CSS Political Science Questions & Answers - Part-1 - Set 5

1)   The Legal theory of property believes that:

a. Property is a natural right and law merely recognises it:
b. Property is the creation of state
c. A person can be deprived of his property for the good of the community
d. The legal ownership of all property vests in the head of the state
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Property is the creation of state

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Which one of the following thinkers challenged the right of the stte to curtail individual's right to property without his consent?

a. Hobbes
b. Locke
c. Rousseau
d. All the above three thinkers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Locke

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   The liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century were:

a. Opposed to right to private property
b. In favour of limited right to property only
c. In favour of absolute right to private property
d. In favour of equitable distribution property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In favour of absolute right to private property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Who of the followings was opposed to private property?

a. J.S. Mill
b. Adam Smith
c. Kant
d. Bakunin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bakunin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   With the emergence of the walfare state, emphasis begain to be laid on

a. Absolute right to private property
b. Regulation of property in the interest of community
c. Abolition of right to private property
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Regulation of property in the interest of community

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Who said property is necessary for the realisation of one's will?

a. Marx
b. Kant
c. Rousseau
d. Plato
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which one of the following statements is not correct?

a. Private property leads to exonomic equality
b. Private property ecourages exploitation of the one class by another
c. Private property leads to moral and physical degeneration
d. Private property gave rise to imperlialism and colonialism
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Private property leads to exonomic equality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   The Labour theory of property was first of all advocated by:

a. John Locke
b. Adam Smith
c. Karl Marx
d. Lenin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: John Locke

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   The labour theory of property holds that:

a. Property should belong to labours alone
b. Property was created as result of mixing of labour
c. Property should be equitably distributed amongst the lobourers
d. A person who does not put in Physical labour should not be give anything to eat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Property was created as result of mixing of labour

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The Individualistic Theory of property is associated with:

a. Hobbes
b. J.S. Mill
c. Adam Smith
d. TH. Green
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Adam Smith

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   According to the Individualistic theory of property:

a. Property should be equally distributed amongst all the individuals
b. An individual should be left free to acquire as much property as he can
c. The state should ensure equitable distribution of property through law
d. Property is a divine eift to man.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An individual should be left free to acquire as much property as he can

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The Socialist theory of property is:

a. In favour of equitable distribution of property
b. In favour of equitable distribution of property
c. In favour of state control over all property
d. In favour of absolute right to property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In favour of equitable distribution of property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   The view that "all property is theift" was expressed by:

a. J.S. Mill
b. Adam Smith
c. Marx
d. Proudhon
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Proudhon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   According to the idealistic theory of property:

a. Private property is a gift from God
b. All private property is theft
c. Property is an essential condition for the fulfilment of personality
d. Private property is the cause of social inequalities
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Property is an essential condition for the fulfilment of personality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   The idealistic theory of property is associated with the name of:

a. Locke
b. Bentham
c. Kant
d. Marx
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Which 'one the arguments in favour of private property given below, has been wrongly listed?

a. Right to private property is in keeping with the principle of equality
b. Private property gives incentive to the individual to work hard
c. Private property gives a sense of security
d. Private property promotes qualities of charity and benevolence
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Right to private property is in keeping with the principle of equality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The modern liberals are:

a. Opposed to private property
b. In favour of absolute right to private property
c. In favour of common ownership of property
d. In favour of regulation of property in larger interests of the seciety
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In favour of regulation of property in larger interests of the seciety

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   The Liberals are in favour of:

a. Confiscation of all private property
b. Acquisition of property with compensation
c. Confiscation of property with nomical compensation
d. Abolition of all private property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Acquisition of property with compensation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   The general opinion at present it is favour of:

a. Abolition of all private property
b. Absolute rights to property
c. Right to property within limitations
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Right to property within limitations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Who believed that private property is essential for the development of individual's personality?

a. Karl Marx
b. Proudhon
c. J.S. Mill
d. Engels
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: J.S. Mill

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The best exposition of Marxian concept of private property is available in:

a. Das Capital
b. Communist Manifesto
c. State and Revolution
d. The Origin of Family Private property and the State
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Origin of Family Private property and the State

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Who was the author of The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State?

a. Karl Marx
b. Engels
c. Stalin
d. Lenin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Engels

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The theory of surplus value is associated with:

a. J.S. Mill
b. Herbert Spencer
c. Adam Smith
d. Karl Marx
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Karl Marx

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   According to the Marxists, in an ideal or Communist society there shall be:

a. Absolute right to private property
b. No right to private property
c. Only limited right to private property
d. Only right ot personal property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Only right ot personal property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Laski was in favour of:

a. Absolute tight to property
b. Abolition of all property
c. Happy blinding of right to property
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Happy blinding of right to property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Who said that state did not create property, but was it created in order to protect it?

