A. A person who enjoys absolute powers and is not accountable to any one
B. A person who is vested with all sovereign powers by the constitution but whose powers does someone else enjoy
C. A person who enjoys all the powers vested in him by the constitution
D. A sovereign elected by the Parliament
Political Science Mcqs
Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
A. It is definite
B. It enjoys only limited authority
C. It possesses the power to issue final commands
D. All rights emanate from it
The de facto and de jure sovereignty:
A. Are opposed to each other
B. Can exist side by side
C. Have no relation with each other
D. Are acquired with the help of force
External Sovereignty means: __________?
A. Right of the state to act without outside restrictions
B. Right of state to apply international law
C. Right of state to send diplomatic envoys to other states
D. Rights of a state to maintain an army of its own
Who said that sovereignty resides in determinate human superior?
A. Bodin
B. Grotius
C. Austin
D. Montesquieu
Who of the followings is known as the high priest of sovereignty?
A. Austin
B. Bodin
C. Rousseau
D. Grotius
Which of the followings was the bitterest critic of Austin’s theory of sovereignty?
A. Bodin
B. Laski
C. Sir Henry Maine
D. Hobbes
The monistic theory of sovereignty holds that: ____________?
A. The sovereignty resides in the state alone
B. Sovereignty resides in the King only
C. Sovereignty is shared by the King and the Parliament
D. Sovereignty is shared by the state and other associations
Austin propounded a theory of: ___________?
A. Legal Sovereignty
B. Political Sovereignty
C. Titular Sovereignty
D. Popular Sovereignty
The first western writer to offer a systematic exposition of the doctrine of sovereignty was: ___________?
A. John Austin
B. Bodin
C. Grotius
D. Hobbes