Political Science
Political Science MCQs with Answers and Explanations
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Gramsci’s concept of ‘Hegemony’ refers to the ruling class maintaining power through:
ADirect military dictatorship
BEconomic sanctions exclusively
CCultural and ideological leadership rather than physical force alone
DInternational treaties
Fascism as a political ideology originated in Italy under the leadership of:
AAdolf Hitler
BFrancisco Franco
CJoseph Stalin
DBenito Mussolini
Anarchism as a political philosophy advocates for:
AAbolition of all coercive government structures and the state
BA powerful centralized state
CRule by military junta
DA constitutional monarchy
The concept of ‘Bureaucracy’ and its ideal characteristics was systematically analyzed by:
AKarl Marx
BMax Weber
CWoodrow Wilson
DHerbert Simon
The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined in a political context by:
AWinston Churchill
BFranklin D. Roosevelt
CBernard Baruch and popularized by Walter Lippmann
DHarry S. Truman
Winston Churchill famously coined which term in 1946 to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe?
ABerlin Wall
BTruman Doctrine
CContainment Line
DIron Curtain
The Truman Doctrine announced in 1947 was a US foreign policy strategy aimed at:
AContaining the global expansion of Soviet Communism
BPromoting free trade in East Asia
CEstablishing European currency union
DRebuilding post-war Japan
The Marshall Plan (1948) was an American initiative designed to:
AEstablish military bases in the Middle East
BProvide economic aid to rebuild Western European economies post-WWII
CFinance space exploration
DForm the United Nations Security Council
The policy of ‘Containment’ against Soviet expansion was originally articulated by US diplomat:
AHenry Kissinger
BZbigniew Brzezinski
CGeorge F. Kennan
DJohn Foster Dulles
The non-aligned movement (NAM) was formally established at the Belgrade Summit in:
A1955
B1948
C1973
D1961