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sovereignty of state Mcqs

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

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