Concept of Rights: Conventional Theories of Rights: one-liners notes

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• The Concept of rights is a dynamic concept. • Negative and Positive Right:  • Negative Rights: these rights suggest the sphere where the state is not permitted to enter. • Freedom of thought and expression implies that the state shall not impose any restriction on individual's thought and expression, it will be described as there negative rights. • Positive Rights: prescribe the responsibility of the state in securing rights of individuals. • The state shall provide universal education to promote its citizens' faculty of thoughts and expression, it will be described as their positive rights. • Conventional Theories of Rights:  • (a) Theory of natural rights • (b) Theory of moral rights • (c) Theory of legal rights  • (d) Historical theory of rights and  • (e) Social-welfare theory of rights • Theory of Natural Rights: • Theory of natural rights represents an early expression of the liberal perspective on rights.  • It was very popular in 17th and 19th centuries political thou
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Important Questions on Equality : Expected Questions : Part-1

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1. Where is written that man are born equal and always continue to be free and equal in respect of their rights? 

Ans : Slogan of Glorious Revolution

2. Who said that all men are created equal? 

Ans : U.S. Constitution 

3. The type of equality, which believes that that that all should be treated as equal partners in society, is called : 

Ans : Social Equality 

4. Liberty and Equality are : 

Ans : Contradictory 

5. Statement correct is : 

Ans : Economic equality means action of certain basic needs of all citizens before special facilities are provided to fee.

 6. Who said, " Political Liberty without economic equality is a myth"? 

Ans : G.D.H. Cole 

7. The view that, "Liberty and Equality are incompatible" was expressed by : 

Ans : Dc Tocqueville 

8. Liberty and Equality are : 

Ans : Complementary to each other 

9. Which one of the following statements is correct? 

Ans : Absolute equality is impossible 

10. Equality in is the negative sense means: Ans : Absence of special privileges 

11. Equality in the Positive sense means - 

Ans : Provision of adequate opportunities to all 

12. Who said that, "Political equality can never be real unless it is accompanied by virtual economic equality - 

Ans : Laski 

13. The system under which each one is given the right to vote on equal basis is covered under  - 

Ans : Political equality 

14. The system under the people are treated equal in the eyes of law is covered under - 

Ans : Civil Equality 

15. These days it is believed that Political equality goes together with - 

Ans : Economic equality 

16. Today it is generally believed that equality and liberty are - 

Ans : Just tolerate each other 

17. Equal wages for equal work for both the sexes is covered under - 

Ans : Economic equality 

18. Caste system as it prevails in india is primarily opposed to the concept of - 

Ans : Social equality 

19. Abolition of bonded labour is based on the philosophy and concept of - 

Ans : Civil equality 

20 Equality in true and positive sense means that - 

Ans : Everyone should get equal opportunity for development of personality

21. Equality in the Positive sense means that all should get - 

Ans - Equal opportunities for growth

 22. "The passion for equality made vain the hope for liberty". Who has said this? 

Ans : J.S. Mill 

23. Equality in the Positive sense means : 

Ans : Equal opportunity to get higher education 

24. Who has said, "Political Liberty in reality can only be real when there is social equality"? 

Ans : Laski 

25. A : Liberty and Equality both are the pillars of democracy 

       R : Both are necessary for the all round development of individual 

Ans : Both True/ Right Explanation 

26. Who has said, "Liberty and Equality are not in conflict even separate, but are different facets of same ideal"? 

Ans : Laski 

27. True about social equality is - 

Ans : It means elimination of caste distinction 

28. Equality before law is possible - 

Ans : In a society with democratic set up 

29. Womanhood franchise means equality in - 

Ans : Political sense 

30. Which one of the following is true about economy equality. It means - 

Ans : Minimum basic needs of all 

31. Who of the following said that, "The Liberty and Equality aao post to each other misunderstand the meaning of these words? 

Ans : Professor Ashirvatham, E. Pollard 

32. Which one of the following statements is correct? 

Ans : Equality means equality of income 

33. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as constituting equality? 

Ans : Provision of equal pay for all 

34. Which one of the following events was a protest against the prevailing inequalities? 

Ans : The French Revolution of 1789 

    

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