted participatory and deliberative democracy
C. It represented societal common Good
D. One cannot be forced to obey the General Will
28.Given below are two statements, choose the correct options
Assertion: In Rawlsian just society Equality is less important than Liberty
Reason: With the principle of fair equality of opportunity and the difference principle effects
of inequality can either be nullified or even turned to the advantage of the common benefit
Options:
A - Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B - Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C - A is true but R is false.
D - A is false but R is true
29.Which is Not correct about political thoughts of John Rawls?
1. Justice as the first virtue of any social institution
2. In the interest of common good, rights secured by justice of an individual may be sacrificed
3. Supported utilitarianism
4. Supported civil disobedience
Options:
A. 2,3,4
B. Only 2
C. Only 4
D. 2,3
30. Which is Not correct about Rawls’ theory of Justice?
A. Rawls frees the idea of what is right and just from the idea of what is good for a person
B. Despite Individuals holding different conception of goods and valuable ways of life, by
following reason/rationality they will arrive to a just social arrangement in their own interest
C. Rawls' conception of justice carries to a higher level of abstraction the theory of social
contract found in Locke, Rousseau and Kant
D. Rights secured by Justice was a matter of political bargaining
31.Which of these does not belong to social contract tradition?
1. Ronald Dworkin
2. John Rawls
3. Jeremy Bentham
4. David Gauthier
5. Immanuel Kant
Options:
A. 1,2
B. 2,3
C. Only 3
D. 3,4
32.Which is not Correct about Equality of Resources by Ronald Dworkin?
A. Based on principles of Luck Egalitarianism
B. Equal auction in Initial position: All ‘equal’ participate in fair bidding for resources of their
choice
C. it is both ambition sensitive and endowment sensitive
D. Fair Insurance market: Risk pooling or luck sharing for brute bad luck and option luck
33. Which among the following are true about Frantz Fanon?
1. Considered as the most influential anticolonial thinker
2. He used Jean Paul Sartre idea of existentialism to argue for revolution.
3. He supported violence to overthrow colonialist.
4. He applied psychoanalysis, dialectics, and existentialism to the colonial situation.
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, 3,4
C. 1,4
D. 1,2,3,4
34.Which is correct about Ideas/thoughts of J.S.Mill?
A. Differentiated between higher and lower pleasure
B. Allowed active role of state in moral and intellectual development of citizen
C. Labour association should own joint stock of companies
D. Discarded the idea of Felicific calculus
Options:
A. 1,2
B. 1,2,3
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 1,3,4
35.Which is Not related or attributed to JS Mill?
A. Reluctant Democrat
B. Justice as perfect obligation
C. Minority Rights
D. Socialist thoughts
E. Proportional representation
F. Gender equality
G. Tyranny of Majority
H. Harm principle
I. Self and other regarding actions
J. Felicific calculus
36.Which is Not related or attributed to John Rawls?
A. Overlapping Consensus
B. Reflective Equilibrium
C. Difference Principle
D. society as a Cooperative venture for mutual advantage
E. Veil of ignorance
F. Original position
G. Justice as fairness
H. Distributive Justice
I. Liberty over equality
J. Positive Liberalism
K. Utilitarianism
37.Which pair is correctly matched?
1. Grammar of Politics S.M. Lipset
2. Political Man Harlod Laski
3. Justice and the politics of difference Iris Marion Young
4. Justice, gender and the family Susan Moller Okin
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1, and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
38.Which thinker differentiated between Antagonistic and non-antagonistic
contradictions?
A. Confucius
B. Marx
C. Hegel
D. Mao Zedong
39. Which of these are correct about idea of civil society expounded by Gramsci?
1. He considered civil society as part of Superstructure, unlike Marx who placed it in the
base
2. For him, real ideological battle of class dominance is played out in the arena of civil
society
3. He compared civil society as fortress and earthworks (trenches) standing behind the
state
4. Organic intellectuals in the civil society play an important role in formulation and
spreading of organic ideologies which help create and sustain hegemony
Options:
A. 1,2,3
B. 2, 3,4
C. 2,3
D. 1,2,3,4
40.Chronologically arrange these programs launched by Mao Zedong?
1. The Hundred Flowers Campaign
2. The Great Leap Forward
3. Cultural Revolution
4. Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns
Options:
A. 4, 1,2,3
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 2,1,3,4
D. 3,1,4,2
41.Which modern thinker was unique combination of individualism and
absolutism?(corrected)
A. Bentham
B. Edmund Burke
C. Hegel
D. Hobbes
42.Given below are two statements, choose the correct options
Statement 1 Aristotle is invoked most by modern western political thinkers
Statement 2: Hobbes is one modern thinker who deliberately ignored Aristotle in his thoughts
Options:
A. Both Statement I and II are correct
B. Both Statement I and II are incorrect
C. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
D. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
43.Which pair is correctly matched? (corrected)
Thinkers who influenced Marx Which of his ideas was inspired by them
1. Feuerbach materialism and alienation
2. Hegel dialectical historical idealism
3. David Ricardo Theory of surplus labour
4. Proudhon Property as theft
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 4
44.Marx does not believe in
1. Human consciousness determines social existence
2. Ideas are the reflections of the interplay of material forces
3. Social structure are functions of prevailing mode of production
4. The ‘superstructure’ determines the ‘base’
5. Matter is active, dynamic, and dialectic in nature
Options:
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 4
45.Which term is Not related with Marxism?
A. Class struggle
B. Base & Superstructure
C. Alienation
D. Hegemony
E. False Consciousness
F. Economic Determinism
G. Value pluralism
H. Dialecticism
I. Materialism
J. Profit as theft
K. Withering of state
46. Which of the following is not true of Marx’s view of the state: -
A. The proletariat will need to capture state power
B. State is unnecessary evil, it should wither away
C. Capitalist State help re-produce social structure needed to maintain capitalism
D. The state is an instrument of class exploitation and to protect the interests of the capitalist
class.
47. Which is Not related to Gramsci’s concept of Hegemony?
A. Manufacturing of Consent
B. Economic determinism
C. Ideology
D. 3rd Dimension of Power
E. Dominance without coercion
F. Civil Society
G. Marxism
48. For Hegel which one of the following is Not correct ?
(A) His ideas reflect most evolved form of German Idealism
(B) The rational is real and the real is rational.
(C) Contradictions are not obstacles preventing us reaching truth.
(D) Right is preferred over common Good
49.Which of the following is incorrect about Hegel’s idea about civil society?
A. Civil Society is the realm of market relations, private property, contract, and
associational life
B. ‘Differentia’ between Family and state- Anti-thesis to Family
C. It is a System of Needs, fulfil the social, associational, and productive needs
D. Arena of universal altruism and common/general Interest
50.Which pair is correctly matched?
Thinker Contribution
1. Francis Bacon father of empiricism
2. Auguste Comte father of Positivism
3. David Hume founder of Scottish Rationalism
4. Charles Merriam founder of the behavioural approach
Options:
A. 1,2,3,4
B. 1,2,3
C. 1,2,4
D. 2,3,4
