Polıtıcal Thought Çıkmış Sorular, Online Deneme Sınavları, Çalışma, Dersler, Sınava Hazırlanma, vize, final

Soru 1:

Which of the following is not a characteristics of ancient Greek civilization known as polis?

A) It is well-known for its specific agricultural habitat B) It is well-known for its specific political habitat C) It is well-known for its specific social habitat D) It is well-known for its specific economic habitat E) It is well-known for its specific cultural habitat

Soru 2:

Which one of the followings is not an idea that the medival political thinkers owe to Aristotle?

A) It is natural for human beings to form cities. Political city life is natural to human kind. B) The city or state exists not just for security and trade, but to foster the “good life”, the life according to virtue C) Women should be independent and should be free from the ruling of men D) The good forms seek “the common good”, i.e., the good of both ruler and ruled. E) The best is kingship, the worst tyranny.

Soru 3:

Which of the following is considered as the most influential Christian theologians known as Fathers of the Church?

A) Ambrose B) Cyprian C) Gregory D) Plotinus E) Augustine

Soru 4:

Which of the followings was NOT a feature of the stratum of Perioikos?

A) They were more crowded than Spartans. B) They had a political right for joining in administrative duties. C) They were living at the outside lands of Sparta. D) They were entitled to hold their own lands. E) They had to pay a fee for keeping their lands.

Soru 5:

Which of the following is/are accurate matching? Sophist – educational movement Cynicism – egalitarianism Epicureanism – idealism Stoicism – cosmopolitanism

A) I, II B) I, III C) II, III, IV D) I, II, IV E) I, III, IV

Soru 6:

To preserve (themselves) To attain (their) highest perfections To achieve eudaimonia To acquire felicity Which of the above indicate the reasons for human beings’ collaborating as societies, according to Al-Fârâbî?

A) Only I B) Only II C) I and II D) I, II and IV E) II, III and IV

Soru 7:

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, there was a controversy about the extent and limits (or absence of limits) of papal authority; and, this situation made room for the distinction between secular and sacred authorities as well as for the quest for a secular order. Which of the following groups revealed this controversy?

A) Rulers of the state B) Political writers C) Fathers of the Church D) Citizens E) Aristocrats

Soru 8:

What does Straussian approach recommend?

A) positivism B) historicism C) Reading between the lines D) Reading history books E) Post-positivism

Soru 9:

According to Ibn Khaldûn, what is the fundamental aspect which makes room for the existence of the organization of state-or mulk?

A) Asabiyyah B) Mulk C) ‘Umrân D) Nafs E) The Muqaddimah

Soru 10:

According to Weber, the notion of a “state” in sociology includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) Physical force B) Class struggle C) Territory D) Right to use violence E) Power

Soru 11:

"In contrast with the classical Muslim theologians, ................ rejected creation ex nihilo and argued that cosmos has no beginning but is a natural logical product of the divine One." Which one of the following Muslim scholars' names should be put in the blank given in the sentence above?

A) Al-Farabi B) Ibn Khaldun C) Al-Mawardi D) Avicenna E) Al-Ghazali

Soru 12:

Which of the following is a view of Aristotle about Socrates, who gained his fame through help of his students, one of whom is Aristotle?

A) Socrates was seeking being a good human B) Socrates was seeking being a good citizen C) Socrates was not interested in dealing with logic D) Socrates was a high-level metaphysician E) Socrates is a philosopher dealing with theoretical issues

Soru 13:

According to Polybius, which of the following have contributed to the success of the Roman Empire? Roman constitution had three sovereign powers: Consuls, senate, and the public. The senate had the most power. The soldiers were not paid to combat.

A) Only I B) I, II C) II, III D) I, III E) I, II, III

Soru 14:

In the philosophy of law, ___________ is used as a term standing for positive law, that is, law made and legitimised by the approval of the members of a community/society.” Which of the following best completes the sentence above?

A) Natural Law B) Canon Rights C) Natural Rights D) Civil Law E) Canon Law

Soru 15:

Which is NOT TRUE about Plato?

A) He was the founder of Academia. B) He was one of the followers of Socrates. C) Plato was from an aristocratic family. D) He systematized Socrates’ view of the rule of virtuous wise man. E) His philosophy is based on an egalitarian belief.

Soru 16:

What did the term "citizen" refer to in ancient Greek?

A) Greek aristiocrats B) Greek people C) Free Greek men and women D) Free Greek men E) Greek traders

Soru 17:

Which following idea can NOT be attributed to Aristotle?

A) It is natural for human beings to form cities B) The good forms seek “the common good”, i.e., the good of both ruler and ruled. C) Women and men are equals, and should rule together. D) The “ideal polity” was not a topic of pre-Aristotelian medieval thought, but it becamea common theme. E) The city or state exists not just for security and trade, but to foster the “good life”, the life according to virtue

Soru 18:

According to Ibn Khaldun, what is a necessary condition for establishment of social lives in towns and cities?

A) Asabiyyah B) Umran C) Mulk D) Fıqh E) Shari’ah

Soru 19:

Which of the following is not among the meanings that the term ‘umran’ refers to in The Muqaddimah?

A) To settle down B) Building up a construction C) Visiting a location D) Evacuating a location E) To take care of a given place

Soru 20:

Which of the following is/are in Christianity teaching that has/have affected medieval political thought? Obey the ruler even if he sins. Slavery is treated as a social problem. Owning property, although not damned, is discouraged.

A) I B) II C) III D) I, II E) I, III