Political Science
Power
Sharing
1) In Belgium, out of the total population, 59 per cent live in
the Flemish region and speak _______ language.
a) Dutch
b) French
c) English
d) German
Answer: Option (a)
2) In Belgium, there were tensions between the Dutch-speaking
and ______-speaking communities during the 1950s and 1960s.
a) German
b) French
c) English
d) Russian
Answer: Option (b)
3) In the island nation of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Tamil
population is concentrated in the _______ and _____ of the country.
a) South and
West
b) South and
East
c) North and
Central
d) North and
East
Answer: Option (d)
4) Most of the Sinhala-speaking people of Sri Lanka are ______.
a) Christians
b) Hindus
c) Buddhists
d) Muslims
Answer: Option (c)
5) Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in _______.
a) 1948
b) 1947
c) 1949
d) 1958
Answer: Option (a)
6) In __________, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the
only official language, thus disregarding Tamil.
a) 1958
b) 1956
c) 1968
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (b)
7) The amended Constitution of Belgium prescribed that the
number of ______ and French-speaking ministers shall be equal in the Central
Government.
a) Italian
b) German
c) English
d) Dutch
Answer: Option (d)
8) _______ is elected by people belonging to one language
community – Dutch, French and German-speaking – no matter where they live. This
government has the power regarding cultural, educational and language-related
issues.
a) District
Government
b) State
Government
c) Community
Government
d) Central Government
Answer: Option (c)
9) When many countries of Europe came together to form the
European Union, ______ was chosen as its headquarters.
a) Brussels
b) Paris
c) London
d) Zurich
Answer: Option (a)
10) Which of the following statements about power sharing is
false?
a) Power
sharing helps in reducing the conflicts between social groups.
b) Power
sharing is a good way to establish political order.
c) Power
sharing is not the spirit of democracy.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (c)
11) Which of the following statements are true about
power-sharing?
a) Power is
shared among different organs of government.
b) Power can
be shared among governments at different levels.
c) Power may
also be shared among different social groups.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
12) __________ means a social division based on shared culture.
a) Ethnic
b) Democracy
c) Secularism
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
13) _________ is a belief that the majority community should be
able to rule a country in whichever way it wants by disregarding the wishes and
needs of the minority.
a)
Majoritarianism
b)
Minoritarianism
c) Secularism
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
14) ________ in Belgium is a good example of power sharing among
different social groups.
a) Community
Government
b) District
Government
c) Central
Government
d) State
Government
Answer: Option (a)
15) The major social groups in Sri Lanka are the Sinhala speakers,
which constitute _____ of the population.
a) 35 per
cent
b) 50 per
cent
c) 74 per
cent
d) 30 per
cent
Answer: Option (c)
16) In the capital city Brussels, 80 per cent of people speak
______ while 20 per cent are _____ speaking.
a) French,
Dutch
b) Dutch,
French
c) French,
German
d) German,
French
Answer: Option (a)
17) Out of the total population of Belgium, _________ of people
live in the Wallonia region and speak French.
a) 40 per
cent
b) 50 per
cent
c) 20 per
cent
d) 10 per
cent
Answer: Option (a)
18) Belgium has borders with France, the Netherlands, ________
and Luxembourg.
a) Sweden
b) Austria
c) Italy
d) Germany
Answer: Option (d)
19) _________ is a violent conflict between opposing groups
within a country that becomes so intense that it appears like a war.
a) Civil war
b) Proxy war
c) Colonial
war
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
20) Which of the following
statements is true?
a) A
legitimate government is one where citizens, through participation, acquire a
stake in the system.
b) Prudential
reasons stress that power-sharing will bring out better outcomes; moral reasons
emphasise the very act of power sharing as valuable.
c) A
democratic rule involves sharing power with those affected by its exercise and
who have to live with its effects.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
Federalism
1)
Which among the following is an example of the unitary system of government?
a) Belgium
b) Sri Lanka
c) Both Sri
Lanka and Belgium
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (b)
2) Which of the following statements are true about the
federalism system of government?
a) Federalism
is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central
authority and various constituent units of the country.
