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Political Thinkers – 50 Objective Questions
Niccolò Machiavelli was a political thinker from:
a) France
b) Italy (b)
c) England
d) Germany
Machiavelli is known for which book?
a) The Republic
b) The Prince (b)
c) Leviathan
d) Politics
Which principle is Machiavelli famous for?
a) Idealism
b) Realism (b)
c) Democracy
d) Socialism
Thomas Hobbes wrote:
a) The Prince
b) Leviathan (b)
c) Two Treatises of Government
d) Democracy in America
According to Hobbes, the natural state of humans is:
a) Peace
b) War (b)
c) Freedom
d) Justice
Hobbes believed in:
a) Divine Right of Kings
b) Absolute Monarchy (b)
c) Democracy
d) Federalism
John Locke is known as:
a) Father of Modern Liberalism (a)
b) Father of Socialism
c) Father of Marxism
d) Father of Realism
Locke wrote:
a) Leviathan
b) Two Treatises of Government (b)
c) The Republic
d) The Social Contract
According to Locke, government exists to:
a) Control people
b) Protect life, liberty, property (b)
c) Collect taxes only
d) Wage war
Rousseau wrote:
, a) The Prince
b) The Social Contract (b)
c) Leviathan
d) Democracy in America
Rousseau believed in:
a) Monarchy
b) General Will (b)
c) Dictatorship
d) Absolutism
Montesquieu is famous for:
a) Separation of Powers (a)
b) General Will
c) Social Contract
d) Absolute Monarchy
Montesquieu wrote:
a) The Spirit of Laws (a)
b) Leviathan
c) The Prince
d) Democracy in America
Karl Marx was a:
a) Liberal Thinker
b) Socialist Thinker (b)
c) Conservative Thinker
d) Realist Thinker
Marx wrote:
a) The Communist Manifesto (a)
b) Leviathan
c) Two Treatises of Government
d) The Prince
According to Marx, history is a history of:
a) Peaceful evolution
b) Class struggle (b)
c) Religion
d) Monarchy
Mahatma Gandhi’s political thought is based on:
a) Non-violence (a)
b) Force
c) Absolute Monarchy
d) Social Contract
Gandhi believed in:
a) Swaraj (a)
b) Dictatorship
c) Monarchy
d) Marxism
Plato was a student of:
a) Aristotle
b) Socrates (b)
c) Hobbes
Political Thinkers – 50 Objective Questions
Niccolò Machiavelli was a political thinker from:
a) France
b) Italy (b)
c) England
d) Germany
Machiavelli is known for which book?
a) The Republic
b) The Prince (b)
c) Leviathan
d) Politics
Which principle is Machiavelli famous for?
a) Idealism
b) Realism (b)
c) Democracy
d) Socialism
Thomas Hobbes wrote:
a) The Prince
b) Leviathan (b)
c) Two Treatises of Government
d) Democracy in America
According to Hobbes, the natural state of humans is:
a) Peace
b) War (b)
c) Freedom
d) Justice
Hobbes believed in:
a) Divine Right of Kings
b) Absolute Monarchy (b)
c) Democracy
d) Federalism
John Locke is known as:
a) Father of Modern Liberalism (a)
b) Father of Socialism
c) Father of Marxism
d) Father of Realism
Locke wrote:
a) Leviathan
b) Two Treatises of Government (b)
c) The Republic
d) The Social Contract
According to Locke, government exists to:
a) Control people
b) Protect life, liberty, property (b)
c) Collect taxes only
d) Wage war
Rousseau wrote:
, a) The Prince
b) The Social Contract (b)
c) Leviathan
d) Democracy in America
Rousseau believed in:
a) Monarchy
b) General Will (b)
c) Dictatorship
d) Absolutism
Montesquieu is famous for:
a) Separation of Powers (a)
b) General Will
c) Social Contract
d) Absolute Monarchy
Montesquieu wrote:
a) The Spirit of Laws (a)
b) Leviathan
c) The Prince
d) Democracy in America
Karl Marx was a:
a) Liberal Thinker
b) Socialist Thinker (b)
c) Conservative Thinker
d) Realist Thinker
Marx wrote:
a) The Communist Manifesto (a)
b) Leviathan
c) Two Treatises of Government
d) The Prince
According to Marx, history is a history of:
a) Peaceful evolution
b) Class struggle (b)
c) Religion
d) Monarchy
Mahatma Gandhi’s political thought is based on:
a) Non-violence (a)
b) Force
c) Absolute Monarchy
d) Social Contract
Gandhi believed in:
a) Swaraj (a)
b) Dictatorship
c) Monarchy
d) Marxism
Plato was a student of:
a) Aristotle
b) Socrates (b)
c) Hobbes
