Political Rights, Liberty , Equality & Justice MCQsBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 21, 2025 38 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/38 Subscribe 1. : The statement, “Rights, in fact, are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best” was made by: (A) T.H. Green (B) H.J. Laski (C) Rousseau (D) Marx 2. : “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best”. Which one of the following thinkers said this? (A) Kant (B) Hegel (C) Green (D) Laski 3. : Which one of the following statements can be associated with the concept of rights? (A) One’s realization of one’s best self must involve as its logical result the realization by others of their best selves (B) Adequate opportunities must be laid open to all (C) One is entitled to all those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best (D) The very difference in the nature of men requires mechanisms for the expression of their wills that is given to each its due hearing 4. : “Rights properly so called are creation of law properly so called” This definition of rights is associated with: (A) Hobbes (B) Hegel (C) Bentham (D) Laski 5. : “Rights properly so called are creatures of law”. This view is held by: (A) T.H. Green (B) Laski (C) Duguit (D) Bentham 6. : “Self is prior to its ends” and “Right is prior to the good” are the principles upheld by: (A) Immanuel Kant (B) F.W.G. Hegel (C) Charles Taylor (D) Michael Walzer 7. : Who among the following thinkers has said that a state is known by the rights it maintains? (A) Harold Laski (B) T.H. Green (C) Plato (D) John Locke 8. : “Human consciousness postulates liberty, liberty involves rights, rights demand the state”. Who has made this statement? (A) Laski (B) Barker (C) Green (D) Hegel 9. : The name of Follett’s work was: (A) Social Organization (B) The New State (C) Reconstruction of Philosophy (D) Acquisitive Society 10. : Rights are legal implies: (A) Rights emanate from society (B) Rights are the results of some law (C) Rights are enforceable (D) Law can take away our rights 11. : “Everything is permitted that is not prohibited” is based on the assumption of: (A) Natural Law (B) Common Law (C) Eternal Law (D) Divine Law 12. : Human Rights are rights to which people are entitled by virtue of: (A) Being individual beings (B) Being rational beings (C) Being human beings (D) Being members of the state 13. : The essence of Natural Rights is that: (A) They are derived from historical state of nature (B) They existed in the state of nature and not exist in civil society (C) They are the products of nature conceived as nature of physical forces (D) They are in conformity with universal principles of justice and morality 14. : One of the criticisms of the theory of Natural Rights is that it: (A) Places societal interests above individual interests (B) Assumes that rights exist prior to society (C) Believes that rights are the creation of the sovereign (D) Puts too much emphasis on social 15. : As a concept, Natural Rights are rights which: (A) Obtain in the state of nature (B) Derive from the necessary relations inherent in the world of nature (C) Are co-extensive with the natural powers of man (D) Are intrinsic of the human self consciousness 16. : Who among the following thinkers combined natural rights with physiological metaphor? (A) Spencer (B) Burke (C) Locke (D) Green 17. : Who among the following thinkers combined natural rights with physiological metaphor in his organismic theory of the state? (A) F.A. Bradley (B) Herbert Spencer (C) Bernard Bonsanquet (D) Bluntschli 18. : Bentham was a supporter of the theory of: (A) Natural rights (B) Historical rights (C) Legal rights (D) Ethical rights 19. : Which one among the following is regarded as a civil right? (A) Right to public employment (B) Freedom of speech and expression (C) Right to elect and to be elected (D) Right to property 20. : From which one of the following perspectives has the notion of human rights been criticized? (A) Universalism (B) Cultural identity (C) Secularism (D) Individualism 21. : There are more than 70 international treaties and conventions on human rights to which more than 90% of the countries are signatories. Which of the following countries has the worst record in regard to signing these treaties and conventions? (A) Iran (B) USA (C) UK (D) South Africa 22. : Hopfield’s elements of rights do not include the following: (A) Right is a facility (B) Right is immunity (C) Right is a power (D) Right is a privilege 23. : The following are advocates of negative rights: (A) Socialists (B) Communitarians (C) Welfare liberals (D) Neoliberals 24. : The following theory of rights gives the option to the holder to seek or relieve it: (A) Historical theory (B) Interest theory (C) Choice theory (D) Functional theory 25. : The division of human rights into three generations of rights is attributed to: (A) Vasak (B) Locke (C) Burke (D) Marx 26. : The following used the terms liberty and freedom as interchangeable: (A) Locke (B) Hayek (C) Friedman (D) Rawls 27. : ‘Liber’ giving the sense of liberty is a word from the following language: (A) Latin (B) Hebrew (C) Greek (D) None of these 28. : One of the following is not the advocate of the republican concept of liberty: (A) Arendt (B) Locke (C) Skinner (D) Pocock 29. : Who says that liberty means “pursuing one’s own good in one’s own way without hurting the like liberties of others”? (A) Mill (B) Locke (C) Nozick (D) Rawls 30. : Negative liberty has its advocate in: (A) Kant (B) Rousseau (C) Friedman (D) Laski 31. : The following is of the opinion that liberty can be restricted only for the sake of protecting it: (A) Nozick (B) Rawls (C) Mill (D) Hayek 32. : Vasak relates three generations of human rights to: (A) Liberty, equality, justice (B) Liberty, equality, fraternity (C) Liberty, fraternity, justice (D) Justice, equality, morality 33. : “By liberty I mean the eager maintenance of atmosphere in which men have the opportunity of being their best selves.”-Laski. Which one of the following expresses the view implied in the above statement? (A) Liberty is the absence of restraint (B) Liberty is what the law permits (C) Liberty is the ability to do what one desires (D) Liberty is the maintenance of conditions for the growth of human personality 34. : “Freedom is the positive power or capacity of doing or enjoying something worth doing or enjoying.” This view of liberty was expressed by: (A) T.H. Green (B) Kant (C) H. Laski (D) J.S. Mill 35. : “Liberty is not meaningful unless it is incorporated in a system of rights recognized by the state, though they are moral in nature but are recognized by the state:” This view was propounded by: (A) J. Bentham (B) T.H Green (C) John Locke (D) Herbert Spencer 36. : “The free man is the man who is not in irons, nor imprisoned in a goal, nor terrorized like a slave by the fear of punishment. It is not lack of freedom not to fly like an eagle or swim like a whale” (Halvetius). This is concept of freedom: (A) As empowerment (B) As self-determination (C) As absence of obstacles both external and internal which hamper individual action (D) As absence of external impediments to movement 37. : Who among the following is the exponent of negative liberty? (A) T.H. Green (B) Isaiah Berlin (C) Rousseau (D) Marx 38. : Conception of negative liberty emphasizes: (A) Freedom of choice (B) Absence of interference (C) Autonomy (D) Self-direction Related Posts:Justice and Fairness MCQsResearch Topics Criminal justiceCriminal justice Research QuestionsSpeech on gender equality [1, 2, 3, 5 Minutes]Gender equality Essay 500 wordsGender equality Essay 1000 words