b) In
federalism, there is usually more than one level of government for the entire
country.
c) In
federalism, there will be a government at the level of provinces or states that
look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
3) How many of the world’s 193 countries have federal political
systems?
a) 25
b) 100
c) 145
d) 70
Answer: Option (a)
4) ______ made the shift from a unitary to a federal system of
government.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Belgium
c) Both
Belgium and Sri Lanka
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (b)
5) Which of the following does not have a federal system of
government?
a) India
b) USA
c) Russia
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (d)
6) Which of the following does not have a federal political
system?
a) China
b) New
Zealand
c) Japan
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
7) Which of the following statements is true about the unitary
system of government?
a) Under the
unitary system, either there is only one level of government, or the sub-units
are subordinate to the central government.
b) The
central government can pass on orders to the provincial or local government.
c) State
government has powers of its own for which it is not answerable to the central
government.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
8) As per the census, India has _____ major languages.
a) 22
b) 131
c) 121
d) 161
Answer: Option (c)
9) The federal system of government has dual objectives to
safeguard and promote the unity of the country while at the same time
accommodating regional diversity.
a) True
b) False
Answer: Option (a)
10) Which of the following is an example of ‘holding together’
federations?
a) India
b) USA
c)
Switzerland
d) None of
the above.
Answer: Option (a)
11) Which of the following is an example of ‘coming together’
federations?
a) Spain
b) Belgium
c) USA
d) All the
above.
Answer: Option (c)
12) Which of the following are included in the Union List?
a) Banking
b) Foreign
Affairs
c) Defence of
the country
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
13) Which of the following subjects are included in the State
List?
a)
Agriculture
b) Irrigation
c) Police
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
14) If there is a conflict in the laws made for the subjects in
the Concurrent List, then the decision made by _______ will prevail.
a) State
Government
b) Union
Government
c) President
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (b)
15) Who has the power to make laws on the ‘residuary’ subjects?
a) Union
Government
b) State
Government
c) Supreme
Court
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
16) Which of the following states in India enjoys a special
status?
a) Arunachal
Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
17) Due to their peculiar social and historical circumstances,
the Constitution of India gives special status to some Indian states. These
provisions are given in ________.
a) Article
371
b) Article
271
c) Article
172
d) Article
152
Answer: Option (a)
18) Some states were created not on the basis of language but to
recognise differences based on culture, ethnicity or geography. Examples of
such states are__________.
a) Jharkhand
b)
Uttarakhand
c) Nagaland
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
19) Besides Hindi, there are ______ other languages recognised
as Scheduled Languages by the Constitution.
a) 21
b) 24
c) 12
d) 31
Answer: Option (a)
20) The number of languages in India depends on the way one
counts it. As per information recorded in Census 2011, there are _______
distinct languages which people mentioned as their mother tongues.
a) 1200
b) 150
c) 1300
d) 1100
Answer: Option (c)
Gender,
Religion and Caste
1) Which of the
following statements are true regarding feminist movements?
a) Radical
women’s movements aimed at equality in personal and family life.
b) Agitations
demanded enhancing the political and legal status of women and improving their
educational and career opportunities.
c) There were
agitations in different countries for the extension of voting rights to women.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
2) In Scandinavian countries such as Sweden, Norway and
________, the participation of women in public life is very high.
a) Finland
b) Hungary
c) Russia
d) Latvia
Answer: Option (a)
3) Patriarchal society means ________.
a) A society
dominated by men
b) A society
dominated by women
c) A society
where there is equality between men and women
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
4) The literacy rate among women in India is _________.
a) 45 per
cent
b) 50 per
cent
c) 60 per
cent
d) 54 per
cent
Answer: Option (d)
5) The literacy rate among men in India is _______.
a) 76 per
cent
b) 80 per
cent
c) 66 per
cent
d) 56 per
cent
Answer: Option (a)
6) On average, an Indian woman works _______ more than an
average man every day.
a) Three
hours
b) Two hours
c) One hour
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (c)
7) The Equal Remuneration Act of _______ provides that equal
wages should be paid to equal work.
