A. When the sovereign has committed crimes against the people
B. When the sovereign is no longer popular and the people want to elect a new leader
C. Never
D. Both (a) & (b)
Related Mcqs:
- “If all the mankind minus one were of one opinion and only one person was of the contrary opinion, the mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing the marking.” Who among the following made the above statement?
A. TH. Green
B. J.S. Mill
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. H.J. Laski - What does Hobbes see as the immediate result of a rebellion against the sovereign, or against the social covenant, as in civil war?
A. The establishment of a new government
B. A return to the state of nature
C. The sovereign punishes the rebels and peace is restored to the Leviathan
D. Civil wars only occur in governments that have not been structured according to Hobbesian rules - Universal Adult Franchise is justified on the ground that:
A. It leads to rule by ignorants
B. It makes the parliament very powerful
C. It gives power to the elected representatives of people
D. It gives practical shape to the principle of popular sovereignty - Who said that State is a territorial society divided into government and the subjects?
A. Garner
B. Finer
C. Austin
D. Laski - Sovereignty has been defined as “Supreme Power over citizens and subjects unrestrained by law” by:__________?
A. Burgess
B. Willoughby
C. Bodin
D. Austin - Trade with India except in tea was thrown open to all British subjects by the Act of:
A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
B. Amending Act, 1781
C. Act of 1786
D. Charter Act, 1793
E. Charter Act, 1813 - Under the Government of India Act, 1919 main responsibility for dealing with transferred subjects was with:
A. Governor-General
B. Governor
C. Secretary of State
D. Elected members - Union republic ministers dealt with subjects of the: ___________?
A. Centre
B. Units
C. Districts
D. None of them - Who of the following said that in the state of nature hands of all were against one and hand of one against all?
A. Hobbes
B. Locke
C. Rousseau
D. Marx - Main function of Locke’s sovereign was: __________?
A. To enact laws
B. To amend already existing laws
C. To interpret laws
D. To enforce laws
