The document contains multiple choice questions related to Jurisprudence, covering various theories, definitions, and key figures in the field. It includes questions about utilitarianism, natural law, legal realism, and significant contributions from philosophers such as Austin, Hart, and Bentham. The questions are designed to test knowledge on the principles and sources of law as well as the historical context of legal theories.
The document contains multiple choice questions related to Jurisprudence, covering various theories, definitions, and key figures in the field. It includes questions about utilitarianism, natural law, legal realism, and significant contributions from philosophers such as Austin, Hart, and Bentham. The questions are designed to test knowledge on the principles and sources of law as well as the historical context of legal theories.
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Jurisprudence Multiple Choice C. Montesquieu
D. Maine Questions Answer: A 1. Who propounded the theory of 7. Who said law has its source in the utilitarianism: ‘The proper end of every law is the promotion of the general or common consciousness (Volksgeist) of the people: greatest happiness of the greatest A. Henry Maine number.’ A. Austin B. Savigny C. Allen B. Hart D. Puchta C. Bentham D. Allen Answer: B Answer: C 8. Who said “The natural law being coexisting with mankind and 2. Who is considered as the Father of emanating from God himself is English Jurisprudence: superior to all other laws. It is binding A. Blackstone over all the countries at all times and B. Herbert Spencer C. Austin no man-made law will be valid if it is contrary to the law of nature.” D. Savigny A. Salmon Answer: C B. Blackstone 3. Whose lectures were published C. Austin under the title ‘The Province of D. Lon Fuller Jurisprudence Determined’: A. Henry Maine Answer: B 9. Who distinguished expositorial B. Bentham jurisprudence (i.e. what the law is) C. Auguste Complete from censorial jurisprudence (i.e. D. Austin what the law ought to be): Answer: D A. Bentham 4. Who wrote an influential book ‘The B. Fuller Concept of Law’ criticizing C. Austin Austin’s theory: D. Hart A. Dr. Allen Answer: A B. Professor Hart 10. According to ……: “Law may be C. Ihering defined as the body of principles D. Hans Kelsen recognized and applied by the state in Answer: B the administration of justice.“ 5. Who proposed the ‘Pure Theory of A. Gray Law’ i.e. a theory which is free from B. Vinogradoff social, historical, political, C. Sir John Salmond psychological, etc., influences: D. Justice Cardozo A. Sir Henry Maine Answer: C B. Salmond 11. Who defined ‘jurisprudence’ as “the C. Hans Kelsen philosphy of positive law.”: D. None of the above A. Austin Answer: C B. Holland 6. Who is called as “Darwinian before C. Salmond Darwin and Sociologist before D. Keeton sociologists”: Answer: A A. Savigny 12. Cicero was a ……law jurist. B. Darwin A. Greek
C. Chinese C. Henry Maine D. English D. Rawls Answer: B Answer: B 13….. has presented the thesis that 20. The sources of law were classified jurisprudence is a social engineering: by A. Black Stone A. Salmond/Keeton B. Jeremy Bentham B. Salmond/Austin C. John Stuart Mill C. Keeton/Austin D. Roscoe Pound D. Hobbes/Holland Answer: D Answer: A 14. According to John Austin the 21. Legislation is derived from two subject-matter of Jurisprudence is . Latin terms, legis which means A. Positive A. Leg/Legs B. Negative B. Law/to make C. Both a’ and ‘b’ C. Low/price D. Metaphysical D. Rule/Random Answer: A Answer: B 15. Legal Realism is the theory of law 22. Delegated legislation is a _ according to which ‘law is the A. Supreme A. Wisdom B. Superb B. Understanding C. Kind C. Practice (d) None of above Answer: C Answer: D 16. The fair and ….distribution of 23. …….is a source of law. rights and obligations, is known as A. Media A. equal B. Internet B. equitable C. Religion C. natural. D. Precedent D. political Answer: D Answer: B 24. Summa Theologica is a(n)……. 