Political Science CUET Mock Test on Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism
This Political Science CUET Mock Test contains 25 important MCQs on Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism. These questions are very helpful for the students who are preparing for PG entrances like CUET and CPET and also for the Political Science students who are preparing for UGC NTA NET examination.
- Which among the following is a modern approach?
a)Behavioural Approach
b)Historical Approach
c)Legal Approach
d)Philosophical Approach
Ans: a)Behavioural Approach
2. Who first developed behavioural approach?
a)Graham Wallas
b)Arthur Bentley
c)Ludwig von Bertallanfy
d)David Easton
Ans: c)Ludwig von Bertallanfy
3. Who is known as the intellectual father of behavioural approach?
a)Charles Merriam
b)Arthur Bentley
c)Ludwig von Bertallanfy
d)David Easton
Ans: a)Charles Merriam
4. Behavioural approach is related to which school?
a) Chicago school
b) Frankfurt school
c) German school
d) All of the above
Ans: a) Chicago school
5. Who wrote the book ‘The Process of Government’?
a) Charles Merriam
b) Arthur Bentley
c) Graham Wallas
d) David Easton
Ans: b) Arthur Bentley
6. Eight features of behaviouralism is also known as:
a)Credo of Relevance
b)Intellectual Foundation
c)Foundational Behaviour
d)All of the above
Ans: b)Intellectual Foundation
7. According to David Easton, which among the following is not a feature of Behaviouralism?
a) Regularities
b) Verification
c) Values
d) Relevance
Ans: d) Relevance
8. Which is the main slogan of Post-behaviouralism?
a) Knowledge for knowledge shake
b) Pure knowledge and theory
c) Relevance and action
d) Value neutral
Ans: c) Relevance and action
9. Behavioralism in political science emerged during:
a) 19th century
b) Early 20th century
c) 1950s
d) 1970s
Ans: c) 1950s
political science CUET mock test
10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Behavioralism?
a) Empirical research
b) Quantitative analysis
c) Value-laden judgments
d) Objectivity
Ans: c) Value-laden judgments
11. Which of the following scholars criticized Behavioralism for ignoring values?
a) Robert Dahl
b) David Easton
c) Charles Merriam
d) Leo Strauss
Ans: d) Leo Strauss
12. Behavioralism primarily advocates for the use of which kind of research?
a) Historical research
b) Comparative research
c) Experimental research
d) Quantitative research
Ans: d) Quantitative research
13. Post-Behavioralism emerged as a reaction to which approach of political science ?
a) Marxism
b) Traditionalism
c) Behavioralism
d) Realism
Ans: c) Behavioralism
14. Which political scientist is known as the chief exponent of Post-Behavioralism?
a) Robert Dahl
b) Leo Strauss
c) David Easton
d) Gabriel Almond
Ans :c) David Easton
15. Post-Behavioralists criticized Behavioralism for:
a) Too focused on ethical concerns
b) Politically irrelevant and disconnected from real-world issues
c) Too focused on abstract institutions
d) Overly normative
Ans: b) Politically irrelevant and disconnected from real-world issues
CUET political science question paper
16. Post-Behavioralism advocates for research that is:
a) Completely value-neutral
b) Detached from practical political problems
c) Engaged with real-world issues and policy concerns
d) Focused purely on academic theory
Ans: c) Engaged with real-world issues and policy concerns
17. Who among the following is not an exponent of Behavioural Approach?
a) Catlin
b) Harold D. Lasswell
c) David Easton
d) Ernest Barker
Ans: d) Ernest Barker
18. Who Wrote the book ” Human Nature in Politics “?
a) Graham Wallas
b) Arthur Bentley
c) David Easton
d) Ernest Barker
Ans: a) Graham Wallas
19. David Easton gave how many features of Post-Behaviouralism?
a) 9
b) 8
c) 7
d) 6
Ans: c) 7
20. Who wrote the book ‘New Aspects of Politics’?
a) Graham Wallas
b) Charles E. Merriam
c) David Truman
d) G. Catlin
Ans: b) Charles E. Merriam
21. In which year, David Easton announced about Post-behavioural Revolution?
a) 1968
b) 1969
c) 1967
d) 1966
Ans: b) 1969
22. Which among following is an feature of Post- Baviouralism?
a) Value- Neutral
b) Interested in Status Quo
c) Search for Applied Knowledge and Practice
d) Micro level Analysis
Ans: c) Search for Applied Knowledge and Practice
UGC net political science question papers
23. Who said, ‘Political Theory as a Vocation’?
a) Leo Strauss
b) David Easton
c) Thomas Kuhn
d) Sheldon Wolin
Ans: d) Sheldon Wolin
24. Who wrote the article ‘Political Behaviur’?
a) Heinz Eulau
b) David Easton
c) Thomas Kuhn
d) Sheldon Wolin
Ans: a) Heinz Eulau
25. Behaviouralism make Political Science a Pure Science and the Post-Behaviouralism make Political Science a—?
a) Real Science
b) Actual Science
c) Natural Science
d) Applied Science
Ans: d) Applied Science