1- According to Locke people left the state of nature for the sake of:
A).An effective government
B). Preservation of their natural rights✔️
C). Creating a state
D). Creating an independent judiciary
2- Which one of the following social contractualists was born at Geneva?
A). Hobbes
B). Locke
C). Rousseau✔️
D). None of the above
3- Rousseau’s teachings greatly contributed to:
A). Glorious Revolution in England
B). American war of independence
C).The Bolsheviks Revolution in Russia
D). The French Revolution✔️
4- Who said ” So long as the General Will is sovereign, it doesn’t matter what form of government it may be……”?
A). Hobbes
B). Rousseau✔️
C). Hegel
D). T. H. Green
5- Rousseau championed the cause of:
A). Ellites
B). Representative Democracy
C). Direct Democracy✔️
D). Absolute Monarchy
6- According to the Prof. Jones the most original, the most interesting and historically the most important contribution of Rousseau to political theory was the concept of:
A). Popular sovereignty
B). Direct Democracy
C). General will✔️
D). Constitutional Monarchy
7- The early oriental Empires were ruled by:
A). Military Leaders
B). Elected Leaders
C). Priests
D). Hereditary monarchs✔️
8- The Greek city states are regarded as the best specimens of:
A). Military rule
B). Direct Democracy ✔️
C). Representative Democracy
D). Absolute rule
9- The two most outstanding city States of ancient Greece were:
A). Athens and Rome
B). Rome and sparta
C). Athens and Venice
D). Athens and sparta✔️
10- The nation state came into existence after:
A). The decline of the Roman Empire
B). The decline of the Feudal state
C). The decline of the colonial Empires
D). The decline of the imperial States of orient✔️
11- The evolutionary theory regarding the origin of states on:
A). Revolutionary principle
B). Evolutionary principle✔️
C). Religious principles
D). Scientific-cum- religious principles
12- Church occupied an important position in:
A). The city- states
B). The Roman Empire
C). The Holy Roman Empire✔️
D). All of the above
13- Absence of unity was a characteristic of:
A). The ancient city state✔️
B). The Roman Empire
C). The Holy Roman Empire
D). The nation state
14- Feudalism was a dominant feature of:
A). The city state
B). The Roman Empire
C). The Holy Roman Empire✔️
D). All of the above
15- The position of the kings during the Holy Roman Empire was rendered weak due to:
A). Non assertion of their authority
B). The rise of the class of Feudal Lords
C). Usurpation of their power by the pope
D). Rise of Feudal Lords and popes✔️
16- The ownership of land under feudalism rested with:
A). The ministers of the king
B). The King
C). The Feudal Lords✔️
D). The farmers
17-One of the major factor which contributed to the decline of the Holy Roman Empire was:
A). Disappearance of the Pope
B). Foreign aggression
C). Challenge of bourgeoisie class✔️
D). None of the above
18- Who asserted that the state would ultimately wither away?
A). Kant
B). Marx✔️
C). Aristotle
D). None of the above
19- Who said that’ a man who lives outside the polis is either a beast or a God’?
A). Aristotle✔️
B). Bodin
C). Plato
D). Hobbes
20- The statement ” state is an ethical institution which is indispensable for the full moral development of man” is associated with the:
A). Marxists
B). Idealists✔️
C). Anarchists
D). Individualists
21- The modern state is also known as:
A). A nation state✔️
B). A Federal state
C). An international state
D). A liberal state
22- The view that ” state is an executive committee of the exploiting class” is associated with:
A). The Idealists
B).The Anarchists
C). The Marxists✔️
D). All the above
23- Which one of the following theories contributed to the rise of totalitarian state in the present century?
A). Welfare theory
B). Legal theory
C). Ethical theory✔️
D). All the above
24- Who said that’ a good citizens make a good state and bad citizens make a bad state’?
A). Kant
B). Aristotle✔️
C). Marx
D). None of these
25- The fall of the Feudal states and rise of Nation-states took place in:
A). The sixteenth century✔️
B). The seventeenth century
C). The eighteenth century
D). Nineteenth century
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