Equality: Types, Forms, Relationship with Freedom, and Affirmative Action
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Equality: Types, Forms, Relationship with Freedom, and Affirmative Action
1. According to whom among the following thinkers, " equality as a monstrous fiction":
a) Carlye
b) Burke
c) Bentham
d) Coleridge
Ans. b) Burke
2. Who called equality as "an anarchic fallacy":
a) Carlye
b) Burke
c) Bentham
d) Coleridge
Ans. c) Bentham
3. Who said, " Equality as an infeasible proposition ":
a) Carlye
b) Burke
c) Bentham
d) Coleridge
Ans. d) Coleridge
4. Who among the following thinker said, " Men are born equal, but they are born different as well":
a) Fromm
b) Kristol
c) Burke
d) Bentham
Ans. a) Fromm
5. The book 'Inequality Re-examined' is written by:
a) Amartya Sen
b) Dworkin
c) Kristol
d) Atul Kohli
Ans. a) Amartya Sen
6. Who among the following said, " Sameness is not equality ":
a) Dworkin
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Hobbes
d) None of these
Ans. b) Mahatma Gandhi
7. Who among the following said, " men are equal because everyone has an equal right to his natural freedom":
a) Dworkin
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Hobbes
d) Locke
Ans. d) Locke
8. Aristotle describes the concept of equality in his book:
a) The Politics
b) Nicomachean Ethics
c) The Republic
d) Metaphysics
Ans. b) Nicomachean Ethics
9. The book " Taking Rights Seriously " is written by:
a) Dworkin
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Hobbes
d) Locke
Ans. a) Dworkin
10. The book " Democracy in America " is written by:
a) Hayek
b) Tocqueville
c) Kant
d) Laski
Ans. b) Tocqueville
11. The book " principle of social Justice "is written by:
a) David Miller
b) Dworkin
c) Amartya Sen
d) Kristol
Ans. a) David Miller
12. Who among the following thinker suggested for the 'equality of fair opportunity must go to the advantage of the weaker sections of society.':
a) Aristotle
b) Dworkin
c) John Rawls
d) David Miller
Ans. c) John Rawls
13. Who among the following thinker is a proponent of substantive equality:
a) Aristotle
b) Dworkin
c) Amartya Sen
d) None of these
Ans. c) Amartya Sen
14. Which among the following type of equality is otherly known as 'moral equality':
a) Foundational equality
b) Substantive equality
c) Formal equality
d) None of these
Ans. a) Foundational equality
15. Who among the following thinker is a proponent of foundational equality:
a) Aristotle
b) Dworkin
c) John Rawls
d) David Miller
Ans. b) Dworkin
16. The famous line-" No citizen shall be rich enough to buy another and none so poor to be forced to sell himself.'':
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Rousseau
d) Rawls
Ans. c) Rousseau
17. The term ' affirmative action ' was first used in:
a) USA
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) UK
Ans. a) USA
18. Mandal Commission was recommended 27% of the jobs for OBCs in central services and public undertakings was constituted in which of the following year:
a) 1978
b) 1995
c) 1987
d) 1967
Ans. a) 1978
b) 1995
c) 1987
d) 1967
Ans. a) 1978
19. which among the following is correctly matched.
a) Kaka Kalekar Commission Report - 1995
b) National Commission for women - 1992
c) Sachar Committee - 2006
d) All of the above
Ans. d) All of the above
20. Which among the following is related to the reservation of minorities like Muslims:
a) Kaka Kalekar Commission
b) Mandal Commission
c) Sachar Committee
d) All of the above
Ans. c) Sachar Committee
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