This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A form of Government headed by a king or queen A) Authoritarian. B) Monarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monarchy. 2. Control by force with absence of strong constitutional traditional influence. Military is key role when the civil government breaks down. A) State Rule. B) Rule of Law. C) Nationalism. D) Military Rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Military Rule. 3. A sign of weak democratization in Russia can be seen in the fact that A) No new parties have been formed since the creation of United Russia. B) Although the country has held regular elections, Russia has yet to experience a real transfer of power from one political grouping to another. C) Voter turnout has been low. D) New parties cannot be formed without the consent of the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although the country has held regular elections, Russia has yet to experience a real transfer of power from one political grouping to another. 4. A coalition or cooperative arrangement between political parties to promote a mutual interest. A) Interest group. B) Cartel. C) Aggregation. D) Autarky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartel. 5. MPs are members of ..... A) The House of Lords. B) The House of Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The House of Commons. 6. How many levels of court are there in India?a. Threeb. Twoc. Noned. One A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 7. Currently, regional governors are A) Elected by regional legislators. B) Popularly elected, with the requirement that a candidate's nomination is supported by a certain number of local deputies or officials. C) Appointed by the Russian parliament. D) Popularly elected, although all candidates must be approved by the Russian president prior to the election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Popularly elected, with the requirement that a candidate's nomination is supported by a certain number of local deputies or officials. 8. When you do not need 50% +1 votes to win an election; rather, you need the most ..... It is called a ..... election A) Horse Race. B) Majority. C) First to the Post. D) HyperPluralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First to the Post. 9. During this period, there was a general benefit to living standard of the British citizen; enlarging the middle class ..... Thus, there was a need to increase the size of the electorate, 3 times in the 19th century (1832, 1867 & 1884) A) Glorious Revolution. B) Industrial Revolution. C) French Revolution. D) American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Revolution. 10. This population represents Putin's political base A) Patrons. B) Slavophile. C) Westerner. D) Globalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavophile. 11. An elected or appointed official of the state who is in charge of the government and its administrative apparatus (e.g., premier, prime minister, chancellor, or, in some states, president). A) Fusion of Powers. B) Head of Government. C) Head of State. D) Regime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head of Government. 12. One approach is to focus on ..... issues that require value judgments. A) Normative. B) Correlation. C) Empirical. D) Causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normative. 13. The major difference between radicals and liberals is that A) Radicals believe in dramatic change in the current political order; liberals believe in change, but within existing political structures. B) Radicals believe in dramatic change in the current political order; liberals are skeptical of change and support maintaining the current political structures. C) Radicals argue for a return to previously established political structures; liberals argue that all governmental structures should be abandoned. D) Radicals argue that current political structures should be maintained; liberals argue that all governmental structures should be abandoned. E) Radicals believe in dramatic change in the current political order; liberals argue for a return to previously established political structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radicals believe in dramatic change in the current political order; liberals believe in change, but within existing political structures. 14. What is distinction between state and society (Choose two correct answers) A) Society and the state is the same. B) State creates society. C) State is sovereign, society is not. D) State evolves from kingdom, Society from tribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State is sovereign, society is not. 15. In a Unitary Government, political authority rests in the hands of both central and local governments. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. CORRELATION. which is the best definition? A) The absense of any relationship amongst factors/variables. B) The existence of randomness amongst two or more factors/variables. C) The existence of a relationship between two or more factors/variables. D) A relationship between two or more factors/variable in which one (or more) of those factors/variable leads to the outcome of the other(s). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The existence of a relationship between two or more factors/variables. 17. Type of government controlled by one person or a small group of people: A) Unitary. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Presidential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictatorship. 18. Who was the president in 2010 A) Anthony Eremosele Enahoro. B) Goodluck Jonathan. C) Muhammadu Buhari. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goodluck Jonathan. 19. Removing Property from governmental control and opening it to private citizen control A) Nationalization. B) Institution. C) Privatization. D) Marketization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privatization. 20. A person who wishes to enact rapid political change to revert to a value system from the past would be considered a A) Radical. B) Conservative. C) Reactionary. D) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reactionary. 21. Attempting to explain all social phenomenon in terms of how self-interested individuals make choices under the influence of their preferences. A) Game Theory. B) Comparative Theory. C) Aggregation Theory. D) Rational Choice Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rational Choice Theory. 22. Which of the following is NOT a basic concept of democracy? A) Rights of the minority are not respected. B) Equality of all persons before the law. C) Individual freedom. D) Necessity of compromise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rights of the minority are not respected. 23. Boko Haram is a terrorist group that has taken over which part of Nigeria? A) SE. B) NW. C) SW. D) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO. 24. This Soviet leader allowed more social and political freedoms. A) Nikita Khrushchev. B) Josef Stalin. C) Catherine the Great. D) Mikhail Gorbachev. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mikhail Gorbachev. 25. Define reference A) Approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits. B) Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized. C) Those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or an imagined earlier order. D) A national vote called by a government to address a specific proposal, often a change to the constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A national vote called by a government to address a specific proposal, often a change to the constitution. 26. With no clear majority in Parliament (House of Commons), the past PM's have had to rely on a ..... government ..... Consisting of the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties A) NeoLiberal. B) Democratic. C) Coalition. D) Pluralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coalition. 27. Define PARTY-STATE A) A process by which a firm moves some of its work to a secondary business outside the home country that can do the work more efficiently or cheaply. B) Industry partially owned by the state. C) A political system in which the roles of head of state and head of government are assigned to separate executive offices. D) A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. 28. ....., one measure of economic wealth, compares the different costs of living across countries. A) Gross Domestic Product (GDP). B) GDP per capita. C) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). D) The Gini index. E) Human Development Index (HDI). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). 29. An approach to economic policy that assumes a natural rate of unemployment determined by the labor market ..... rejects the instruments of govt. spending / run deficits to stimulate the economy or create jobs A) Monetarism. B) Macroeconomic policy. C) Neoliberalism. D) Keynesianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monetarism. 30. The inherent right of a government to rule over and act on behalf of those it governs A) Ability. B) Legitimacy. C) Power. D) Authority. 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