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UPSC CDS Political Theory — practice questions

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A slum stands beside luxury flats. Everyone praises equality yet inequality is everywhere. This is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The slogan Liberty, Equality and Fraternity was raised by revolutionaries in:Read the answer and worked solution →A resident of an advanced industrial country uses how many times as much energy as someone in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Giving a prime minister special rank is acceptable as long as the privileges are not:Read the answer and worked solution →Equality requires that our treatment and opportunities are not pre-determined by:Read the answer and worked solution →A child gifted at music outshines others. Such differences from capabilities and talents are:Read the answer and worked solution →Inequalities that emerge from unequal opportunity or exploitation are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Colonial masters claimed Africans were child-like and better at manual work. This belief was used to justify:Read the answer and worked solution →The three main dimensions of equality are political, social and:Read the answer and worked solution →In a democracy, political equality normally means granting all members:Read the answer and worked solution →Equal citizenship brings rights such as voting, expression, association and freedom of:Read the answer and worked solution →Equality of opportunity needs minimum conditions like health care, education, nourishment and a:Read the answer and worked solution →Inequalities that stay untouched over generations are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Feminism is a political doctrine of equal rights for:Read the answer and worked solution →Feminists say inequality between men and women results from a system that values men more, called:Read the answer and worked solution →Feminists distinguish biological difference, called sex, from socially assigned roles, called:Read the answer and worked solution →Marx argued the root cause of entrenched inequality was private ownership of:Read the answer and worked solution →Liberals uphold which principle as the fairest way to distribute rewards?Read the answer and worked solution →Socialists favour government regulation and planning in key areas such as:Read the answer and worked solution →Rammanohar Lohia identified how many kinds of inequality to fight simultaneously?Read the answer and worked solution →Lohia's seven revolutions are together called:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike socialists, liberals believe political, economic and social inequalities are:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the socialist ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the dimensions of equalityRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the equality wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Natural or socialRead the answer and worked solution →Which ideologyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Equality bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A slum stands beside luxury flats. Everyone praises equality yet inequality is everywhere. This is called a:

  1. Paradox
  2. Doctrine
  3. Revolution
  4. Privilege
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Correct answer: A. Paradox

1. The ideal is accepted almost everywhere. 2. Yet inequality is what we see. 3. That contradiction is a paradox. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 3, Equality._

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The slogan Liberty, Equality and Fraternity was raised by revolutionaries in:

  1. India
  2. France
  3. Russia
  4. America
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Correct answer: B. France

1. They rose against feudal aristocracy and monarchy. 2. This was in the eighteenth century. 3. They were the French revolutionaries. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 3, Equality._

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A resident of an advanced industrial country uses how many times as much energy as someone in India?

  1. Ten times as much
  2. Three times as much
  3. Thirteen times more
  4. Fourteen times more
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Correct answer: A. Ten times as much

1. Three times for water, thirteen for iron and steel. 2. Fourteen times for paper. 3. Energy is ten times. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 3, Equality._

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