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(USA) Political Science Liberalism Set-2
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1. In the economic sphere the liberal thinkers stood for:
System of monopolies
Laissez faire
State regulation
Large scale production
2. Liberalism as a philosophy is based on the principle of:
Expediency
Reason
Blind faith
Moral upliftment
3. Liberalism found its most detailed and lucid expression in the writings of:
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
None of the above
4. The classical liberals stood for:
Ending all hereditary advantages
Permitting the hereditary advantage unhindered
Curtailing the hereditary advantages
None of the above
5. The classical liberals believed that:
Strong nations had a right to dominate the weak nations
No nation had the right to exploit the otherThe rich nations must help the poor nations to eliminate international tension
Poor nations must join hands to protect themselves against the rich nations
None of the above
6. The classical liberals stood for: A.B. C.D.
Equal rights for all
Special rights for educated persons
Special rights for propertied classes
Special rights for women
7. The classical liberals pleaded for economic liberty for: A. B. C. D.
The poor
The rich
The middle classes
All the classes
8. The liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century considered state as:
A welfare agency
A necessary evil
A preserver of liberty
An instrument of exploitation
9. The liberal thinkers held that:
Each law promotes individual liberty
Each law restricts individual liberty
There is no relationship between law and liberty
Law is essential for moral development of man
10. Individualism which was one of the theories of liberalism pleaded for:
Maximum state control
Maximum freedom for individual
Press censorship
Development of moral life
11. The economic justification individualism was offered by:
Adam Smith
Herbert Spencer
Marx
J.S. Mill
12. The Wealth of Nations which is a classic treatise on the theory of non-intervention in economic sphere was written by: .
