The position of the Kings during the Holy Roman Empire was rendered weak due to:_________?

A. Non-assertion of their authority
B. The rise of the class of feudal lords
C. Usurpation of their power by the pope
D. Rise of feudal lords and popes

Absence of unity was a characteristic of: ___________?

A. The ancient city state
B. The roman empire
C. The holy roman empire
D. The nation state

In Ancient city-state citizenship was available to:_____________?

A. All adult discrimination
B. All persons except the slaves and foreigners
C. All persons who rendered military service
D. All persons who either paid taxes or rendered military service

The historical theory of the origin of the state asserts that the state is:_____________?

A. A creation of god at a point of time in the past
B. A product of compact between individuals in the remote past
C. A result of surrender of the vanquished tribe to the conquering tribe
D. An outcome of gradual and continuous development of human society out of an imperfect beginning towards a more perfect organization

Who wrote the following terms of the social contract? “I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition that thou give up thy right to him, and authorise all his actions in the like manner”.

A. Rousseau
B. Locke
C. Hobbes
D. Spinoza

The nation state came into existence after:___________?

A. The decline of the roman empire
B. The decline of the feudal state
C. The decline of the colonial empires
D. The decline of the imperial states of orient

Hobbes put forth theory of Social Contract with a view to:__________?

A. Defend the absolute powers of the monarchy
B. Assert the right of the people to rule themselves
C. Assert the authority of the parliament
D. Justify the dominance of the aristocratic classes

The Evolutionary theory holds that:__________?

A. The state was created during the early periods of human history
B. State was created by revolution
C. State was created in the fourteenth century
D. State is the result of slow process of growth

The theory of origin of state which holds that the state is the result of slow process of growth is known as:__________?

A. Organic theory
B. Social contract theory
C. Evolutionary theory
D. Patriarchal theory

Which one of the followings is accepted as the true theory of the origin of state?

A. Divine right theory
B. Force theory
C. Social contract theory
D. Evolutionary theory