A. To disobey the sovereign under certain conditions
B. Not to disobey the sovereign under any condition
C. To disobey the sovereign only if he acts against national interest
D. To disobey the sovereign if he fails to act in accordance with the terms of the contract
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Hobbes’s name is associated with origin of state about the theory of: __________?
A. Divine Origin
B. Patriarchal
C. Matriarchal
D. Evolutionary
E. Social Contract - 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 - 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 - According to Hobbes the state of Nature was a period of:___________?
A. Peace and plenty
B. Constant warfare
C. Peace and scarcity
D. Religious dominance - According to Hobbes people in the state of nature enjoyed: _____________?
A. Only the right to life, liberty and property
B. No rights
C. Only economic rights
D. Unspecified natural rights - 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 - Which one of the following statements sums up Hobbes’s views about the nature of man:
A. Man is a social animal
B. Man is co-operative sympathetic towards members of society
C. Man is essentially peace loving
D. Man is selfish and quarrelsome - 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
