SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Enlightened absolutists held that royal power emanated not from divine right but from a social contract whereby a despot was entrusted with the power to govern through a social contract in lieu of any other governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hobbes thus supported an absolute monarchy, a form of government under which the monarch holds all political power. According to Hobbes, the main goal of the social contract was to prevent a return to the state of nature and provide order, safety, and security through a strong government.