a) 1986
b) 1976
c) 1966
d) 1972
Answer: Option (b)
8) The national average of child sex ratio (number of girl
children per thousand boys) in the country as per Census 2011 was _______.
a) 974
b) 924
c) 954
d) 914
Answer: Option (d)
9) Which of the following states have a child sex ratio of less
than 800?
a) Kerala
b)
Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (d)
10) The percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha had
crossed 10 per cent of its total strength for the first time in _______.
a) 1999
b) 2004
c) 2009
d) 2019
Answer: Option (c)
11) The world average of women’s representation in national
parliaments across different regions of the world is ___________.
a) Around 19%
b) Around 50%
c) Around 40%
d) Around 30%
Answer: Option (a)
12) ______ region has the highest representation of women in
their national parliaments.
a) Pacific
b) Americas
c)
Middle-east
d) Nordic
countries
Answer: Option (d)
13) Which of the following statements is true?
a) Every
social difference does not lead to social division.
b) Social
differences divide similar people from one another, but they also unite very
different people.
c) People
belonging to different social groups share differences and similarities,
cutting across the boundaries of their groups.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
14) ___________ of seats in local government bodies, in
panchayats and municipalities, are now reserved for women.
a)
Three-fourth
b) One-third
c) One-fourth
d) One-fifth
Answer: Option (b)
15) ____________ used to say that religion can never be
separated from politics. He believed that politics must be guided by ethics
drawn from religion.
a) C
Rajagopalachari
b) Sardar
Patel
c) Gandhiji
d) Nehru
Answer: Option (c)
16) Which of the following statements are true regarding
communal politics?
a) State
power is used to establish the domination of one religious group over the rest.
b) Beliefs of
one religion are presented as superior to those of other religions.
c) Communal
politics is based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of a social
community.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
17) __________ are those laws that deal with family-related
matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, etc.
a) Family
laws
b) Religious
laws
c) Community
laws
d) State laws
Answer: Option (a)
18) There is no official religion in _______.
a) Sri Lanka
b) England
c) Pakistan
d) India
Answer: Option (d)
19) Which of the following statements is true?
a) The
Constitution of India allows the state to intervene in matters of religion in
order to ensure equality within religious communities.
b)
Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion.
c) The
Constitution provides to all individuals and communities freedom to profess,
practise and propagate any religion or not to follow any.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
20) The representation of women in different state assemblies is
____________.
a) Less than
5%
b) More than
5%
c) More than
10%
d) More than
20%
Answer: Option (a)
Political
Parties MCQs
1) _________ is a group
of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the
government.
a) Pressure
group
b) Political
party
c) Interest
group
d) Business
lobby
Answer: Option (b)
2) The ___________ has officially banned wall writing by parties
during election times.
a) Parliament
b) President
c) Election
Commission
d)
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
Answer: Option (c)
3) Political parties reflect fundamental ______in a society.
Parties are about a part of society and thus involve PARTISANSHIP.
a) Social
divisions
b) Economic
divisions
c) Religious
divisions
d) Political
divisions
Answer: Option (d)
4) In countries like India, _________ choose candidates for
contesting elections.
a) Top party
leaders
b) Members of
the party
c) Supporters
of the party
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
5) A government is expected to base its policies on the line
taken by the ________.
a) Opposition
parties
b) Ruling
party
c) President
d) Parliament
Answer: Option (b)
6) Many of the pressure groups are the extensions of _________
among different sections of society.
a)
Legislature
b) Government
c) Political
parties
d)
Bureaucracy
Answer: Option (c)
7) The rise of political parties is directly linked to the
emergence of _______.
a) Monitory
democracies
b) Direct
democracies
c)
Representative democracies
d)
Constitutional democracies.
