CBSE Class 11 Political Science Introduction MCQs Set 02

Question: A political party must have
a) Party headquarters
b) An Ideology
c) Power seeking politicians
d) A strong vote bank
Answer: b

Question: The concept of “separation of powers” is given by
a) Plato
b) Rousseau
c) Aristotle
d) Montesquieu
Answer: d

Question: Who is the person that contributed greatly to the growth of political theory?
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Rousseau
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: “Man by nature is a social and political animal” is the cornerstone of the philosophy of:
a) Plato
b) Socrates
c) Aristotle
d) Montesquieu
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following is not the characteristic of Theory.
a) Conceptualisation
b) Generalisation
c) Value judgement
d) Hypothesis
Answer: d

Question: An important non-state actor in any democracy in present times is
a) Judiciary
b) Local government
c) Civil society organisations
d) Civil services
Answer: c

Question: Human beings are unique because they
a) Possess power of reasoning and reflection
b) Are social beings and depend on society
c) Participate in politics
d) Never fight with one another
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following countries has a parliamentary system of government headed by a prime minister?
a) Israel
b) Brazil
c) Kenya
d) Nigeria
Answer: a

Question: The theory is derived from the word ‘Theoria’ which is taken from:
a) Greek word
b) English word
c) Roman word
d) Latin word
Answer: a

Question: Politics has been divided into two separate parts theoretical politics and applied politics by:
a) Aristotle
b) Machiavelli
c) Polloch
d) Catlin
Answer: c

Question: A new threat to freedom that has emerged in the contemporary world is
a) Colonialism
b) Slavery
c) Terrorism
d) Gender discrimination
Answer: c

Question: Scope of Political Theory is :
a) Study of power
b) To determine the political principles
c) Study of state and government
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: Identify the thinker associated with the Modern Approach.
a) David Easton
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Socrates
Answer: a

Question: Mark the correct statement related to Traditional View of politics.
a) Politics is the study of state and the government
b) Study of analysis of the whole of political system
c) Class struggle between haves and haves not
d) Relationship between an environment and the system
Answer: a

Question: The term ‘Politics’ is derived from:
a) Latin word ‘Polis’
b) Greek word ‘Polis’
c) English word ‘Political’
d) Greek word ‘City-State’
Answer: b

Question: Who among the following is not Political Theorist.
a) Marx
b) Rousseau
c) M.K. Gandhi
d) Napolian
Answer: d

Question: Identify the leader who advocated the cause of the scheduled castes.
a) Machiavelli
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Karl Marx
d) Aristotle
Answer: b

Question: Aristotle Believed that state originated as result of :
a) social contract
b) force
c) expansion of families
d) handiwork of god
Answer: b

Question: To deal with the challenge of communalism, we need to inculcate
a) Discipline
b) Liberalism
c) Tolerance
d) Truthfulness
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the government and state?
a) pluralist
b) socialist
c) capitalist
d) all of the options
Answer: a

Question: Who among the following is not a Political thinker.
a) Plato
b) Rousseau
c) Adam Smith
d) M.K. Gandhi
Answer: c