MCQ Questions for Class 11 Political Science: Ch 4 Social Justice

1. The famous quote “In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” is given by

(a) J.S.Mill.

(b) Plato.

(c) Aristotle.

(d) Confucius.

► (d) Confucius.

2. Choose the type of stages of equality advocated by John Rawls.

(a) Two

(b) Three

(c) Four

(d) Five

► (b) Three

3. Identify stage of equality which rejects formal institutions of inequalities.

(a) Liberal Equality

(b) Natural Liberty

(c) Democratic Equality

(d) Economic Equality

► (b) Natural Liberty

4. Which one of the following in not the fundamental postulate of Justice?

(a) Truth

(b) Equality before law

(c) Freedom

(d) Property

► (d) Property

5. An international institution that work for justice is

(a) International Court of justice.

(b) Civil services.

(c) IMF.

(d) WTO.

► (a) International Court of justice.

6. Justice is administered by:

(a) Executive

(b) Judiciary

(c) Legislature

(d) Political parties

► (b) Judiciary

7. The essential principles of modern justice is that

(a) Judges should be part of executive.

(b) Judges should be under the control of the Head of the State.

(c) There should be independence of judiciary.

(d) Judges should be under the control of the electorate.

► (c) There should be independence of judiciary.

8. Free market is a product of

(a) Socialism.

(b) Feminism.

(c) Neo-liberalism.

(d) Patriarchy.

► (c) Neo-liberalism.

9. People get proper justice in:

(a) Dictatorship

(b) Totalitarian state

(c) Monarchy

(d) Democracy

► (d) Democracy

10. State’s failure to provide individuals with basic necessities of life such as; food and housing is an example of

(a) Political Injustice

(b) Economic Injustice

(c) Social discrimination

(d) Gender inequality

► (b) Economic Injustice

11. Choose the ministry that is entrusted with the welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized sections of the society in India.

(a) Ministry of welfare

(b) Ministry of social justice and empowerment

(c) Ministry of social defense

(d) Ministry of Education

► (b) Ministry of social justice and empowerment

12. Our political rights and participation are insured only when our

(a) Social needs are being taken care of.

(b) Basic needs

(c) Cultural needs

(d) Security needs

► (b) Basic needs

13. The term “justice’ is derived from the word ‘Jus’ which is a word from:

(a) Latin language

(b) Greek language

(c) English language

(d) French language

► (a) Latin language

14. Justice is essentially a:

(a) Legal concept

(b) Moral concept

(c) Social concept

(d) All of the above

► (d) All of the above