Unit I · Topic 9Global justice – Previous Year Questions

A legal system which works to ensure a fair division of social benefits and burdens among the member of a community. it serves to secure a balance and equilibrium among the members of the society. What is the name of this legal system?

1. (a)Distributive justice✓
2. (b)Corrective justice
3. (c)Remedial justice
4. (d)Adversarial justice

Match List-I with List-II and give the correct answer by using the codes given below:

List-I — List-II

A. Justice is realised only through good law — 1. Jerome Hall B. Moral value needs to be included in a definition of positive law — 2. John Finnis C. Natural law with a variable content — 3. Morris D. A sophisticated version of Natural Law has been put forward in the tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas — 4. Stammler

Codes:

1. (a)A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
2. (b)A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
3. (c)A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2✓
4. (d)A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Match List-I with List-II

List-I — List-II A. Theory of justice — I. David Hume B. Idea of Justice — II. Johan Rowls

C. Nichomachean Ethics — III. Amartya Sen D. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of morals — IV. Aristotle

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (a)A - I, B – II, C - III, D - IV
2. (b)A - II, B - III, C- I, D - IV
3. (c)A - II, B - III, C- IV, D - I✓
4. (d)A - II, B - I, C - III, D - IV

UN Commissioner for Human Rights is appointed by

1. (a)General Assembly
2. (b)Security Council
3. (c)Secretary General✓
4. (d)Human Right Council

Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Global justice inquires about what justice among human beings consists in

(2) Global justice inquiries take individual human beings as of primary concern and seek to give an account of what fairness among such agents involves

(3) In the domain of global justice, theorists seek primarily to define justice. between states or nations

(4) In international justice the nation or state is taken as the central entity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. (a)(1), (2),(3) only
2. (b)(1), (2) and (4) only✓
3. (c)(1), (3) and (4) only
4. (d)(2), (3) and (4) only

Which book of John Rawls was published in the year 1971?

1. (a)The Concept of Law
2. (b)The Republic
3. (c)Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do ?
4. (d)The Theory of Justice✓