Class 11 Political Science: Political Theory: An Introduction — Chapter Question Set

a) IntroductionPolitical Theory — The textbook states: EqualityEquality 1 IntroductionPolitical Theory 2 Political Theory Human beings are unique in two respects: they possess reason and the ability to reflect on their actions.

d) communicate with each other — The textbook states: They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other.

c) be good and desirable — The textbook states: Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable.

b) of the human self — The textbook states: Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self.

a) should society be organised? — The textbook states: It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised?

d) freedom, equality and justice — The textbook states: Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice.

c) and other related concepts — The textbook states: It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts.

b) the past and present — The textbook states: It clarifies the existing definitions of these concepts by focusing on some major political thinkers of the past and present.

a) actually present in the institutions that we — The textbook states: It also examines the extent to which freedom or equality are actually present in the institutions that we participate in, everyday life such as schools, shops, buses or trains or gover nment offices.

d) to become more democratic — The textbook states: At an advanced level, it looks at whether existing definitions ar e adequate and how existing institutions (government, bureaucracy) and policy practices must be modified to become more democratic.

c) to train citizens to think rationally about p — The textbook states: The objective of political theory is to train citizens to think rationally about political questions and assess the political events of our time.

b) meant by politics and political theory and wh — The textbook states: In this chapter, we will examine what is meant by politics and political theory and why we should study it.

a) about what politics is — The textbook states: You would have noticed that people have different ideas about what politics is.

d) a kind of public service — The textbook states: Political leaders, and persons who contest elections and hold political office, may argue that it is a kind of public service.

c) ambitions and satisfy wants — The textbook states: Some others associate politics with manipulation and intrigue undertaken to pursue ambitions and satisfy wants.

b) as what politicians do — The textbook states: A few think of politics as what politicians do.

a) LET — The textbook states: If they see politicians defecting from parties, making false promises and tall LET’S DEBATE “ ”What is Politics.

d) link politics with ‘scams’ — The textbook states: IntroductionPolitical Theory Political Theory 3 claims, manipulating different sections, pursuing personal or group interests ruthlessly and in worst cases stooping to crime, they link politics with ‘scams’.

c) this way of thinking that when we see people — The textbook states: So prevalent is this way of thinking that when we see people in different walks of life trying to promote their interests by any means possible, we say they are playing politics.

b) playing ‘dirty’ politics — The textbook states: If we see a cricketer manipulating to stay in the team, or a fellow student trying to use his father’s position, or a colleague in office mindlessly agreeing with the boss, we say he or she is playing ‘dirty’ politics.

a) we despair of politics — The textbook states: Disillusioned by such pursuits of selfishness we despair of politics.

d) away fr om politics” — The textbook states: We say, “I am not interested in politics” or “I am going to stay away fr om politics”.

c) not only or dinary people who despair of poli — The textbook states: It is not only or dinary people who despair of politics; even businessmen and entrepreneurs routinely blame politics for their woes even as they benefit from and fund various political parties.

b) once they join it — The textbook states: Cinema stars also complain of politics though they seem to be adept at the game once they join it.

a) conflicting images of politics — The textbook states: We ar e thus confr onted with conflicting images of politics.

d) and get rid off? — The textbook states: Is politics an undesirable activity that we should stay away from and get rid off?

c) it a worthwhile activity which we must engage — The textbook states: Or, is it a worthwhile activity which we must engage with in order to make a better world?

b) unfortunate that politics has come to be asso — The textbook states: It is unfortunate that politics has come to be associated with the pursuit of self-inter est by any and every method.

a) an important and integral part of any society — The textbook states: We need to r ealise that politics is an important and integral part of any society.

d) no other way out but to wrestle with it — The textbook states: Mahatma Gandhi once observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and there is no other way out but to wrestle with it.

c) and collective decision making — The textbook states: No society can exist without some form of political organisation and collective decision making.

b) interests of its members — The textbook states: A society that wants to sustain itself needs to take into account the multiple needs and interests of its members.

a) their needs and aspirations — The textbook states: A number of social institutions such as the family, tribes and economic institutions, have emerged to help people fulfil their needs and aspirations.

d) to each other — The textbook states: Such institutions help us find ways of living together acknowledging our obligations to each other .

c) play an important part — The textbook states: Among such institutions, governments play an important part.

b) You — The textbook states: How governments You must r etire fr om politics at once!

a) with lying and cheating — The textbook states: He thinks he can get away with lying and cheating.

d) Times — The textbook states: Laxman in the Times of India IntroductionPolitical Theory 4 Political Theory are formed and how they function is thus an important focus of politics.

c) relevant because it af fects the lives of the — The textbook states: In fact what gover nments do is relevant because it af fects the lives of the people in many dif ferent ways.

b) policy and educational policy — The textbook states: W e see that governments determine our economic policy and foreign policy and educational policy.

