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Political theory has its roots in two unique human capacities: reason and the ability to:Read the answer and worked solution →The objective of political theory is to train citizens to:Read the answer and worked solution →Who observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake, leaving no way out but to wrestle with it?Read the answer and worked solution →Politics arises from the fact that people have different visions of what is:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Political theory has its roots in two unique human capacities: reason and the ability to:

  1. Use language
  2. Make tools
  3. Build cities
  4. Farm land
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Correct answer: A. Use language

1. Humans reflect on their actions. 2. They also communicate through language. 3. Political theory grows from these twin aspects. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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The objective of political theory is to train citizens to:

  1. Run the state bureaucracies
  2. Think rationally about politics
  3. Win parliamentary elections
  4. Draft the annual budgets
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Correct answer: B. Think rationally about politics

1. It examines values like freedom, equality and justice. 2. It trains citizens to think rationally about political questions. 3. It assesses the political events of our time. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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Who observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake, leaving no way out but to wrestle with it?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Karl Heinrich Marx
  3. Jean Rousseau
  4. Aristotle of Athens
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Correct answer: A. Mahatma Gandhi

1. No society exists without political organisation. 2. Gandhi made this observation. 3. Politics is integral to any society. _Source: syllabus Political Theory, Chapter 1, Political Theory: An Introduction._

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