Sovereignty Of State MCQs

Option A: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen or the King

Option B: The legal sovereign in England is the People

Option C: The legal sovereign in England is the House of Commons

Option D: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen/King-in-Parliament

Correct Answer: The legal sovereign in England is the Queen/King-in-Parliament ✔

Option A: Austin’s theory of sovereignty is in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty

Option B: Austin’s theory of sovereignty is not in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty

Option C: Austin exaggerates the element of force when he describes law as a command of the sovereign

Option D: Austin fails to draw a distinction between, legal and political sovereignty

Correct Answer: A. Austin’s theory of sovereignty is in keeping with the notions of popular sovereignty ✔

Option A: Legal sovereign has power to issue final commands

Option B: Violation of the command of Legal sovereign is punishable

Option C: All rights emanate from the legal sovereign

Option D: The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority

Correct Answer: The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: Sovereignty rests exclusively with the state

Option B: Sovereignty is permanent

Option C: Sovereignty is shared by the state with government

Option D: State can give a part of its sovereignty to society

Correct Answer: State can give a part of its sovereignty to society ✔

Option A: Sovereignty implies freedom to conduct intenal affairs of a state

Option B: Sovereignty means freedom to conduct the foreign affairs

Option C: Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs

Option D: Sovereignty is the desire of people to have independence

Correct Answer: Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs ✔

Option A: A Marxist viewpoint

Option B: A Pluralist viewpoint

Option C: A Fabian viewpoint

Option D: An Anarchist viewpoint

Correct Answer: A Pluralist viewpoint ✔

Option A: Parliamentary control of associations

Option B: Government control of association

Option C: Autonomy of associations

Option D: Administrative control of associations

Correct Answer: Autonomy of associations ✔

Option A: Burgess

Option B: Willoughby

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: Pluralists

Option B: Socialists

Option C: Capitalists

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Pluralists ✔

Option A: Fully supported Austin’s theory of sovereignty

Option B: Supported the basic principles of Austin’s theory of sovereignty but differed from him in details

Option C: Bitterly criticised Austins’s theory of sovereignty

Option D: Expressed new views about Austin’s theory of sovereignty

Correct Answer: C. Bitterly criticised Austins’s theory of sovereignty ✔

Option A: A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience.

Option B: A person who is authorised by Parliament to rule the country

Option C: A person in whom the entire authority is vested by the constitution but does not make use of that power

Option D: The constitutional ruler of state

Correct Answer: A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience. ✔

Option A: Legal sovereign

Option B: Political sovereign

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: All the above sovereigns

Correct Answer: Legal sovereign ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Jean Bodin

Option C: Austin

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Society

Option B: State

Option C: Government

Option D: Nation

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Sovereignty lies in the state only

Option B: Sovereignty lies in the Parliament

Option C: Sovereignty lies in the Kind

Option D: Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state

Correct Answer: Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Jean Bodin

Option C: Hobbes

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: John Austin ✔

Option A: Bentham

Option B: J.S. Mill

Option C: Leacock

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: To promote general welfare of its citizens

Option B: To regulate the activities of various associations

Option C: To regulate production distribution of essential goods

Option D: To provide social securities like unemployment allowance and old pension

Correct Answer: To regulate the activities of various associations ✔

Option A: A reaction against denial of sovereignty to state

Option B: A reaction against to much of importance attached to economic and social groups

Option C: Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty

Option D: A plea for an independent judiciary

Correct Answer: Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: MacIver

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Von Gierke

Correct Answer: Von Gierke ✔

Option A: The House of Lords

Option B: The Queen-in-Parliament

Option C: The Queen

Option D: The Courts

Correct Answer: The Queen-in-Parliament ✔

Option A: Two Treatises on Government

Option B: Lectures on Jurisprudence

Option C: Early History of Institutions

Option D: Modern State

Correct Answer: Lectures on Jurisprudence ✔

Option A: T.H. Green

Option B: Hobhouse

Option C: Laski

Option D: Grotius

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: G.D.H.Cole

Option D: Henry Maine

Correct Answer: Henry Maine ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Oppenheim

Option D: Bentham

Correct Answer: Grotius ✔

Option A: Real sovereign

Option B: Political sovereign

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Political sovereign ✔

Option A: The courts, which decide the disputes

Option B: The constitution of a country

Option C: The body which possesses supreme law making powers

Option D: The Head of the State

Correct Answer: The body which possesses supreme law making powers ✔

Option A: Rousseau

Option B: TH.Green

Option C: Austin

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: John Lacke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: John Lacke ✔

