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(USA) Political Science Sovereignty Of State Set 2
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1. The champion of absolute sovereignty of monarch was:
Hobbes
Laski
MacIver
Marsiglio of Padua
2. Who one of the following is not associated with the concept of popular sovereign?
Laski
Rousseau
Barker
Hegel
3. Sovereignty is an essential element of:
Associations
State
Society
Dictatorship
4. De-jure and De-facto sovereign are:
Contradictory to each other
Complementary to each other
Not related to each other
None of the above is true
5. Which one of the following according to Pluralists is a serious limitation on sovereignty?
Inernational law
Trade unions
Associations operating in the state
written constitution
6. Which one of the following is not correct about Austins theory of sovereignty?
It believes sovereignty is indivisible
It believes that legal and popular sovereignty cannot keep pace with each other
It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty
It has not distinguished between legal and political sovereignty
7. The Pluralists believe in the concept of:
Traditional sovereignty
De-jure sovereignty
Political sovereignty
Hereditary sovereignty
8. Which one of the following is not true about pluralists attack on concept of sovereignty?
This concept is impossible
It is against individual liberty
It is against freedom of association
It is against the ideal of international peace and harmony
9. Who of the following was the first systemtic thinker about doctrine of sovereignty?
Hobbes
Grotius
Austin
Bodin
10. Which one of the following is associated with the statement that If sovereignty is not absolute no state will exist?
Aristotle
Rousseau
Karl Marx
MacIver
11. The term sovereignty has been drawn from the Latin term:
Supranus
Supreme Court
Soviet
Statute
12. Sovereignty is an essential attribute of:
State
Society
Government
Parliament
13. Who said that sovereignty was the fullness of state?
The Greeks
The English
The Romans
Indians
14. Which one of the following characteristics of sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
Absoluteness
Divisibility
Permanence
Exclusiveness
15. The concept of legal sovereignty was for the first time propounded by:
Hobbes
Rousseau
Locke
T.H. Green
16. Which one of the following statements is correct?
Sovereignty implies freedom to conduct intenal affairs of a state
Sovereignty means freedom to conduct the foreign affairs
Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs
Sovereignty is the desire of people to have independence
17. Sovereignty is an attribute of:
Despotic state only
Democratic states only
All states
Government
18. he concept of political sovereignty is associated with:
