Contemporary Political Theory

JKPSC Assistant Professor (Political Science) · Political Science · 52 practice questions with answers and explanations: 1 Easy, 48 Medium, 3 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' was written by:

  1. Michael Walzer
  2. Amartya Sen
  3. Robert Nozick
  4. John Rawls
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Answer: C. It defends a minimal state.

Sample Medium question 2

Communitarians criticise liberalism for ignoring:

  1. The social embeddedness of individuals
  2. Individual rights entirely
  3. Markets
  4. Property
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Answer: A. MacIntyre, Taylor, Sandel and Walzer are communitarians.

Sample Medium question 3

Postcolonial theorists include Said, Spivak and:

  1. Homi Bhabha
  2. Michael Sandel
  3. John Rawls
  4. Robert Nozick
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Answer: A. Bhabha wrote 'The Location of Culture'.

Sample Medium question 4

Spivak's essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' concerns:

  1. Elite voices
  2. Market forces
  3. Parliament
  4. The silencing of marginalised voices in colonial history
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Answer: D. It is a key postcolonial text.

Sample Hard question 5

Sen's 'The Idea of Justice' (2009) criticises Rawls' approach as:

  1. Comparative realism
  2. Utilitarian
  3. Transcendental institutionalism
  4. Capability-based
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Answer: C. Sen prefers a comparative approach.

Sample Hard question 6

Mary Wollstonecraft's best-known work is:

  1. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  2. The Feminine Mystique
  3. The Second Sex
  4. The Subjection of Women
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Answer: A. It was published in 1792.

Sample Hard question 7

Nozick's 'Wilt Chamberlain' example criticises:

  1. Patterned theories of distributive justice
  2. Free markets
  3. Minimal states
  4. Property rights
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Answer: A. Free exchange upsets any pattern.

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