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political parties and pressure group Mcqs

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

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