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1. Which of the following is covered under national equality?
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A. Right to declare war

B. Right to participate in international conferences

C. Right to conclude treaties

D. Right to have equal status in international forums

E. Right to declare peace

2. Equality in the negative sense means:
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A. Absence of special privileges

B. Provision of special facilities for weaker sections

C. Provision of special facilities to the ruling class

D. None of the above

3. The system under which each one is given the right to vote on equal basis is covered under:
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A. Economic equality

B. Natural equality

C. Social equality

D. Political equality

E. Religious equality

4. The philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries emphasised:
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A. Economic equality only

B. Social and economic equality only

C. Social and political equality only

D. Social economic as well as political equality

5. Who said There can be no identity of treatment and identity of reward so long as men differ in their needs and capacities?
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A. Laski

B. Aristotle and Montesquieu

C. Lord Acton

D. Marx

6. Womanhood franchise means equality in: ___________?
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A. Moral sense

B. Political sense

C. Economic sense

D. None of the above

E. Cultural sense

7. The passion for equality made vain the hope for liberty, who said this?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Lord Acton

C. J.S.Mill

D. Bentham

8. Who said Political Liberty without economic equality is a myth?
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A. T.H.Green

B. G.D.H. Cole

C. H.J.Laski

D. J.S.Mill

9. Who of the following is associated with the concept of positive equality?
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A. Bakunin

B. Laski

C. De-Tacqueville

D. Prodhoun

10. The concept of sovereign equality is associated with: _________?
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A. Economic equality

B. Religious equality

C. Natural equality

D. National equality

11. These days it is believed that political equality goes together with: __________?
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A. None of the above

B. Economic equality

C. Natural equality

D. National equality

E. Religious equality

12. Which one of the followings is the most appropriate meaning of the concept of of protective discrimination.
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A. Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged to raise them to the level of the other sections of the society

B. Preferential treatment for the weaker sections

C. Discrimination against the privileged sections of the society

D. Unequal treatment against the privileged sections of the society

13. Civil or legal equality is a feature of: __________?
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A. All democratic governments

B. Only dictatorial governments

C. Countries, which possess written constitution

D. All types of governments

14. Which one of the followjng has been wrongly listed as constituting equality?
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A. Absence of distinctions based on class, caste, etc.

B. Absence of discrimination

C. Provision of adequate opportunities for all

D. Provision of equal pay for all
15. Which one of the following is not covered under political equality?
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A. Right to criticise government

B. Right to have political office

C. Right to contest elections

D. Right to vote

E. Right to live in family
16. Which one of the following events was a protest against the prevailing inequalities?
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A. The American War of Idependence

B. The French Revolution of 1789

C. All the three

D. Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England

17. Social equality means:
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A. Special effort to improve the lot of weaker sections

B. Each person should perform the functions according to his status

C. No effort should be made to modify the existing social system

D. No person should be made to suffer a position of relative inferiority in relation to other men due to difference in caste, race, religion, etC.
18. The theory, which believes that all are equal in the eyes of nature, is called:________?
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A. Cultural equality

B. Natural equality

C. Political equality

D. Economic equality

19. Equality in the positive sense means
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A. Provision of basic necessities to all members of society

B. Provision of adequate opportunities to all

C. Equality, which is backed by the force of law

D. Equality bestowed by nature

20. Economic equality means that:
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A. Every citizen is able to satisfy his primary needs before aspiring for luxuries

B. There should be economic equality between men and women

C. There should be equal distribution of wealth among all citizens of the world

D. All should be subjected to an equal degree of taxation

21. The view that Liberty and Equality are incompatible was expressed by: ___________?
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A. Hobbes

B. Dc Tocqueville

C. Adam Smith

D. Marx

22. Who of the following has said Political liberty in reality can only be real when there is social equality?
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A. MacIver

B. Laski

C. Lord Acton

D. Bodin

E. None of the above

23. Equality in true and positive sense means that:
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A. Everyone should get equal opportunity for development of personality

B. All must get equal employment

C. All must get equal wages

D. Everyone should get equal property

E. All must get equal social status

24. Who of the following has said, Liberty and equality are not in conflict nor even separate, but are different facets of same ideal?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Bakunin

