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Plato and Aristotle discussed whether monarchy or democracy was better as far back as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who, in modern times, first argued for freedom as a fundamental right of humankind?Read the answer and worked solution →Karl Marx argued that which value was as crucial as freedom?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahatma Gandhi discussed the meaning of genuine freedom, or swaraj, in his book:Read the answer and worked solution →Dr Ambedkar vigorously argued that the scheduled castes must be considered a:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhian principles find a place in which part of the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Courts have interpreted the right to life to include the right to:Read the answer and worked solution →The right to information in India was granted through:Read the answer and worked solution →Citizens of the internet are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In ancient Athens, who was described as the wisest man and condemned to death for questioning beliefs?Read the answer and worked solution →Plato examined the question of justice through the character of Socrates in his book:Read the answer and worked solution →The Republic opens with a dialogue between Socrates and:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike mathematics, where a triangle has one definition, political concepts like equality have:Read the answer and worked solution →Reflecting on people jumping the queue, we understand that equality means:Read the answer and worked solution →The meaning of equality has many definitions because it depends on:Read the answer and worked solution →Political theorists clarify concepts by looking at how they are used in:Read the answer and worked solution →Political theory compares citizens to which part of a music concert?Read the answer and worked solution →Studying political theory makes us examine our prejudices and become what in our ideas and feelings?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the political valuesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the thinkersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the thinkersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the theory wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Ancient or modern thinkerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort ideas, thinkers and rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Political theory bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A democracy in which all citizens directly take public decisions without elected officials is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress resolution spelling out the vision of Swaraj as real economic freedom was passed at which session?Read the answer and worked solution →The Karachi Resolution proposed that no servant of the State ordinarily be paid above how much a month?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Plato and Aristotle discussed whether monarchy or democracy was better as far back as the:

  1. Tenth century BC
  2. Third century AD
  3. Fifth century BC
  4. First century AD
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Correct answer: C. Fifth century BC

1. They debated with their students. 2. This was the fifth century BC. 3. Kautilya is also named among early thinkers. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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Who, in modern times, first argued for freedom as a fundamental right of humankind?

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Aristotle
  3. Kautilya
  4. Rousseau
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Correct answer: D. Rousseau

1. Jean Jacques Rousseau was the thinker. 2. He placed freedom first. 3. Marx then argued equality was as crucial. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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Karl Marx argued that which value was as crucial as freedom?

  1. Equality
  2. Monarchy
  3. Property
  4. Religion
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Correct answer: A. Equality

1. Rousseau championed freedom. 2. Marx insisted on equality. 3. Both ideas shaped modern constitutions. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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