a) people’s lives and security — The textbook states: These policies can help to improve the lives of people but an inefficient or corrupt government can also endanger people’s lives and security.

d) shut — The textbook states: If the government in power allows any conflicts to become violent, markets close down and schools are shut.

c) sick cannot reach the hospital — The textbook states: These disrupt our lives; we cannot buy things that we may need urgently; those who are sick cannot reach the hospital; even the school schedule gets affected, syllabi cannot be completed and we may have to take extra coaching for the exams and pay tuition fees.

b) get a decent job — The textbook states: If, on the other hand, the government makes policies to increase literacy and employment, we may get an opportunity to go to a good school and get a decent job.

a) in what governments do — The textbook states: Since the actions of the government affect us deeply, we take a lively inter est in what governments do.

d) to articulate our demands — The textbook states: We form associations and organise campaigns to articulate our demands.

c) goals that governments pursue — The textbook states: We negotiate with others and try to shape the goals that governments pursue.

b) change the existing laws — The textbook states: When we disagree with the policies of the gover nment, we pr otest and organise demonstrations to persuade the gover nment to change the existing laws.

a) has increased or decreased — The textbook states: W e passionately debate the actions of our representatives and discuss whether corruption has increased or decreased.

d) just or not — The textbook states: We ask whether corruption can be rooted out; whether reservations for specific groups are just or not.

EqualityEquality 1 IntroductionPolitical Theory 2 Political Theory Human beings are unique in two respects: they possess reason and the ability to reflect on their actions.

They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other.

Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable.

Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self.

It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised?

Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice.

It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts.

It clarifies the existing definitions of these concepts by focusing on some major political thinkers of the past and present.

It also examines the extent to which freedom or equality are actually present in the institutions that we participate in, everyday life such as schools, shops, buses or trains or gover nment offices.

At an advanced level, it looks at whether existing definitions ar e adequate and how existing institutions (government, bureaucracy) and policy practices must be modified to become more democratic.

The objective of political theory is to train citizens to think rationally about political questions and assess the political events of our time.

In this chapter, we will examine what is meant by politics and political theory and why we should study it.

You would have noticed that people have different ideas about what politics is.

Political leaders, and persons who contest elections and hold political office, may argue that it is a kind of public service.

Some others associate politics with manipulation and intrigue undertaken to pursue ambitions and satisfy wants.

A few think of politics as what politicians do.

If they see politicians defecting from parties, making false promises and tall LET’S DEBATE “ ”What is Politics.

IntroductionPolitical Theory Political Theory 3 claims, manipulating different sections, pursuing personal or group interests ruthlessly and in worst cases stooping to crime, they link politics with ‘scams’.

So prevalent is this way of thinking that when we see people in different walks of life trying to promote their interests by any means possible, we say they are playing politics.

If we see a cricketer manipulating to stay in the team, or a fellow student trying to use his father’s position, or a colleague in office mindlessly agreeing with the boss, we say he or she is playing ‘dirty’ politics.

Disillusioned by such pursuits of selfishness we despair of politics.

We say, “I am not interested in politics” or “I am going to stay away fr om politics”.

It is not only or dinary people who despair of politics; even businessmen and entrepreneurs routinely blame politics for their woes even as they benefit from and fund various political parties.

Cinema stars also complain of politics though they seem to be adept at the game once they join it.

We ar e thus confr onted with conflicting images of politics.

EqualityEquality 1 IntroductionPolitical Theory 2 Political Theory Human beings are unique in two respects: they possess reason and the ability to reflect on their actions. EqualityEquality 1 IntroductionPolitical Theory 2 Political Theory Human beings are unique in two respects: they possess reason and the ability to reflect on their actions. They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other. Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable.

They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other. EqualityEquality 1 IntroductionPolitical Theory 2 Political Theory Human beings are unique in two respects: they possess reason and the ability to reflect on their actions. They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other. Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable. Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self.

Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable. They also have the capacity to use language and communicate with each other. Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable. Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self. It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised?

Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self. Unlike other species, they can express their innermost thoughts and desires; they can share their ideas and discuss what they consider to be good and desirable. Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self. It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised? Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice.

It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised? Political theory has its r oots in the twin aspects of the human self. It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised? Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice. It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts.

Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice. It analyses certain basic questions such as how should society be organised? Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice. It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts. It clarifies the existing definitions of these concepts by focusing on some major political thinkers of the past and present.

It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts. Political theory examines questions of this kind and systematically thinks about the values that inform political life — values such as freedom, equality and justice. It explains the meaning and significance of these and other related concepts. It clarifies the existing definitions of these concepts by focusing on some major political thinkers of the past and present. It also examines the extent to which freedom or equality are actually present in the institutions that we participate in, everyday life such as schools, shops, buses or trains or gover nment offices.