Top 350+ Solved Political Theory MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In Rawls’ principles of justice, equal opportunity was preceded over by
a. basic equal liberties
b. basic rights
c. equal benefits
d. none of the above
Q. In popular democracy, the ultimate authority rests with the
a. people
b. council of minister
c. legislature
d. court
Q. Who defined democracy as, “Government of the people, by the people, for thepeople”?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Gandhi
c. John Adams
d. Abraham Lincoln
Q. The method of direct democracy is based on
a. selective franchise
b. universal adult franchise
c. initiative
d. referendum
Q. Which was the first country in which all women had the right to vote?
a. Australia
b. India
c. New Zealand
d. Switzerland
Q. In 2011, who became the most recent country to grant women's suffrage
a. Saudi Arabia
b. UAE
c. North Korea
d. Cuba
Q. Vilfredo Pareto discussed the elitist theory of democracy in his book
a. The Ruling Class
b. The Mind and Society
c. Political Parties
d. Politics
Q. Who wrote the book, The Ruling Class to explain elitist theory of democracy?
a. Mosca
b. Michaels
c. Whitehall
d. Signur
Q. Robert Michels in his book Political Parties developed
a. Iron law of oligarchy
b. Supremacy of Elite
c. Class divisions
d. Game Theory
Q. The book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy was written by
a. Jackson
b. Karl Mannheim
c. Joseph Schumpeter
d. Anthony Downs
Q. Which of the following is the characteristic of elite theory of democracy?
a. proletariat revolution
b. the majority rule over the minority
c. the minority are suppressed by the majority class
d. the minor dominant class ruled over the majority mass
Q. According to elitist theory, the role of people is to choose their rulers from
a. competing elites
b. the mass
c. the aristocrats
d. the working class