1- According to Rousseau sovereignty resides in:
A). The General will✔️
B).The Real Will
C). The Actual Will
D). The king
2- Sovereignty is an essential element of:
A). Society
B). State✔️
C). Government
D). Nation
3-In India the legal sovereignty lies in the:
A). Parliament✔️
B). Supreme court
C). President
D). Electorate
4- The court recognize only:
A). Legal sovereign✔️
B). Political sovereign
C). Popular sovereign
D). All of the above
5- De facto sovereign refers to:
A). A person who is the lawful ruler of the country
B). King who has lawful inherited to the throne
C).A person or body of persons who actually exercise power✔️
D). None of the above
6- Under democratic system of government the popular sovereignty resides in:
A). Popularly elected representative body
B). The electorate
C). The people✔️
D). All the above
7- The Pluralists regard the state as:
A). Master of people
B). Servant of people
C). A power- machine
D). Brother of masses✔️
8- Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the government and the state?
A). Pluralists✔️
B). Socialists
C). Capitalists
D). All the above
9- According to Laski law is:
A). Command of the sovereign
B). Embodiment of general will
C). Built upon general social environment✔️
D). Accumulation of religious principles and practices
10- According to Laski the state is:
A). Master of society and associations
B). Servant of society✔️
C). Identical with society
D). None of the above
11- Who said “No sovereign has anywhere possessed unlimited power; and the attempt to exert it has always resulted in the establishment of safeguards”?
A). Sir Henry Maine
B). Hobbes
C). Bodin
D). Laski✔️
12- Sovereignty has been defined as ” Supreme power over citizens and subjects unrestrained by law” by:
A). Burgess
B). Willoughby
C). Bodin✔️
D). Austin
13- Political Pluralism calls for:
A). Parliamentary control of associations
B). Government control of association
C). Autonomy of associations✔️
D). Administrative control of associations
14-” it would be of lasting benefit to political science if the whole concept of sovereignty were surrendered. This statement reflects the view point of:
A). The monistic school
B). The pluralistic school✔️
C). The lagalistic school
D). The analytical school
15- The assertion that the state is not the only association but one among many associations in society, is:
A). A Marxist view point
B). A pluralist view point✔️
C). A Fabian view point
D). An Anarchist view point
16- why do the Pluralists oppose the traditional concept of sovereignty?
A). Because other associations are as important as the state✔️
B). Because it comes in the way of international cooperation
C). Because it is Anti- democratic
D). Because it is ineffective
17- The pluralist theory views power as:
A). Control over resources
B). A fixed quantity
C). Relational✔️
D). Repressive
18- Who among the following was the first to enunciate the concept of sovereignty?
A). Aristotle
B). Bodin✔️
C). Hobbes
D). Laski
19- The theory of sovereignty is historically associated with the rise of:
A). Feudalism
B). Absolute monarchy✔️
C). Democracy
D). Decolonization
20- The nation of sovereignty was first formulated by:
A). Plato
B). Aristotle
C). Bodin✔️
D). Locke
21-The Austinian theory attributes to the sovereign:
A). Moral omnicompetenc
B). Political supremacy
C).Absolute judicial Authority
D). The power of political legitimation✔️
22- Which one of the following restrictions is imposed by Jean Bodin on the authority of the sovereign?
A). Law of God and nature✔️
B).Laws of Representation
C). Human rights
D). International agreements
23- The distinction between legal and political sovereignty was made by:
A). John Locke✔️
B). John Austin
C). A. V. Dicey
D). Harold J. Laski
24-The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Commission has been replaced by the:
A).UN Human Rights Agency
B).UN Human Rights Committee
C).UN Human Rights Council✔️
D).UN Human rights secretariat
25- Which one of the following is an apt description of Bodin’s theory of sovereignty?
A). Absolute sovereignty✔️
B). Limited sovereignty
C). Political sovereignty
D). Popular sovereignty
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