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Political Science MCQs with Answers and Explanations
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The single currency ‘Euro’ was officially introduced for financial transactions on January 1 of which year?
A1999
B1995
C2002
D1992
The concept of ‘Political Culture’ was systematically operationalized by Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba into three types:
ADemocratic, Totalitarian, and Authoritarian
BParochial, Subject, and Participant Culture
CCapitalist, Socialist, and Mixed
DElite, Mass, and Middle-class
Which political theorist is famous for formulating the concept of ‘Negative Freedom’ as non-interference?
AJean-Jacques Rousseau
BKarl Marx
CIsaiah Berlin
DThomas Hill Green
The idea that ‘War is the continuation of politics by other means’ was stated by the military theorist:
ASun Tzu
BAntoine-Henri Jomini
CNiccolò Machiavelli
DCarl von Clausewitz
The ‘Democratic Peace Theory’ asserts that:
ADemocratic states rarely, if ever, go to war with one another
BDemocratic states never participate in international conflicts
CDemocracies possess smaller military budgets
DDemocracies do not build nuclear weapons
Immanuel Kant’s 1795 essay that laid the philosophical groundwork for Democratic Peace Theory is titled:
ACritique of Pure Reason
BPerpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch
CMetaphysics of Morals
DIdea for a Universal History
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ thesis was originally published as an article in 1993 in which journal?
AWorld Politics
BInternational Security
CForeign Affairs
DThe National Interest
The concept of ‘Security Dilemma’ in International Relations was introduced by:
AKenneth Waltz
BHans Morgenthau
CRobert Jervis
DJohn Herz
The book ‘The Twenty Years’ Crisis (1919-1939)’ was written by which foundational Classical Realist scholar?
AE.H. Carr
BHans Morgenthau
CReinhold Niebuhr
DGeorge Kennan
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on:
AOctober 24, 1945
BDecember 10, 1948
CJune 26, 1945
DJanuary 1, 1950