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1. In most of the modern states the individuals enjoy ____________?
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A. None of the above

B. No liberty

C. Absolute liberty

D. Liberty with reasonable restrictions
2. Liberty to make criticism of the policies of the government is: __________?
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A. Economic right

B. Political right

C. Civil right

D. Natural right

E. Moral right

3. In order to determine the proper role of government in a society it is useful to distinguish between the part of a persons life which concerns only himself and that which concerns others according to: _________?
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A. Bentham

B. Godwin

C. J.S. Mill

D. Locke

4. Which of the following does not fall within the purview of the political liberty?
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A. Right to move the court for the endorcement of rights

B. Right to vote

C. Right to contest elections

D. Right to criticise the government

5. Who said that from liberty is meant, Every man is free to do what he wills, provided he infringes not the freedom of other man?
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A. Laski

B. G.D.H. Cole

C. Herbert Spencer

D. Liber

E. J.S.Mill

6. The view that law and liberty are opposed to each other has been expressed by ___________?
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A. Marxists

B. Socialists

C. Idealists

D. Anarchist
7. Who of the following said Political liberty in the absence of economic liberty is a myth?
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A. Stalin

B. Lenin

C. G.D.H. Cole

D. Dicey

8. Who said that Liberty itself is not one but manifold?
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A. Cole

B. Laski

C. Green

D. MacIver
9. Liberty therefore, is never real unless the Government can be called to account when it invades rights. (Laski) <br/> Which one of the following is the just justification to the above statement?<br />
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A. In identifying a man as a political unit in a way which distinguishes him from other citizens

B. It the realisation of that the government can be brought to book in a court of law

C. In a decentralized society wherein the basic needs of men can find satisfaction

D. In the understanding that liberty and restraints are complementary

10. The concept of natural liberty is associated with: ________?
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A. Social Contract Theory

B. Divine Origin Theory

C. Force Theory

D. Evolutionary Theory

11. Who of the following has laid stress on positive aspect of liberty?
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A. Proudhan

B. J.S. Mill

C. Bakunin

D. H.J. Laski
12. Which one of the following safeguards of liberty has been wrongly listed?
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A. Free Press

B. Funcamental Rights

C. Compulsory Military Training

D. Independent and impartial judiciary

13. Who said that liberty is primarily absence of restraints?
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A. G.D.H.Cole

B. Benjamin

C. Seeley

D. Laski

14. Freedom or liberty is the positive power of doing or enjoying something worth doing or enjoying and that too something we do or enjoy in common with others. This definition was given by:
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A. Bentham

B. Thomas Hobbes

C. Hegel

D. T.H Green

E. Karl Marx

15. Who said that liberty consists in following the moral law?
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A. Marx

B. Spinoza

C. Barker

D. Cole

16. Who has defined liberty by saying freedom is not the absence of restraints but rather the substitution of rational ones for the irrational?
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A. G.D.H. Cole

B. Gettell

C. Mackechnie

D. Laski

E. Seeley

17. Liberty in negative sense means: __________?
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A. Imposition of maximum restraints

B. Liberty granted by the laws of the land

C. Right to do what is acceptable to majority of the people in a society

D. Right to do whatever one likes
18. Type of liberty, which a man enjoys as a member of civil society, is called: _________?
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A. Natural liberty

B. Political liberty

C. Civil liberty

D. Economic liberty

19. Liberty means: __________?
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A. Power to do anything

B. Freedom to do whatever one likes

C. Presence of opportunity to achieve the fullest development of personality

D. Absence of restraints

20. Liberty means providing those conditions which are essential for development of human personality is the view of:
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A. Anarchists

B. Idealists

C. Individualists

D. Modern thinkers
21. Liberty and equality are not contradictory but complimentary to each other. This was said by:
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A. Non of the above

B. H.J. Laski

C. Machiavelli

D. Maulana Azad

E. Mahatma Gandhi

22. Who said, liberty is the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which the men have the opportunity to be at their best seleves?
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A. Laski

B. Liber

C. Bentham

D. Mosca

23. Who said that liberty is the absence of all restraints?
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A. Laski

