Political Science MCQs
1. Select the name of the city in which Karl Marx was born;
A. Bonn, Germany
B. Berlin, Germany
C. Trier, Germany
D. None of these
Answer: Trier, Germany
2. Those who are vital against the very existence of condition are called as:
(a) Anarchists
(b) Fascists
(c) Socialists
(d) None of these
Answer: Anarchists
3. The idea of ‘Surplus Value’ is stated by:
(a) Marx
(b) Lenin
(c) Mao
(d) None of these
Answer: Marx
4. In Plato’s concept State, one reaches at the pinnacle of the State order at the age of:
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) None of these
Answer: None of these (50)
5. Select the name of the law in which one is the ‘supreme law of the land in USA’
(a) International Law
(b) General Law
(c) Constitutional Law
(d) None of these
Answer: Constitutional Law
6. Select the name of the person who presented The system of ‘Basic Democracies’
(a) Z. A. Bhutto
(b) Gen. Zia-ul-Haq
(c) Gen. Yahya Khan
(d) None of these
Answer: None of these
7. Fascism as a theory arises in:
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) Italy
(d) None of these
Answer: Italy
8. Alexander of Macedonia was a student of:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Socrates
(d) None of these
Answer: Aristotle
9. A form of termination under which a bill is split into sections, groups of which must be totally distributed with each day is known as;
(a) Guillotine closure
(b) Kangaroo closure
(c) Simple closure
(d) None of these
Answer: Guillotine closure
10. The Long March started the climb of the ability of:
(a) Ho Chi Minh
(b) Chiang Kai Shek
(c) Mao Zedong
(d) None of these
Answer: Mao Zedong
11. The ability of the center vis a vis federating units grew through:
(a) Senatorial Courtesy
(b) The doctrine of Implied Powers
(c) Pocket Veto
(d) None of these
Answer: Doctrine of Implied Powers
12. Article 58 2 (b) was called on to dissolve the National Assembly of Pakistan:
(a) Three Times
(b) Four Times
(c) Twice
(d) None of these
Answer: Four Times
13. Select the meaning of Perestroika;
(a) Restructuring
(b) To speak openly and honestly
(c) Workers
(d) None of these
Answer: Restructuring
14. Who is the author of Art of War?
(a) Machiavelli
(b) Mao
(c) Lenin
(d) None of these
Answer: Machiavelli
15. An obligatory normal code for managing the business of the state is known as:
(a) Constitution
(b) Convention
(c) Ordinance
(d) None of these
Answer: Constitution
16. “Power tends to corruption and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a well-known quote said by:
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Acton
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) None of these
Answer: Lord Acton
17. As per Marx, in the stage of socialism the governing principle will be:
(a) From each according to his ability to each according to his needs
(b) From each according to his ability to each according to his work
(c) Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others
(d) None of these
Answer: From each according to his ability to each according to his needs
18. A ________ is a kind of sovereign state distinguished by a union of partially self-governing states or sectors integrated by a central government.
