political science MCQs – Page 72

Practise multiple-choice questions from political science for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

political science Mcqs
1421. Which one of the following is a function which local government is usually required to perform?
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A. Railways

B. External affairs

C. Defence

D. Police administration

E. Finance

1422. How does true opinion relate to knowledge?
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A. They are equally good

B. Its sometimes superior

C. Its inferior in the long run

D. Its always inferior

1423. Civil or legal equality is a feature of: __________?
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A. Only dictatorial governments

B. All types of governments

C. All democratic governments

D. Countries, which possess written constitution

1426. A very important advantage of bi-party system is that:
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A. It becomes easy to fix responsibility for failures

B. Choice of candidates becomes very wide

C. Party control lessens

D. Selection of candidates becomes easy

1427. The two words demos and cratia from which democracy draws its origin belong to: _________?
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A. Greek language

B. Latin language

C. Spanish language

D. French language

1428. A person can become a President of the U.S.A.
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A. He should have attained 30 years age

B. He should have resided in U.S.A. for the last 10 years

C. He should have resided in U.S.A. for 14 years

D. No matter whether he is natural or naturalized citizen

1430. Which one of the following is true about elitist theory of democracy?
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A. It believes that the judiciary is real power in the state

B. It believes that in it real power is with voters

C. It believes that power is used by a small group of elites

D. It believes that in it public opinion is the moving force

E. It believes that the people are the real sovereign

1431. One of the features of democracy is that:
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A. Develops creative thinking among masses

B. Few enjoy monopoly of pwer

C. It subjects people to hardships

D. Only elites feel satisfied

1433. Socrates was a Greek ___________?
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A. Singer

B. Poet

C. Philosopher

D. Composer

1434. Liberty and equality are:
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A. Contradictory to each other

B. Complementary to each other

C. None of the above

D. Unrelated to each other

1435. Which one of the following criticisms holds good for Western democracy?
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A. It is characterised by vast socioeconomic inequalities

B. It leads to monopoly over the means of communications

C. All the above

D. It promotes apathy towards Politics

1436. The U.S.S.R is ruled by: _________?
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A. Two Political Party

B. One Political Party

C. Multi-Political Party

D. None of these

1437. The highest legislature of the U.S.S.R is ___________?
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A. The Council of Ministers

B. The Supreme Court

C. The Presidium

D. The Supreme Soviet
1438. The two basic principles of liberal theory of democracy, which were emphasised by Locke, were:
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A. Popular sovereignty and constitutional government

B. Universal adult franchise and right to property

C. Natural Rights and Representative Democracy

D. Woman suffrage and secret ballot

1439. Who said Political Liberty without economic equality is a myth?
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A. G.D.H. Cole

B. T.H.Green

C. J.S.Mill

D. H.J.Laski

1440. In a democracy who gets prominence:
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A. The executive

B. The citizens

C. The administrators

D. The judiciary