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241Political ScienceMedium

Which one of the following statements is correct about socialism?

AIt favours establishment of private enterprises

BIt wants to establish just and equitable society

CIt gives more importance to individual

DI leads to concentratior of wealth

Correct answer

B. It wants to establish just and equitable society

Explanation

The correct answer is It wants to establish just and equitable society.

242Political ScienceMedium

Who said that man’s life in the state of nature was ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’?

AKarl Marx

BLocke

CHobbes

DRousseau

Correct answer

C. Hobbes

Explanation

The correct answer is Hobbes.

243Political ScienceMedium

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on:________?

AGeneva, Switzerland

BErmenonville, France

CNone of these

DLondon, Britain

Correct answer

A. Geneva, Switzerland

Explanation

The correct answer is Geneva, Switzerland.

244Political ScienceMedium

What was the name of the school that Aristotle established in a grove sacred to Apollo?

AGymnasium

BAlcemium

CAcademy

DLyceum

Correct answer

D. Lyceum

Explanation

The correct answer is Lyceum.

245Political ScienceMedium

Specially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:

AAristocratic Problem

BPlatoic Problem

CSocratic Problem

DSoitic Problem

Correct answer

C. Socratic Problem

Explanation

The correct answer is Socratic Problem.

246Political ScienceMedium

The Mount batten or Partition Plan was accepted on: ________?

ANone of these

BJune 3,1947

CMay 16,1946

DAugust 8,1942

Correct answer

B. June 3,1947

Explanation

The correct answer is June 3,1947.

247Political ScienceMedium

The first written constitution of France was framed in:________?

A1789

B1798

C1788

D1790

Correct answer

A. 1789

Explanation

The correct answer is 1789.

248Political ScienceMedium

Who of the following scholars, is associated with the Theory of Natural Rights?

ABentham

BGreen

CLocke

DKarl Marx

Correct answer

C. Locke

Explanation

The correct answer is Locke.

249Political ScienceMedium

Who introduced perestroika?

ALenin

BStalin

CNone of them

DMikhail Gorbachev

Correct answer

D. Mikhail Gorbachev

Explanation

The correct answer is Mikhail Gorbachev.

250Political ScienceMedium

In U.S.A. The form of government is: ________?

ADictatorship

BLimited monarchy

CPresidential

DParliamentary

EAbsolute monarchy

Correct answer

C. Presidential

Explanation

The correct answer is Presidential.

Which one of the following statements is correct about socialism?

AIt favours establishment of private enterprises

BIt wants to establish just and equitable society

CIt gives more importance to individual

DI leads to concentratior of wealth

Correct answer

B. It wants to establish just and equitable society

Explanation

The correct answer is It wants to establish just and equitable society.