Negative liberty means:
Aself-mastery
Babsence of external constraints
Ccollective freedom
Dsocial welfare
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. absence of external constraints
1. Negative liberty = freedom from interference.
2. Hobbes, Bentham, Berlin championed this conception.
3. Contrasts with positive liberty (Rousseau, Hegel).
__Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory Ch 2 §2.4 — negative and positive liberty__