(a) Unitary state
(b) Confederation
(c) Federation
(d) None of these
Answer: Confederation
19. Select the date when Lenin was selected as President on:
(a) 25 October 1917
(b) 24 October 1917
(c) 21 November 1918
(d) None of these
Answer: None of these
20. Agreement of any order at House of Lords needs a minimum existence of:
(a) 30 members
(b) 20 members
(c) 40 members
(d) None of these
Answer: 20 members
21. As per the 1st Communist charter of Russia, the Presidium contained:
(a) 29 members
(b) 39 members
(c) 33 members
(d) None of these
Answer: 39 members
22. In the past times, England remained under Roman rule for about:
(a) 400 years
(b) 350 years
(c) 450 years
(d) None of these
Answer: 400 years
23. Select the year when American autonomy was confessed by the British kingdom:
(a) 1783
(b) 1776
(c) 1786
(d) None of these
Answer: 1776
24. Select the date when George Washington was appointed 1st President of U.S.A.:
(a) 6 April 1789
(b) 20 January 1789
(c) 4 March 1789
(d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
25. For 50 years during 1533-1583, Russia was governed by:
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Ivan III
(c) Ivan IV
(d) None of these
Answer: Ivan IV
26. Occupancy of the French Senate is:
(a) 6 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 9 years
(d) None of these
Answer: 6 years
27. Select the age of Plato when the turning point in his life came:
(a) 28 years
(b) 26 years
(c) 24 years
(d) None of these
Answer: 24 years
28. How many stages was the course of Athenian education divided into?
(a) Four stages
(b) Three stages
(c) Five stages
(d) None of these
Answer: Three stages
29. The following was written by? “The Development of Capitalism in Russia”
(a) Mao Tse Tung
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Lenin
(d) None of these
Answer: Lenin
30. Select the year when J.S. Mill wrote a famous book On Liberty?
(a) 1859
(b) 1654
(c) 1875
(d) None of these
Answer: 1859
31. The unthankful pupil of his master, born in 384 BC was:
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristocles
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: Aristotle
32. Select the number of articles in the un-amended charter of 1973:
(a) 338
(b) 280
(c) 320
(d) 295
(e) None of these
Answer: 280
33. Select the number of articles that were modified in the 8th amendment:
(a) 80
(b) 70
(c) 90
(d) 66
(e) None of these
Answer: 70
34. Who was the President during the tenure Americans were kept hostages in Iran?
(a) Reagan
(b) Ford
(c) Clinton
(d) Jimmy Carter
(e) None of these
Answer: Jimmy Carter
35. Downing Street is also called:
(a) One of the palaces of the Queen
(b) Residence of the Prime Minister
(c) Parliament House
(d) None of these
Answer: Residence of the Prime Minister
36. Who was Kamal Atatürk?
(a) King
(b) President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Khalifa of Turkey
(e) None of these
Answer: President
37. Select the writer of Leviathan:
(a) Hobbes
(b) James Mill
(c) Hegel
(d) J.S. Mill
(e) None of these
Answer: Hobbes
38. The creator of the utilitarian school of thought was:
(a) Edmund Burke
(b) Hume
(c) J.S. Mill
(d) James Mill
(e) None of these. Jeremy Bentham
Answer: None of these. Jeremy Bentham
39. Locke laid down that condition is:
(a) Unavoidable evil
(b) Means to an end
(c) An end in itself
(d) Legal necessity
(e) None of these
Answer: Unavoidable evil
40. Rousseau’s political philosophy enhanced the basis for:
(a) Popular sovereignty
(b) Limited sovereignty
(c) Political sovereignty
(d) Absolute sovereignty
(e) None of these
Answer: Popular sovereignty
41. How many necessities are needed to compose a state?
(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Six
(e) None of these
Answer: Four
42. Laissez Faire plans mean:
(a) Fair legislation
(b) Withdrawal of ‘some restrictions’
(c) Control over trade
(d) Control over the industry
(e) None of these
Answer: Withdrawal of ‘some restrictions’
43. Materialistic explanations of history were presented by:
(a) Trotsky
(b) Lenin
(c) Bolsheviks
(d) Mensheviks
(e) None of these. (Karl Marx)
Answer: None of these. (Karl Marx)
44. Fascism as a political theory arises in:
(a) Italy
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Russia
(e) None of these
Answer: Italy
45. Plato wrote:
(a) Politics
(b) Polity
(c) Political Economy
(d) The Laws
(e) None of these
Answer: The Laws
46. Al-Mawardi wrote:
(a) Sayarul Muluk
(b) Siyasatnama
(c) Ahkamul Sultaniya
(d) Ahyaul Ulum
(e) None of these
Answer: Ahkamul Sultaniya
47. Strong importance on justice was settled by:
(a) Socrates
(b) Herodotus
(c) Aristotle
(d) Stoics
(e) None of these
Answer: Aristotle
48. Select the writer of “The Spirit of Laws”:
(a) John Locke
(b) J.S. Mill
(c) Hume
(d) Edmund Burke
(e) None of these. (Montesquieu)
Answer: None of these. (Montesquieu)
49. God has made this world “a place for work and labor” is the well-known quote of:
(a) Al-Mawardi
(b) Al-Ghazali
(c) Nizamul Mulk Tusi
(d) Al-Farabi
(e) None of these
Answer: Al-Farabi
50. “Felicific Calculus” was the donation of:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Bentham
