MCQs

1. The idea of political leaders being mean, cunning and duplicitous developed by Niccolo Machiavelli comes under which view of politics? A) art of government B) public affair C) compromise and consensus D) power and distribution of resources 2. Two advocates of politics as power include: A) Behaviorists and liberalists B) Feminists and Marxists C) Bureaucrats and politicians D) Feminist and liberalist 3. Out of the following definitions of politics, 1) as an art of government 2) power and distribution of resources 3) as a public affair 4) compromise and consensus, Which combination is an inevitable part of the human society? A) B) C) D) 1 and 3 1, 2 and 4 1, 2 and 3 1 ,3 and 4

4. The claim that social sciences should strictly adhere to methods of the natural sciences in the nineteenth century was popularly known as: A) materialistic conception of theory B) positivism

C) empirical tradition D) traditionalism 5. For his research, Mr.X while conducting ______ incorporated many theories, and his ______ assumption is that all knowledge is to be acquired objectively and without any inference. A) Methodology; ontological B) Meta theory; epistemological C) Meta theory; methodological D) Methodology; ontological 6. Mr. Y relies on basic descriptive work, Intuitive accounts for a bigger picture while adhering to central concepts of science. Mr.Y can be termed as a: A) Soft scientist B) Behaviorist C) Rationalist D) Traditionalist 7. One weakness of ______ approach is that it associates any institution that maintains order with the state itself. A) Idealist B) Functionalist C) Organizational D) Statist 8. Under ______s view, citizens are confronted by a stark choice between absolutism and anarchy. Whereas, _______ , established a clear distinction between responsibility of the state and responsibility of individual citizens. A)Hobbes; Locke B) Locke; Hobbes C) Hobbes; Hegel D) Hegel; Locke

9. The process of hollowing out whereby functions that once belonged to the state are being transferred to central bodies can be best termed as: A) Localism B) decentralization C) privatization D) A & B 10. If Mr. M believes multi ethnicity is the basis of nationhood, he is supporting the ______ concept of nationalism. A) Exclusive B) Inclusive C) Self deterministic D) A & C