Political Science MCQs | (Jean-Jacques Rousseau MCQs)

Which one of the following statements about Rousseau is correct?
(a) He perfected the theory of Social Contract
(b) He repudiated the theory of Contract altogether
(c) He transformed the theory of Contract into an idealist mode of political discourse
(d) He added nothing to the theories of Hobbes and Locke beyond combining their views
Answer: (c)

Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 at: (CSS-2009)
(a) New York
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Geneva
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

Who among the following used the expression “forced to be free” in connection with the notion of liberty of the individual?’
(a) Rousseau
(b) Locke
(c) Green
(d) Hobhouse
Answer: (a)

Who is called the “Intellectual Father of French Revolution? (CSS-2007)
(a) J.J Rousseau
(b) Montesquieu
(c) Napoleon
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)

Who among the following described democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority?
(a) J. Rousseau
(b) De Tocqueville
(c) John Dunning
(d) James Madison
Answer: (b)

Which one of the following statements about Rousseau is correct?
(a) He perfected the theory of Social Contract
(b) He repudiated the theory of Contract altogether
(c) He transformed the theory of Contract into an idealist mode of political discourse
(d) He added nothing to the theories of Hobbes and Locke beyond combining their views
Answer: (c)

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Rousseau’s political philosophy furnished basis for: (CSS-2000)
(a) Political sovereignty
(b) Limited sovereignty
(c) Popular sovereignty
(d) Absolute sovereignty
(e) None of these.
Answer: (c)

GENERAL WILL as concept was introduced by: (CSS-2007)
(a) Rousseau
(b) Hobbes
(c) Locke
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)

The distinction between Real Will and Actual Will was made by: (CSS-2008)
(a) Green
(b) Bosanquet
(c) Rousseau
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

Rousseau was born on
(a) 28 July 1712
(b) 28 June 1812
(c) 28 June 1712
(d) 28 Aug 1712
Answer: (c)

Rousseau’s 800-page novel of sentiment, Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, was published in
(a) 1761
(b) 1768
(c) 1758
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)

Rousseau believed that the savage stage was not the first stage of human development, but the
(a) Second stage
(b) Third stage
(c) Fourth stage
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)

The expression “the noble savage” was first used in 1672 by British poet
(a) Lascelles Abercrombie
(b) Arthur Henry Adams
(c) John Dryden
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

Rousseau’s natural man is virtually identical to a solitary
(a) Chimpanzee
(b) Ape
(c) Both A&B
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)

In Rousseau’s philosophy, society’s negative influence on men centers on its transformation of
(a) a positive self-love
(b) Amour de soi
(c) Instinctive human desire for self-preservation
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)

Rousseau was an advocate of:
(a) Individual sovereignty
(b) Popular sovereignty
(c) Political sovereignty
(d) Legal sovereignty
Answer: (b)

Who reconciled Rousseau’s theory of General Will with Austins theory of a determinate sovereign power?
(a) T. H. Green
(b) H. J. Laski
(c) Sir Henry Maine
(d) E. Barker
Answer: (a)

“A thinking man is depraved animal.” This view of man was propounded by:
(a) Hobbes (c) Herder
(b) Vico (d) Rousseau
Answer: (d)

Rousseau’s theory of General Will implies that it is:
(a) the sum of particular wills
(b) the aggregate of all the rational wills of individuals comprising a particular political community
(c) the transcendent, universal will may be even of one individual, which aims at the common good of the community
(d) will of the enlightened ruling elite
Answer: (c)

Who among the following thinkers made a distinction between Real Will and Actual Will?
(a) Rousseau
(b) Green
(c) Bosanquet
(d) Kant
Answer: (a)