Political Science MCQs with Answer for CSS/PMS related to Western Political Thoughts. The emergence of Political Science was initiated in the west. That’s why we must understand the Western Political Thoughts and concepts to get good marks in the examination. Here you will find the most important MCQs of Political Science related to Western Political Thoughts and Western Philosopher. The following are the important MCQs about Western Political Thoughts.
MCQs about Jeremy Bentham & James Mills
These are the most important MCQs of Western philosophers like Jeremy Bentham and James Mills.
1. Jeremy Bentham was the founder of new liberal doctrine, now known as?
A. Utilitarianism
B. Naturalism
C. Classicism
D. Romanticism
2. Utilitarian Political thoughts were developed by
A. James Mills
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. Edmund Burke
D. de Maître
3. “An introduction to the Principles of Moral and Legislation” was the book published in 1789, written by
A. Rousseau
B. James Mills
C. Jeremy Bentham
D. None of them
4. What is the life span of Jeremy Bentham?
A. 1673-1745
B. 1740-1807
C. 1773-1840
D. 1748-1832
5. James Mill was the staunch advocate of a legitimate form of government through
A. Liberal Democracy
B. Classical liberal principles
C. Participative democracy
D. Parliamentary democracy
MCQs about Adam Smith, H. Spencer & Tocqueville
These are the most important MCQs of Western philosophers like Adam Smith, H. Spencer & Tocqueville.
6. When did Adam Smith publish his famous book “Wealth of Nations”?
A. 1774
B. 1775
C. 1776
D. 1777
7. Adam Smith’s life span was
A. 1720-1787
B. 1723-1790
C. 1719-1786
D. 1724-1789
8. Herbert Spencer was the British thinker who evaluated
A. Neoliberalism
B. Classical Liberalism
C. Humanism
D. Post Modernism
9. Herbert Spencer philosophy is known as
A. Darwinian Natural Selection
B. Darwinian Naturalism
C. Darwinian Selection
D. Social Darwinianism
10. Alexis de Tocqueville was a
A. British Liberal Philosopher
B. French Liberal Philosopher
C. British Aristocrat
D. French Aristocrat
11. “Democracy in America” was written by Tocqueville in
A. 1831
B. 1833
C. 1835
D. 1837
12. Alexis de Tocqueville was born in
A. 1802
B. 1803
C. 1804
D. 1805
13. Famous liberal theorist J.S. Mill was a
A. Utilitarian
B. Moderate Economist
C. Theorist
D. None of these
14. Study of Romantic Poetry reminded J.S. Mill that utilitarian philosopher was lacking in
A. Moral terms
B. Economic terms
C. Human terms
D. Social terms
15. J.S. Mills is best known for his essay
A. On Liberty
B. Utilitarianism
C. The Principles
D. Progress
16. Who has coined the term “Intellectual Elites”?
A. James Mill
B. J.S. Mill
C. David Hume
D. None of these
17. Famous British thinker T.H. Green was an
A. An economist
B. An academician
C. A political activist
D. An intellectual
18. T.H. Green and his followers laid the foundations of
A. Modern Democracy
B. Modern Philosophy
C. Modern Liberalism
D. Neoconservatism
19. “Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligations” was the work written by
A. Hegel
B. David Hume
C. T.H. Green
D. James Mill
Political Science MCQs about Karl Marx
These are the most important MCQs of Western philosophers like Karl Marx.
20. Karl Marx was born to a middle-class family in Prussia in
A. 1817
B. 1818
C. 1819
D. 1820
21. When Marx moved to Paris in 1834, it was the Centre of ?
A. Socialist Movement
B. Socialist Republic
C. Socialist Circle
D. Social Democracy
22. When Marx was forced to leave Paris because of his radical views in
A. 1845
B. 1841
C. 1843
D. 1850
23. Marx produced his economic work “Das Capital” in 1894 when its Volume-1 published. Volume II and III were brought out by
A. Hegel
B. Angeles
C. Marx and Angeles
D. Marx
24. Marx and Angeles co-authored “The German Ideology” in the year
A. 1846
B. 1840
C. 1860
D. 1855
25. “The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts” were written by Marx in the year
A. 1844
B. 1843
C. 1850
D. 1851
26. The period from John Locke to the beginning of the 19th Century is called
A. Age of Discovery
B. Renaissance
C. Enlightenment
D. Romanticism
27. The period before Alexander the Great’s death in 323 B.C to the middle of the 2nd Century B.C. is called
A. Classical
B. Hellenic
C. Neoclassical
D. Dark Ages
28. The form of government based upon an extensive franchise and protection of basic rights and liberties is called
A. Nominalism
B. Linguistics
C. Ethnicity
D. Nationalism
29. Who is considered to be the recent modern political thinker out of these four philosophers?
A. Plato
B. David Hume
C. Hobbes
D. J.S. Mill
30. Hume’s utilitarianism was directed against the whole natural law tradition of
A. Political Discourse
B. Social Discourse
C. Economic Discourse
D. Ethical Discourse
31. The theory asserting that truth is a function of language is called
A. Nominalism
B. Linguistics
C. Ethnicity
D. Nationalism
32. Machiavelli rejected the whole classical heritage at a deeper
A. Meta Physical level
B. Epistemological level
C. Metaphysical and empirical levels
D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels
33. Machiavelli rejected the whole classical heritage at a deeper
A. Meta Physical level
B. Epistemological level
C. Metaphysical and empirical levels
D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels
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