A. Hobbes
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Locke
D. Rousseau
Related Mcqs:
- Which one of the following thinkers did not criticize the theory of social contract?
A. Karl Marx
B. Wright
C. Vaughan
D. T.H. Green - Which one of the following statements is correct about social contract theory?
A. The state is a natural institution
B. The state is gradual evolution
C. The state was created by God
D. The state is the result of a contract
E. The state is the result of a conquest - 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 - According to social contract theory the state: _________?
A. Is created by God
B. Is a growth
C. Is created by contract
D. Is the result of human conquest - The three most prominent exponents of Social Contract theory were:__________?
A. Austin, Bodin and Hobbes
B. Hobbes, locke and Rousseau
C. MacIver, Laski and Rousseau
D. J.S. Mill, Adam Smith and Hobbes - 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 Social Contract Theory of Rousseau is: ____________?
A. Identical to the theory of Hobbes
B. Identical to the theory of Locke
C. Has no resemblance with the views of either Hobbes or Locke
D. Combines the points of theories of both Hobbes and Locke - Rousseau’s Social Contract theory exercised immense influence on:__________?
A. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England
B. The French Revolution of 1779
C. The French Revolution of October 1917
D. The American War of independence - The Social Contract theory paved the way for:_________?
A. Rise of absolute monarchy
B. Introduction of direct democracy
C. Growth of autocratic systems of governent
D. Democracy - Rousseau advocated his theory of Social Contract in the book:
A. Social Contract
B. Origin of the Species
C. Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
D. Modern State