BA Third Year (Sem 5 & 6) Political Science – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)

📅 26 October 2026 · 10 questions · based on the Maharashtra university syllabus

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1. In Plato's ideal state described in 'The Republic', who should rule?

   Chapter 1: Plato

   • ASoldiers (auxiliaries)
   • BPhilosopher-kings
   • CWealthy merchants
   • DElected representatives
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   Answer: B. Philosopher-kings
   Plato held that only those with true knowledge of the Good, the philosopher-kings, are fit to rule.

2. Who said that 'man is by nature a political animal'?

   Chapter 2: Aristotle

   • APlato
   • BThomas Hobbes
   • CAristotle
   • DMachiavelli
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   Answer: C. Aristotle
   In 'Politics', Aristotle argued that man can fully develop only by living in the polis (state).

3. Which book, giving practical advice to rulers on gaining and keeping power, was written by Machiavelli?

   Chapter 3: Machiavelli

   • AThe Prince
   • BLeviathan
   • CTwo Treatises of Government
   • DThe Social Contract
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   Answer: A. The Prince
   Machiavelli's 'The Prince' separates politics from religion and morality and advises rulers realistically.

4. The concept of the 'General Will' is associated with which social contract thinker?

   Chapter 4: Social Contract Theory: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau

   • AThomas Hobbes
   • BJohn Locke
   • CJeremy Bentham
   • DJean-Jacques Rousseau
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   Answer: D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
   Rousseau said sovereignty lies in the General Will, the will aimed at the common good of all.

5. Which principle is the core of Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism?

   Chapter 5: Jeremy Bentham

   • ASurvival of the fittest
   • BGreatest happiness of the greatest number
   • CLiberty, equality and fraternity
   • DFrom each according to his ability
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   Answer: B. Greatest happiness of the greatest number
   Bentham judged every law and action by whether it produces the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

6. With whom did Karl Marx write 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848)?

   Chapter 10: Karl Marx

   • AG. W. F. Hegel
   • BV. I. Lenin
   • CFriedrich Engels
   • DPierre-Joseph Proudhon
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   Answer: C. Friedrich Engels
   Marx and Friedrich Engels jointly wrote 'The Communist Manifesto' in 1848.

7. According to Kautilya's Saptanga theory, how many elements (prakritis) make up the state?

   Chapter 11: Kautilya

   • A4
   • B5
   • C7
   • D9
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   Answer: C. 7
   Kautilya named seven elements: Swami, Amatya, Janapada, Durga, Kosha, Danda and Mitra.

8. Which of these books was written by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule?

   Chapter 12: Mahatma Jyotirao Phule

   • AHind Swaraj
   • BAnnihilation of Caste
   • CThe Discovery of India
   • DGulamgiri
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   Answer: D. Gulamgiri
   Phule wrote 'Gulamgiri' (1873), attacking caste-based slavery and priestly domination.

9. Gandhi's idea of 'Sarvodaya' (welfare of all) was inspired mainly by which book?

   Chapter 13: Mahatma Gandhi

   • AJohn Ruskin's 'Unto This Last'
   • BLeo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'
   • CKarl Marx's 'Das Kapital'
   • DPlato's 'The Republic'
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   Answer: A. John Ruskin's 'Unto This Last'
   Gandhi paraphrased Ruskin's 'Unto This Last' in Gujarati under the title 'Sarvodaya'.

10. How many permanent members with veto power does the UN Security Council have?

    Chapter 16: International Relations and the United Nations

    • A3
    • B5
    • C10
    • D15
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    Answer: B. 5
    The Security Council has 15 members: 5 permanent members with veto (USA, UK, France, Russia, China) and 10 non-permanent.

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