Plato
John Lacke
Rousseau
Austin
19. The concept of popular sovereignty is associated with:
Austin
Locke
Rousseau
Bodin
20. Who of the followings believed that sovereignty vested in the general would?
Rousseau
TH.Green
Austin
Bodin
21. The principle of popular sovereignty holds that sovereignty lies with:
People
Members of Parliament
Constitution
Pope
22. Titular Sovereign means:
A person who enjoys absolute powers and is not accountable to any one
A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy
A person who enjoys all the powers vested in him by the constitution
A sovereign elected by the Parliament
23. The legal sovereignty resides in:
The courts which decide the disputes
The constitution of a country
The body which possesses supreme law making powers
The Head of the State
24. Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
It is definite
It enjoys only limited authority
It possesses the power to issue final commands
All rights emanate from it
25. The Legal Sovereign has to bow before the:
Real sovereign
Political sovereign
Popular sovereignty
None of the above
26. The de facto and de jure sovereignty:
Are opposed to each other
Can exist side by side
Have no relation with each other
Are acquired with the help of force
27. The concept of external sovereignty was developed by:
John Austin
Grotius
Oppenheim
Bentham
28. External Sovereignty means:
Right of the state to act without outside restrictions
Right of state to apply international law
Right of state to send diplomatic envoys to other states
Rights of a state to maintain an army of its own
29. Who said that sovereignty resides in determinate human superior?
Bodin
Grotius
Austin
Montesquieu
30. Who said that sovereignty cannot reside in determinate human superior?
Austin
Bodin
G.D.H.Cole
Henry Maine
31. Who of the followings is known as the high priest of sovereignty?
Austin
Bodin
Rousseau
Grotius
32. Who said that the theory of sovereignty is not valid for political philosophy?
T.H. Green
Hobhouse
Laski
Grotius
33. Which of the followings was the bitterest critic of Austins theory of sovereignty?
Bodin
Laski
Sir Henry Maine
Hobbes
34. The monistic theory of sovereignty holds that:
The sovereignty resides in the state alone
Sovereignty resides in the King only
Sovereignty is shared by the King and the Parliament
Sovereignty is shared by the state and other associations
35. Austin propounded his theory of Sovereignty in the book:
Two Treatises on Government
Lectures on Jurisprudence
Early History of Institutions
Modern State
36. Austin propounded a theory of:
Legal Sovereignty
Political Sovereignty
Titular Sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty
37. Which one of the following statements in wrong?
Sovereignty rests exclusively with the state
Sovereignty is permanent
Sovereignty is shared by the state with government
State can give a part of its sovereignty to society
38. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Legal sovereign has power to issue final commands
Violation of the command of Legal sovereign is punishable
All rights emanate from the legal sovereign
The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority
39. In Britain the legal sovereignty resides in:
he House of Lords
TB. The Queen-in-Parliament
The Queen
The Courts
40. The first western writer to offer a systematic exposition of the doctrine of sovereignty was:
John Austin
Bodin
Grotius
Hobbes
41. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Austins theory of sovereignty is in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty
Austins theory of sovereignty is not in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty
Austin exaggerates the element of force when he describes law as a command of the sovereign
Austin fails to draw a distinction between legal and political sovereignty
42. he Pluralistic theory of sovereignty was first propounded by:
Laski
MacIver
Bodin
Von Gierke
43. The Pluralists are in favour of:
Denial of all sovereign power to the state
Grant of absolute sovereign right to the state
Grant of limited sovereign powers to the state
Grant of all powers to associations only
44. The Pluralists believe that:
Sovereignty is exclusively vested in the state
Sovereignty is shared by the various social religious economic and political groups
Sovereignty is the privilege of social and economic groups only
Sovereignty rests with the United Nations
45. Which one of the following statements is correct?
The legal sovereign is superior to political sovereign
The legal sovereign is inferior to political sovereign
The legal sovereign is equal to political sovereign
No relationship exists between the political and legal sovereign
46. The Pluralists believe in:
Legal sovereignty
Political sovereignty
Nominal Sovereign
Absolute sovereignty
47. One of the followings is a basic feature of Pluralist concept of sovereignty:
Absoluteness
Inalienability
Divisibility
Exclusiveness
48. Pluralistic view of sovereignty was:
A reaction against denial of sovereignty to state
A reaction against to much of importance attached to economic and social groups
Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty
A plea for an independent judiciary
49. Pluralists believe that:
The state is a unique organization
The state is as important as the other social economic and religious groups
The other social economic and religious groups are more important than the state
State is controlled by other associations
50. The main function of the state according to the Pluralists is:
To promote general welfare of its citizens
To regulate the activities of various associations
To regulate production distribution of essential goods
To provide social securities like unemployment allowance and old pension
51. The Pluralists are in favour of:
Abolition of state
Classless and stateless society
Curtailing powers of state
Further extension of the powers of state
52. Who was the doyen of the Pluralists from amongst the following?
Bentham
J.S. Mill
Leacock
Laski
53. According to the Pluralists one of the important limitations on sovereignty is:
Written Constitution
Independent Judiciary
Political Parties
International Law
54. If sovereignty is not absolute no state exists Who said this?
John Austin
Jean Bodin
Hobbes
None of the above
55. There are several forms of sovereignty. The sovereignty of the King of Great Britain can be classified as:
Titular Sovereignty
Real Sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty
Legal Sovereignty
56. Which one of the following described laws as a command of the sovereign:
Austin
Locke
Mooney
Laski
57. According to the concept of Plural Sovereignty:
Sovereignty lies in the state only
Sovereignty lies in the Parliament
Sovereignty lies in the Kind
Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state
58. According to Rousseau sovereignty resides in:
The General Will
The Real Will
The Actual Will
The King
59. Sovereignty is an essential element of:
Society
State
Government
Nation
60. The Pluralist thinkers have attacked the concept of sovereignty on a number of grounds. Which of the following is not a ground of their attack on sovereignty?
