Political Science Mcqs
According to the Matriarchal theory the head of the family was: ___________?

A. The eldest male member
B. The eldest female member
C. Nominated by the king
D. Nominated by the chief priest

The Social Contract theory deals with:__________?

A. The nature of state
B. The tunctions of state
C. The purpose of state
D. The origin of state

The three most prominent exponents of Social Contract theory were:__________?

A. Austin, bodin and hobbes
B. Hobbes, locke and rousseau
C. Maciver, laski and rousseau
D. J.s. mill, adam smith and hobbes

The Social Contract theory holds ______________?

A. MAN is a social animal and cannot live outside the society
B. State is the result of slow process of evolution
C. State was created through a contract concluded in the sixteenth century
D. State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

The Social Contract theory is based on: _____________?

A. Nationalism
B. Constitutionalism
C. Individualism
D. Socialism

All the Social Contractualists talk of State of Nature, which means: _____________?

A. The role played by the nature in the creation of state
B. The conditions existing prior to the creation of the state
C. A study of the various stages of the development of state
D. A study of the nature of state

The book in which Hobbes gave theory of Social Contract is entitled:

A. Leviathan
B. Social contract theory
C. A history of political theory
D. The modern state

According to Hobbes the state of Nature was a period of:___________?

A. Peace and plenty
B. Constant warfare
C. Peace and scarcity
D. Religious dominance

According to Hobbes people in the state of nature enjoyed: _____________?

A. Only the right to life, liberty and property
B. No rights
C. Only economic rights
D. Unspecified natural rights

Hobbes holds that under the contract which resulted in the creation of state:

A. People surrendered all their rights to the sovereign unconditionally
B. People surrendered their rights subject to certain conditions
C. Surrendered only their rights to property and religion
D. People refused to surrender their rights