sovereignty of state MCQs – Page 2

Practise focused sovereignty of state questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

sovereignty of state Mcqs
51. Austin propounded a theory of: ___________?
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A. Popular Sovereignty

B. Titular Sovereignty

C. Political Sovereignty

D. Legal Sovereignty
52. In Britain the legal sovereignty resides in:__________?
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A. The Queen

B. The House of Lords

C. The Courts

D. The Queen-in-Parliament
53. In a democracy legal sovereign in the ultimate analysis bound to bow before:
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A. Internal Sovereign

B. De-jure Sovereign

C. Political Sovereign

D. Nominal Sovereign

54. Who is ancient past felt that sovereignty was the fullness of the state?
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A. None of these

B. Muslims

C. Romans

D. Greek

55. The Courts recognize only:____________?
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A. All the above sovereigns

B. Legal sovereign

C. Political sovereign

D. Popular sovereignty

56. Who was the doyen of the Pluralists from amongst the following?
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A. Bentham

B. Leacock

C. Laski

D. J.S. Mill

57. The world sovereignty derives its origin from superanus which belongs to language:
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A. Roman

B. French

C. English

D. Latin

E. Green

58. Sovereignty is the suprime will of the state was said by:
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A. G.D.H. Cole

B. Duguit

C. Sorel

D. Bodin

59. One of the salient features of the theory of sovereignty as expounded by Hobbes was that he stood for its:
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A. Its indivisibility

B. Its inalienability

C. Transference from other sovereignty

D. Its perpetuity
60. The principle of popular sovereignty holds that sovereignty lies with: ___________?
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A. Constitution

B. Pope

C. People

D. Members of Parliament

61. The high priest of sovereignty was:____________?
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A. J.S.Mill

B. Rousseau

C. T.H. Green

D. Machiavelli

E. Hegel

62. Who one of the following is not associated with the concept of popular sovereign?
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A. Barker

B. Laski

C. Rousseau

D. G.D.H. Cole

E. Hegel
63. Who said that sovereignty can no more be alienated or transferred?
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A. John Coulhon

B. Prince Kropotkin

C. Laski

D. Liber
64. Who believed that sovereignty extended to all individuals and associations living in the state?
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A. Aristotle

B. Rousseau

C. St. Augustine

D. Bodin
65. According to Rousseau sovereignty resides in: _____________?
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A. The Real Will

B. The King

C. The General Will

D. The Actual Will

66. One of the followings is a basic feature of Pluralist concept of sovereignty:
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A. Inalienability

B. Exclusiveness

C. Absoluteness

D. Divisibility
67. If sovereignty is not absolute, no state exists Who said this?
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A. None of the above

B. Hobbes

C. John Austin

D. Jean Bodin

68. Which one of the following characteristics of sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
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A. Divisibility

B. Absoluteness

C. Exclusiveness

D. Permanence

69. Which one of the following is not correct about Austins theory of sovereignty?
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A. It up holds the concept of popular sovereignty

B. It believes sovereignty is indivisible

C. It believes that legal and popular sovereignty cannot keep pace with each other

D. It has not distinguished between legal and political sovereignty

70. If a determinate human superior not in a 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 the superior) is a society political and independent. Which of the followings said this?
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A. Laski

B. Jean Bodin

C. Austin

D. Hobbes

71. One of the important critics of Austins concept of sovereignty has been:___________?
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A. Bodin

B. MacIver

C. Grotius

D. J.S.Mill

E. Mhenry Maine
72. Those who believe in the division of sovereignty are known as:____________?
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A. Pluralists

B. Absolutists

C. Democrats

D. Socialists

E. Individualist

73. Titular Sovereign means:
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A. A sovereign elected by the Parliament

B. A person who enjoys absolute powers and is not accountable to any one

C. A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy

D. A person who enjoys all the powers vested in him by the constitution

74. According to the concept of Plural Sovereignty:
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A. Sovereignty lies in the Parliament

B. Sovereignty lies in the Kind

C. Sovereignty lies in the state only

D. Sovereignty lies in all the associations of the state
75. Concept of legal sovereignty was for the first time pronounced by:____________?
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A. Machiavelli

B. Locke

C. Hobbes

D. St. Augustine

E. Hegel

76. Who said that the theory of sovereignty is not valid for political philosophy?
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A. T.H. Green

