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
Political Science Mcqs
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
The Idealist Theory of Rights lays emphasis on man’s:
A. Social development
B. Economic development
C. Civil development
D. Moral development
The idealist Theory of Rights:
A. Attaches great importance to the moral development of man’s personality
B. Sacrifices the individual good to the social good
C. Tries to reconcile the social and individual good
D. Lays emphasis on religious and economic rights
The Idealist Theory of Rights insists on: __________?
A. Absolute right to resist the state
B. Unflinching obedience to state laws by the individual
C. Right to resist the state under certain circumstances
D. Right to resist the state in majority wants it