CSS Political Science Questions & Answers - Part-4 - Set 7

1)   According to Karl Marx, main factor which has been inflouncing and continues to influence society is:

a. Social factor
b. Political factor
c. Economic factor
d. Religious factor
e. Cultural factor
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Social factor

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Who said first, 'workers of the world unite':

a. Stalin
b. Lenin
c. Khrushchev
d. Karl Marx
e. Kosygin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Karl Marx

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   According to Karl Marx societies have all along been divided between:

a. The rich and the poor
b. The educated and the elite
c. The religious and the educated people
d. The rich and the religious people
e. The poor and the religious people
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The rich and the poor

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   According to Marxian theory revolutions come in the society because:

a. The capitalists so desire
b. The religious people manipulate that
c. Continuous class struggle is going on
d. Educated masses get dissatisfied
e. Foreign powers get interested in national affairs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Continuous class struggle is going on

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   According to Marx value of the commodity would be fixed in accordance with:

a. Capital in vested in it
b. Machinery used for production
c. The extent of its dependence on the foreign market
d. The extent of its demand in the foreign market
e. The socially useful labour put in it
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The socially useful labour put in it

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   A capitalist adds to his wealth because:

a. The workers wish so
b. Machines installed by him produce more
c. There is difference between exchange value of what is produced and what is paid
d. Capitalist can win the cooperation of the workers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: There is difference between exchange value of what is produced and what is paid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Karl Marx believed that social change can be brought about by:

a. Evolutionary means only
b. Revolutionary means only
c. By spread of education only
d. With the help of both evolutionary and revolutionary methods
e. With the help of propaganda alone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: With the help of both evolutionary and revolutionary methods

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Marx suggested that before state is finally abolished during the transitory period:

a. Private sector should be allowed to continue as it is
b. Private sector should be strengthened
c. There should be nationalisation of all industries
d. There should be nationalisation of small scale industries alone
e. There should be nationalisation of big industries alone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Private sector should be allowed to continue as it is

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Under the dictatorship of the proletariat according to Karl Marx:

a. There will be all honour to mental labour
b. Mental labour will be preferred over manual labour
c. Manual labour will be preferred over mental labour
d. There will be no distinction between the mental and the manual labour
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: There will be no distinction between the mental and the manual labour

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   According to Karl Marx under the dictatorship of the proletariat means of production will be used for:

a. The benefit of producers
b. Social good
c. The benefit of consumers
d. The welfare of the working labourers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Social good

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Which of the following is not an element of Marxism?

a. Dialectical materialism
b. Historical materialism
c. The theory of surplus value
d. The theory of class struggle
e. The view that the state is an ethical idea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The view that the state is an ethical idea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Which of the following is correct about Marx?

a. He believed in the existence of a supreme universal soul
b. He believed in the soul
c. He believed that the world is a manifestation of supreme universal soul
d. He believed that matter is the ultimate reality
e. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He believed that matter is the ultimate reality

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Marx borrowed from Hegel:

a. Materialistic philosophy
b. The labour theory of value
c. The ideal of statesless society
d. Dialectical method
e. The theory of surplus value
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dialectical method

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   According to Marx motive force of history is:

a. God's will
b. Great ideas
c. Great personalities
d. Forces of production
e. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Who of the following believed in class struggle?

a. J.S. Mill
b. Hegel
c. T.H. Green
d. Karl Marx
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Karl Marx

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Which one of the following is incorrect about Marx?

a. He advocated abolition of capitalism
b. He stood for classless society
c. He pleaded stateless society
d. He advocated abolition of religion
e. He pleaded for democracy as a means of social transformation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He pleaded for democracy as a means of social transformation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Marxian philosophy has been criticised because:

a. His idea that state will wither away has not come true
b. His ideas that workers will unite has proved failure
c. For his philosophy that state will expand
d. For his views about capitalist system
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: His idea that state will wither away has not come true

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Which one of the following is true about proletariat?

a. It is rule of capitalist class
b. It is government by the people
c. It means rule of educated classes
d. It means rule of the working classes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It means rule of the working classes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Lenin contributed to Marxism by:

a. Giving labour theory of value
b. Modifying theory of class struggle
c. Theory of surplus value
d. The principle of democratic centralism
e. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   According to Marx the state is:

a. The ethical idea
b. A necessary evil
c. Necessary good
d. An instrument of class exploitation
e. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An instrument of class exploitation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Marx has been criticised for his views:

a. That capital is a theft
b. Private property is source of exploitation
c. Religion is the opium of the people
d. He has prounded no guarantee for non-working classes in his society
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He has prounded no guarantee for non-working classes in his society

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   According to Karl Max proletariat revolution will be caused by:

a. Strong and centralised workers
b. Trade Unions
c. The landlords
d. Industrial owners
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Strong and centralised workers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Marxism and Anarchism differ on their views about:

a. Capital is a theft
b. Condemnation of state
c. Classless society
d. Root causes for evils in society
e. Trade unionism
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Trade unionism

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Which one of the following is not true about Marxian Socialism?

a. The state will be replaced by classless society
b. They favour negative freedom for members
c. They hold faith in planned economy
d. They are opposed to production for the sake of profit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They favour negative freedom for members

