Political Theory Flashcards
An important non-state actor in any democracy in present times is
(a) Judiciary
(b) Local government
(c) Civil society organizations
(d) Civil services
(c) Civil society organizations
Identify the leader who advocated the cause of the scheduled castes.
(a) Machiavelli
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Aristotle
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
The term ‘Politics’ is derived from:
(a) Latin word ‘Polis’
(b) Greek word ‘Polis’
(c) English word ‘Political’
(d) Greek word ‘City-State’
(b) Greek word ‘Polis’
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
(a) Possess power of reasoning and reflection
A political party must have
(a) Party headquarters
(b) An Ideology
(c) Power seeking politicians
(d) A strong vote bank
(b) An Ideology
Mark the correct statement related to the Traditional View of politics.
(a) Politics is the study of state and the government
(b) Study of analysis of the whole of the political system
(c) Class struggle between haves and haves not
(d) Relationship between an environment and the system
(a) Politics is the study of state and the government
The concept of “separation of powers” is given by
(d) Montesquieu
OPTIONS
(a) Plato
(b) Rousseau
(c) Aristotle
(d) Montesquieu
Identify the thinker associated with the Modern Approach.
(a) David Easton
OPTIONS
(a) David Easton
(b) Plato
(c) Aristotle
(d) Socrates
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 above
(d) All of the above
Politics has been divided into two separate parts theoretical politics and applied politics by:
(c) Polloch
OPTIONS
(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Polloch
(d) Catlin
A man by nature is a social and political animal is the cornerstone of the philosophy of:
(c) Aristotle
OPTIONS
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) Montesquieu
The theory is derived from the word ‘Theoria’ which is taken from:
(a) Greek word
(b) English word
(c) Roman word
(d) Latin word
(a) Greek word
