Political Science
Political Science MCQs with Answers and Explanations
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Which international body acts as the principal tribunal for prosecuting individuals for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?
AInternational Court of Justice (ICJ)
BInternational Criminal Court (ICC)
CUN Security Council
DEuropean Court of Human Rights
Pakistan signed the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) pact in 1954 and CENTO in 1955 primarily to:
APromote communist revolution in South Asia
BEstablish a joint market with Middle Eastern nations
CBolster defense against regional threats and secure Western economic/military aid
DAbolish its armed forces
The ‘Exclusivity of Diplomatic Premises’ and immunity of diplomatic envoys is governed globally by the:
AGeneva Conventions (1949)
BTreaty of Versailles (1919)
CKyoto Protocol (1997)
DVienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)
A political system where the head of state is a monarch but executive power is exercised by an elected Prime Minister is a:
AAbsolute Monarchy
BConstitutional Monarchy
COligarchy
DFederal Republic
In Political Science, ‘Pluralism’ posits that political power in a democracy is:
AConcentrated entirely in a tiny ruling elite
BControlled exclusively by military leaders
CDistributed among diverse competing interest groups
DHeld solely by the head of state
The ‘Elite Theory’ of politics, asserting that all societies are ruled by a small minority, was advanced by Pareto, Mosca, and:
AMax Weber
BHarold Laski
CDavid Easton
DRobert Michels
David Easton is famous for introducing which framework to Political Science?
ASystems Analysis (Input-Output Model)
BStructural Functionalism
CBehavioral Constructivism
DDialectical Materialism
Structural-Functional Analysis in comparative politics was notably developed by:
AKarl Marx
BGabriel Almond and James Coleman
CSamuel Huntington
DHannah Arendt
Which political theorist formulated the ‘Iron Law of Oligarchy’?
AVilfredo Pareto
BGaetano Mosca
CRobert Michels
DC. Wright Mills
The concept of ‘Polyarchy’ to describe real-world functioning democracies was introduced by:
ASeymour Martin Lipset
BGiovanni Sartori
CArend Lijphart
DRobert Dahl