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Which one of the following is not true about Marxian Socialists?

a. They are opposed to capitalist system
b. Capitalism cannot introduce reforms
c. They lay stress on social good
d. They want system of production to meet needs of community
e. They stress need for conflict in economic sphere
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They stress need for conflict in economic sphere

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   On which of the following grounds has Marxian not been rightly criticised?

a. He has given one sided interpretation of history
b. He has given undue place to social forces in history
c. His theory of class struggle is untenable
d. It sacrifices individual at the cost of society
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He has given undue place to social forces in history

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Which one of following is not true about socialism?

a. They do not favour individual liberty against state
b. They assume that the state will wither away
c. The believe that the state is means to an end
d. They believe that state has always been siding with propertied classes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The believe that the state is means to an end

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Which of the following is not true about Marxian Socialists?

a. They favour positive freedom for members
b. They are opposed to planned economy
c. They are opposed to private property
d. They are opposed to inequality
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They are opposed to planned economy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Who has said that 'Every State has a constitution in the sense that certain principles underlie its existence and its Government'?

a. Professor Jellineck
b. Finer
c. Gettell
d. Woolsay
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gettell

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Who said that a state without a constitution would not be a state but a regime of anarchy?

a. Professor Jellineck
b. Gilchrist
c. Leacock
d. Finer
e. Gettell
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Professor Jellineck

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Who has said that 'Every constitution is the product of accumulated material and spiritual circumstances of its times'?

a. Gettell
b. Finer
c. Leacock
d. Rossueau
e. Locke
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Finer

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Who has said that constitution is the product of all those rules which affect the sovereignty of the state?

a. Lord Bryce
b. Professor Dicey
c. Gettell
d. Rousseau
e. Woolsay
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Professor Dicey

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Who has said that constitution is the fundamental law of the state containing the principles on which government is founded?

a. Gilchrist
b. Lord Bryce
c. Dicey
d. Cooley
e. Gettell
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cooley

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Out of the following who has said that a constitution is the way in which citizens who are components of a state are arranged in relation to one another:

a. Plato
b. Rousseau
c. Montesqueiu
d. Strate
e. Aristotle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aristotle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Cumulative constitution is one which:

a. Is enacted by a specific body
b. Is given by the sovereign to the people
c. Is the result of gradual evolution
d. Is given by the dictator
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Is the result of gradual evolution

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Conventional constitution is one which:

a. Is based on conventions
b. Is specifically enacted
c. Grows with the passage of time
d. Is given by the head of the state
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Is specifically enacted

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Who has said that a written constitution is one in which most of the fundamental principles of the governmental organisation are contained in a formal written instrument or instruments deliberately created:

a. Gettell
b. Finer
c. Dicey
d. Bryce
e. Aristotle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gettell

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Who has said that the distinction between the written and unwritten constitution is one of degree rather than that of kind:

a. Finer
b. Ebestein
c. Munro
d. Gettell
e. Woodrow Wilson
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Finer

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Of the following which country has unwritten constitution:

a. U.K.
b. U.S.A.
c. U.S.S.R.
d. India
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: U.K.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   A important merit of written constitution is that:

a. It clearly demarcates functions of the government
b. It keeps pace with time
c. It does not invite revolutions
d. It helps in the growth of conventions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It clearly demarcates functions of the government

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   One serious disadvantage of written constitution is that:

a. It does not give idea about basic rights of the people
b. It is not suited to federations
c. It results in frequent litigations
d. It does not result in usurpation of authority
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It results in frequent litigations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Which of the following countries has a very rigid constitution?

a. U.S.A.
b. India
c. U.K.
d. Australia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: U.S.A.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   The advantage of rigid constitution is that:

a. It keeps pace with national progress
b. It guarantees permanence and stability
c. It adjusts itself with the passage of time
d. It is progressive
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It guarantees permanence and stability

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   One of the serious disadvantage of a rigid constitution is that:

a. It shifts the balance of authority from legislature to judiciary
b. It does not reflect public opinion
c. It is not suited to federations
d. It can easily be tampered with
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It shifts the balance of authority from legislature to judiciary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Constitution in Switzerland can be amended:

a. When elite want to do so
b. When peasants express to do so
c. With the help of referendum
d. When propertied class wants to amend it
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: With the help of referendum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Written constitution can develop or grow with the help of:

a. Judicial interpretations
b. International treaties
c. International tribunals
d. Commissions and Committees
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Judicial interpretations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   A good constitution is one which:

a. Does not leave scope for customs
b. Does not allow conventions to grow
c. Is very rigid
d. Elaborate and clear
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Elaborate and clear

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   A characteristic of a good constitution is that:

a. It is excellent mirror of national mind
b. It has no definite procedure for amendment
c. It is very flexible
d. It is very precise and ambiguous
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It is excellent mirror of national mind

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Which is considered to be the oldest constitutional system of the world:

a. Switzerland
b. India
c. France
d. U.K.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: U.K.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   A constitution which provides for a rigid distribution of the power of the government between the centre and its constituent units is known as:

a. Written constitution
b. Federal constitution
c. Rigid constitution
d. Flexible constitution
e. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rigid constitution

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!