Deck 10: Concepts of Justice and Democracy

Question 1

In Rawls' principles of justice, equal opportunity was preceded over by

A)basic equal liberties
B)basic rights
C)equal benefits
D)none of the above

Answer 1

basic equal liberties

Question 2

The Idea of Justice was written by

A)Popper
B)Harrier
C)Amartya Sen
D)Nehru

Answer 2

Amartya Sen

Question 3

Democracy is derived from Greek words, 'demos' and

A)Cracy
B)Kratos
C)Korinth
D)Krates

Answer 3

Kratos

Question 4

In popular democracy, the ultimate authority rests with the

A)people
B)council of minister
C)legislature
D)court

Question 5

Who defined democracy as, "Government of the people, by the people, for the people"?

A)Thomas Jefferson
B)Gandhi
C)John Adams
D)Abraham Lincoln

Question 6

The method of direct democracy is based on

A)selective franchise
B)universal adult franchise
C)initiative
D)referendum

Question 7

Direct democracy still prevails in

A)Russia
B)USA
C)Switzerland
D)China

Question 8

Which was the first country in which all women had the right to vote?

A)Australia
B)India
C)New Zealand
D)Switzerland

Question 9

In 2011, who became the most recent country to grant women's suffrage

A)Saudi Arabia
B)UAE
C)North Korea
D)Cuba

Question 10

Vilfredo Pareto discussed the elitist theory of democracy in his book

A)The Ruling Class
B)The Mind and Society
C)Political Parties
D)Politics

Question 11

Who wrote the book, The Ruling Class to explain elitist theory of democracy?

A)Mosca
B)Michaels
C)Whitehall
D)Signur

Question 12

Robert Michels in his book Political Parties developed

A)Iron law of oligarchy
B)Supremacy of Elite
C)Class divisions
D)Game Theory

Question 13

The book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy was written by

A)Jackson
B)Karl Mannheim
C)Joseph Schumpeter
D)Anthony Downs

Question 14

Which of the following is the characteristic of elite theory of democracy?

A)proletariat revolution
B)the majority rule over the minority
C)the minority are suppressed by the majority class
D)the minor dominant class ruled over the majority mass

Question 15

According to elitist theory, the role of people is to choose their rulers from

A)competing elites
B)the mass
C)the aristocrats
D)the working class

Question 16

For the Marxist, the elite theory is the justification and defendant of the capitalism under

A)consociational democracy
B)social democracy
C)distributive democracy
D)liberal democracy

Question 17

Pluralist theory of democracy believes in

A)monarchical rule in a given society
B)political system controlled by single authority
C)political system where there is more than one centre of power
D)promotion of communism for the mass majority

Question 18

"Who Governs? Power and Democracy in an American City", the study published in 1961 was associated with

A)Robert Dalh
B)Irving
C)Macpherson
D)None of the above

Question 19

Rethinking Democracy was written by

A)Rajeev Bhargava
B)Atul Kohli
C)C.P. Brambri
D)Rajni Kothari

Question 20

Identities and Rights: Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India was written by

A)Gurpreet Mahajan
B)Kohli
C)Vinay Kumar
D)Partha Chaterjee

Question 21

What is the term used by Marxs and Engles to understand democracy under capitalism?

A)Liberal democracy
B)Consociational democracy
C)Deliberative democracy
D)Petty bourgeois democracy

Question 22

A combination of free market economy and universal adult franchise represent

A)Social democracy
B)Welfare state
C)Western Liberal Democracy
D)Chinese democracy

Question 23

The working of democracy in India is based on the system of

A)direct democracy
B)representation
C)intuitive
D)selection

Question 24

According to Marxist theory, true political representation must be conceived only as the people's self-representation based on

A)universal enfranchisement
B)representation
C)selective enfranchisement
D)none of the above

Question 25

For the Marxist the only genuine democracy is

A)Deliberative democracy
B)Classical democracy
C)Socialist democracy
D)Liberal democracy