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political parties and pressure group Mcqs
1. One of the basic features of interest groups is: __________?
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A. They are found only in communist countries

B. To promote interest of its members

C. It has close alignment with politics

D. To promote national interest

2. After independence in India each political party is:
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A. Trying to use students to its advantage

B. Trying to keep students away from politics

C. Ignoring the students and adopting indifferent attitude

D. Leaving the students to its own care

3. The Pressure groups try to achieve their objectives through:
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A. All the above methods

B. Violent methods

C. Agitational methods

D. Persuasive methods
4. Political parties are generally formed on the basis of: __________?
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A. Common interests

B. Economic and political principles

C. Religious principles

D. Caste

5. Who said that without the party system the state has no elasticity?
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A. Finer

B. MacIver

C. Garner

D. Ogg and Zinc

6. One of the major defects of pressure groups is: _________?
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A. They interfere in the formulation of government policy

B. They try to promote the interests of their membes at the cost of the common people

C. They exercise undue pressure on the government with the help of majority at their disposal

D. They try to influence the public opinion

7. Government in a single party is usually:
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A. Bureaucratic

B. Democratic

C. Aristocratic

D. Totalitarian
8. The main political parties in U.S.A. are:
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A. Democratic and Liberal

B. Social Democrats and Liberal Democrats

C. None of these

D. Conservative and Labour

9. Interest group means:
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A. Any small group, which contests elections, with the sale objective of protecting Interestsof Its members

B. A group of people who with the help of money try to secure control overgovernment

C. A group of people with common objectives which tries to influence the

D. A small group within a party which fights for the interests of members, of its own category

10. A pressure group is: ___________?
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A. A group formed to protect the interests of members of a group by contesting elections

B. A military group, which comes to the assistance of the state when the police force is unable to maintain law and order

C. A group of people which tries to capture power with the help of money

D. A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interests of its members by influencing the government policies
11. Which one of the following is not true about political parties?
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A. These spread moral education

B. These help in the formation of public opinion

C. These help in the spread of education

D. These try to capture power

12. Single party system primarily functions in: __________?
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A. France

B. U.S.S.R

C. India

D. U.K.

E. U.S.A

13. One great advantage of political party is that:
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A. Helps in getting the grievances of the people redressed

B. It does not offer opportunity to demagogues

C. It does not promote vested interests

D. It unites the nation

14. Political parties have been described as power behind the throne by:
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A. Sabine

B. Herman Finel

C. Burke

D. MacIver

15. Multi-party system prevails in: __________?
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A. Hungary

B. France

C. U.S.S.R.

D. China

E. U.S.A.

16. A conservative party anywhere would stand for:
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A. Gradual nationalisation of means of production

B. Public ownership

C. Mixed economy

D. Private ownership
17. Which of the following is not a method used by the pressure group for achieving its objectives?
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A. It tries to influence policy makers

B. It finances political parties

C. It clearly aligns with a political party

D. It organises demonstrations

18. Pressure groups first of all originated in: _________?
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A. U.S.A

B. Britain

C. Switzerland

D. France

19. One of the outstanding characteristics of one-party system is that:
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A. Large number of people can be admitted as its members

B. Elections are free

C. Members have to abide by iron discipline of the party

D. The people can easily influence the political decisions

20. The system under which there are more than two political parties which predominantly control political situation is called:
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A. Single party system

B. Bi-party system

C. Dominant party system

D. Multi-party system
21. Parties are inevitable. No free country has been without them. The above statement was made by:
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A. Herman Finel

B. Lord Bryce

C. Mather

D. Harold J.Laski

22. Which one of the following countries is associated with the Spoils System?
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A. France

B. All the above

C. U.S.A

D. Britain

23. In a single party system membership:
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A. Importance of legislature considerably increases

B. Is given to only few trusted and dependable workers

C. Can be easily obtained

D. Is open to all

24. Which one of the functions of the pressure groups given below has been wrongly listed?
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A. Pressure groups influence enactment of laws

B. Pressure groups help the administrative departments in the formulation of policy

C. Pressure groups play an important role in bringing about political, social and economic reforms

D. Pressure groups provide funds to its members to contest elections
25. A trade union can be placed under the category of pressure group:
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A. Language

