M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
Political Science (Paper
POLITICAL THEORY
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentences:
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Contemporary liberal political theory believes in
Concept of revolution
Concept of incremental change
Believes in status Quo
Concept of dynamic change
The first exponent of political liberalism is
Locke
Hobbes
Bentham
Mill
"Leninism is the update version of Marxism as applied to the conditions of Russia" said?
Laski
Stalin
Cole
Barker
The most important function of the welfare state is the creation of conditions which ensure
Fair elections
Liberty
Social justice
Freedom of expression
According to Marxist
State is a welfare institution
State is a class structure
State is an instrument of emancipation
State is a positive good
The Marxists wants to do away with capitalist state by
Educating the people about the evils of the capitalist state
Securing majority in elections
Constant discussion and persuasion
Violent revolution
Essential functions of the state these days is
Maintenance of law and order
Collection of maximus revenues
Punishing of the criminals
To maintain good transport system
Aristotle believed that state originated as result of
Social contract
Force
Expansion of families
Handiwork of God
According to exponents of force theory
There was no relation between the church and the states
Church was inferior to state
Church was superior to state
None of these
10) In the Greek City State the government was
Little concerned with the life of the people
It did not try to establish moral values of the people
It touched every aspect of human life
It was different to the needs of the people
11) The evolutionary theory of state holds that
That state was created during the early periods of human history
State was created by revolution
State was created in the fourteenth century
State is the result of slow process of growth
12) Authority always flow from
Superior to subordinate
Subordinate to superior
Both "A" and "B"
None of the above
13) According to political theory is dead.
Harold Lasswell
David Easton
P. Lasslett
Runciman
14) In the modern political system, authority is legitimized through
Consecration
Conquest
Election
Legitimization of religion
Q.2
Answer in brief. (Any seven)
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Give the meaning of classless and stateless society.
Define pluralism
Give the meaning of Dictatorship of the proletariat.
Give the meaning of alienation.
Define the term political Hegemony.
Nature of legitimacy.
Explain the term surplus value.
Give four significance of Political theory.
Give four limitations of classical Political Theory.
Give the meaning of Political obligation.
Q.3
Write short notes. (Any Two)
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Resurgence of Political theory
State's theory of neo-Marxism
Modernization
Theory of overloaded state
Q.4
Write answer in details any one of the following:
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Explain Marxism Historical materialism.
OR
Critically examine theory of welfare State.
Q.5
Answer the following in details:
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Write essay on liberal theory of State.