Answer: Option (c)
8) Many political parties protested against POSCO, the Korean
steel company, for being permitted by the State Government to export iron ore
from ______ to feed steel plants in China and Korea.
a) Andhra
Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) West Bengal
d) Odisha
Answer: Option (d)
9) In India, ______ parties are registered with the Election
Commission of India.
a) Less than
750
b) Less than
75
c) Less than
100
d) More than
750
Answer: Option (d)
10) The ___________ and the United Kingdom are examples of a
two-party system.
a) United
States of America
b) Russia
c) China
d) Canada
Answer: Option (a)
11) Which of the following is an example of a multi-party
system?
a) India
b) New
Zealand
c) Canada
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
12) Which of the following statements are true about political
parties?
a) The
proportion of those who said they were members of some political party was
lower in India than in many advanced countries like Canada and Japan.
b) Over the
last three decades, the proportion of those who report to be members of
political parties in India has gone down steadily.
c) The
proportion of those who say they feel ‘close to a political party’ has also
gone down in India.
d) None of
the above.
Answer: Option (d)
13) National parties have their units in various states, but by
and large, all these units follow the same policies, programmes and strategy
that is decided at the ________.
a) National
level
b) State
level
c) District
level
d) Village
level
Answer: Option (a)
14) A party that secures at least six per cent of the total
votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a State and wins at least
__________ is recognised as a state party.
a) Two seats
b) Three
seats
c) One seat
d) Four seats
Answer: Option (a)
15) A party that secures at least six per cent of the total
votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four states and wins at
least _____________ in the Lok Sabha is recognised as a national party.
a) One seat
b) Two seats
c) Four seats
d) Three
seats
Answer: Option (c)
16) According to the given classification, there were _________
national recognised parties in India in 2006.
a) Seven
b) Six
c) Five
d) Ten
Answer: Option (b)
17) Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the oldest parties
in the world, founded in _________.
a) 1885
b) 1880
c) 1888
d) 1889
Answer: Option (a)
18) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national party formed in
_______ under the leadership of Kanshi Ram.
a) 1964
b) 1974
c) 1994
d) 1984
Answer: Option (d)
19) Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPI-M) was founded in
_______. It supports socialism, secularism and democracy and opposes
imperialism and communalism.
a) 1978
b) 1964
c) 1968
d) 1954
Answer: Option (b)
20) Berlusconi was the Prime Minister of ________. His company
owns TV channels, the most important publishing company, and a football club
(AC Milan).
a) Italy
b) France
c) Spain
d) Germany
Answer: Option (a)
Outcomes of Democracy
1) Which of the
following statements are true about the democratic government?
a) Democratic
government is a legitimate government.
b) Democratic
government may be slow, less efficient, and not always very responsive or
clean.
c) Democratic
government is the people’s own government.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
2) Democracy is preferred over dictatorship everywhere except
_________.
a) India
b) Bhutan
c) Pakistan
d) Nepal
Answer: Option (c)
3) Among the below-given countries, which country has the
highest support for democracy?
a) India
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Pakistan
Answer: Option (a)
4) Which of these factors plays a role in the economic
development of a country?
a)
Cooperation from other countries.
b) Size of the
population
c) Economic
priorities adopted by the government.
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
5) Among the below-given countries, in which country is the
highest percentage share of national income concentrated in the hands of the
top 20% of the population?
a) South
Africa
b) USA
c) UK
d) Hungary
Answer: Option (a)
6) Among the below-given countries, in which country is the
least percentage share of national income concentrated in the hands of the top
20% of the population?
a) Denmark
b) Hungary
c) Russia
d) Brazil
Answer: Option (b)
7) The rates of economic growth for different countries from
1950 to 2000 were highest among _________.
a) All
democratic regimes.
b) Poor
countries under dictatorship.
c) Poor
countries under democracy.
d) All dictatorial
regimes.