C. Laski

D. Herbert A. Deare

E. MacIver

25. Who said that political equality can never be real unless it is accompanied by virtual economic equality:
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A. De Tocqueville

B. D.G.H.Cole

C. Laski

D. Lord Action

26. Which one of the following thinkers considered liberty and equality as complementary?
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A. MacLver

B. Marx

C. Rousseau

D. Lord Acton

27. Caste system as it prevails in India is primarily opposed to the concept of: _________?
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A. Political equality

B. National equality

C. Economic equality

D. Legal equality

E. Social equality
28. Equal wages for equal work for both the sexes is covered under:
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A. Political equality

B. Natural equality

C. National equality

D. Economic equality

E. Religious equality

29. The type of equality, which believes that all should be treated as equal partners in society, is called:
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A. Political equality

B. Natural equality

C. Social equality

D. Civil equality

30. Abolition of bonded labour is based on the philosphy and concept of:
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A. Civil equality

B. Political equality

C. None of the above

D. National equality

31. Equality before law falls in the category of: ___________?
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A. Economic equality

B. Social equality

C. Political equality

D. Civil equality
32. Which one of the following kinds of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality?
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A. Political equality

B. Social equality

C. Economic equality

D. Legal equality

33. Who of the following thinkers maintain that liberty and equality are antagonistic to each other?
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A. Lord Acton and De Tocqueville

B. Aristotle and Montesquieu

C. Plato and Marx

D. Laski and Green

34. Who said that all men are crated equal?
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A. French Constitution (5th Republic)

B. Swiss Constitution

C. U.S. Constitution

D. Constitution of Peoples Republic of China

35. Which one of the following is true about economic equality. It means:
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A. Minimum basic needs of the rich

B. None of These

C. Minimum basic needs of all

D. Possession of equal property by all

36. Equality in the positive sense means that all should get: _________?
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A. Equal education

B. Equal food and housing facilities

C. Equal opportunities for growth

D. Equal physical force

E. Equal knowledge

37. Today it is generally believed that equality and liberty are:
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A. Available only in totalitarian states

B. Just tolerate each other

C. Contradictory to each other

D. Outdated concepts

38. Equality before law is possible:
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A. In a unitary form of Government

B. In a society with democratic set up

C. In a presidential form of Government

D. In a country with written constitution

E. In a federal form of Government

39. Who said Political Liberty without economic equality is a myth?
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A. T.H.Green

B. J.S.Mill

C. G.D.H. Cole

D. H.J.Laski

40. Which one of the following thinkers considered liberty and equality as complementary?
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A. MacLver

B. De Tocqueville

C. Lord Acton

D. Machiavelli

41. Equality in true and positive sense means:
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A. Everybody should follow the same religion

B. Everyone should get equal opportunity for the development of his personality and all should be equal before law

C. Everyone should get same type of education

D. Every one should get equal wages

42. The passion for equality made vain the hope for liberty. Who of the following has said this?
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A. Marx

B. Bodin

C. Green

D. Bentham

E. J.S.Mill
43. There are two pillars of democracy viz. liberty and:
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A. Fraternity

B. Equality

C. Law

D. None of the above

44. Who of the following said that, The Liberty and equality are opposed to each other misunderstand the meanings of these words?
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A. Professor Ashirvatham

B. Profession Towny

C. Lord Acton

D. Laski

E. Pollard
45. Which one of the following is not true about equality?
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A. It means economic disparity

B. It means equal right to hold political office

C. It means equal right in political system

D. It means rule of law

46. Who of the following believed in the concept of negative equality?
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A. Laski

B. Marx

C. Dicey

D. MacLver

E. Lord Action
47. Which one of the following two types of equalities was emphasized by Barker?
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A. Legal and political

B. Social and economic

C. Political and economic

D. Legal and social
48. Liberty and equality are: _________?
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A. None of These

B. Neither complementary nor contradictory

C. Complementary

D. Contradictory

49. Where is written that men are born equal and always continue to be free and equal in respect of their rights?
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A. Charter of League Nations

B. Slogan of Glorious Revolution

C. Charter of U.N.O.

D. Slogan of French Revolution

E. Declaration of Rights of Man (1789)

50. The grant of franchise to women on equal terms with men is assertion of the principle of:
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A. Social Equality

B. Political Equality

C. Civil Equality

D. Natural Equality