17. Probation is a …… of the written by…… administration of criminal justice: A. Report/Hobbes A. Kind B. Article/Aristotle B. Type C. Book/Thomas Aquinas C. Characteristic D. Book/ Saint Joseph D. Component Answer: C Answer: D 25. The book Leviathan was written by 18. ………..states that all the actions of . human beings are controlled by two A. Grey sovereigns, namely ‘pain’ and B. Lloyd “pleasure C. Hobbes A. Hedonism D. Austin B. Utilitarianism Answer: C C. Realism 26. Stare Decisis means the previous D. Formalism judgments shall be . Answer: A A. Amended 19. The theory of Utility was B. Replaced propounded by. C. Substituted A. Roscoe Pound D. Upheld
27. The thing on which the right is to be written by . exercised is known as . A. Plato A. Subject B. St. Thomas Aquinas B. Object C. Hugo Grotius C. Content D. Keeton D. Characteristic Answer: B Answer: B 35. Theory is stressing that ‘law is the 28. Animus possidendi means . practice of Courts’. A. Animal A. Legal Realism B. Power B. Natural Law C. Desire C. Normative D. None of above D. Command Answer: D Answer: A 29. Ownership is the 36. The physical force of the state (a) de jure behind law is called as B. de facto A. Governance C. ipso facto B. Army D. per se C. Public Order Answer: A D. Sanction 30. The term person is derived from Answer: D Latin term persona which means. 37. Systematic arrangement of rules in A. Human being a single document concerning a B. Living thing particular subject in a way as to avoid C. Animals inconsistency and overlapping. The D. Mask process is known as . Answer: D A. Legislation 31.John Austin defines jurisprudence B. Codification as “ C. Prescription A. Study/moral D. Administration B. Philosophy/ethical Answer: B C. Philosophy/positive 38. The book “Jurisprudence or D. Science/positive Theory of the Law”, awarded with Answer: C Swiney Gold Cup in 1914 by Royal 32. A good jurist is supposed to have a Society of Arts, was written by fair knowledge of……. for he in A. Salmond jurisprudence is usually concerned B. Austin with……. of human beings. C. H.L.A. Hart A.Chemistry/lives D. Hobbes B. Astronomy/fate Answer: A C. Ethics/earnings 39. …….is component of (d) psychology/state of mind Administration of Criminal Justice. Answer: D A. Bureaucracy 33. Aristotle was……..philosopher B. President (a) Egyptian C. Media (b) Chinese D. None of above (c) English Answer: D (d) None of above 40. A title which destroys the right is Answer: D called as . A. Vanishing
C. Original D. None of the above D. Investitive Answer: B Answer: B 48. Divestitive facts can be: 41.Lex Externa is the ordinance of A. Derivative titles A. Devine wisdom of universal governance B. Alienative facts B. Theory of jurisprudence C. Extinctive facts C. A school of thought D. A&B D. None of above Answer: C Answer: A 49.Injuria sine damna means: 42. Legal Realism was analyzed in A. Injury to a legal right with an actual United State by: damage A. Salmond B. Injury to a legal right without an actual B. Holmes damage C. Austin C. No injury to a legal right with an actual D. Grotius damage Answer: B D. No injury to a legal right without an actual 43. Discordance between law and fact damage may arise because: Answer: B A. Presumption of juris or presumption of 50. An intention is: law A. The purpose of doing an act B. Reputable (Rebuttable) Presumption and B. The objective of doing an act Conclusive Presumption C. The ill-will of doing an act C. Fictio Juris or fiction of law D. All of the above D. All of the above Answer: D Answer: C 44. The theories of punishment are: A. 2 in number B. 3 in number C. 4 in number D. 5 in number Answer: D 45. Codification is a process of transformation of corpus juris into: A. Precedent B. Executed Law C. Enacted Law D. None of the above Answer: C 46. A libel upon a dead man shall be punishment to defend the right of: A. The dead man B. Dead man’s property C. Descendants of dead man D. All of the above Answer: C 47.An unborn child has a legal status so far as A. Duties on him B. Rights of unborn child