Adam Smith
Cairnes
Ricardo
Malthus
13. The social and political justification for individualism was given by:
Herbert Spencer
Bentham
J.S. Mill
MacIver
14. Individualism was justified on scientific grounds by:
Darwin Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Rousseau
Marx
15. Who said: Over himself over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign ?
Bentham
J.S. Mill
T.H. Green
H.J. Laski
16. According to the individualists:
The state was the best judge of man s interests
The Parliament was the best judge of individual s interests
The individual himself was the best judge of his interests
The King was the best judge of people s interests
17. The principle of survival of the fittest was advocated by:
Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Adam Smith
J.S. Mill
18. According to the individualists state is:
A necessary evil
A welfare agency
Au instrument of exploitation
An unnecessary evil
19. Individualism is also known as:
Idealism
Collectivism
Syndicalism
Laissez faire
20. The objective of the individualists to establish:
A classless society
An equitable society
A stateless society
A free society
21. The individualists favoured leaving the individual completely free because:
He is nor social
He is celfish
He is quarrelsome
So that he may learn to do things for himself
22. In the economic sphere the individualists were in favour of:
Ending all free competition
Ecouraging free competition
State control over production and distribution
Dictatorship of proletariat
23. The individualists favoured free competition in the economic sphere because:
It stimulates production
It protects the interests of weaker sections
It promotes art and good living
It makes the state powerful
24. Liberalism assumed a new shape in modern times under the impact of:
Church
Mandan Socialism
Scientific inventions
Modern means of communications
25. The credit for converting Liberalism into Positivist Liberalism In the nineteenth century goes to:
Bentham
Herbert Spencer
T.H. Green
Adam Smith
26. The idealist revision of liberalism was effected by
Bernard Bosanquet
Hegel
Laski
Adam Smith
27. According to the twentieth century liberal thinkers like Laski and MacIver:
The state performs only negative functions
The state performs only positive functions
The state performs both negative as well as positive functions
The state is an instrument of exploitation
28. Who of the following philosophers is considered the exponent of modern individualism?
Graham Wallas
Laski
Leacock
Hobbes
29. The modern Liberals are:
Opposed to nationalization of industries
In favour of nationalization of large scale industries only
In favour of nationalization of all industries
In favour of promoting small scale and cottage industries
30. The modern liberals seek to protect the interests of:
Working classes
Capitalists
Landed aristocracy
All the above classes
31. Modern liberalism differs from classical liberalism in so far as:
It does not support individual liberty
It is against democratic institutions
It pleads for free enterprise
It stands for a world free from all forms of tyranny and exploitation
32. The modern individualism which arose as a reaction against extreme Collectivism differs from nineteenth century individualism in so far as:
It focuses attention on group rather than the individual
It pleads for abolishing the state
It pleads for maximum functions for the state
It pleads for absolute freedom for individual
33. The modern individualists consider the state as:
Omnipotent
Indispensable
One of many groups
Superfluous
34. Utilitarianism which is another theory of liberalism is associated with the name of:
Hegel
Bentham
Locke
Green
35. The principle of greatest good of the greatest number was advocated by:
Idealists
Individualists
Utilitarianism
Marxists
36. The present day liberals who are known as Positivist Liberals are in favour of:
Pushing the state out of economic field
Doing away the state s interference in the economic sphere
State regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers
State regulation to protect the interests of the capitalists
37. The credit for introducing far reaching changes in the Liberal philosophy goes to:
T.H. Green
J.S. Mill
Marx
Laski
38. One of the greatest contributions of Green to the liberal theory was:
Insistence on absence of all restraints on the individual liberty
Strong opposition to the right of private property
Insistence on collective well being as a precondition of individual freedom and responsibility
Concentration on the individual good alone
39. Modern individualists are for:
Concentration of ail powers in the hands of the state
Abolition of state
Decentralization of authority
Increasing powers of state
40. Which one of the following criticisms against Liberalism has been wrongly listed?
Liberalism paves the way for anarchy by limiting the claims of authority
Liberalism lea-Ls to negation of individual liberty by concentration too much of power in the state
Liberalism does not provide any viable solution to the problems of the third world
Liberalism abandons freedom and rational discussion if poses a threat to the capitalist system
41. Individualism is also known as:
Idealism
Syndicalism
Laissez Faire
Collectivism
42. According to the liberal theory private property is mainly:
Inherited from forefathers
Given by nature
The result of one s labour
The result of exploitation
43. Liberalism is the anti-thesis of:
Aristocracy
Democracy
Capitalism
All the above
44. In the broader sense liberalism can be equated with:
Democracy
Capitalism
Socialism
Totalitarianism
45. In the present century the evils of the theory of laissez-faire were sought to be checked through:
State intervention
Capitalist intervention
Socialist intervention
None of the above
46. Liberalism stands for:
Social liberty
Political liberty
Economic liberty
All the above
47. Who defined liberalism as The theory and practice of individual liberty judicial defence and constitutional state ?
J.S. Mill
Laski
Sartori
MacIver
48. The term Liberalism originated from that world Tiber taken from:
Greek language
French language
Latin language
Spanish language
49. According to the Liberals the state should promote the welfare of:
Ruling classes
The upper classes
The bourgeoisie classes
All the sections of society
50. The liberal theory regards the state:
As an end in itself
As a means to an end
As an instrument of exploitation
As an instrument for levelling of inequalities
51. Who said Liberalism is a passion for liberty ?
Bentham
J.S. Mill
Barker
Laski
52. The modern individualism arose as a reaction against:
Extreme collectivism
Fascism
Misuse of individual
freedom
53. Who of the following is the most important exponent of modern individualism?
J.S. Mill
Herbert Spencer
Adam Smith
Graham Wallas
54. Who of the following is regarded as the father of liberal political philosophy?
John Locke
Hobbes
Laski
None of the above
55. Who said Liberalism is the expression less of trend them of a temperament. It implies a passion for liberty and that the passion may be compelling. It requires a power to be tolerant even sceptical about opinions and tendencies you hold to be dangerous which is one of the rarest human qualities.
Lord Bryce
Thomas Paine
Horold Laski
Marx Webber
56. The Liberal philosophy found its best exposition in:
The American Declaration of Independence 1776
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789
The Indian Independence Act 1947
Both (a) and (b)
57. The Liberalism which flourished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is also known as:
Early Liberalism
Primitive Liberalism
Classical Liberalism
All the above three
58. Which one of the following Liberal thinkers advocated the principle of greatest good of the greatest number ?
J.S. Mill
Bentham
Laski
Green
59. Which one of the following expounded the philosophy of positive liberalism ?
Harold J.Laski
J.M. Robertson
J.A. Hobson
All the above
60. Who defined Liberalism as the theory and practice of individual liberty judicial defence and the constitutional state ?
Hacker
Laski
Sartori
T.H.Green
61. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a feature of positive liberalism?
It stands for freedom through the state
It looks upon the state as an instrument for the development of human personality
It holds that the state is capable of performing social welfare functions
None of the above
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