Deck 8: Political Theory: Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, and Freedom

Question 1

The statement, "Liberty is the freedom of individual to express without external hindrances, his personality", is associated with

A)G.D.H. Cole
B)Hayek
C)Levi Strauss
D)None of the above

Answer 1

G.D.H. Cole

Question 2

Two Concepts of Liberty was an essay written by

A)Amartya Sen
B)Isaiah Berlin
C)Voltaire
D)Karl Popper

Answer 2

Isaiah Berlin

Question 3

The concept of 'Negative liberty' is the absence of

A)law
B)rights
C)interference
D)freedom

Answer 3

interference

Question 4

'Positive liberty' is associated with

A)egoism
B)altruism
C)punishment
D)self-realisation

Question 5

According to Laski, 'Political liberty' means

A)'the power to be active in the affairs of the state'
B)'the rights of an individual in the society'
C)'freedom from wants'
D)'the power to be active for individual liberty'

Question 6

Individual liberty is understood as the freedom to pursue one's

A)Rights and obligation without limitation
B)desires and interests without any violation with the liberty of others
C)follow government order without questioning the intention
D)unlimited rights and freedom

Question 7

Which is not part of individual liberty

A)freedom of speech and expression
B)freedom of religion
C)freedom to violate the State law
D)freedom of fear

Question 8

Liberty means the absence of

A)rights
B)conscience
C)restraint
D)morality

Question 9

On the Jewish Question, Marx linked personal liberty to

A)egoism and private property
B)rights and universal altruism
C)the rights of man
D)Socio-cultural conditions of men

Question 10

The term 'equality' is derived from Latin Word

A)equal
B)aequitas
C)elista
D)equinox

Question 11

Who defines, "Equality means equal rights for all the people and the abolition of all special rights and privileges"?

A)Green
B)MacIver
C)Marshall
D)Barker

Question 12

Aristotle had expounded two kinds of equality i.e.,

A)horizontal and perpendicular
B)numerical and proportional
C)negative and positive
D)none of the above

Question 13

Economic equality stands for equitable distribution of

A)property and privileges in the society
B)salary and leave to the workers
C)wealth and resources in the society
D)land to the family members

Question 14

Legal equality is defined as equality before

A)Religious law
B)market
C)customary law
D)court of law

Question 15

Who said that, "The passion for equality made vain the hope for freedom".

A)Acton
B)Voltaire
C)Paine
D)None of the above

Question 16

The statement "Men cannot become absolutely equal unless they are entirely free" is associated with

A)Marshall
B)Green
C)Lincoln
D)Tocqueville

Question 17

Liberty and equality become the two important essences in which form of government

A)Democratic
B)Autocratic
C)Socialist
D)Monarchical

Question 18

The exponents of 'negative relationship' between liberty and equality holds that

A)the two are compatible
B)liberty and equality are both natural
C)liberty and equality are both artificial
D)liberty is natural but not equality

Question 19

According to positive view, liberty and equality are

A)contradict to each other
B)compatible
C)non-compatible
D)oppose to each other

Question 20

Who said, "Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general, to be himself at his best"

A)Acton
B)Skinner
C)Laski
D)Sartori

Question 21

John Locke is associated with which theory of rights?

A)legal rights
B)natural rights
C)collective rights
D)State rights

Question 22

The differences between legal rights and moral rights are

A)moral right is visible and legal rights is not visible
B)legal right is enforced by law whereas moral right is not enforceable by state law
C)legal right is partial and moral right is impartial
D)none of the above

Question 23

The rights to participate in the political process without any form of discrimination is under

A)economic rights
B)civic rights
C)political rights
D)natural rights

Question 24

Which is regarded as one of the principle source of human rights?

A)Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B)PETA
C)United Nations Development Programme
D)International treaties

Question 25

The phrase, "every state is known by the rights that it maintains" is developed by

A)Sabine
B)Green
C)Laski
D)Sabine.