B. Laski

C. Hobhouse

D. Grotius

77. Who said No sovereign has any where possessed unlimited power; and the attempt to exert it has always resulted in the establishment of safeguards?
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A. Sir Henry Maine

B. Laski

C. Hobbes

D. Bodin

78. The de facto and de jure sovereignty:
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A. Can exist side by side

B. Have no relation with each other

C. Are acquired with the help of force

D. Are opposed to each other

79. Who of the following said that strictly speaking sovereignty is an internal power, pick that up?
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A. John Coulhon

B. Gilchrist

C. Gettell

D. Liber

80. If sovereignty is not absolute no state can exist. This is a statement made by:____________?
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A. Gettell

B. Barker

C. Laski

D. Austin
81. Who of the followings is known as the high priest of sovereignty?
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A. Austin

B. Rousseau

C. Bodin

D. Grotius

82. The Pluralists regard the state as:__________?
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A. A power machine

B. Master of people

C. Servant of people

D. Brother of masses
83. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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A. Sovereignty implies freedom to conduct intenal affairs of a state

B. Sovereignty means freedom to conduct the foreign affairs

C. Sovereignth means freedom to conduct both Internal and external affairs

D. Sovereignty is the desire of people to have independence

84. Which of the following is not an attribute of sovereignty?
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A. Delegation of authority by some persons to the state

B. Indivisibility

C. Inalienability

D. Permanence

85. Sir Henry Maine:________________?
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A. Bitterly criticised Austinss theory of sovereignty

B. Supported the basic principles of Austins theory of sovereignty but differed from him in details

C. Fully supported Austins theory of sovereignty

D. Expressed new views about Austins theory of sovereignty

86. According to the Pluralists one of the important limitations on sovereignty is:______________?
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A. Written Constitution

B. International Law

C. Independent Judiciary

D. Political Parties

87. Pluralistic view of sovereignty was:_______________?
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A. A plea for an independent judiciary

B. A reaction against denial of sovereignty to state

C. Reaction against dogmatic legalism of Austinian theory of sovereignty

D. A reaction against to much of importance attached to economic and social groups

88. The Pluralists believe in the concept of:____________?
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A. Political sovereignty

B. None of the above

C. De-jure sovereignty

D. Traditional sovereignty

E. Hereditary sovereignty

89. Which one of the following is associated with the statement that If sovereignty is not absolute no state will exist?
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A. MacIver

B. Austin

C. Aristotle

D. Rousseau

E. Karl Marx

90. Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
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A. It possesses the power to issue final commands

B. It enjoys only limited authority

C. It is definite

D. All rights emanate from it

91. Who said that sovereignty cannot reside in determinate human superior?
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A. Bodin

B. Henry Maine

C. Austin

D. G.D.H.Cole

92. Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
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A. It enjoys only limited authority

B. It possesses the power to issue final commands

C. All rights emanate from it

D. It is definite

93. Popular sovereignty lies in:__________?
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A. Judiciary

B. Constitution

C. People

D. Members of Parliament

E. Political elite

94. According to Laski law is:____________?
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A. Embodiment of general will

B. Command of the sovereign

C. Accumulation of religious principles and practices

D. Built upon general social environment
95. The sovereignty with reference to state means:______________?
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A. Absolute powers both internally and externally

B. Legal unrestricted and unlimited powers

C. Supreme law making authority

D. The powers of an absolute monarch

96. Who said that sovereign should be determinate human superior?
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A. Bodin

B. Locke

C. Austin

D. Rousseau

E. Grotius

97. There are several forms of sovereignty. The sovereignty of the King of Great Britain can be classified as: ____________?
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A. Titular Sovereignty

B. Legal Sovereignty

C. Popular Sovereignty

D. Real Sovereignty

98. The first western writer to offer a systematic exposition of the doctrine of sovereignty was: ___________?
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A. Hobbes

B. John Austin

C. Bodin

D. Grotius

99. Who believed that sovereignty vested in the general will?
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A. Grotius

B. John Austin

C. Rousseau

D. Hobbes

E. Locke

100. A sovereign in the state who simply heads the state is technically called:____________?
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A. Political sovereign

B. De facto sovereign

C. Titular sovereign

D. Absolute sovereign