Civics is a part of social science. Civics is the study of good citizenship. In other words, it is the study of the theoretical, political, and practical aspects of citizenship. Apart from this, in simple words, the duties and rights of citizens are studied in civics. We are providing more information related to civics through some general knowledge questions part-2 in the article below. These Q&A will also help you in various competitive exams like IAS, PSC, SSC, NDA, CDS.
1. Which one of the following is not the main organ of the United Nations?
(a) International Labor Organization
(b) General Assembly
(c) Security Council
(d) Council of Justice
Explanation → The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. Its main 6 organs are - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, Council of Justice and Secretariat. The rest are specialized agencies of the United Nations. The specialized agencies are separated by 6 major organs.
2. Which of these ideas do most individualistic thinkers find favorable to themselves?
(a) Karl Marx's class struggle theory
(b) Karl Marx's theory of revolutionary violence
(c) Darwin's theory of survival of the optimum
(d) Austin's Sovereignty Principle
Explanation → Individualist thinkers find Darwin's 'theory of survival of the optimum' compatible with their ideology. According to the individualist ideology, the individual is the best judge of his own interest and while achieving that he contributes to the welfare of others. Therefore, other fund or institution of the state is also for the person, the person himself is not for the state or any other place.
3. According to Karl Marx which of the following is the main factor of historical change?
(a) person
(b) public
(c) class
(d) Team
Explanation → According to Karl Marx, class is the main factor of historical change. The history of society, according to Marx, has been the history of class struggles. According to Marx, the struggle between the rich and poor classes has been there since the primitive times which will continue till the working class itself takes the reins of society.
4. Pluralists advocate-
(a) autonomy of the states
(b) autonomy of the government
(c) autonomy of communities
(d) autonomy of the central government
Explanation → In relation to the state and other communities, pluralists believe that some communities in a society are more important than either the state, otherwise there are societies. According to pluralists, the state is also a community like other communities. Just as there are laws and rules of the state, similarly other communities also have their own rules and regulations. Pluralists give importance to society more than the state. Lossky considers the state as a committee like many committees, but considers it first in comparison to other committees.
5. "The 'beginning' and 'end' of political science is the state." Whose word is it?
(a) Lasky
(b) Garner
(c) Sabine
(d) Mount Batten
Explanation → Garner has said that "Political Science begins and ends with the State". Therefore, the subject area of study of political science is only the state.
6. What is true about the social contract theory of John Locke and Rousseau?
(a) Locke's agreement is a completely free agreement, whereas Rousseau's contract is a bound contract.
(b) Locke confers negligible powers to the community, whereas in Rousseau's contract the individual surrenders completely to the community.
(c) In Locke's contract the rights of individuals are preserved whereas in Rousseau's contract the rights of the individual expire.
(d) All of the above
Explanation → Locke's agreement is a historical fact while Rousseau's a philosophical thought. Locke is of the opinion that the people had made an agreement to form a state to protect their property and in the process they did not surrender any of their rights. Rousseau says that the people of the natural state compromise by their actual desire (ie selfish desire) and they go on being chained. According to Locke, social agreement is between the society and the state, under which the state takes upon itself the responsibility of protecting the property of the people. Rousseau has spoken of the creation of the state on the basis of the general will made up of the real will of the people, which is so high in its nature that it acts in the general interest and against which the people have no right to disobey its laws whereas Rousseau of infinite, indivisible and infinite. Hobbes discusses legal, Locke political and Rousseau temporal sovereignty. In fact Rousseau begins like Locke in his Theory of Social Agreement, but ends it with Hobbes's Leviathan, whose head is beheaded.
7. "Comparative politics is all or nothing" whose statement is this?
(a) Mekidis
(b) G. Of. roberts
(c) Jean Blondel
(d) Sprengler
Explanation → Comparative politics makes a comparative study of political systems in different environments and in different countries. There is always doubt about the subject matter of its study whether it is only a comparative study of political institutions or whether it should include the subject of political development, political modernization, or socioeconomic, cultural development, etc. In the context of this subject, G. Of. Roberts wrote in his research 'Comparative Politics Today' that 'comparative politics is either all or nothing'.
8. "Whoever wants to live must fight" is the statement of whom?
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Mussolini
(c) Mao Zedong
(d) Hitler
Explanation → Hitler had said that "mankind has progressed only through continuous war." He who wants to live has to fight. By establishing peace for ever, mankind will fall into a trough." At another place, Hitler said that "War is everlasting and universal, War is life. Every conflict is war, everything has its origin through war."
9. The concept of 'Posdkorb' is given by-
(a) Luther Gulick
(b) L.D. white
(c) Willoughby
(d) Gilchrist
Explanation → Public administration is the study of the processes of administration. The view propounded by Luther regarding the scope of public administration is called 'Posdkorb'. The word posdkorb is formed by combining the first letters of seven English words, which are as follows-
10. Find the mismatch among the following
(a) Tilak-Vipin Chandra Pal
(b) Gokhale-Naoroji
(c) Nehru-Bose
(d) Jai Prakash-Lohia
Explanation → Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal belonged to the extremist ideology. Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji belonged to the liberal ideology or to the moderate ideology. Jayaprakash Narayan and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia were prominent socialist thinkers. In option (c), Jawaharlal Nehru was a democratic socialist while Subhas Chandra Bose was a revolutionary socialist. Thus option (c) is mismatched.
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