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1. Modern liberalism has tried to struck a balance between the interests of:
States of the world themselves
Parliamentary and Presidential system
Individual and Society
Unitary and Federal System

2. Who of the following is not closely associated with liberalism?
Laski
Karl Marx
MacIver
Bentham

3. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism?
It stands for individual liberty
It has no faith in human reasoning
It supports human freedom
It stands for constitutional government

4. Liberalism as a philosophy developed in:
18th century
19th century
20th century
Did not develop and remains vague

5. Which one of the following is not true about Hallowell s ideas about liberalism?
There is nothing like spiritual equality of individual
There should be freedom of individual will
Natural rights were injoyed by the people
State should be created to safeguard natural rights

6. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism?
It has helped in development of democratic idea
It discouraged feudal order
It discouraed orthodoxy and conservatism
It laid stress on the development if human personality

7. Who of the following is not associated with liberalism?
J.S. Mill
T.H. Green
Schumpeter
Sorel

8. Which of the following is not true about Hallowell s ideas about liberalism?
Law should be above administrative order
Individual should be independent in political sphere
Individual s independence in social fields should be checked
Individual can revolt against state

9. Negative aspect of liberalism developed during:
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century

10. Who of the following has defined liberalism by saying Liberalism as a political creed is a compound of two separate elements? One of these is democracy and the other individualism .
MacGovern
Sartori
Laski
Karl Marx

11. Which one of the following is not main feature of liberalism?
It is opposed to blind faith
Development of human personality is state aim
Man is means and state is an end in itself
State is artificial and not natural institution

12. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism?
It has faith in world peace
It has faith in the philosophy of live and let live
It has faith in constitutional Government
It has no faith in pluralistic society

13. Which one of the following does not hold good in the case of liberalism?
It champions the cause of constitutional government
It has faith in secularism
It supports constitutional government
It supports concentration of powers

14. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism?
It is not antonym of conservatism
It is not individualism
It is not one with democracy
It is not one with capitalism

15. Who of the following has said Liberalism is the expression less of a trend than of a temperament ?
Laski
Montesquieu
Thomas Paine
Rousseau

16. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism:
It is opposed to artificial pressures on freedom
It stands for free trade these days
It wants limited state activities
It favours separation of powers

17. Liberalism originated from word liberalis which belongs to language:
English
German
Roman
Latin

18. In 16th century liberalism arose as a reaction against certain factors. Which one of these was not responsible for it?
Feudalism
Church
Absolutism of the king
Deteriorating social system

19. Who of the following is often described as the father of liberal political philosophy?
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
Thomas Paine

20. Which one of the following is not true about Locke s political views?
He supported constitutional government
He wanted limitations on state sovereignty
He wanted limited rights for the individuals
He considered individual prior to state

21. Which one was not a feature of 17th century liberalism?
It laid stress on dignity of individual
It emphasised on rationality
It believed that freedom was absence of restraints
It cared least for capitalists and maximum for the welfare of common man

22. Which one of the following is not an essential element of liberalism namely advocacy of?
Rights of the individual
Free trade
The ideal of the secular state
A stateless society

23. Positive liberalism developed by the end of:
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century

24. Positive liberalism became necessary because of the:
Liberal philosophy of free trade
Improved conditions of the workers
Improved conditions of the workers
Change in the approach of capitalists towards workers

25. Which one of the following is incorrect about liberalism?
It advocates individual liberty
It stands for equality among citizens
It is champion of democracy
It wants abolition of private property

26. Who of the following has said liberalism is the theory and practice of an individual liberty political
MacGovern
Schumpeter
Sartori
None of the above

27. Who of the following is not associated with the limiting of the functions of the state on economic basis?
Adam Smith
Bentham
J.S. Mill
Marx

28. As a liberal Bentham did not stand for one of the following pick that up:
He wanted the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people
He stood for legal reforms
He wanted status quo in educational system
He wanted changes in the electoral system

29. Who of the following is not an advocate of liberal philosophy?
T.H. Green
J.S. Mill
Bentham
Karl Marx

30. Which one of the following is not a valid criticism against liberal philosophy?
It is a fluid philosophy
Its thinkers have divergent views
It is essentially a capitalist philosopy
It is basically philosophy of working classes

31. Which one of the following is not a feature of positive liberalism?
The state is a necessary evil
The state is instrument of general welfare
The functions of the state need not be curtailed
The state is a moral institution

32. Which one of the following are correct views of positive liberals about state?
It can promote intellectual faculties
It should participate in economic activities
It should promote general welfare
It should protect private property at all costs

