property MCQs – Page 2

Practise focused property questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

property Mcqs
21. Which of the following thinkers advocated the abolition of private property?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Rousseau

C. Locke

D. Mill

E. Green

22. With the emergence of the walfare state, emphasis begain to be laid on
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A. None of the above

B. Absolute right to private property

C. Regulation of property in the interest of community

D. Abolition of right to private property

23. Which one of the following is not true about Laskis views about private property?
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A. It created many economic problems

B. There should be no payment of compensation for property taken over by the state

C. Everybody should have a right to keep legally earned property

D. It is morally incomplete

E. It is psychologically inadequate

24. In his Republic Plato has said about private property that:
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A. There should be nothing like private property

B. It should be possessed by ruling classes

C. It should be owned by citizens and slaves both

D. It should be owned by citizens alone

E. It should be socialised

25. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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A. Private property leads to exonomic equality

B. Private property gave rise to imperlialism and colonialism

C. Private property ecourages exploitation of the one class by another

D. Private property leads to moral and physical degeneration

26. The Legal theory of property is associated with______________?
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A. Austin

B. Locke

C. Hobbes

D. Marx

27. The idea of trusteeship of private property emerged with:
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A. Rise of landed class

B. Establishment of constitutional monarchy

C. People taking to agriculture

D. Spread of Christianity
28. The idealistic theory of property is associated with the name of:
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A. Kant

B. Locke

C. Bentham

D. Marx

29. Which one of the following thinkers did not favour the rulers to own property?
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A. Aristotle

B. Laski

C. Plato

D. All the above

30. Which one of the following is true about Liberals views about private property?
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A. State should pay compensation for its acquisition

B. Individual should have no right to own it

C. State has right to confiscate it without payment of compensation

D. It should be under state control

E. It should altogether be abolished

31. Which of the following is not true about Syndicalists views about private property?
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A. Syndicates shall be its owners

B. Elected representatives should protect private property

C. It will be managed by syndicates

D. Society will decide about means of production

E. It will be owned by the society

32. The modern liberals are:
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A. Opposed to private property

B. In favour of absolute right to private property

C. In favour of regulation of property in larger interests of the seciety

D. In favour of common ownership of property

33. The theory of surplus value is associated with:
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A. Adam Smith

B. Karl Marx

C. Herbert Spencer

D. J.S. Mill

34. Which one of the following is not true about Anarchists views about private property?
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A. It should be altogether abolished

B. It protects the interests of all the sections of society

C. It protects the interests of the rich

D. It is creating anarchy in production

35. Who said property is necessary for the realisation of ones will?
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A. Marx

B. Kant

C. Rousseau

D. Plato

36. Which one of the following thinkers defended right to property on the ground of its utility?
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A. Kant

B. Marx

C. Bentham

D. Laski

37. Which one of the following is not applicable to Russells about his views about private property?
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A. He condemns this old institution

B. It is based on violence

C. It divided society

D. It is theft

E. It helped in the unity of community
38. Which one of the following statements is true about Melanchthans views about property?
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A. It is based on religious law

B. State had no right to confiscate property earned even by unethical means

C. No individual had a right to hold private property

D. State was not justified in confiscating property of church

E. It is based on natural law
39. Who of the following does not favour the idea of retention of private property, who is he?
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A. Machiavelli

B. J.S. Mill

C. T.H. Green

D. Bakunin
40. According to Plato:
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A. Private property should be owned by philosopher king only

B. Only the few in power should possess private property

C. The individual should be given right to have private property

D. There should be communism of private property