Q. 31. “By liberty I mean the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the opportunity to be their best selves.” Laski.
Which one Of the following expresses the view implied in the above statement?
(a) Liberty is the absence of restraint
(b) Liberty is what the law permits
(c) Liberty is the ability to do what one desires
(d) Liberty is the maintenance of conditions for the growth of human personality
Ans. (d)
Q. 32. Which one of the following statements about the welfare state is correct?
(a) A welfare state is the same as a socialist state
(b) The welfare state is based on the principles of classical liberalism
(c) The welfare state is collectivist state
(d) The welfare state embodies the principles of neoliberalism
Ans. (b)
Q. 33. Who among the following thinkers held that “Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights and rights demand the State”?
(a) Hegel
(b) Green
(c) Bosanquet
(d) Laski
Ans. (b)
Q. 34. “Rights properly so-called are creations of law properly so called.”
This definition of rights is associated with:
(a) Hobbes
(b) Hegel
(c) Bentham
(d) Laski
Ans. (c)

Q. 35. The essence of Natural Rights is that:
(a) they are derived from a historical state to nature
(b) they existed in the state of nature and are not existent in civil society
(c) they are the products of nature conceived as concates natus of physical forces
(d) they are in conformity with universal principles of justice and morality and morality
Ans. (a)
Q. 36. Who among the following used the expression “forced to be free” in connection with the notion of liberty of the individual?’
(a) Rousseau
(b) Locke
(c) Green
(d) Hobhouse
Ans. (a)
Q. 37. The view that property is a natural right of man was propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) St. Augustine
(c) Locke
(d) Hegel
Ans. (c)
Q. 38. The positive theory of liberty was advocated by:
(a) John Stuart Mill
(b) T.H. Green
(c) Isaih Berlin
(d) Karl Popper
Ans. (b)
Q. 39. Bentham was a supporter of the theory of:
(a) natural rights
(b) historical rights
(c) legal rights
(d) ethical rights
Ans. (c)
Q. 40. The doctrine of proportionate equality was propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Rousseau
(c) Marx
(d) Rawls
Ans. (a)
Q. 41. Who among the following thinkers held the view that equality and liberty
are antithetical?
(a) Lord Action
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Harold Laski
(d) G.D.H. Cole
Ans. (a)
Q. 42. Rawl’s principle of distributive justice is based on the notion of:
(a) desert
(b) difference principle
(c) equality
(d) entitlement
Ans. (b)
Q. 43. The principle of distributive justice was first propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Godwin
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) Rawls
Ans. (a)
Q. 44. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List- I List- II
A. Justice is the interest of the stronger 1. Duguit
B. Justice is doing one’s own work
which is in consonance with his own nature 2. Thrasymachus
C. Justice is ultimately the principle of social 3. Rawls
solidarity
D. Justice is fairness 4. Plato
5. Spencer
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 5 1 2
(c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 5 4 2 1
Ans. (a)
Q. 45. The thesis which seeks to establish the relationship between electoral process and the party system is known as:.
(a) Mosca’s thesis
(b) Robert Michel’s theory
(c) Weber’s doctrine
(d) President
Ans (d)
Q. 46. Which one among the following is regarded as a civil right?
(a) Right to public employment
(b) Freedom of speech and expression
(c) Right to elect and to be elected
(d) Right to property
Ans. (b)
Q. 47. The liberal theory was juristic rather than political in:
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) France
(d) The U.S.A
Ans. (c)
Q. 48. Who among the following has expressed the view that if justice is taken away; the State becomes a band of robbers?
(a) Pluto
(b) Aristotle
(c) St. Augustine
(d) Locke
Ans. (c)
Q. 49. For the removal of the abuses of the factory system Robert Owen advocated:
(a) the organization of a strong trade union movement
(b) a revolutionary change of class relations in society
(c) the organization of producer’s co-operatives
(d) a reward system based on the principle of ‘to each according to his needs’
Ans. (c)
Q. 50. Which of the following statements are consistent with the Pluralist theory of sovereignty?
1. Although the State is also an association, the possession of coercive power by the State endows it with a superior right over other associations
2. The associations in the State are as real and as self-sufficient as the State itself
3. Law is prior to the State
4. All other associations having valuable social functions to perform are as much ‘sovereign’ as the State is for its purpose
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (a)