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51.

In democracy the final authority rests with:

A.	Parliament	B.	People
C.	Council of Ministers	D.	Civil servants

52.

The classical theory of democracy can be traced back to the writings of:

A.	Ancient Greek Philosophers	B.	Ancient Chinese philosophers
C.	Proudhon	D.	French philosophers of the seventeenth century

53.

Who of the following philosophers was not associated with the Liberal Theory of Democracy?

A.	Locke	B.	Hobbes
C.	Karl Marx	D.	J.S. Mill

54.

The basic principle of Liberal democracy that the sovereign drew his authority from the people was first developed by:

A.	J.S.Mill	B.	Hobbes
C.	Locke	D.	None of the above

55.

Who of the following thinkers asserted the principle that consent of the people' is the basis of state?

A.	Adam Smith	B.	Herbert Spencer
C.	Bentham	D.	Locke

56.

The two basic principles of liberal theory of democracy, which were emphasised by Locke, were:

A.	Universal adult franchise and right to property	B.	Woman suffrage and secret ballot
C.	Popular sovereignty and constitutional government	D.	Natural Rights and Representative Democracy

57.

Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as contribution of Rousseau to the Liberal theory of democracy?

A.	General Welfare	B.	Natural Equality
C.	Consent of people as basis of state	D.	Inalienable right of individual to determine their affairs

58.

Which one of the following thinkers emphasised the principles of adult franchise, representative government, freedom of press and frequent elections, which form the cornerstone of Liberal theory of democracy?

A.	J.S.Mill	B.	Locke
C.	Rousseau	D.	All the three

59.

The chief contribution of Green to the Liberal theory of democracy was:

A.	Emphasis on collective well-being as condition of individual freedom	B.	Emphasis on absolute freedom of individual
C.	Absolute powers for the state	D.	None of the above

60.

Which one of the following is wrongly listed as a feature of Liberal theory of democracy?

A.	It emphasises that the power rests with the people	B.	It holds that common interest can be realised only through democratic government
C.	It concedes to the people the right to oppose the state	D.	It does not give any power to the people to oppose the authority of the state