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1. The legal sovereignty resides in:
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A. The constitution of a country

B. The courts, which decide the disputes

C. The Head of the State

D. The body which possesses supreme law making powers
2. Who said that sovereignty resides in determinate human superior?
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A. Bodin

B. Grotius

C. Montesquieu

D. Austin
3. Who one of the following is associated with the statement if sovereignty is not absolute no state will exist?
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A. Hegel

B. John Locke

C. Rousseau

D. Austin

E. Holland

4. The Pluralists are in favour of: _____________?
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A. Grant of all powers to associations only

B. Grant of limited sovereign powers to the state

C. Denial of all sovereign power to the state

D. Grant of absolute sovereign right to the state

5. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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A. The legal sovereign enjoys only limited authority

B. Legal sovereign has power to issue final commands

C. All rights emanate from the legal sovereign

D. Violation of the command of Legal sovereign is punishable

6. By Titular sovereign we mean:______________?
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A. None of these

B. An absolute sovereign

C. None of both

D. A sovereign in name

7. Who of the followings believed that sovereignty vested in the general would?
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A. Bodin

B. TH.Green

C. Rousseau

D. Austin

8. Political Pluralism calls for:____________?
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A. Government control of association

B. Autonomy of associations

C. Administrative control of associations

D. Parliamentary control of associations

9. Sovereignty does not reside in a determinate human superior who said that?
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A. Sir Henry Maine

B. G.D.H. Cole

C. Bodin

D. Hobbes

10. External Sovereignty means: __________?
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A. Rights of a state to maintain an army of its own

B. Right of the state to act without outside restrictions

C. Right of state to send diplomatic envoys to other states

D. Right of state to apply international law

11. Austin propounded his theory of Sovereignty in the book:
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A. Two Treatises on Government

B. Lectures on Jurisprudence

C. Early History of Institutions

D. Modern State

12. Which one of the following is not true about pluralists attack on concept of sovereignty?
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A. It is against individual liberty

B. It is unethical

C. It is against the ideal of international peace and harmony

D. It is against freedom of association

E. This concept is impossible

13. Legal sovereignty is one which is accepted by:_____________?
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A. By outside people alone

B. All the persons in and outside the state

C. By associations in the state only

D. By international organisations alone

14. Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of sovereignty?
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A. Permanence

B. All comprehensiveness

C. Indivisibility

D. Wealth

E. Exclusiveness

15. The concept of political sovereignty is associated with:___________?
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A. Rousseau

B. John Lacke

C. Austin

D. Plato

16. De jure sovereign refers to:____________?
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A. A person in whom the entire authority is vested by the constitution but does not make use of that power

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

C. The constitutional ruler of state

D. A person who has legal right to govern and command obedience.
17. Which one of the following group of thinkers do not draw any distinction between the governemtn and the state?
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A. All the above

B. Socialists

C. Capitalists

D. Pluralists
18. The Pluralists are in favour of:___________?
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A. Further extension of the powers of state

B. Classless and stateless society

C. Curtailing powers of state

D. Abolition of state

19. The assertion that the state is not the only association but one among many associations in society, is:__________?
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A. An Anarchist viewpoint

B. A Pluralist viewpoint

C. A Fabian viewpoint

D. A Marxist viewpoint

20. Who of the following was the first systemtic thinker about doctrine of sovereignty?
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A. Grotius

B. Laski

C. Hobbes

D. Austin

E. Bodin
21. The concept of popular sovereignty is associated with:____________?
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A. Austin

B. Bodin

C. Rousseau

D. Locke

22. Legal sovereignty in Pakistan vests with: ___________?
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A. Cabinet

B. President

C. Electorates

D. Council of Ministers

E. Prime Minister

23. De facto sovereign refers to:_____________?
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A. King who has lawfully inherited to the throne

B. A person or body of persons who actually exercise power

C. None of the above

D. A person who is the lawful ruler of the country

24. If a determinate human superior not in the habit of obedience to a like superior, receives habitual obedience from the bulk of a given society, that determinate superior is sovereign in that society; and the society (including superior) is a society political and independent.Who of the following said this?
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A. Rousseau

B. Laski

C. Jean Bodin

D. Austin

E. Hobbes

25. Sovereignty is attribute of: _______________?
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A. All types of states

B. Democratic state

C. Absolute monarchy

D. Distatorship

E. Constitutional monarchy

26. Sovereignty of Queen of Great Britain can be classified as:___________?
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A. Titular sovereignty