B. Seeley

C. Hegel

D. Kant

24. Which one of the following thinkers emphasised the negative concept of liberty?
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A. Marx

B. Spencer

C. Aristotle

D. None of the above

E. Lenin

25. Who opposed state interference in the self-regarding actions of the individual?
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A. Marx

B. TH. Green

C. Hobbes

D. J.S. Mill
26. The concept of natural liberty is associated with: _________?
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A. Rousseau

B. Hegel

C. Laski

D. Hobbes

27. Who was the author of On Liberty:
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A. T.H Green

B. Bentham

C. Laski

D. J.S. Mill
28. Freedom is the positive power or capacity of doing or enjoying something worth doing or enjoying. This view of liberty was expressed by ___________?
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A. Laski

B. Spencer

C. Green

D. Kant

29. Who said that Liberty is the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the opportunity of be their nest self?
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A. Laski

B. Marx

C. Green

D. Hobbes

30. Who said: Where there is no law there is no freedom?
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A. Hobbes

B. T.H. Green

C. MacIver

D. Locke
31. Which of the following is not an essential condition for safeguarding liberty?
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A. Right to resist

B. Separation of powers

C. Written constitution

D. Federal system

E. Democracy

32. The term liberty derives its origin from: _________?
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A. Roman language

B. English language

C. Latin language

D. Chinese language

33. Who said that liberty is means for the realisation of fullness of individuals life?
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A. James Mill

B. Bentham

C. Laski

D. Benjamin

E. Herbert Spencer

34. Which of the following is not one of the essential conditions for safeguarding liberty?
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A. Presidential system of government

B. Separation of powers

C. Right of expression

D. Free Media

E. Constant vigilance

35. Who of the following has laid stress on negative aspect of liberty?
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A. Gettell

B. Sartori

C. J.S. Mill

D. Max. Lerner

E. Karl Marx

36. The view that Liberty consists in following the moral law is associated with: ________?
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A. Socialists

B. Indiviualists

C. Idealists

D. Utilitarian

37. Who of the followings is considered the chief advocate of negative liberty?
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A. T.H. Green

B. Laski

C. Barker

D. Bentham
38. The view that every state law enlarges individual freedom is associated with _________?
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A. Idealists

B. Individualists

C. Syndicalists

D. Marxists

39. Liberty in positive sense means :
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A. Provision of basic necessities of life to every member of society

B. Liberty, which people have enjoyed from earliest times

C. Provision of conditions, which are conducive to human development

D. Liberty granted under the Law

40. National Liberty implies:
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A. All citizens residing in a state must be granted liberty

B. The country is independent and sovereign

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. None of the above

41. Who of the following has said, Law is the condition of liberty?
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A. Ritchie

B. Kropothin

C. Bakunin

D. Bodin

42. Political liberty ensures: _________?
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A. None of the above

B. Protection against oppressive rule

C. Economic equality

D. Basic amenities of life

43. According to Individualists people can enjoy maximum liberty only when state: ________?
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A. Performs maximum functions

B. Performs minimum functions

C. Does not exist

D. Performs maximum optional functions

44. According to Idealists liberty lies in __________?
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A. The absence of force

B. States performing no functions

C. Complete obedience to laws

D. The promotion of education

E. Disappearance of state

45. Economic liberty means security and the opportunity to find reasonable significance in the earning of ones daily breed? Whose words are these?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Laski

C. Green

D. Adam Smith

46. The passion for equality made vain the hope for liberty. Who said this?
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A. Lord Bryce

B. Lord Acton

C. Poland

D. Austin

47. Who of the following was the chief exponent of natural liberty?
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A. Herbert Spencer

B. Laski

C. MacIver

D. Rousseau
48. Political liberty is often taken as synonymous with: ________?
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A. Freedom

B. Independence of judiciary

C. Democracy

D. Majority rule

49. Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as civil liberty?
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A. Freedom to exercise in general field of contractual actions

B. Right to choose government

C. Freedom of thought and belief

D. Feedom from threat to life

50. The liberty, which people enjoy for earning their bread, is called: _________?
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A. Natural liberty

B. Political liberty

C. Economic liberty

D. Civil liberty