Answer: Option (d)
8) Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Non-democratic regimes often turn a blind eye to or suppress internal social
differences.
b) Ability to
handle social differences, divisions and conflicts is thus a definite plus
point of democratic regimes.
c)
Democracies usually develop a procedure to conduct their competition.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
9) State whether true or false – Democracy in India has
strengthened the claims of the disadvantaged and discriminated castes for equal
status and equal opportunity.
a) True
b) False
Answer: Option (a)
10) Among the below-given countries, in which country do people
have the maximum belief that their vote makes a difference?
a) Nepal
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Bangladesh
Answer: Option (a)
11) Among the below-given countries, in which country do people
have the least belief that their vote makes a difference?
a) India
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bangladesh
d) Pakistan
Answer: Option (d)
12) ___________ stands much superior to any other form of
government in promoting dignity and freedom of the individual.
a) Theocracy
b) Oligarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d) Democracy
Answer: Option (d)
13) State whether true or false – Democracy is not just ruled by
majority opinion.
a) True
b) False
Answer: Option (a)
14) Which of the following statements is true?
a) In a
democracy, the majority and minority opinions are not permanent.
b) In a
democracy, it is also necessary that rule by the majority does not become rule
by the majority community in terms of religion or race or linguistic group.
c) Democracy
remains democracy only as long as every citizen has a chance of being in the
majority at some point in time.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
15) Accountability to the citizens is the most basic outcome of
_______.
a) Theocracy
b) Autocracy
c) Democracy
d) Socialism
Answer: Option (c)
16) In a democracy, a citizen who wants to know if a decision
was taken through the correct procedures can find this out – this is the
hallmark of ______.
a)
Transparency
b) Lack of
transparency
c) Opacity
d) Ambiguity
Answer: Option (a)
17) State whether true or false – In democracies, there can be a
very high degree of economic inequality.
a) False
b) True
Answer: Option (b)
18) The rates of economic growth for different countries from
1950 to 2000 were least among _________.
a) Poor
countries under dictatorship.
b) All
democratic regimes.
c) All
dictatorial regimes.
d) Poor
countries under democracy
Answer: Option (b)
19) Among the below-given countries, which country’s bottom 20%
of the population had the highest percentage share in the national income?
a) Hungary
b) Brazil
c) USA
d) Russia
Answer: Option (a)
20) Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Democracies have had greater success in setting up regular and free elections
and in setting up conditions for open public debate.
b) Most
democracies do not fall short of elections that provide a fair chance to
everyone and in subjecting every decision to public debate.
c) Democratic
governments have a very good record when it comes to sharing information with
citizens
d)
Democracies are free of corruption.
Answer: Option (a)
Democracy and Diversity
1) At the medal ceremony
of the 200 metres race in the 1968 Olympics held at Mexico City, two men
standing with clenched fists upraised and heads bowed while the national anthem
of _______ was played.
a) Russian
b) America
c) Great
Britain
d) France
Answer: Option (b)
2) The African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos,
received their medals at the 1968 Mexico Olympics wearing black socks and no
shoes to represent ______.
a) Black
poverty
b)
Communalism
c) Secularism
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
3) A white ________ athlete, Peter Norman, wore a human rights
badge on his shirt during the 1968 Olympics ceremony to show his support to the
two Americans.
a) French
b) New
Zealand
c) British
d) Australian
Answer: Option (d)
4) Civil Rights Movement in the USA from _____ to ______ refers
to a set of events and reform movements aimed at abolishing legal racial
discrimination against African-Americans.
a) 1954 to
1968
b) 1955 to
1970
c) 1964 to
1974
d) 1964 to
1968
Answer: Option (a)
5) The Black Power movement emerged in _______ and lasted till
1975, which was a more militant anti-racist movement, advocating even violence,
if necessary, to end racism in the US.
a) 1966
b) 1964
c) 1960
d) 1969
Answer: Option (a)
6) Homogeneous society is a society that has similar kinds of
people, especially where there are no significant ____________ differences.
a) Political
b) Economic
c) Ethnic
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (c)
7) Political competition along religious and ethnic lines led to
the disintegration of _____________ into six independent countries.
a) Yugoslavia
b) Kosovo
c) Greece
d) Soviet
Union
Answer: Option (a)
8) Which of the following statements regarding the politics of
social divisions are true?
a) If people
see their identities in singular and exclusive terms, it becomes very difficult
to accommodate.
b) It is much
easier if the people see that their identities are multiple and complementary
to the national identity.
c) It is
easier to accommodate demands that are within the constitutional framework and
are not at the cost of another community.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
9) In 2005, the ___________ installed a 20-foot high sculpture
representing the protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos.