Option A: The Greeks

Option B: The English

Option C: The Romans

Option D: Indians

Correct Answer: The Romans ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Austin

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔

Option A: It believes sovereignty is indivisible

Option B: It believes that legal and popular sovereignty cannot keep pace with each other

Option C: It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty

Option D: It has not distinguished between legal and political sovereignty

Correct Answer: It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty ✔

Option A: Associations

Option B: State

Option C: Society

Option D: Dictatorship

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Laski

Option C: MacIver

Option D: Marsiglio of Padua

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Individualist

Option B: Democrats

Option C: Absolutists

Option D: Socialists

Correct Answer: Socialists ✔

Option A: De-jure Sovereign

Option B: Political Sovereign

Option C: Nominal Sovereign

Option D: Internal Sovereign

Correct Answer: Political Sovereign ✔

Option A: John Locke

Option B: Hegel

Option C: Austin

Option D: Holland

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: De-jure Sovereignty

Option B: De-facto Sovereignty

Option C: Popular Sovereignty

Option D: Political Sovereignty

Correct Answer: De-jure Sovereignty ✔

Option A: Bulk of society

Option B: Determinate human superior

Option C: In the like superior

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Determinate human superior ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: T.H. Green

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Hegel

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Jean Bodin

Correct Answer: Jean Bodin ✔

Option A: Limited

Option B: Constitutional

Option C: Absolute

Option D: Divided

Correct Answer: Absolute ✔

Option A: Divisibility

Option B: Comprehensiveness

Option C: Permanence

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Divisibility ✔

Option A: Permanence

Option B: Inalienability

Option C: Indivisibility

Option D: Delegation of authority by some persons to the state

Correct Answer: Delegation of authority by some persons to the state ✔

Option A: People

Option B: Political elite

Option C: Members of Parliament

Option D: Judiciary

Correct Answer: People ✔

Option A: G.D.H. Cole

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Sir Henry Maine

Correct Answer: Sir Henry Maine ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Gettell

Option C: Austin

Option D: Barker

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Roman

Option B: Greek

Option C: French

Option D: English

Correct Answer: English ✔

Option A: All the persons in and outside the state

Option B: By outside people alone

Option C: By international organisations alone

Option D: By associations in the state only

Correct Answer: All the persons in and outside the state ✔

Option A: John Coulhon

Option B: Dicey

Option C: Sir Henry Maine

Option D: Laski

Correct Answer: John Coulhon ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Bodin

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Grotius ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Locke

Option C: Grotius

Option D: Rousseau

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Internal aspect

Option B: External aspect

Option C: Legal theory

Option D: Philosophical theory

Correct Answer: Legal theory ✔

Option A: Gettell

Option B: Gilchrist

Option C: John Coulhon

Option D: Liber

Correct Answer: Gilchrist ✔

Option A: Permanence

Option B: Exclusiveness

Option C: All comprehensiveness

Option D: Wealth

Correct Answer: Wealth ✔

Option A: John Coulhon

Option B: Laski

Option C: Liber

Option D: Prince Kropotkin

Correct Answer: Liber ✔

Option A: Recognised by national courts

Option B: Recognised by international courts

Option C: One which has no legal status

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: One which has no legal status ✔

Option A: Absolute sovereign

Option B: De facto sovereign

Option C: Political sovereign

Option D: Titular sovereign

Correct Answer: Titular sovereign ✔

Option A: Grotius

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Locke

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Maitland

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: Bentham

Option C: Maitland

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Maitland ✔

Option A: An absolute sovereign

Option B: A sovereign in name

Option C: None of both

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A sovereign in name ✔

Option A: Titular sovereignty

Option B: Real sovereignty

Option C: Popular sovereignty

Option D: Legal sovereignty

Correct Answer: Titular sovereignty ✔

Option A: President

Option B: Prime Minister

Option C: Council of Ministers

Option D: Cabinet

Correct Answer: President ✔

Option A: Not precise

Option B: Not well organised

Option C: Fully well organised and precise

Option D: Not recognised by law

Correct Answer: Fully well organised and precise ✔

Option A: J.S.Mill

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Grotius

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Mhenry Maine ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Plato

