Multiple choice

Directions: The question consists of two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). You are to examine the two statements carefully and select the best option.

Assertion: Laws are means of achieving an end namely social control. Reason: The ultimate end of law is to secure greatest happiness to greatest number.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is correct explanation of A.

  2. Both A and R are individually true but R is not correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true but R is false.

  4. A is false but R is true.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Laws are the means of achieving an end, namely social control. Laws should be treated from the angle of purpose and convincingly demonstrated the inadequacy of "jurisprudence of concepts". Law is the sum of the conditions of social life in the wildest sense of the term, as secured by the power of the State through the means of external compulsion.

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