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Negative liberty, in Isaiah Berlin's framework, means:
Afreedom from material need
Bself-mastery and rational autonomy
Ccollective freedom of a nation
Dabsence of external constraints on action
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. absence of external constraints on action
1. Berlin distinguishes negative from positive liberty in his 1958 essay.
2. Negative liberty = freedom FROM interference (Hobbes, Bentham, Mill).
3. Positive liberty = freedom TO self-realisation (Rousseau, Hegel, Marx).
__Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory Ch 2 — negative and positive freedom__