A. People surrendered all their rights to the sovereign unconditionally
B. People surrendered their rights subject to certain conditions
C. Surrendered only their rights to property and religion
D. People refused to surrender their rights
Related Mcqs:
- After the creation of state, according to Hobbes, people continued to enjoy:
A. Certain natural rights
B. Those rights which were granted to them by the sovereign
C. Those rights which they had retained at the time of the conclusion of the contract
D. Only those rights which were specified in the contract - According to Hobbes the primitive people were encouraged to conclude social contract on account of:___________?
A. Anarchy
B. Growth of political consciousness
C. Their desire to preserve private property
D. Their desire to preserve individual liberty - In Hobbes contract sovereign was: ___________?
A. Party to the contract
B. Above the contract
C. Below the people
D. To be elected in a democratic manner - Sovereign of Hobbes in social contract in effect meant that: _________?
A. Sovereign came out of state of nature
B. Sovereign remained in the state of nature
C. Sovereign was not effected at all
D. Sovereign was subordinated to the people - In the social contract theory of Hobbes, the masses had:
A. Natural rights
B. No natural rights
C. Natural rights were partly enjoyed by the people
D. Natural rights already enjoyed by the people were abolished - The book in which Hobbes gave theory of Social Contract is entitled:
A. Leviathan
B. Social contract theory
C. A History of Political Theory
D. The Modern State - In the contract envisaged by Hobbes:
A. Sovergign was a party to the contract
B. Sovereign refused to become a party to the contract
C. Sovereign accpeted only limited obligations
D. Sovereign came into being as a result of the Contract - Hobbes put forth theory of Social Contract with a view to:__________?
A. Defend the absolute powers of the monarchy
B. Assert the right of the people to rule themselves
C. Assert the authority of the Parliament
D. Justify the dominance of the aristocratic classes - The Social Contract theory holds ______________?
A. Man is a social animal and cannot live outside the society
B. State is the result of slow process of evolution
C. State was created through a contract concluded in the sixteenth century
D. State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society - The theory of origin of state which holds that the state is the result of slow process of growth is known as:__________?
A. Organic Theory
B. Social Contract Theory
C. Evolutionary Theory
D. Patriarchal Theory