a) San Jose
State University
b) Harvard
University
c)
Pennsylvania University
d) University
of Chicago
Answer: Option (a)
10) _________ led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
of America.
a) Martin
Luther King Jr
b) George
Washington
c) Abraham
Lincoln
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
11) Which of the following statements are true about the Civil
Rights Movement?
a) It was
aimed at abolishing legal racial discrimination against African-Americans.
b) This
Movement was led by Martin Luther King Jr.
c) This
movement practised violent methods of civil disobedience against racially
discriminatory laws and practices.
d) Only (a)
& (b) are true.
Answer: Option (d)
12) Afro-American, Black American, or Black are the terms used
to refer mainly to the descendants of Africans who were brought into America as
slaves between the _______ and early _________.
a) 17th
century, 19th century
b) 15th
century, 19th century
c) 16th
century, 17th century
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
13) Which of the following statements is true?
a) Every
social difference does not lead to social division.
b) Social
differences divide similar people from one another, but they also unite very
different people.
c) People
belonging to different social groups share differences and similarities,
cutting across the boundaries of their groups.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
14) Northern Ireland and the Netherlands are predominantly
Christian but divided between Catholics and _________.
a)
Protestants
b) Eastern
Orthodox
c) Coptic
Catholic
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
15) Catholics and Protestants have had conflicts in_________,
while they do not do so in the Netherlands.
a) Northern
Ireland
b) Wales
c) Yugoslavia
d) Scotland
Answer: Option (a)
16) Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Overlapping social differences create possibilities of deep social divisions
and tensions.
b)
Cross-cutting social differences are easier to accommodate.
c) Social
divisions of one kind or another exist in most countries. It does not matter
whether the country is small or big.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
17) Germany and ________, which were once highly Homogeneous,
are undergoing rapid change with an influx of people from other parts of the world.
a) Sweden
b) Hungary
c) Poland
d) Romania
Answer: Option (a)
18) The Catholics of Northern Ireland were represented by
Nationalist parties who demanded that Northern Ireland be unified with the
_________, a predominantly Catholic country.
a) Republic
of Ireland
b) Scotland
c) Wales
d) United
Kingdom
Answer: Option (a)
19) In ___________, the UK Government and the Nationalists
reached a peace treaty after which the latter suspended their armed struggle.
a) 1999
b) 1998
c) 1991
d) 1997
Answer: Option (b)
20) Which of the following statements is true?
a) If the
rulers are willing to share power and accommodate the reasonable demands of the
minority community, social divisions become less threatening for the country.
b) Attempts
at forced integration often sow the seeds of disintegration.
c) The
assertion of social diversities in a country need not be seen as a source of
danger.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
Popular Struggles and
Movements
1) Nepal was one of the
‘third wave’ countries that had won democracy in _________.
a) 1990
b) 1996
c) 1987
d) 1995
Answer: Option (a)
2) On 24 April 2006, the king of Nepal was forced to concede all
the demands, and the SPA chose _______ as the new Prime Minister of the Interim
Government.
a) Sher
Bahadur Deuba
b) K. P.
Sharma Oli
c) Girija
Prasad Koirala
d) Madhav
Kumar Nepal
Answer: Option (c)
3) People’s successful struggle against the privatisation of
water in ________ reminds us that popular struggles are integral to the working
of democracy.
a) Ecuador
b) Brazil
c) Peru
d) Bolivia
Answer: Option (d)
4) Bolivia is a poor country located in ________.
a) North
America
b) Latin
America
c) Africa
d) Asia
Answer: Option (b)
5) The _________ pressured the Bolivian Government to give up
its control of the municipal water supply.
a) World Bank
b)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
c) World Economic
Forum (WEF)
d) World
Trade Organisation (WTO)
Answer: Option (a)
6) The Bolivian Government had sold the rights for the city of
_______ to a multinational company. The company immediately increased the price
of water by four times, causing great distress to the public.
a) Sucre
b) La Paz
c) Cochabamba
d) Potosi
Answer: Option (c)
7) The popular struggle in Bolivia was about one specific
policy, while the struggle in Nepal was about the _________.
a)
Foundations of the country’s politics.
b)
Foundations of the country’s economic policies
c)
Foundations of the country’s religious policies.
d)
Foundations of the country’s policies on external affairs.
