This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Theory > Political > Political Theory – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Theory Quiz 1 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. .Feminism is both a movement and ..... A) An approach to social and intellectual issues. B) Of particular interest to all women. C) A style of scientific investigation s. D) A historical moment that has been superseded by other concerns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An approach to social and intellectual issues. 2. A theory that involves the study of ideas and values concerning the state, power, individuals, groups and the relationships between them is what type of theory? A) Normative Theory. B) Political Theory. C) Empirical Theory. D) Power Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Theory. 3. Democracy originated in ..... A) Ancient Greece. B) France after the French Revolution. C) The US after the American Revolution. D) The UK, after the signing of Magna Carta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ancient Greece. 4. Which right is granted by new law? A) Right to education. B) Right to equality. C) Right to information. D) Right to life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to information. 5. Deliberative democracy involves ..... A) Politicians consulting their ministerial colleagues before taking decisions. B) Every major political decision being taken after a referendum. C) Extensive public debate before politicians take decisions. D) Citizens consulting family and friends before voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extensive public debate before politicians take decisions. 6. Some feminists argue that women are denied some characteristic essential to full personhood, thereby making them ..... A) Equivalent to men. B) Superior to men. C) Less than human. D) A different sort of human than men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less than human. 7. Simone de Beauvoir's central question is, .....? A) What is gender. B) What is other. C) What is equality. D) What is woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is woman. 8. Which type of feminism proposes that men not only benefit from the exploitation of women, but that they are responsible for it as well. A) Radical. B) Capitalist. C) Liberal. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radical. 9. Joseph Schumpeter argued that ..... A) The existence of elites is incompatible with democracy. B) Democracy is meaningless with mass participation. C) The democratic process should be understood as a competition between rival elites. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The democratic process should be understood as a competition between rival elites. 10. Political theorists engage with opinions, debates and thrash out policy opinions on various concepts like: A) Fraternity, equality, development. B) Nationalism, freedom, fraternity. C) Citizenship, Secularism, Nationalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citizenship, Secularism, Nationalism. 11. What approach to political theory focuses on the application of values to evaluate the world of political phenomena? A) Empirical approach. B) Normative approach. C) Ethical approach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normative approach. 12. A defining characteristic of democracy is ..... A) That the proceedings of the legislative body are televised A defining characteristic of democracy is . B) That rulers come from a wide range of social backgrounds. C) That rulers govern in the interests of the ruled. D) That rulers are directly accountable to the ruled on a regular basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That rulers are directly accountable to the ruled on a regular basis. 13. Politics arises from the fact that we have ..... of what is just and desirable for us and our society. A) Debates. B) Different visions. C) Fights. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different visions. 14. Which right has been interpreted to include Right to livelihood? A) Right to freedom. B) Rght to equality. C) Cultural and educational rights. D) Right to life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to life. 15. ..... once observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and there is no way out to wrestle with it. A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) B.R Ambedkar. C) Karl Marx. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 16. What did the 15th Amendment do? A) Grant voting right to women. B) Grant voting rights African American males. C) Grant voting rights to all white men. D) grant voting rights to ages 18 and up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grant voting rights African American males. Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesPolitical Science Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books