33. Liberalism is not a principle it is:
Viewpoint
Philosophy
Normal instruction
An opinion of certain thinkers

34. According to John Dewey contemporary liberalism is:
An attitude towards certain things alone
Solid programme of action
Partly an attitude and partly a programme
Both an attitude and programme

35. Which one of the following is not true about contemporary liberalism?
It was reaction against totalitarian
It has given more importance to individual and less to social groups
It has laid more stress on social group than an individual
State is little more than federation of groups

36. As a liberal which one of the following is not true about John Locke?
He protected individual on the basis of natural rights
He believed that state should uphold natural rights
The individual can revolt against state if natural rights are not protected
The state is natural and not an artificial institution

37. Who of the following is not associated with the defence of liberal ism on ethical grounds?
J.S. Mill
Kant
T.H. Green
Rousseau

38. Which one of the following is not true about liberalism on the basis of ethical values?
Man can develop when state interferes least
Man can develop when state interferes the most
Functions of the state should be minimised
None of the above

39. Who of the following is not associated with the defence of liberalism on economic basis?
Laski
Adam smith
Bentham
J.S. Mill

40. Who of the following has tried to defend liberalism on the biological basis?
John Locke
Kant
Adam Smith
Herbert Spencer

41. Individualists believe that state:
Should be given more powers
Should be immediately dissolved
Is an evil
Is necessary evil

42. Individualists believe that the individual:
Cannot decide about his own welfare
Collective welfare is better than individual welfare
Is the best judge to decide about his own welfare
Needs leaders for deciding his welfare

43. According to individualists the main duty of the state is to:
Protect and restrain
Foster and develop
Increasingly interfere in normal life of the individuals
Control over every aspect of human life

44. Individualism has been supported on ethical grounds by:
Kant
Adam Smith
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx

45. Individualist theory is supported on the plea that:
It will remove artificial berriers in trade
It will create artificical barriers in trade
It will encourage individual s interests in trade
It will help possession of wealth be each individual

46. Individualist theory about functions of the state is criticised because it is felt that:
These people believe that the state must be abolished
State is necessary for human development
State should be given maximum functions
State is a necessary evil

47. Individualist theory has been refuted because:
Experience has proved that it is wrong
It has unnecessarily enhanced the prestige of the society
It is opposed to the system of laissez faire
It considers that the state is essential development.

48. The name of Graham Wallas is associated with:
Fabianism
Guild socialism
Socialism
Individualism

49. According to new Individualism state is:
Above all associations
March of God on earth
Association of associations
One of the associations

50. According the New Individualists state:
It the only possession of sovereignth
Can enforce its will on reluctant associations C.
Does not possess
Shares its sovereignty with other associations

51. Modern individualists believe that:
Means of production should remain in the hands of private enterprises
Means of production should remain in the hands of public enterprises
Public enterprises should be given more functions
Private enterprises should be given less functions

52. Modern Individualists:
Are in favour of concentration of authority in the hands of the state
Wich the state to perform more and more functions
Stand for decentralisation of authority
Are in favour of abolition of state

53. Modern Individualists: A. B. C. D.
Feel that present system of majority party rule is ideal
Feel majority party rule has failed
Are of the view that minority should govern the nation
Feel full power should be in the hands of bureaucrats

54. Graham Wallas the chief exponent of New Individualism believes that the Upper Houses should be constituted on:
Territorial basis
Nomination basis
Hereditary basis
Vocational basis

55. The main difference between the Individualists and New Individualists is that as against Individualists New Individualists lay stress on:
Group
Rights to producers
Rights of consumers
None of these

56. Liberalism is philosophy which:
Pleads for freedom of press
Plead for freedom from every form of social control except law
Pleads for freedom from all controls including law
Pleads for non-interference in the economic sphere

57. The Liberalism can be traced back to:
Early Greek thinkers
French Revolution
Glorious Revolution of 1688
American War of Independence

58. Liberalism became a definite theory or philosophy only in:
The seventeenth century
The eighteenth century
The nineteenth century
The present century

59. Liberalism as a philosophy flourished maximum in:
England
France
Germany
U.S.A.

60. Liberalism flourished in England because:
It had a strong middle class
It was an industrially advanced country
It had a monarchical system of government
It had an unwritten constitution

61. The chief exponent of Liberalism in England was:
Hobbes
Locke
Bentham
Hegel

62. In the political shpere liberalism pleaded for:
Compulsory education
Freedom of thought and expression
State control of the means of production and distribution
Right to property