Question 1

In the words of Laski

Accepted Answer

A)  State is not known by the rights of the State
B)  State is known to crate rights
C)  State is known by moral rights
D)  State is known by the rights it maintains D

Question 2

The statement "Men are born and always continue free and equal in respect of their rights is associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  U.N Character of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
B)  French Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789
C)  American Declaration of Rights
D)  None of the above B

Question 3

Which of the following countries was the first to include a Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  America
B)  India
C)  Sweden
D)  None of the above C

Question 4

Which of the following statements is not associated with natural theory of rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rights inherent in man
B)  Rights are absolute
C)  Rights are pre-civil and according to some political thinkers they are also pre-social
D)  Rights are alienable

Question 5

According to _____________one's natural rights are ones natural powers

Accepted Answer

A)  John Locke
B)  Hobbes
C)  Mill
D)  Thomas paine

Question 6

By fundamental rights we mean,

Accepted Answer

A)  Right's guaranteed by the constitution
B)  Rights guaranteed by the monarch
C)  Rights followed by duties
D)  None of the above

Question 7

In the words of _________in his book Principles of social political Obligation, "Right are the external conditions necessary for the greatest possible development for the greatest possible development of the capacities of the personality"

Accepted Answer

A)  Laski
B)  Barker
C)  Bosanquet
D)  Lindsay

Question 8

Which of the following is an essential conditions for safeguarding rights of the individuals?
I. Decentralisation of authority
II. Existence of Consultative bodies
III. Existence of supreme court
IV. Non-interference by the state in the internal affairs of associations

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The political Rights granted by the state enable a citizen to

Accepted Answer

A)  Participate in the administration of the state
B)  Lead good religious life
C)  Preach politics
D)  Meddle in affairs of Government

Question 10

Which of the following is not a Theory of Rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legal theory of Rights
B)  Historical theory of Rights
C)  Divine Rights of King
D)  Social welfare theory of rights,

Question 11

In the opinion of Laski

Accepted Answer

A)  Holds are created by the State
B)  Rights are prior to the state
C)  They are not recognized by the State
D)  Both (a)  and b)

Question 12

Who among the following supported the theory of Natural Rights ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Locke
B)  Hobbes
C)  Thomas Paine
D)  All the above

Question 13

According to ___________"A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the State"

Accepted Answer

A)  Barker
B)  Bosanquet
C)  Hobbes
D)  Laski

Question 14

According to the liberal theory, the individual can find freedom by

Accepted Answer

A)  Obedience to the State
B)  Voluntary choice of activities
C)  Resistance to the authority
D)  Going against the law

Question 15

A bill of Rights is

Accepted Answer

A)  A declaration of fundamental rights
B)  An economic terms
C)  A business term
D)  A constitutional term

Question 16

Who among the following propounded the legal theory of rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hobbes
B)  Locke
C)  Ritche
D)  Roussau

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Maclver
B)  Laski
C)  Hegel
D)  Kant

Question 18

Which of the following is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  My right is not your duty and your right is my duty
B)  My right is your duty and your right is mu duty
C)  Right and duties are not the two sides of the same coin
D)  Every right does not have a corresponding obligation

Question 19

_________is the earliest theory of rights

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberal individualist theory of Natural Rights
B)  Legal theory
C)  Welfare theory
D)  None of the above

Question 20

According to the classical liberal theorists

Accepted Answer

A)  State is a social agency
B)  State is a political agency
C)  State is a neutral body
D)  State is an agent of economic upliftment

Exam 12: Theories and Concepts of Rights