A. There is no commonly agreed list of natural rights
B. The natural rights often conflict with each other
C. There is a universal agreement regarding the lists of natural rights
D. It assumes that rights can exist independent of state
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The credit for advocating the Legal Theory of Rights goes to: _________?
A. Locke
B. Austin
C. Bentham
D. Grotius
The legal theory of rights holds that:
A. The rights are granted to the individual by the state but it cannot take them back without the consent of the majority:
B. The rights are granted to the individual by the state and can be taken back by it
C. The state does not grant rights to the individual but can curtail his rights
D. The state neither grants rights to the individual nor can it restrict them
One of the chief defects of the legal theory of rights is that: _________?
A. It attaches too much importance to moral rights
B. It noes not cover the whole field of rights
C. It concedes rights against the state
D. It attaches too much importance to the customs
The Historical theory of rights holds that: _________?
A. Rights are the creation of God
B. Rights are drawn from various historical statutes
C. Rights are the crystallization of customs
D. Rights are the result of contract
Who of the followings is associated with the Historical theory of rights?
A. Edward Gibbons
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Edmund Burke
D. Rousseau
The Social Welfare theory of rights is associated with: _________?
A. Idealistic
B. Social Contractualists
C. Utilitarian
D. Marxists
The Social Welfare theory holds that: _________?
A. Rights exist for the good of the weaker sections of society
B. Rights are powers granted to the rulers to promote social welfare
C. Rights are the conditions of social welfare
D. Rights is another name for the power of the state used for social welfare
Who said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general, to be himself of his best”?
A. Hobbes
B. Laski
C. Aristotle
D. Rousseau
The Social Welfare theory is defective in so far as: __________?
A. It attaches too much importance to the individual rights
B. It attaches too much importance to social welfare and curbs individual rights
C. It attaches greater importance of the weaker sections
D. It favours grant of unlimited powers to the state