B. Religion

C. Special

D. Region

E. Caste

26. Political parties give the type of education which is basically:
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A. Adult

B. Moral

C. Political

D. Physical

27. The political parties are generally formed on the basis of: __________?
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A. Common economic and political principles

B. Common group interests

C. All the above

D. Common interests

28. Who said that a political party is a voluntary association of people for the purpose of attaining political power:
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A. Finer

B. Gettell

C. MacIver

D. G.C.Field
29. Which one of the following feature of pressure groups has been wrongly listed?
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A. The pressure groups try to promote the interests of its members

B. The pressure groups can be both temporary as well as permanent

C. The pressure groups generally do not have any poliitical alignment

D. None of the above

30. Mussolini during the heights of his glory liked:
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A. No party system

B. Multi-party system

C. Bi-party system

D. Single arty system
31. Which one of the following is not true about pressure group?
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A. It has no political programme

B. It tries to use persuasive methods

C. It exerts pressure on executive

D. It tries to have formal control over the government

E. It does no aim at capturing power

32. In which of the following countries the pressure groups are not permitted to function?
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A. Britain

B. Switzerland

C. None of the above

D. U.S.S.R.
33. Multi-Party system is found in: _________?
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A. U.S.A.

B. Pakistan

C. China

D. Britain

34. A political party serves as important link between the legislature and: _________?
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A. The voters

B. The people

C. Executive

D. Judiciary

35. Two-Party system is found in:
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A. USSR

B. France

C. Pakistan

D. U.S.A

36. The pressure groups try to promote the interests of their members by exerting pressure on:
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A. All the above

B. The judiciary

C. The executive

D. The legislature

37. Which of the following is not true about pressure group?
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A. Its objects are limited

B. Its membership is limited

C. It can use both constitutional and unconstitutional means

D. It can be organised

E. It tries to capture political power
38. One of the chief merits of political parties is: ________?
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A. They promote national unity

B. They rouse interest of people in questions of public importance

C. They encourage the spoils system

D. They give complete freedom to members to express their views without any fear

39. Pressure groups first of all originated in: _________?
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A. U.S.S.R.

B. Britain

C. Switzerland

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

B. Party control lessens

C. Selection of candidates becomes easy

D. Choice of candidates becomes very wide

41. Which of the following is not one of the functions of the political party?
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A. To implement its policies

B. To promote spiritualism and morality

C. To create public opinion

D. To capture political power

E. To criticise government

42. Interest groups are:
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A. Purely political organisations

B. Purely military organisations

C. Of universal character and include groups like business, labour, farm co-operatives, church, other professional groups, etc.

D. Purely economic organisations

43. One-Party system is found in:
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A. Switzerland

B. China

C. Britain

D. West Germany

44. Who believed that a political party consists of a group of citizens more or less organised who act as a political unit:
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A. Ebenstein

B. Garner

C. Finer

D. Gettell

E. Gilchrist

45. U.S.A. is known for: __________?
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A. No party system

B. Bi-party system

C. Single party system

D. Multi-party system

46. Two-Party system is better because:
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A. It given an opportunity to the opposition party to indulge in an irresponsible criticism of government

B. It gives despotic powers to the Cabinet

C. It leads to the formation coalition governments

D. It makes smooth changes in government possible
47. Which one of the following merits of political parties has been wrongly listed?
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A. Political Parties check nepotism

B. Political parties are essential for the successful working of Cabinet system of government

C. Political parties impart political education to people

D. Political parties eliminate nepotism and favouritism
48. Political Parties are indispensable for the successful working of: ________?
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A. Democracy

B. Dictatorship

C. Both democracy and dictatorship

D. None of the above

49. The function of associational pressure groups is to: __________?
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A. Articulate the demands

B. Aggregate the demands

C. Communicate the demands

D. Regulate the demands

50. Which one fo the following is not one of the methods used by pressure groups for achieving their objectives?
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A. They develop cantacts with legislators

B. They sponsor their favourite candidates at the time of elections

C. They avoid going near the centre of authority

D. They finance political parties