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On October 1, 1949, Mao proclaimed the foundation of the

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People's Republic of China

Kuomintang

People's Liberation Army

None of these

'Piecemeal social engineering' as advocated by K.R. Popper is a prescription for

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Revolutionary change

Change by defense forces

Exogenous change by coercion

Incremental change by law

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in

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Le Havre

Paris

La Rochelle

Saint-Denis

Materialistic interpertation of history was propounded by

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Trotsky

lenin

Bolsheviks

Karl Marx

Which of the following is NOT a key theme in Michel Foucault's writing?

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the 'hyperreality' of media imagery

the significance of 'expert discourses'

societies' use of surveillance and discipline

the 'archaeology' of scientific knowledge

Modern Political thought begins with:

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Machiavelli

Montesquieu

Mill

None of these

Which statement best describes the effects of the works of Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and Rene Descartes?

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The acceptance of traditional authority was strengthened

The scientific method was used to solve problems

Funding to education was increased by the English government

Interest in Greek and Roman drama was renewed

Which of the following is rejected by Hobbes as the foundation of the State?

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The view that might is right

Individualism

Rational self-preservation as the ground for social contract

Concept of authorization

Who among the following held the view that the "State comes into existence for the sake of life and it continues for the sake of good life"?

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J, Bentham

T.H. Green

Aristotle

Plato

The Open Society and Its Enemies is a work on political philosophy by Karl Popper, in which

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Popper offers a critique of theories of teleological historicism

he seeks to persuade the reader of both the danger and the bankruptcy of the idea of historicism

None of these

Which of the political philosophers was more admitted by the American Founding Fathers, and his thoughts on the importance of private property were reflected in the drafting and historical development of the American Constitution.

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John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

Rousseau

None of these

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