The concept of sovereignty is against the freedom of association
The concept of sovereignty is against individual liberty
The concept of sovereignty is against the ideal of international peace and harmony
The concept of sovereignty is unethical
61. If a determinate human superior not in a habit of obedience to a like superior receives habitual obedience from the bulk of a given society that determinate superior is sovereign in that society; and the society (including the superior) is a society political and independent. Which of the followings said this?
Hobbes
Jean Bodin
Austin
Laski
62. In India the legal sovereignty lies in the
Parliament
Supreme Court
President
Electorate
63. The Courts recognise only:
Legal sovereign
Political sovereign
Popular sovereignty
All the above sovereigns
64. De facto sovereign refers to:
A person who is the lawful ruler of the country
King who has lawfully inherited to the throne
A person or body of persons who actually exercise power
None of the above
65. De jure sovereign refers to:
A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience.
A person who is authorised by Parliament to rule the country
A person in whom the entire authority is vested by the constitution but does not make use of that power
The constitutional ruler of state
66. Under democratic system of government the popular sovereignty resides in:
Popularly elected representative body
The electorate
The people
All the above
67. Sir Henry Maine:
Fully supported Austins theory of sovereignty
Supported the basic principles of Austins theory of sovereignty but differed from him in details
Bitterly criticised Austinss theory of sovereignty
Expressed new views about Austins theory of sovereignty
68. The Pluralists regard the state as:
Master of people
Servant of people
A power machine
Brother of masses
69. Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the governemtn and the state?
Pluralists
Socialists
Capitalists
All the above
70. According to Laski law is:
Command of the sovereign
Embodiment of general will
Built upon general social environemtn
Accumulation of religious principles and practices
71. According to Laski the state is:
Master of society and associations
Servant of society
Identical with society
None of the above
72. Who said No sovereign has any where possessed unlimited power; and the attempt to exert it has always resulted in the establishment of safeguards?
Sir Henry Maine
Hobbes
Bodin
Laski
73. Sovereignty has been defined as Supreme Power over citizens and subjects unrestrained by law by:
Burgess
Willoughby
Bodin
Austin
74. Which one of the following statements correctly defines sovereignty as a legal attribute of the state?
To make decisions with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the state free of external restraint or coercision
To enforece laws made by decision makers over those who are willing to coerce the unwilling citizens
To cultivate popular conscience to obey wuch decisions as are made by the legislature and to ensure compliance there of
To ensure enforcement of dicisions made by authorities with a view to total and abiding obedience by citizens
75. Which one of the following statements is correct?
The legal sovereign in England is the Queen or the King
The legal sovereign in England is the People
The legal sovereign in England is the House of Commons
The legal sovereign in England is the Queen/King-in-Parliament
76. Which one of the following statements depict the true nature of Defacto sovereignty?
A sovereignty where ultimate authority rests with the people
A sovereignty which has the legal right to command obedience
A sovereignty which is actually obeyed by the people whether it has a legal status or not
A sovereignty which is absolute and Incapable of limitation
77. Political Pluralism calls for:
Parliamentary control of associations
Government control of association
Autonomy of associations
Administrative control of associations
78. It would be of lasting benefit to Political Science if the whole concept of sovereignty were surrendered. This statement reflects the view point of:
The monistic school
The pluralistic school
The legalistic school
The analytical school
79. The assertion that the state is not the only association but one among many associations in society is:
A Marxist viewpoint
A Pluralist viewpoint
A Fabian viewpoint
An Anarchist viewpoint
80. Which one of the following statements is incorrect with reference to Austins definition of sovereignty?
It resides in a determinate human superior
The determinate human superior should not be in the habit of obedience to like superior
The determinate human superior receives habitual obedience from the bluk of population of given society
The determinate human superior must be responsible for his acts to the elected representatives of the people
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