Political Science (I) MCQs 2008
This section contains the solved MCQs from the CSS Political Science Paper 1 of 2008. This exam was deeply philosophical, testing core concepts of justice, rights, and the state. It featured multiple questions on Aristotle (justice as equality) and Plato (Republic, Communism of Wives). Social contract theorists were prominent, with questions on John Locke (natural rights, Two Treatises) and Rousseau (Real vs. Actual Will). The paper also covered Muslim political thought, including Al-Mawardi, Al-Ghazali (Ahya-ul-uloom), Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi, and Allama Iqbal’s 1930 Allahabad address. Key ideologies like Marxism and Liberal Democracy were also part of the exam.
“Two treatise on civil Government” was written by: (CSS 2008)
A. Thomas Hobbes
B. Montesquieu
C. John Locke
D. None of these
“Justice as treating equals equally and unequals unequally” who said this? (CSS 2008)
A. Aristotle
B. J.S.Mill
C. T.H.Green
D. None of these
Who belongs to Shafite school of Fiqha? (CSS 2008)
A. Al-Mawardi
B. AL-Ghazali
C. Al-Farabi
D. None of these
Which of the following are elements of Marxism? (CSS 2008)
A. Concept of surplus value
B. Dialectical Materialism
C. Doctrine of class struggle
D. none of these
Nizam-ul-mulk Tusi served as Prime Minister of the: (CSS 2008)
A. Seljuk empire
B. Roman empire
C. Turkish empire
D. None of these
The concept of ‘legal sovereignty’ was for the first time given by: (CSS 2008)
A. Hobbes
B. Locke
C. Bentham
D. None of these
Ahya-ul-uloom is the work of: (CSS 2008)
A. AL-Ghazali
B. Al-Mawardi
C. Ibn-Khaldun
D. None of these
The natural rights of the people according to Locke are: (CSS 2008)
A. Right to life, liberty and property
B. Right to self-preservation and right to property
C. Right to life and equality and right to property
D. None of these
Allama Iqbal delivered his famous Allahbad address in: (CSS 2008)
A. 1930
B. 1929
C. 1928
D. None of these
The welfare theory believes that the state is: (CSS 2008)
A. Means
B. An end
C. An organism
D. None of these