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"Leviathan" by Hobbes was published in:
A1762
B1543
C1689
D1651
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 1651
1. Hobbes published "Leviathan" during the Commonwealth period.
2. It defended absolute sovereign authority as the only escape from chaos.
3. Locke (1689) and Rousseau (1762) wrote later social contract theories.
__Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory Ch 1 — social contract tradition__