Niccolo Machiavelli

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Niccolo Machiavelli

1. Who is known as the first modern political thinker:

      (a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

          (c) Machiavelli

                 (d) All of the above

2.Niccolo Machiavelli born on: 

  (a) Florence

(b) Athens

(c) Stagira

                   (d) None of the above

3. According to Machiavelli, which type of government is the ideal form of government:

(a) Republic

   (b) Monarchy

     (c) Aristocracy

        (d) None of these

4. Which is not a book written by Machiavelli:

(a) The Prince

              (b) Discourses of Livy

                                              (c) Second Treatise of Civil Government.

         (d) The Art of War

5. Who known as 'Devil's disciple' and 'Despot's tutor':

     (a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

          (c) Machiavelli

                 (d) All of the above

6. Who dubbed Machiavelli as a "teacher of evil":

                 (a) Benedetto Croce

                (b) Ernest Cassirer

(c) Sabine

         (d) Leo Strauss

7. Machiavelli is known as ___ of politics:

(a) Galileo

 (b) Newton

 (c) Einstein

          (d) None of these

8. According to Machiavelli, which is the practical form of government recommended for vicious people: 

(a) Republic

   (b) Monarchy

     (c) Aristocracy

             (d) None of these     

9.  Who separated politics from ethics:

     (a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

           (c) Machiavelli

                  (d) All of the above

10. Who advised, 'Prince should have the qualities of both lion and fox':

    a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

           (c) Machiavelli

                  (d) All of the above

11. Who is known as Indian Machiavelli: 

(a) Kautilya

                 (b) Mahatma Gandhi

     (c) Aurobindo

          (d) None of these

12. Machiavelli's philosophy is based on which method:

   (a) Philosophical

(b) Empirical

(c) Historical 

   (d) Value-based

13. Who was first to encourage the use of 'dirty hands' in politics:

     a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

           (c) Machiavelli
    (d) Hobbes

14.' A History of Political Theory' is written by:

                 (a) Benedetto Croce

                (b) Ernest Cassirer

(c) Sabine

         (d) Leo Strauss

15. Who among the following called Machiavelli as a 'realist' or a 'pragmatist':

                  (a) Benedetto Croce

                 (b) Ernest Cassirer

 (c) Sabine

          (d) Leo Strauss