Karl Marx MCQs Questions Answers Quiz for Practice

1. Which one of the following is a reason why Marx cannot be rejected because of his ideological orientation?

1. Marxism is the only sociological theory that is ideologically biased
2. Marx tried to hide his ideological orientations
3. Marx argued that a violent overthrow of capitalism is the only way to end exploitation
4. Marx was essentially a humanist not a blood thirsty revolutionary

2. According to Karl Marx the present state will:

1. Continue for long
2. Will wither away
3. Deliver goods with the passage of time
4. Slowly benefit the workers

3. For Marx, human potential is actualized

1. when democracy is institutionalized
2. in the objectification of products
3. during the capitalist stage
4. during the primitive stage

4. What would Marx argue needs to happen to transform a societys culture?

1. the economic foundation would have to be changed
2. new technologies would need to be introduced
3. the mass media would need to be changed
4. the economic foundation would remain the same

5. According to Karl Marx workers:

1. Had no mother land
2. Have a motherland to which they must stick
3. Should confine their activities to their country
4. Should give maximum cooperation to the state

6. The bourgeoisie can transform its false consciousness into true class consciousness.

1. true.
2. false.

7. is the amount of socially necessary labor-time needed to produce an article under the normal conditions of production and with the average degree of skill and intensity of the time.

1. surplus value
2. labor theory of value
3. exchange value
4. use value

8. According to Marxian philosophy dialect:

1. It result of actions and reactions
2. No actions and reactions but matter
3. Means that action and reaction must be in the same direction
4. None of the above

9. Which one of the following is not true about Marxian Socialism?

1. Capital is a theft
2. State will wither away
3. State promotes interests of all
4. State sides with the rich and not the poor

10. Communist Manifesto was authored by:

1. Stalin
2. Karl Marx
3. Laski
4. George Bernard Shah

11. In Marxist theory, the .......... is the working class.

1. proletariat
2. left
3. lex talionis
4. bourgeoisie