This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Theory > Advanced > Political Theory – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Theory Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What major event shifted the U.S. into a Developmentalism era? A) World War I. B) Civil War. C) Civil Rights Movement. D) World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World War II. 2. The term politics is derived from? A) Latin word polis. B) English word political. C) Greek word polis. D) Geek word city-state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek word polis. 3. Locke believed that a good government gets its power from A) The people. B) A strict monarch. C) God. D) Military strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people. 4. In the U.S. Senate, it is customary to assign each senator a seniority ranking based on years of government service and the population of the state he or she represents. A top ranking gives the senator priority for assignments to office space, committee chair positions, and seating on the senate floor. What type of authority does this example best illustrate? A) Traditional. B) Legal-rational. C) Dictatorial. D) Charismatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional. 5. US government reflects which philosopher's ideas? A) Montesquieu. B) Rousseau. C) Voltaire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montesquieu. 6. Human beings are unique because they A) Possess power of reasoning and reflection. B) Are social beings and they depend on society. C) Participate in politics. D) Never fight with one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possess power of reasoning and reflection. 7. What is the study of how people make INTERACTIVE decisions? A) Theory. B) Choice Theory. C) Social Choice Theory. D) Game Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game Theory. 8. Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled. Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short A) Locke. B) Hobbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hobbes. 9. Which thought of mahatma gandhi, political thinking is highlighted in the chapter? A) The scheduled caste must be considered a minority. B) Philosopher of indian politics. C) Hind swaraj. D) An ancient indian diplomat and thinker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hind swaraj. 10. The model of development that we are following is heavily dependent on the ..... use of Energy A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) Sustainable. D) Both (A) and (C). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing. 11. Out of the following, choose the correct options in reference to environmentalism. Q) Some well known environmental groups include A) Green Forces, WWI, Chipking movement. B) Green Peace, WWF, Chipko Movement. C) Green Party of India, World Wildlife Fund, Chipko Movement. D) Green Crusaders, WWF, Chipko Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green Peace, WWF, Chipko Movement. 12. Who argued that equality was as crucial as freedom? A) Gandhi ji. B) Aristotle. C) Karl marx. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karl marx. 13. According to the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, human beings unlike other objects are A) Independent. B) Valuable. C) Selfish. D) Useful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valuable. 14. Civil liberties and political rights form the basis of a A) Monarchical rule. B) Dictator rule. C) Totalitarian government. D) Democratic government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic government. 15. George Hegel was an advocate for which government system? A) Dictatorship. B) Constitutional Monarchy. C) Absolute Monarchy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constitutional Monarchy. 16. Who among the following is associated with the utiliteanism A) John Rawl. B) Herbert Spencer. C) T. H. Green. D) Jeremy Bentham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeremy Bentham. 17. The compromise that created popular representation in the House of Representatives created a debate about- A) Counting enslaved people. B) Citizenship for American Indians. C) Voting rights for women. D) Protection of individual rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counting enslaved people. 18. How was Jean Jacques Rousseau's theory influential to the United States' Constitution? A) Rule of Law. B) Majority Rule. C) Checks and Balances. D) Popular Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Checks and Balances. 19. What is Manifest Destiny? A) A fusion of nationalities, cultures, and ethnicity. B) Theory of expanding territory and promoting democracy. C) Policies are made by the upper class. D) Doctrine that hold U.S enemies use terrorism as war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory of expanding territory and promoting democracy. 20. Who is the author of Political Liberalism? A) John Rawls. B) Robert Nozick. C) Cecile Laborde. D) Richard Dworkin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Rawls. 21. Which founding father demanded the US Constitution describe the rights of the states and individuals that the federal government should protect? A) George Mason. B) James Wilson. C) James Madison. D) Roger Sherman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Mason. 22. Political change is often determined by- A) New laws and policies. B) Interest groups. C) Who is governing at the time. D) The popular vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who is governing at the time. 23. King Henry VIII of England had absolute power in his kingdom, believing that his authority was derived directly from God. This is an example of the A) Divine right theory. B) Social contract theory. C) Force theory. D) Evolutionary theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divine right theory. 24. According to Rousseau, what make a government legitimate (right or acceptable)? A) If it makes everyone equal. B) If it reflects the general will of the people. C) If it keeps everyone safe. D) If it is itself prosperous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If it reflects the general will of the people. 25. The meaning of equlity is dependent on context A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Assertion(A):Air pollution is already a problem that does not discriminate between the "haves" and "have nots" .Reason(R):In the long term, this ecological crisis will adversely affect all of us. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation fo (A). B) Only (A) is true. C) Only (R) is true. D) Both (A) and (R) are true but, (R) is not the correct explanation for (A). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation fo (A). 27. How did President Jefferson encourage the westward expansion of the US? A) Treaty with Spain. B) Louisiana Territory. C) Refusing to enter alliances. D) Creating the national park system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Louisiana Territory. 28. Which of the following Founding Fathers is remembered as both a strong supporter of central government as well as the principal author of the US Constitution? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) George Mason. C) John Adams. D) James Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Madison. 29. Voluntarily coming together of people and creating the state A) Divine Right Theory. B) Social Contract Theory. C) Force Theory. D) Evolutionary Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social Contract Theory. 30. What is an example of an extensive form game? A) Prisoner's Dilemma. B) Incumbent Challenger Game. C) Matching Pennies. D) Game Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incumbent Challenger Game. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Theory Quiz 1Political Theory Quiz 2Political Theory Quiz 4Political Theory Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books