Option D: T.H.Green

Correct Answer: John Austin ✔

Option A: G.D.H. Cole

Option B: Sorel

Option C: Duguit

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: G.D.H. Cole ✔

Option A: Transference from other sovereignty

Option B: Its perpetuity

Option C: Its indivisibility

Option D: Its inalienability

Correct Answer: Its perpetuity ✔

Option A: Absolute powers both internally and externally

Option B: Legal unrestricted and unlimited powers

Option C: Supreme law making authority

Option D: The powers of an absolute monarch

Correct Answer: Absolute powers both internally and externally ✔

Option A: English

Option B: Greek

Option C: Latin

Option D: Roman

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Gettell

Option D: Gilchrist

Correct Answer: Laski ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Laski

Option C: Jean Bodin

Option D: Austin

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: St. Augustine

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Machiavelli

Option D: Locke

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: It is indivisible

Option B: It is permanent

Option C: It is inalienable

Option D: It is delegated to some one else by the state

Correct Answer: It is delegated to some one else by the state ✔

Option A: Democratic state

Option B: Distatorship

Option C: Constitutional monarchy

Option D: Absolute monarchy

Correct Answer: All types of states ✔

Option A: Laski

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Barker

Option D: Hegel

Correct Answer: Hegel ✔

Option A: Contradictory to each other

Option B: Complementary to each other

Option C: Not related to each other

Option D: None of the above is true

Correct Answer: Complementary to each other ✔

Option A: Inernational law

Option B: Trade unions

Option C: Associations operating in the state

Option D: A written constitution

Correct Answer: Inernational law ✔

Option A: Traditional sovereignty

Option B: De-jure sovereignty

Option C: Political sovereignty

Option D: Hereditary sovereignty

Correct Answer: Political sovereignty ✔

Option A: This concept is impossible

Option B: It is against individual liberty

Option C: It is against freedom of association

Option D: It is against the ideal of international peace and harmony

Correct Answer: It is unethical ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: MacIver

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Supranus

Option B: Supreme Court

Option C: Soviet

Option D: Statute

Correct Answer: Supranus ✔

Option A: State

Option B: Society

Option C: Government

Option D: Parliament

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Absoluteness

Option B: Divisibility

Option C: Permanence

Option D: Exclusiveness

Correct Answer: Divisibility ✔

Option A: Hobbes

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Locke

Option D: T.H. Green

Correct Answer: Hobbes ✔

Option A: Despotic state only

Option B: Democratic states only

Option C: All states

Option D: Government

Correct Answer: All states ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Locke

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Bodin

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: People

Option B: Members of Parliament

Option C: Constitution

Option D: Pope

Correct Answer: People ✔

Option A: A person who enjoys absolute powers and is not accountable to any one

Option B: A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy

Option C: A person who enjoys all the powers vested in him by the constitution

Option D: A sovereign elected by the Parliament

Correct Answer: A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy ✔

Option A: It is definite

Option B: It enjoys only limited authority

Option C: It possesses the power to issue final commands

Option D: All rights emanate from it

Correct Answer: It enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: It is definite

Option B: It enjoys only limited authority

Option C: It possesses the power to issue final commands

Option D: All rights emanate from it

Correct Answer: It enjoys only limited authority ✔

Option A: Are opposed to each other

Option B: Can exist side by side

Option C: Have no relation with each other

Option D: Are acquired with the help of force

Correct Answer: Can exist side by side ✔

Option A: Right of the state to act without outside restrictions

Option B: Right of state to apply international law

Option C: Right of state to send diplomatic envoys to other states

Option D: Rights of a state to maintain an army of its own

Correct Answer: Right of the state to act without outside restrictions ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Grotius

Option C: Austin

Option D: Montesquieu

Correct Answer: Austin ✔

Option A: Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Rousseau

Option D: Grotius

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Bodin

Option B: Laski

Option C: Sir Henry Maine

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Sir Henry Maine ✔

Option A: The sovereignty resides in the state alone

Option B: Sovereignty resides in the King only

Option C: Sovereignty is shared by the King and the Parliament

Option D: Sovereignty is shared by the state and other associations

Correct Answer: The sovereignty resides in the state alone ✔

Option A: Legal Sovereignty

Option B: Political Sovereignty

Option C: Titular Sovereignty

Option D: Popular Sovereignty

Correct Answer: Legal Sovereignty ✔

Option A: John Austin

Option B: Bodin

Option C: Grotius

Option D: Hobbes

Correct Answer: Bodin ✔