(c) Plato
(d) J.S. Mill
(e) None of these
Answer: Bentham
51. The theory of ‘Group Mind’ was pronounced by:
(a) Al-Mawardi
(b) Al-Ghazali
(c) Ibn-i-Khaldun
(d) Al-Farabi
(e) None of these
Answer: Ibn-i-Khaldun
52. The theory of ‘Surplus Value’ as a part of communistic philosophy was the donation of:
(a) Ricardo
(b) Trotsky
(c) Fredrick Engel
(d) Karl Marx
(e) None of these
Answer: Karl Marx
53. Hobbian communal commitment is established on:
(a) Fear
(b) Selfishness
(c) Desire for peace
(d) Competition
(e) None of these
Answer: Desire for peace
54. The importance of civil service has extended due to:
(a) Population growth
(b) Complexity of rules and regulations
(c) Increased state activity
(d) Law and order requirement
(e) None of these
Answer: Increased state activity
55. Which political theory presents that the state will eventually vanish?
(a) Syndicalism
(b) Communism
(c) Fascism
(d) Fabian socialism
(e) None of these
Answer: Communism
56. According to Aristotle, the end of the state is:
(a) Ethical
(b) Social
(c) Legal
(d) Economic
(e) None of these
Answer: Ethical
57. Interest classification all the time tries to:
(a) Influence the exercise of power
(b) Gain political power directly
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of these
Answer: Influence the exercise of power
58. Select the writer of the book ‘Capital’ is:
(a) Mao
(b) Lenin
(c) Karl Marx
(d) None of these
Answer: Karl Marx
59. An optional union of ruler and free states is called:
(a) Federation
(b) Unitary State
(c) Confederation
(d) None of these
Answer: Confederation
60. Select the writer of the book ‘Leviathan’ is:
(a) John Locke
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these
Answer: Thomas Hobbes
61. Select the writer of the book “Reconstruction of Religion Thought in Islam”:
(a) Syed Amir Ali
(b) Hamid Ahmad
(c) Allama Iqbal
(d) None of these
Answer: Allama Iqbal
62. Select the writer of the book ‘Statesman’ is:
(a) Plato
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: Plato
63. This quote is pronounced as “Justice is giving everyone his due”:
(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Aristotle
(d) None of these
Answer: Aristotle
64. The termination of Khilafat and the formation of ‘Grand National Assembly” in Turkey was most valued by:
(a) Maulana Shokat Ali
(b) Allama Iqbal
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) None of these
Answer: None of these
65. Select the Writer of the Book ‘Spirit of Islam” is:
(a) Syed Amir Ali
(b) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) None of these
Answer: Syed Amir Ali
66. The notion of ‘Separation of Powers’ was stated by:
(a) Bentham
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Montesquieu
(d) None of these
Answer: Montesquieu
67. According to Aristotle, which is the greatest unnatural form of the ideal states:
(a) Tyranny
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) None of these
Answer: Tyranny
68. Select the name of the person who said “Law is the command of a determinate sovereign”:
(a) John Austin
(b) Laski
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these
Answer: John Austin
69. Select the name of the person who said “Only the will of the sovereign can be the source of law”:
(a) John Hobbes
(b) John Austin
(c) Groutious
(d) None of these
Answer: John Austin
70. When is it explained for subjects to revolution against the sovereign?
A. When the sovereign has committed crimes against the people
B. When the sovereign is no longer popular and the people want to elect a new leader
C. Both (A) & (B)
D. Never
Answer: Never
71. Select the writer of “after the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the construction of Imperial Ideology”:
A. Thomas Hobbes
B. Bob Woodward
C. Gilbert Achcar
D. Noam Chomsky
Answer: Noam Chomsky
72. Select the writer of “Human Rights and American Foreign Policy:
A. Noam Chomsky
B. Thomas Hobbes
C. Gilbert Achcar
D. Bob Woodward
Answer: Noam Chomsky
73. Select the writer of the Communist Manifesto with Marx:
A. Friedrich Engels
B. Joseph Stalin
C. Vladimir Lenin
D. None of these
Answer: Friedrich Engels
74. Which of the following goals is the instant aim of the Communists?
A. The unification of the proletariat into a ruling class
B. The overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy
C. None of these
D. Both (A) & (B)
Answer: Both (A) & (B)
75. Select the name of the degree Karl Marx achieved in Berlin:
A. Doctoral degree
B. He did not graduate from university
C. Master’s degree
D. None of these
Answer: Master’s degree