democracy MCQs – Page 2

A. The elites run and govern democracy

C. The society is divided between the upper and lower stratas

D. There are governing and non-governing elites in society

E. Governing elites are very capable people

A. It does not suggest concrete means for implementing fundamental values.

C. It is based on the concept of common good, which is vague

D. It believes that power does not rest with small elites of society

A. Guld socialists

B. Capitalists

C. None of the above

E. Utilitarian

A. Rousseau

B. Locke

C. Hobbes

A. Means should justify ends

B. Ends should justify means

D. Pressure groups should run administration

A. A form of government in which the will of majority of qualified rules.

B. Government by the freely chosen representatives of the people and not by the people themselves.

D. The progress of all, through all under the leadership of the best and the wisest.

A. Only elites feel satisfied

C. Few enjoy monopoly of pwer

D. It subjects people to hardships

A. Landsgemeinde and Parliament

C. Elections and Political Parties

D. Political Parties and Press

A. Freedom of religion

C. Freedom of association

D. Equality before law

E. Freedom of speech

A. Hobhouse

B. Lindsay

C. Barker

D. G.D.H. Cole

B. In that judiciary will be elected

C. In that there will be no economic exploitation

D. In that there will be provision for recall

E. It that welfare of the workers will be cared

A. There is a continuous competition among elite groups

B. Elite group is well organised

C. Elite groups protect each others interests

D. The power is controlled by small group of people who enjoy social prestige

A. Green

B. Thomas Paine

C. De Tocqueville

A. Political parties are opposed to it

C. Propertied classes are opposed to it

D. People are indifferent towards the affairs of state

A. People

B. Authority

C. Position

B. End justifies the means

C. Absolute liberty

D. Quality rule

A. Presence of political parties based on political and economic principles

B. Presence of a vigorous system of local government

D. Presence of educated electorate

A. Herodotus

C. Seeley

D. Dicey

A. To reject the laws passed b the legislature

B. To suggest candidates for appointment to various offices

D. To seek judicial opinion regarding the constitutionality of laws enacted by the legislature

A. Democracy promotes general welfare

B. Democracy averts revolutions

C. Democracy promotes patriotism

A. Democracy is a government by a select group of people

B. In Democracy the moral worth of the individual is recognized

D. Democracy is the best form of government

A. Government

B. Party in power

C. Associations

E. Societies

A. Lord Bryce

B. Woodrow Wilson

C. Laski

A. Pluralist Theory

B. All the above

C. Elitist theory

B. There is place for high quality people

C. There is considerable secrecy in it

D. In it quick decisions are taken

A. Head of the state

C. Head of the judiciary

D. Head of the Government

A. Socrates

B. Plato

D. Cicaro

B. Is a perfect government

C. Is fact declining

D. Is a panacea for all political evils

A. Parliamentary and Presidential

C. Monarchical and Republican

D. None of These

A. Leacock

B. Lincoln

C. Woodrow Wilson

E. Dicey

A. Their capacity to run administration

B. Their educational qualifications

C. Their property

D. Their nature of work

A. Against periodical elections

C. Against decentralisation of authority

D. Against separation of powers

B. Bryce

C. Dicey

D. Herodotus

A. Lipset

B. J.S.Mill

C. Joseph Schumpeter

A. Robert Michels

B. None of the above

D. Vilfredo Pareto

A. Appointment of judges

B. Enactment of laws

C. Appointment of civil servants

A. Military class

B. Priestly class

C. Civil Servants

B. Government

C. State

D. Sovereign

E. Power

B. All the means of production and distribution are owned by the state

C. Free enterprise and state enterprise exist side by side

D. Inequalities of wealth should be removed by state action

A. Presence of opposition

B. Free elections

C. Universal suffrage

A. It guarantees civil and political rights

C. It ensures social justice

D. It aims at the material good of the people

A. Pluralist Theory of Democracy

B. Elitist Theory of Democracy

D. All the above

E. Marxist Theory of Democracy

B. Elected representatives of the people

C. A body composed of all the above three

D. Permanent civil servants

A. Hobbes

B. Hegel

C. Marx

A. Rousseau

B. Bryce

D. Abraham Lincoln

A. Fundamental Rights

B. Party system

C. Periodic Elections

A. Roman

B. German

C. French

D. Latin

A. Members of Parliament

C. Political

D. Voters

A. None of the above

C. Political power cannot be divided among various groups, associations etC.

D. The state is the source of all authority and all groups draw from it

A. Liberal Theory of Democracy

C. Both Marxian and Liberal

D. Theories of Democracy