B. Popular sovereignty

C. Real sovereignty

D. Legal sovereignty

27. The Pluralists believe in:____________?
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A. Absolute sovereignty

B. Legal sovereignty

C. Nominal Sovereign

D. Political sovereignty
28. Characteristics of legal sovereignty is that it is:____________?
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A. Not recognised by law

B. Not precise

C. Fully well organised and precise

D. Not well organised

29. Sovereignty is an essential element of:____________?
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A. Society

B. Associations

C. State

D. Dictatorship

30. The term sovereignty has been drawn from the Latin term:
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A. Supranus

B. Supreme Court

C. Statute

D. Soviet

31. Who said that it is impossible to make the legal theory of sovereignty valid for political philosophy?
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A. Laski

B. Gilchrist

C. Gettell

D. Austin

E. Grotius

32. Which one of the following statements correctly defines sovereignty as a legal attribute of the state?
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A. To cultivate popular conscience to obey wuch decisions as are made by the legislature and to ensure compliance thereof

B. To make decisions with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the state, free of external restraint or coercision

C. To enforece laws made by decision makers over those who are willing to coerce the unwilling citizens

D. To ensure enforcement of dicisions made by authorities with a view to total and abiding obedience by citizens

33. Which of the following is not an essential element of sovereignty?
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A. It is delegated to some one else by the state

B. It is supreme power of the state

C. It is inalienable

D. It is permanent

E. It is indivisible

34. Pluralists believe that: ________________?
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A. State is controlled by other associations

B. The state is as important as the other social, economic and religious groups

C. The other social, economic and religious groups are more important than the state

D. The state is a unique organization

35. The Pluralist thinkers have attacked the concept of sovereignty on a number of grounds. Which of the following is not a ground of their attack on sovereignty?
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A. The concept of sovereignty is unethical

B. The concept of sovereignty is against the freedom of association

C. The concept of sovereignty is against the ideal of international peace and harmony

D. The concept of sovereignty is against individual liberty

36. Which one of the following described laws as a command of the sovereign:
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A. Austin

B. Laski

C. Locke

D. Mooney

37. Which one of the following statements is incorrect with reference to Austins definition of sovereignty?
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A. The determinate human superior must be capable of being located

B. It resides in a determinate human superior

C. The determinate human superior must be responsible for his acts to the elected representatives of the people

D. The determinate human superior receives habitual obedience from the bluk of population of given society

E. The determinate human superior should not be in the habit of obedience to like superior

38. According to whom sovereignty is not absolute and authority is shared by the state with other associations and groups?
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A. Hegel

B. Austin

C. Maitland

D. Bentham

39. Political sovereign is:___________?
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A. None of these

B. Recognised by international courts

C. Recognised by national courts

D. One which has no legal status
40. In Pakistan the legal sovereignty lies in the ________________?
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A. Supreme Court

B. Parliament

C. Electorate

D. President

41. The main function of the state according to the Pluralists is:____________?
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A. To provide social securities like unemployment allowance and old pension

B. To regulate production distribution of essential goods

C. To regulate the activities of various associations

D. To promote general welfare of its citizens

42. Hohn Austin who expounded his theory of sovereignty was:____________?
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A. Greek

B. Roman

C. French

D. English

E. Russian

43. The concept of external sovereignty was developed by:__________?
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A. John Austin

B. Oppenheim

C. Bentham

D. Grotius
44. Of the following legal concept of sovereignty was advocated by:__________?
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A. Hobbes

B. Rousseau

C. Jean Bodin

D. Locke

45. Which one of the following statements depict the true nature of Defacto sovereignty?
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A. A sovereignty which is actually obeyed by the people whether it has a legal status or not

B. A sovereignty where ultimate authority rests with the people

C. A sovereignty which has the legal right to command obedience

D. A sovereignty which is absolute and Incapable of limitation

46. The type of sovereignty which is known to the courts of land is known as:____________?
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A. De-jure Sovereignty

B. Political Sovereignty

C. De-facto Sovereignty

D. Popular Sovereignty

47. Lectures on Jurisprudence is a book written by:___________?
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A. Maitland

B. Grotius

C. Laski

D. Austin

E. Montesquieu

48. External aspect of sovereignty was fully developed by:____________?
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A. Grotius

B. Hobbes

C. Plato

D. John Austin

E. Bodin

49. The Legal Sovereign has to bow before the:____________?
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A. Real sovereign

B. Popular sovereignty

C. None of the above

D. Political sovereign
50. According to Laski the state is:____________?
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A. Master of society and associations

B. Servant of society

C. None of the above

D. Identical with society