John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill

1. Who is known as the founder of Utilitarianism:

(a) Jeremy Bentham

(b) James Mill

(c) John Stuart Mill

(d) None of these

Ans.  (a) Jeremy Bentham

2. Which among the following is not a work of Mill:

(a) System of Logic(1843)

(b) Principle of Political Economy(1848)

(c) Utilitarianism(1863)

(d) None of these

Ans. (d) None of these

3. The  famous book ' On Liberty ' is written by:
(a) John Locke
(b) John Stuart Mill
(c) Jeremy Bentham
(d) James Mill

Ans. (b) John Stuart Mill

4. Who said, 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number':

(a) John Locke

(b) John Stuart Mill
(c) Jeremy Bentham
(d) James Mill

Ans. (c) Jeremy Bentham

5. Who said, ' It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied ':

(a) Jeremy Bentham

(b) John Stuart Mill

(c) John Rawls

(d) None of these

Ans. (b) John Stuart Mill

6. Who among the following advocates for equal rights for women:

(a) Aristotle

(b) Machiavelli

(c) John Stuart Mill

(d) Jeremy Bentham

Ans. (c) John Stuart Mill

7.  The book ' Democracy in America' is written by:

(a) Alexis de Tocqueville

(b) C.B. Macpherson 

(c) J.S. Mill

(d) None of these

Ans. (a) Alexis de Tocqueville

8.  Who among the following is known as the first exponent of positive liberalism:

(a) T. H. Green

(b) J. S. Mill

(c) John Locke

(d) None of these

Ans. (b) J. S. Mill

9. Mill  strongly maintained that there is no known difference between men and women in his book:

(a) The subjection of women

(b) A Vindication of the Right of the Women

(c) On Liberty

(d) None of these

Ans. (a) The subjection of women

10. Mill was influenced by:

(a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

(c) Harriet Mill

(d) None of these

Ans. (c) Harriet Mill

11. Who made a distinction between ' self-regarding action ' and ' other-regarding action ':

(a) J.S. Mill

(b) James Mill

(c) Rousseau

(d) None of these

Ans. (a) J.S. Mill

12. Who among the following is not a major idea of J.S. Mill:

(a) Freedom of thought and expression

(b) Freedom of action

(c) Freedom of association

(d) None of these

Ans. (d) None of these