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Montesquieu MCQs
The concept of ‘Separation of Powers’ was given by: (CSS-2001)
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Bentham
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: The name most associated with the doctrine of the separation of powers is that of Charles
Louis de Secondat, Baron Montesquieu. His influence upon later thought and upon the development of
institutions far outstrips, in this connection, that of any of the earlier writers we have considered.
Eighteen Century Rationalism, Montesquieu was born in the year 1689 in the house of an
eminent French lawyer. He died in: (CSS-2005)
(a) 1735
(b) 1745
(c) 1755
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
(c) Hume
(d) Edmund Burk
(e) Montesquieu
Answer: (e)
The famous book “The Spirit of Laws” written by Montesquieu was published in: (CSS-2010)
(a) 1734
(b) 1754
(c) 1784
(d) 1773
Answer: (d)
Explanation: The Spirit of the Laws (French: De l’esprit des lois, originally spelled De l’esprit des loix; is a
treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in
1748 with the help of Claudine Guérin de Tencin. Originally published anonymously partly because
Montesquieu’s works were subject to censorship, its influence outside France was aided by its rapid
translation into other languages.
Who among the following is not a proponent of the theory of natural rights?
(a) Thomas Hobbes
(b) John Locke
“Only the will of the sovereign can be the source of law”. Who said it? (CSS-2001)
(a) John Hobbes
(b) John Austin
(c) Groutious
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
Explanation: There is no person like ‘John Hobbes’. It’s Thomas Hobbes.
Associations are not persona ficta but real persons existing prior to the State. This view was
propounded by:
(a) Hobbes
(b) Hegel
(c) Duguit
(d) Gierke
Answer: (d)
motivation to want to rise above that condition if possible. None of us wants to die violently; we all want
decent living conditions; we also carry hopes that we can improve our living conditions through work. But
we cannot fulfill any of these desires until we achieve peace, and Hobbes next describes what we need to
do to secure such peace.
The father had planned a legal for his son but the son had no inclination towards that. Who
was the son? (CSS-2002)
(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
“The principle of the greatest good of the greatest number was made a hook to be put into
nostrils of the Leviathan so that it could be tamed and harnessed to the chariot of utility.” This
observation refers to the political theory of:
(a) Hobbes
(b) Hume
(c) Sidgwick
(d) Bentham
Answer: (a)