Concept of natural rights has been condemned because:
1.These are not possible these days
2.There was no state of nature
3.There were no natural rights
4. These are immoral
Idealist believe about rights that these should deal with:
1.Maintaning property
2.Maintaining judicial system
3.Development of human personality
4.Devlopment of religion
Main criticism against the legal theory of rights is that it:
1.Believes that state alone creates rights
2.Has made rights dependent on others
3.Has make rights above society
4.Has not properly understood rights
Right to elect and hold elected office is:
1.Natural right
2. Fundamental right
3.Civil rights
4.Political right
The oldest theory about rights is:
1.Economic theory
2.Evolutionary theory
3.Theory of natural rights
4.Force theory
The rights which are supposed to have been enjoyed by the people even in the state of nature are called:
1.Fundamental rights
2.Moral rights
3.Civil rights
4.Natural rights
Which of the following theory explains clearly the nature of rights?
1.Social welfare theory
2.Theory of natural rights
3.Historical theory of rights
4.None of the above
Exponents of historical theory of rights believe that the rights:
1.Have been given by the society
2.Are the product of evolution
3.Are given by the sovereign
4.Are of divine origin
Historical theory of rights has been criticised because:
1.It is too wide
2.It is too narrow
3. It is too complicated
4. It is difficult to understand
Idealist theory:
1.Differentiates between moral and political rights
2.Does not differentiate between moral and political rights
3.Opposed to moral and political rights Reconciles moral and political rights
4.Reconciles moral and political rights
In a modern democratic state political rights are available to:
1.Educated citizens
2.Both to educated citizens and aliens
3.Only those paying taxes
4.All including women and children
Main criticism against fundamental rights is that:
1.These are given without any obligation to all the citizens
2.Are loaded with too heavy respobsibilities
3.Hinder government working
4.Are too vague and cant be looked after by the courts of law
One of the important natural rights is right to:
1.Have associations Worship in a natural manner
2.Live in houses
3.Own and preserve property
4.life liberty and property.
Right to equality before law is:
1.Economic right
2.Moral right
3.Religious right
4.Political right
Rights and duties are:
1.Contradictory
2.Clashing and at cross purpose
3.Co-related
4.Not concerned with each other
Social welfare theory of rights is associated with:
1.Utilitarian
2.Marxists
3.Anarchists
4.Idealists
The right to have a family life is:A. Moral rights B. Political rightC. D.
1.Moral rights
2.Political right
3.Civil rights
4.Natural right
Theory of natural rights has been criticised because it makes rights:
1.Too flexible
2.Too rigid
3.Too static
4.Too un-understandable
Theory of natural rights was supported by:
1.Hobbes
2.Locke
3.Rousseau
4.None of the above
Which of the following is correct?
1.Political rights are enjoyed by eliens as well
2.Everywhere citizens have been given the right to work
3.Each right has a corresponding duty
4.Rights need not be compatible with common good
Which of the following statement is correct?
1.All rights are based on social customs
2.Moral rights have been codified
3.Moral rights have no deep roots in society
4.Breach of moral rights is socially condemned
Which one of the following is not a political right?
1.Right to family
2. Right to be elected
3. Right to protection
4. Right to vote
Which one of the following is true about political rights?
1.These are available to aliens
2.These are available to people in dictatorships
3.These are available in democracies
4.These are available to people where there is a written constitution
Who of the following said that rights are crystallization of customs?
1.Dr. Asirvatham
2. Ritchie
3.Authors of French Revolution
4.Edmund Burke
Who said that outward conditions and rights are necessary to the national life?