Answer: Option (a)
8) Which of the following statements regarding protests in
Bolivia and Nepal are false?
a) Both of
these are instances of political conflict that led to popular struggles.
b) In both
cases, the struggle involved mass mobilisation.
c) Public
demonstration of mass support clinched the dispute.
d) Both
instances did not involve the critical role of political organisations.
Answer: Option (d)
9) Which of the following statements regarding democracy is
true?
a) Democracy
evolves through popular struggles.
b) Defining
moments of democracy usually involves conflict between those groups who have
exercised power and those who aspire for a share in power.
c) These
moments come when the country is going through the transition to democracy,
expansion of democracy or deepening of democracy
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
10) Which of the following statements are true about democratic
conflicts?
a) Democratic
conflict is resolved through mass mobilisation.
b) It is
possible that the conflict is resolved by using existing institutions like the
Parliament or the Judiciary.
c) When there
is a deep dispute, very often, these institutions themselves get involved in
the dispute. The resolution has to come from outside, from the people.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
11) The Green Belt Movement had planted 30 million trees
across______. Its leader was Wangari Maathai.
a) Kenya
b) Uganda
c) South Africa
d) Bolivia
Answer: Option (a)
12) In 1987, a movement called Kittiko-Hachchiko (meaning pluck
and plant) started a non-violent protest, where people plucked the eucalyptus
plants and planted saplings of trees that were useful to them. This movement took
place in _______.
a)
Maharashtra
b) Andhra
Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Gujarat
Answer: Option (c)
13) Which of the following statements is true?
a) SPA was
not the only organisation behind the mass upsurge in Nepal.
b) The
protest was joined by the Nepalese Communist Party (Maoist), which believed in
parliamentary democracy.
c) Nepalese
Communist Party (Maoist) was involved in an armed struggle against the Nepali
Government and had established its control over large parts of Nepal.
d) Both (a)
and (c).
Answer: Option (d)
14) Which of the following statements regarding the protest
against water privatisation is true?
a) The
protest against water privatisation in Bolivia was not led by any political
party.
b) The
protest was led by an organisation called FEDECOR.
c) FEDECOR
comprised local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
15) Which of the following statements regarding pressure groups
are true?
a) Pressure
groups are organisations that attempt to influence Government policies.
b) Pressure
groups do not aim to directly control or share political power.
c) Pressure
groups are formed when people with common occupations, interests, aspirations
or opinions come together in order to achieve a common objective.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
16) Trade unions are examples of _______.
a) Pressure
groups
b) Interest
groups
c) Political
groups
d) Economic
groups
Answer: Option (b)
17) __________ are the groups which promote collective good
rather than selective good.
a) Public
Interest groups
b) Pressure
groups
c) Political
groups
d) Economic
groups
Answer: Option (a)
18) A group fighting against bonded labour is an example of
________.
a) Religious groups
b) Right to
equality groups
c) Pressure
groups
d) Public
interest groups
Answer: Option (d)
19) The RTI Act of ________ is a landmark legislation passed by
our Parliament. Under this Act, citizens can seek information from Government
offices pertaining to different activities.
a) 2001
b) 2005
c) 2007
d) 2000
Answer: Option (b)
20) When the Assam movement led by _______ against the
‘foreigners’ came to an end, it led to the formation of the Asom Gana Parishad.
a) Business
groups
b) Political
parties
c) Lawyers
d) Students
Answer: Option (d)
Challenges to Democracy
1) Which of the
following statements are true about challenges of expansion with respect to
established democracies?
a) Ensuring
greater power to local governments and extension of the federal principle to
all the units of the federation.
b) Inclusion
of women and minority groups, etc., fall under this challenge.
c) Most
countries, including India and other democracies like the US, face this
challenge.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
2) Which of the following statements are true about the
deepening of democracy faced by every democracy?