a. John Locke
b. T.H. Green
c. Karl Marx
d. H.J Laski
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: John Locke

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   The Marxian thinkers are:

a. Opposed to all kinds of property
b. Opposed only to personal property
c. Opposed only to private property
d. In favour of both personal as well as private property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Opposed only to private property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a merit of private property?

a. It provides incentive to worker
b. It leads to division of labour and great production
c. It provide if sense of pleasure
d. It provides incentive to the developments of z art, seience, literature, etc.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It leads to division of labour and great production

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Which one of the following defects of private has been wrongly listed?

a. It leads to division of society into two hostile classes
b. It encourages self-interest at the cost of social interest
c. It encourages scramble for power and wealth in place of nutual co-operation
d. It leads to political instability
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It leads to political instability

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which one of the following was a strong opponent of the right to private property?

a. Locke
b. Hobbes
c. Mao Tse Tung
d. Adam Smith
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mao Tse Tung

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   There are certain writers who regarded the possession of property as a necessary qualification for franchise. One of them has written, "It is important that the Assembly which votes the taxes should be elected exclusively by people who pay something towards the taxes imposed. Those who pay no taxes, disposing by their votes of other people's money, have every motive to be lavish and none to economies." Who said this?

a. Laski
b. Bryce
c. J.S. Mill
d. Barker
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: J.S. Mill

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Who of the followings first of all advocated 'communism of property'.

a. Plato
b. Marx
c. Engels
d. Proudhon
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Plato

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Aristotle described man's instinct to acquire property as:

a. A natural instinct
b. An unnatural instinct
c. A base-instinct
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A natural instinct

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   According to Aristotle the best method for holding of property was:

a. State ownership
b. Common ownership and common use
c. Individual ownership and common use
d. Individual ownership and private use
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Individual ownership and common use

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Which one of the followings favour abolition of the institution of privte property?

a. Anarchists and Idealists
b. Syndicalists and Marxists
c. Idealists and Communists
d. Anarchists and Marxists
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Syndicalists and Marxists

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   The individualists regard the right to property as:

a. Root of all evils
b. A fundamental right
c. An absolute right
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A fundamental right

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Hobbes and Bentham were the supporters of:

a. Legal Theory of Property
b. Socialistic Theory of Property
c. Idealistic Theory of Property
d. Natural Theory of Property
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Legal Theory of Property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   The difference between the value of commodity produced by a labourer and the wages received, by him is known as

a. Property
b. Surplus value
c. Capital
d. Savings
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Surplus value

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   According to Laski 'private property' contributes to:

a. The prosperity of the society
b. The development of society
c. The weakening of society
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The development of society

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   The individualists are:

a. Staunch supporters of right to property
b. Strong opponents of the right to property
c. In favour of equitable distribution of private property
d. In favour of common ownership of property'
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Staunch supporters of right to property

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   "That with which a man has mixed his labour becomes his property". The above statement was made by:

a. Rousseau
b. Karl Marx
c. Locke
d. Hobbes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Locke

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   According to the idealists:

a. All property is theft
b. Property is respobsible for the division of society into two groups haves and have nots
c. Property hinders the development of a man's personality
d. Property is essential for the development of a man's personality
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Property is essential for the development of a man's personality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Who said: "The citizen has a right to work"?

a. Bentham
b. Marx
c. Lenin
d. Laski
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Laski

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   "Property is essential for the development of character, for without some property there can be no liberty, and without liberty there can be no proper development of character". The above statement was made by:

a. Bentham
b. Aristotle
c. Bosanquet
d. T.H. Green
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bosanquet

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The rationale of the right to property is identifiable in three of the following nations. Identify the notion which does not belong to this group?

a. The measure of property nature has endowed to man is in keeping with his Labour and convenience of life
b. The right to property is in consonance with divine dispensation
c. The property nature has given to man is his own and nobody has any right to it but himself
d. Since man tills, plants, improves and cultivates property and can use the product of each property, it is his own
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The right to property is in consonance with divine dispensation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   The Labour theory of property made its appearance in:

a. The ancient times
b. The medieval age
c. The modern time
d. The 20th century
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The ancient times

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The Labour theory of property implies that:

a. The property is created by the combination of capital and labour
b. The capital is the major factor for the determination of the property
c. The property is acquired through the application of labour
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The property is acquired through the application of labour

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   According to the 'occupational theory of property' the property made its appearance only:

a. With the emergence of various occupations
b. With the growth of capitalist economy
c. After man occupied a piece of land for his exclusive use
d. With the dawn of the industrial age
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: After man occupied a piece of land for his exclusive use

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Which one of the following thinkers did not favour the rulers to own property?

a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Laski
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Plato

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Landed property was a symbol of social status during:

a. Ancient times
b. Medieval times
c. Modern times
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Medieval times

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!