This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Overview > Basics > Political Science – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Science Quiz 140 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not the state function of modern sate A) Security and defense. B) Economic function. C) Religious duties. D) Provision of Essential services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious duties. 2. Why have their been calls to reform campaign finance laws? A) Declining campaign costs. B) So the government can pay for campaigns. C) Stabilization of campaign costs. D) Rising campaign costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising campaign costs. 3. Critical thinking skills do not have a role in determining which information to include and which to leave out in finishing a political science paper. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Political socialization is not a specialty- A) Political socialization is a psychological process. B) Political socialization is a universal concept. C) The ideal of political society. D) Purposeful and value-based concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ideal of political society. 5. Authority of states is known as the A) Concurrent. B) Reserved. C) Enumerated. D) Implied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reserved. 6. Government transfers of income from taxpayers to persons regarded as deserving A) Economic transfer. B) Income transfers. C) Tax transfers. D) GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Income transfers. 7. The Judiciary ensures ..... to all its citizens. A) Justice. B) Injustice. C) Economic support. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justice. 8. What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer. A) The exploitation (taking advantage) of the poor by the rich. B) The low quality of good produced at large factories. C) The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote. D) Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The exploitation (taking advantage) of the poor by the rich. 9. Study of institutions marriage, family or processes such as change and social mobility A) Sociology. B) Ethnography. C) Anthropology. D) Political Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociology. 10. Which of the presidents is known for his project Build Build Build Program? A) Corazon Aquino. B) Diosdado Macapagal. C) Rodrigo Roa Duterte. D) Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rodrigo Roa Duterte. 11. Assertion The First Five Year Plan (1951-1956) sought to get the country's economy out of the cycle of poverty.Reason K. N. Raj, a young economist involved in drafting the plan, argued that India should 'hasten slowly' for the first two decades as a fast rate of development might endanger democracy. A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 12. The responsibility of holding elections in India has been entrusted A) Of the president. B) To the Chief Justice. C) To Parliament. D) Of Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of Election Commission. 13. Sociology focuses on the study of human behavior. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. Who is the author of the work", priciples of political economy ''? A) Plato. B) Thomas hobbes. C) John stuart mill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John stuart mill. 15. Where did the Arab Spring begin? A) Sidi Bouzid, Tuwi. B) In Tartu, Syria. C) Pretoria, South Africa. D) Rabat, Morocco. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sidi Bouzid, Tuwi. 16. According to the Indian Constitution, every individual charged with a crime has to be given a ..... A) Fair trial. B) Judgment. C) Free trip. D) Free trial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fair trial. 17. Shop keepers in weekly market are? A) Big businessperson. B) Small trader. C) Whole sellers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small trader. 18. Which of these statements is correct about the Indian Constitution? A) It forbid discrimination on the basis of religion. B) It makes a religion a state religion. C) All people give freedom to accept religion. D) Gives equal rights to all citizens in a religious community?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All people give freedom to accept religion. 19. Who mandates that the Indian State be secular? A) Religions. B) People. C) Government. D) Indian Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian Constitution. 20. Political party is defined as ..... A) An organized group of elite politicians sharing common policy preferences & ideological position. B) An organized group of people sharing preferences to similar policies with different major ideological position. C) A party that compromises of politicians who share the same goals and ideological position. D) An organized party of people who share similar policy and ideological preferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An organized party of people who share similar policy and ideological preferences. 21. A parliamentary form of government is also known as a cabinet form of government because A) The cabinet takes all the major decisions. B) The PM has no real power while the cabinet has been given authority by the people to take decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cabinet takes all the major decisions. 22. Indian Constitution was adopted on A) 26 Jan 1950. B) 28 Jan 1950. C) 27 Jan 1950. D) 29 Jan 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26 Jan 1950. 23. Which of the following is NOT included in the Bill of Rights A) Freedom to Vote. B) Freedom to assemble. C) Reservation of non-enumerated powers to the states or the people. D) Freedom against unlawful Search. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom to Vote. 24. Who would have agreed most with the following statement:Human beings unlike all other objects and animals, possess dignity. They are, for this reason, valuable in themselves. Even if people are poor, immoral, or dishonest, because they are human beings, they deserve respect and human rights. A) Immuelual cant. B) John Stuart Mill. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Isaiah Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immuelual cant. 25. Which was the theory of democracy favored the collapse of capitalism and calls for the revolutionary transformation of the society? A) The marxist theory. B) Classical theory. C) The elitist theoy. D) Egalitarian theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The marxist theory. 26. Equal Representation A) House of Representatives. B) Senate. C) Congress. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Senate. 27. The president of Honduras is A) Iris Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. B) José Manuel Zelaya Rosales. C) Juan Orlando Hernández. D) Rolando Argueta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iris Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. 28. Which of the following statement is correct about the NITI Aayog? A) NITI Aayog was Formed 25 January 2016. B) NITI Aayog comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. C) The full form of NITI Aayog is National institute for Transforming India. D) The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India. 29. What was apartheid? A) Racial equality. B) Racial discrimination. C) Differences in society. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Racial discrimination. 30. The judiciary has the power to strike down particular laws passed by the parliament if they are a violation of the constitution. This is termed as ..... A) Dispute Resolution. B) Enforcing Fundamental Rights. C) Judicial Review. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial Review. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOverview QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Science Quiz 1Political Science Quiz 2Political Science Quiz 3Political Science Quiz 4Political Science Quiz 5Political Science Quiz 6Political Science Quiz 7Political Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books