This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Theory > Advanced > Political Theory – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Theory Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Political theory exposes us to A) Systematic thinking. B) Freedom. C) Critical thinking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Systematic thinking. 2. Which set of events is the correct sequence for electing a US President? A) Electoral CollegeNominationCampaigningGeneral Election. B) NominationGeneral ElectionCampaigningElectoral College. C) CampaigningNominationGeneral ElectionElectoral College. D) Party nominationCampaigningGeneral ElectionElectoral College. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CampaigningNominationGeneral ElectionElectoral College. 3. How many components of a state are there? A) 5. B) Three. C) 2. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. 4. Which type of economy allows businesses to operate freely in the marketplace with little government interference? A) Traditional. B) Socialism. C) Capitalism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism. 5. "Man was born free but everywhere he is in chains" . Who said? A) Locke. B) Hobbos. C) Rousseau. D) Marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rousseau. 6. Which of the following ideas are associated with Rajeev Bhargava? A) Chilling effect. B) Disaggregating Religion. C) Principled Distance. D) Veil of Ignorance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principled Distance. 7. True or False:Games can have multiple equilibria? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. If I am talking about outcome with preferences, level of satisfaction, as well as 2>1-1>-3 A) Game Theory. B) Nash Equilibrium. C) Pareto Expansion. D) Utility Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Utility Theory. 9. An economic system in which there are no limits on private ownership and profits A) Conservative. B) Liberal. C) Capitalism. D) Authoritarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism. 10. The 5-year plans (1950's) amalgamated which of the following megaprojects? A) Bhakra Nanda Dam, Steel plants, Smelting, Pesticides production and Tertiary techniques. B) Bhakra Nangal Dam, Steel plants, Mining, Fertilizer production and Agri techniques. C) Sardar Sarovar Dam, Poverty Alleviation, Mining, Agri reforms. D) Liberalisation tactics and globalized economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhakra Nangal Dam, Steel plants, Mining, Fertilizer production and Agri techniques. 11. Who once observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and there is no other way out but to wrestle with it. A) Karl max. B) Mahatma gandhi. C) Jean jacques rousseau. D) Dr B.R.Amedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma gandhi. 12. The countries that were underdeveloped during the epoch (1950-60s) took the development projects after a period of time. Which of the following options provided the impetus for the above growth? A) After Independence, it was possible for them to formulate policies to overcome their "backwardness". B) After Independence, it was possible for them to take help from the other countries through diplomatic tactics. C) The country saw that it could receive support from other countries on the grounds of Human Rights. D) The countries received immense resources from winning lands after conquering alien lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After Independence, it was possible for them to formulate policies to overcome their "backwardness". 13. Rational-Choice theory can best be described as a theory- A) Of economic growth in society. B) That examines the actions of voters and politicians. C) Of economic development in democracy. D) Which explains the framework for social behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That examines the actions of voters and politicians. 14. One similarity for both the U.S. President and many state executive leaders is the power to A) Remove Senators. B) Veto. C) Set term limits. D) Appoint ambassdors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veto. 15. Although, equality may exist in the political sphere in the form of equal rights, it may not exist to the same extent in the economic or social spheres. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Who came up with the concept of collective EHA? A) Lock. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rousseau. 17. What resolution came about in response to the debate over legislative representations? A) The New Jersey Plan. B) The Virginia Plan. C) The Article of Confederation. D) The Great Compromise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Compromise. 18. Who did Montesquieu look to for guidance on how to set up a government? A) Greeks. B) Romans. C) Ottomans. D) Mongolians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romans. 19. Socialism believe on A) Private ownership. B) Public ownership. C) Property in the hands of poor. D) Property flow in the hands of rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public ownership. 20. According to John Locke, "unalienable rights" are all of the following except- A) Right to Property. B) Right to Liberty. C) Right to Life. D) Right to the Pursuit of Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to the Pursuit of Happiness. 21. Republic is the famous creation of ..... A) Aristotle. B) Hegel. C) Thomas acquinas. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plato. 22. Political science mainly deals with A) Study of nation. B) Study of country. C) Study of society. D) Study of state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study of state. 23. What is the central question Cicero addresses in The Republic? A) What is liberty?. B) What is just?. C) What is the least harmful government?. D) What is equal?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is just?. 24. Political theory examines questions of the kinds and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life ..... values such as ....., ....., ..... A) Freedom, secularism & fraternity. B) Freedom, equality & justice. C) Secularism, justice & sovereign. D) Equality, freedom & secularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom, equality & justice. 25. Separation of Powers is based on empirical understanding (observation) of what? A) Ideal societies. B) Human nature. C) Animal behavior. D) Perfection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human nature. 26. What principle of government did Montesquieu argue? A) Integration of Powers. B) Reason. C) Monarchy. D) Separation of Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separation of Powers. 27. What political leader's election to a fourth term brought about concerns that his election threatened the system of checks and balances? A) George Washington. B) King T'Challa. C) Andrew Jackson. D) Franklin D Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin D Roosevelt. 28. Assertion (A)= Development has become the subject of considerable controversy today.Reason (R)= It is so because development leads to both-ve and +ve results and both are subjected to scrutiny by citizens and firms. A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation for (A). B) Only (A) is true. C) (A) is true and (R) is False. D) Only (R) is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation for (A). 29. Right to the franchise is a A) Customary rights. B) Moral rights. C) Political right. D) Cultural right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political right. 30. Which of the following quotes is the first line of Rousseau's The Social Contract? A) "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.". B) "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.". C) "I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.". D) "Drive out prejudices through the door, and they will return through the window.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Theory Quiz 1Political Theory Quiz 3Political Theory Quiz 4Political Theory Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books