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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Which one of the followings enjoys the distinction of being the first to offer a systematic theory of the social contract?
A. Locke
B. Hobbes
C. Rousseau
D. Bodin - Who said that theory of social contract about the origin of the state was most worthless?
A. Sir Henry Maine
B. T.H. Green
C. Bentham
D. Sorel - Which one of the following is not associated with social contract theory?
A. Hobbes
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Locke
D. Rousseau - About the origin of the state social contract theory replaced: __________?
A. Force theory
B. Divine origin theory
C. Patriarchal theory
D. Matriarchal theory
E. Evolutionary theory - Social contract theory primarily dealt with:____________?
A. Nature of state
B. Origin of state
C. Purpose of state
D. Function of state
E. None of these - 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 - Locke propounded his theory of Social Contract in the book entitled:
A. Lectures on Jurisprudence
B. Two Treatises on Civil Government
C. Social Contract
D. Representative Government - One of the major contributions of the Social Contract theory is that:
A. It assumes that the relationship between the state and individual is voluntary
B. It assumes that the individual made the contract for personal safety and security of personal property
C. It assumes that a contract is possible outside the state
D. It gave a death blow to the ‘Divine Origin theory’ and paved the way for democracy - Which one of the following defects of the Social Contract theory is correct?
A. It attached undue importance to religion
B. It attached too much of importance to force
C. It supported the ‘Divine Right of the Kings’
D. It is historically wrong