a) This
challenge takes different meanings and paths in different parts of the world.
b) It usually
means strengthening those institutions that help people’s participation and
control.
c) This
requires an attempt to bring down the control and influence of the rich and
powerful people in making governmental decisions.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
3) General Pinochet’s government was defeated, but the military
was still in control of the institutions. There was a problem with holding the
first multi-party elections. Which country was facing this problem of democracy
due to General Pinochet?
a) Chile
b) Mexico
c) Poland
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
4) Which of the following countries faced problems in democracy
when Mbeki withdrew some concessions given to the White minorities?
a) Chile
b) Mexico
c) Poland
d) South
Africa
Answer: Option (d)
5) There is a concern among international organisations that
______ disregards the decisions of the United Nations and takes unilateral
actions.
a) France
b) USA
c) U.K.
d) Russia
Answer: Option (b)
6) __________ does not allow women to take part in public
activities, and there is no freedom of religion for minorities.
a) Poland
b) Saudi
Arabia
c) Ghana
d) Myanmar
Answer: Option (b)
7) There was a rise in Ethnic tension between Serbs and
Albanians in the province of Kosovo, which ultimately led to the disintegration
of _________.
a)
Czechoslovakia
b) Slovenia
c) Yugoslavia
d) Soviet
Union
Answer: Option (c)
8) Generally, all the suggestions or proposals about overcoming
various challenges to democracy are called ‘democracy reform’ or _________.
a) Religious
reform
b) Economic
reform
c) Social
reform
d) Political
reform
Answer: Option (d)
9) Carefully devised changes in ________can help to discourage
wrong political practices and encourage good ones, but these changes by
themselves cannot overcome challenges to democracy.
a) Law
b)
Bureaucracy
c) Culture
d) None of
the above
Answer: Option (a)
10) Democratic reforms are to be carried out mainly by ________.
a) Political
activists
b)
Politically conscious citizens
c) Political
parties
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
11) Generally, laws that seek to ban something are very
successful in politics. State whether this statement is true or false.
a) False
b) True
Answer: Option (a)
12) The best laws are those which empower people to carry out
___________ reforms.
a) Democratic
b) Economic
c)
Legislative
d) Social
Answer: Option (a)
13) The ___________ Act is a good example of a law that empowers
the people to find out what is happening in government and act as watchdogs of
democracy.
a) Right to
Equality of Opportunity
b) Right to
Property
c) Right to
Education
d) Right to
Information
Answer: Option (d)
14) Which of the following statements are true regarding
political reforms?
a) Any
proposal for political reforms should think not only about what is a good
solution.
b) Any
proposal for political reforms should also think about who will implement it
and how.
c) Measures
that rely on democratic movements, citizens’ organisations, and the media are
likely to succeed.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
15) The Right to Information Act is a good example of a law that
empowers the people because ___________.
a) It helps
to control corruption
b) It
supplements the existing laws that ban corruption
c) It acts as
a watchdog of democracy
d) All of the
above
Answer: Option (d)
16) Which of the following statements is true about democracy?
a) The rulers
elected by the people must take all the major decisions.
b) Elections
must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current
rulers.
c) This
choice and opportunity should be available to all people on an equal basis.
d) All of the
above.
Answer: Option (d)
17) Which of the following countries was facing a civil war
between Protestants and Catholics?
a) Northern
Ireland
b) Scotland
c) Wales
d) Sweden
Answer: Option (a)
18) When Morales, a supporter of the water struggle, became
Prime Minister of _______, MNCs threatened to leave the country.
a) Mexico
b) Bolivia
c) Poland
d) Yugoslavia
Answer: Option (b)
19) After the Civil Rights Movement in _________, Blacks have
won equal rights but are still poor, less educated, and marginalised.
a) Chile
b) Mexico
c) USA
d) Russia
Answer: Option (c)
20) Suu Kyi was the leader of ____________, who was placed under
house arrest by the army leaders for more than 15 years which impacted the
democracy in that nation.
a) Myanmar
b) China
c) North
Korea
d) Japan
Answer: Option (a)
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