Western Political Thoughts Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the life span of Jeremy Bentham?
A. 1673-1745
B. 1740-1807
C. 1773-1840
D. 1748-1832
Answer: D. 1748-1832
2. James Mill was the staunch advocate of a legitimate form of government through
A. Liberal Democracy
B. Classical liberal principles
C. Participative democracy
D. Parliamentary democracy
Answer: C. Participative democracy
3. When did Adam Smith publish his famous book “Wealth of Nations”?
A. 1774
B. 1775
C. 1776
D. 1777
Answer: C. 1776
4. Jeremy Bentham was the founder of new liberal doctrine, now known as?
A. Utilitarianism
B. Naturalism
C. Classicism
D. Romanticism
Answer: C. Classicism
5. Utilitarian Political thoughts were developed by
A. James Mills
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. Edmund Burke
D. de Maître
Answer: A. James Mills
6. “An introduction to the Principles of Moral and Legislation” was the book published in 1789, written by
A. Rousseau
B. James Mills
C. Jeremy Bentham
D. None of them
Answer: B. James Mills
7. Adam Smith’s life span was
A. 1720-1787
B. 1723-1790
C. 1719-1786
D. 1724-1789
Answer: B. 1723-1790
8. Herbert Spencer was the British thinker who evaluated
A. Neoliberalism
B. Classical Liberalism
C. Humanism
D. Post Modernism
Answer: B. Classical Liberalism
9. Herbert Spencer philosophy is known as
A. Darwinian Natural Selection
B. Darwinian Naturalism
C. Darwinian Selection
D. Social Darwinianism
Answer: D. Social Darwinianism
10. Alexis de Tocqueville was a
A. British Liberal Philosopher
B. French Liberal Philosopher
C. British Aristocrat
D. French Aristocrat
Answer: D. French Aristocrat
11. “Democracy in America” was written by Tocqueville in
A. 1831
B. 1833
C. 1835
D. 1837
Answer: B. 1833
12. Alexis de Tocqueville was born in
A. 1802
B. 1803
C. 1804
D. 1805
Answer: C. 1804
13. Famous liberal theorist J.S. Mill was a
A. Utilitarian
B. Moderate Economist
C. Theorist
D. None of these
Answer: A. Utilitarian
14. Study of Romantic Poetry reminded J.S. Mill that utilitarian philosopher was lacking in
A. Moral terms
B. Economic terms
C. Human terms
D. Social terms
Answer: C. Human terms
15. J.S. Mills is best known for his essay
A. On Liberty
B. Utilitarianism
C. The Principles
D. Progress
Answer: A. On Liberty
16. Who has coined the term “Intellectual Elites”?
A. James Mill
B. J.S. Mill
C. David Hume
D. None of these
Answer: B. J.S. Mill
17. Famous British thinker T.H. Green was an
A. An economist
B. An academician
C. A political activist
D. An intellectual
Answer: B. An academician
18. T.H. Green and his followers laid the foundations of
A. Modern Democracy
B. Modern Philosophy
C. Modern Liberalism
D. Neoconservatism
Answer: C. Modern Liberalism
19. “Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligations” was the work written by
A. Hegel
B. David Hume
C. T.H. Green
D. James Mill
Answer: C. T.H. Green
20. Karl Marx was born to a middle-class family in Prussia in
A. 1817
B. 1818
C. 1819
D. 1820
Answer: B. 1818
21. When Marx moved to Paris in 1834, it was the Centre of ?
A. Socialist Movement
B. Socialist Republic
C. Socialist Circle
D. Social Democracy
Answer: A. Socialist Movement
22. When Marx was forced to leave Paris because of his radical views in
A. 1845
B. 1841
C. 1843
D. 1850
Answer: A. 1845
23. Marx produced his economic work “Das Capital” in 1894 when its Volume-1 published. Volume II and III were brought out by
A. Hegel
B. Angeles
C. Marx and Angeles
D. Marx
Answer: B. Angeles
24. Marx and Angeles co-authored “The German Ideology” in the year
A. 1846
B. 1840
C. 1860
D. 1855
Answer: A. 1846
25. “The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts” were written by Marx in the year
A. 1844
B. 1843
C. 1850
D. 1851
Answer: A. 1844
26. The period from John Locke to the beginning of the 19th Century is called
A. Age of Discovery
B. Renaissance
C. Enlightenment
D. Romanticism
Answer: C. Enlightenment
27. The period before Alexander the Great’s death in 323 B.C to the middle of the 2nd Century B.C. is called
A. Classical
B. Hellenic
C. Neoclassical
D. Dark Ages
Answer: C. Neoclassical
28. The form of government based upon an extensive franchise and protection of basic rights and liberties is called
A. Nominalism
B. Linguistics
C. Ethnicity
D. Nationalism
Answer: A. Nominalism
29. Who is considered to be the recent modern political thinker out of these four philosophers?
A. Plato
B. David Hume
C. Hobbes
D. J.S. Mill
Answer: B. David Hume
30. Hume’s utilitarianism was directed against the whole natural law tradition of
A. Political Discourse
B. Social Discourse
C. Economic Discourse
D. Ethical Discourse
Answer: D. Ethical Discourse
31. The theory asserting that truth is a function of language is called
A. Nominalism
B. Linguistics
C. Ethnicity
D. Nationalism
Answer: A. Nominalism
32. Machiavelli rejected the whole classical heritage at a deeper
A. Meta Physical level
B. Epistemological level
C. Metaphysical and empirical levels
D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels
Answer: D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels
33. Machiavelli rejected the whole classical heritage at a deeper
A. Meta Physical level
B. Epistemological level
C. Metaphysical and empirical levels
D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels
Answer: D. Metaphysical and Epistemological levels