1.Liber
2.Keruse
3.Edmund Burke
4. Dr. Asirvatham
All rights enjoyed by the citizens must be compatible with:
1.Culture
2.Civilisation
3.International understanding
4.Common welfare
All rights must be compatible with:
1.Religion
2.Customs
3.Common good
4.Culture
Edmund Burkes name is associated with:
1.Legal theory of rights
2.Natural theory of rights
3.Idealist theory of rights
4.Historical theory of rights
In a civilised state the citizens are supposed to:
1.Enjoy rights only
2.Perform duties only
3.Enjoy more rights but performs few duties
4.Believe that each right has a corresponding duty
Individuals cant claim any rights against:
1.The Council of Ministers
2.Prime Minister
3.State
4.Sovereign
One of the oldest theories about rights is theory of:
1.Natural rights
2.Legal rights
3.Idealist theory of rights
4.Historical theory of rights
Right to property is:
1.Economic right
2.Moral right
3.Fundamental right
4. Civil right
Rights can be safeguarded by:
1.Giving more duties to citizens
2.Separating executive from judiciary
3.Giving more rights to the citizens
4.Using extensive force
Rights cant be claimed against:
1.State
2.Government
3.Prime Minister
4.Elected representatives
The concept of rights:
1.Has been there since very old times
2.Is very recent
3.Was not known to medieval people
4.Was not known to the people of ancient India
The rights against which state cannot enact law and if enacted can be declared invalid are called:
1.Social rights
2.Moral rights
3.Political rights
4.Fundamental right
The rights which can be enforced with the punitive powers of the state are known as:
1.International rights
2.Legal rights
3.Civil rights
4.Moral rights
The rights which have more concern with inward rather than outward actions are called:
1.Moral rights
2. Civil rights
3.Natural rights
4.Political rights
The statement that every state is known by the rights that it maintains is associated with:
1.Lord Bryce
2.T.H. Green
3.Rousseau
4.Laski
The Theory of Natural Rights formed an important part of:
1.Austins Theory of Sovereignty
2.Social Contract Theory
3.Divine Origin Theory
4.Force Theory
The Theory of Natural Rights holds that:
1.Rights are a divine creation
2. Rights came from pre-civil society
3.Rights were granted by the King
4.Rights are granted by the constitution
The three natural rights mentioned by Locke are:
1.Right to life liberty and property
2.Right to life work and religion
3.Right to life property and religion
4.Right to life religion and family
Which of the following is not a natural right according to Locke?
1. Right to life
2.Right to liberty
3. Right to property
4.Right to work
Which of the following is not a political right of citizens?
1.Right to vote
2.Right to get elected
3. Right to education
4.Right to resist
Which of the following is true about Locke regarding rights of an individual i.e. he gets these from:
1.God
2.State
3.Society
4.Nature
Which of the following is true about moral rights?
1.These have legal backing
2.These have social support
3.These have backing of the majority
4.These have the support of the religion
Which of the following theory believes that rights are conditions which contribute and help in the promotion of common good?
1.Historical
2.Natural
3.Social welfare
4.Legal
Which one of the following characteristics of rights has been wrongly listed?
1.Rights are created by the state
2.Rights are conditions of good life
3.Rights are intimately related with duties
4.The rights are not static and grow with time
Which one of the following is not true about rights?
1.These are needed for good life
2.These must go hand in hand with duties
3.These are not static
4.These are created by the state
Which one of the following is true about political rights?
1.These are given by the head of the state
2.These are favoured by judiciary
3.These give a right to people to express their views
4.These were available in the state of nature
Which one of the following rights has become a matter of controversy in our modern times?
1.Right to vote
2.Right to resist
3.Right to property
4. Right to seek constitutional remedies
Which one of the following statements is correct?
1.Right is another name for the power of a man to satisfy his needs
2.Rights belong to a person as an individual
3.Right is another name for disinterested wish
4.A right is a claim recognised by society and enforced by the state
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
1.The rights can exist outside the state
2.Every right has a corresponding duty
3.The rights are definite
4.The rights have a tendency to grow
Which one of the followings is the oldest theory of rights?
1.Historical Theory
2.Natural Rights Theory
3.Legal theory of rights
4. Idealist Theory
Which right has been added to the category of rights in our modern times i.e. right to?
1.Life
2.Liberty
3.Property
4.Work
Which theory believes that law is the only source which gives us rights?
1.Theory of natural rights
2.Idealist theory of rights
3.Legal theory of rights
4. Natural theory of rights
Who of the following is associated with the theory of legal rights?
1.Hobbes
2.Bentham
3.Locke
4.Hegel
Who of the following is not associated with the theory of natural rights?
1.Thomas Hobbes
2.Bentham
3.Locke
4.Karl Marx
Who of the following said that rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best?
1.Laski
2.Marx
3.Spencer
4.Montesquieu
Who of the following scholars is associated with the Theory of Natural Rights
1.Locke
2.Bentham
3.Green
4.Karl Marx