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1. The book Origin of the Family Private Property and the State which contains an elaborate statement regarding the origin of state was written by:
Aristotle
Plato
Max Weber
Frederik Engels
2. According to Marxists:
State is a welfare institution
State is a class structure
State is an instrument of emancipation
State is a positive good
3. Which one of the following statements can be attributed to the Marxists?
State is the march of God on earth
State is an instrument of Exploitation
State is a Necessary Evil
State is a coordinating agency
4. Who said that The State is nothing more than a machine for the oppression of one class by another?
T.H. Green
Plato
Marx
Frederik Engels
5. According to Marxists state uses institutions like army police and courts for:
Promotion of common good
Doing away the inequalities existing in the society
Promotion of the interests of the dominating class
Protecting the weaker section of the society
6. Marxists are in favour of:
Doing away with the state
Restricting the activities of state
Granting greater powers to state
Granting only military and police functions to the state
7. According to Marxists the primitive society which existed before the creation of state worked on the principle:
Might is right
Survival of the fittest
From each according to his needs
None of the above
8. According to Marxists Primitive Communism is the period.
Which will precede the final withering away of the state and establishment of a Communist State
Which will flow in the wake of the revolution
Of the final state of Communism
Prior to the creation of the state
9. he primitive society which existed prior to the creation of the state according to Marxists was
Characterised by class struggle
A classless society
A class and co-operative society
Having only four classes
10. The primitive society was regulated by:
Force
Written laws
Religious rules
Conventions and customs
11. According to Marxists in the primitive society the natural resources were under the control of:
The King
The priests
All the people
Military leaders
12. The Marxists believe that the class distinctions made their appearance:
In the primitive society itself
After man started leading settled life and took to cultivation
After the industrial revolution
After the rise of nation state
13. According to Marxists the slave owning society:
Preceded the creation of the state
Followed the creation of the state
Did not exist at all
None of the prove
14. The Marxists believe that the state was created for:
Maintenance of law and order
Protection of weaker sections
Elimination of slavery
Suppression and exploitation of slaves
15. According to the Marxists the state is:
A divine institution
A natural institution
A man made institution
Result of evolution
16. According to Marxists the capitalist state made its appearance:
In the fourteenth century
Towards the close of eighteenth century
In the middle of the nineteenth century
Only after people took to cultivation
17. The Marxists believe that there cannot be any democracy in the capitalist society because:
People are not granted any political freedom
Power is in the hands of the politicians
Elections are held after long interval
Power is in the hands of rich classes
18. The Marixsts want to do away with capitalist state by:
Educating the people about the evils of the capitalist state
Securing majority in elections
Constant discussion and persuasion
Violent revolution
19. The proletarian state envisaged by Marx is:
The state which will be established after the overthrow of the capitalist state as a transitory measure
A state in which the factory workers would control all the means of production and distribution
A state in which the real power will be in the hands of peasants and farmers
A stateless and classless society which the Marxists ultimately wish to establish
20. One of the chief functions of the proletarian state according to Marx is:
To bring about revolution for the overthrow of capitalist system
To promote Marxian ideology by regulation of education art culture etc.
To impart compulsory military training to all able-bodied persons
To improve the health of the people
21. The ultimate objective of Marxists is: .
To establish an omnipotent state
To establish a very weak state
To establish a state which is run in accordance with the wishes of people
Stateless society
22. The most important feature of the state according to the Marxists is:
Oppression of one class by another
Protection of weaker sections
Elimination of inequalities
Removal of disparities
23. The concept of dictatorship of proletariat was elaborated by:
Karl Marx in Das Capital
Marx and Engels jointly in Communist Manifesto
Engels in the Origin of Family Private Property and State
Lenin in State and revolution
24. The proletariat state according to Marxist thinkers is an instrument of:
Suppression of majority by the minority
Suppression of minority by the majority
Putting an end to all types of suppression
Establishing cordial relations between various sections of society
25. Which one of the following purposes of Dictatorship of Proletariat has been wrongly listed?
Suppression of bourgeoisie
Guidance to the people regarding economic and social reconstruction
Inculcation of spirit of religion
To work for a classless and stateless society
26. Who said that the dictatorship of proletariat is the essence of Marx s doctrine?
Marx
Lenin
Mao
Hegel
27. The Mandan theory of the origin of state has been condemned because it:
Considers state as a natural institution?
Considers state as a divine institution
Considers state as an instrument of class coercion
Considers state as the first condition of civilisation
28. What is the correct order according to Lenins scheme of socialist transition?
Dictatorship of proletariat withering away of the state socialism communism
Dictatorship of proletariat socialism withering away of the state communism
Socialism dictatorship of the proletariat withering away of the state communism
Dictatorship of the proletariat communism withering away of the state socialism
29. According to Marxists the state is:
A divine institution
A natural institution
A man made institution
Result of evolution
30. The concept of dictatorship of proletariat was elaborated by:
Marx and Engels jointly in Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx in Das Capital
Engels in the Origin of Family Private Property and State
Lenin in State and Revolution
31. The Marxists believe that the state was created for:
Maintenance of law and order
Protection of weaker sections of society
Elimination of slavery
Suppression and exploitation of have notes
32. The Marxist Theory has advocated:
Capitalism
Communism
Feudalism
Communalism
33. According to the Marxist theory:
The state has been created by God
The state has been created through a social contract
The state is growth not a make
The state is based on the economic factor
34. Which one of the following theories is associated with the concept of stateless society?
Socialism
Individualism
Idealism
Anarchism
35. According to Marx the state promotes:
Common good
Good of the poor people
And defends the interests propertied classes
Conditions which are conducive to mans moral development
36. Marx borrowed from Hegel
Materialist Philosophy
Labour Theory of value
Concept of stateless society
Dialectical method
37. According to Marx the motive force of history is:
Gods will
Great Ideas
Great Personalities
Forces of Production
38. Which one of the followings believed in class struggle?
Tom Paine
J.S.Mill
Karl Marx
Max Weber
39. Dictatorship of proletariat means:
Dictatorial rule of capitalist class
Rule of feudal class
Dictatorial rule of Working class
Dictatorial rule of a King
40. What was the contribution of Lenin to the development of Marxism?
Labour theory of value
Theory of surplus value
Theory of class struggle
Principle of democratic-centralism
41. What was the contribution of Lenin to the development of Marxism?
Plato
Marx
T.H. Green
Sorel
42. According to the Marxists:
The state is mans natural destination
The state is a necessary evil
The state is an instrument for the promotion of the welfare of the people
The states is a machine through which the ruling class imposes its will on the rest of the people
43. Who said The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles?
Hegel
Marx
Max Weber
Arendt
44. According to Marx the modern bourgeois society is characterized by struggle between:
Capitalist and socialists
Free men and slaves
Capitalist and worker
Patrician and Plebeian
45. The Marxist theory lays great emphasis on:
Materialistic aspect
Social and religious aspects
Political aspects
All the above
46. According to Marx:
State arises when there exploitation of labour by capital
State arises when class antagonism cannot be reconciled
State arises when population of the proletariat increases
State arises when the proletariat class tries to overthrow capitalist class
47. The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. This expression is to be found in:
Anti-Duhring
The Communist Manifesto
State and Revolution
German Ideology
48. Surplus value means:
Excessive value
Low price
High profit
Difference between wages and proceeds of sales
49. he evolution of economic production in a society determines its institutional and ideological superstructure. Who among the following is the author of this statement?
Max Weber
Marx
Hegel
J.S.Mill
50. Which one of the following is not written by Karl Marx?
German Ideology
Communist Manifesto
Paris manuscripts
Poverty of Utopia
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