This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Overview > Basics > Political Science – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Science Quiz 124 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of authoritarian regime is most likely to manage regime transition (e.g.change to a new leader) without resorting to violence A) Monarchy. B) Military regime. C) Totalitarian regime. D) Dictatorship. E) None of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 2. Which one of the following is considered as an accountable form of government A) Autocratic government. B) Dictator government. C) Democratic Government. D) Military Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democratic Government. 3. What is a sovereign? A) The ability to rule with guidance. B) Having absolute rule; holding all decision making power. C) Sharing the ability to rule with three other people. D) Life, liberty, and property. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having absolute rule; holding all decision making power. 4. What is the meaning of polis in Greek and res publica in Latin? A) People Power. B) State. C) Rule of Law. D) Affairs of the state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affairs of the state. 5. INDIA IS A SECULAR STATE BECAUSE A) THERE IS NO STATE RELIGION. B) EVERY CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO ADOPT AND PRACTICE ANY RELIGION. C) NO DISCRIMINATION CAN BE MADE AMONG CITIZENS ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION. D) ALL THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL THE ABOVE. 6. Interdependence is a key concept of ..... A) Khanism. B) Farabisim. C) Liberalism. D) Realism. E) Confucianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberalism. 7. This field focuses on such topics such as foreign and national security policies, diplomacy and rivalry, cooperation and warfare among states. the statement refers to ..... A) Political theory. B) International relation. C) Public administration. D) Comparative politics and government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International relation. 8. Who has given the slogan 'Garibi Hatao' A) Indira Gandhi. B) Rajiv Gandhi. C) Sonia Gandhi. D) Pt. Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indira Gandhi. 9. The rights that are protected ad supported by international and national laws and treaties are A) The Bill of rights. B) Fundamental rights. C) Human rights. D) Natural rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human rights. 10. Voltaire purportedly said "I disapprove of what you say but I defend to the death your right to say it." This demonstrates a believe in what right? A) Right to establish educational institutions for minorities. B) Right to freedom of expression. C) Right to Freedom from forced labor. D) Right to life and liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to freedom of expression. 11. Marbury v. Madison handed down the decision that talked about which principle of government that we now follow? A) Judicial review. B) Separate but equal. C) Majority rule with minority rights. D) Due process of law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judicial review. 12. The USSR came in to being after the Socialist revolution in Russia in- A) 1918. B) 1916. C) 1915. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1917. 13. Which of the following are not characteristics of totalitarian regimes: A) Political pluralism. B) Single mass party, typically led by a dictator. C) System of terror. D) Usually militarised, and dependent on military control and fear. E) A single state ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political pluralism. 14. What form of government bases its laws on the teachings of a religion? A) Theocracy. B) Republic. C) Oligarchy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theocracy. 15. The second level of courts that hears appeals when someone does not like a verdict reached in a lower court decision. These courts don't hear new evidence, but use a three judge panel to review whether the Constitution and law were followed. A) District Courts. B) Federal Courts. C) Appellate Courts. D) Supreme Courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appellate Courts. 16. Form of a democratic government wherein the executive and legislative has a very close connection. Parties with the greatest representation gets to form the government. A) Parliament Procedure. B) Parllamentary Government. C) Parliamentary Government. D) Parliament House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliamentary Government. 17. Name the body that recruits civil servants in India A) Planning commission. B) Prime Ministers Office. C) Union Public Service commission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union Public Service commission. 18. Which of these parties has national level political organisations? A) Samajwadi party. B) Telugu desam party. C) Rashtriya Janata Dal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 19. Based on a system of laws and regulations, and an established bureaucracy A) Power. B) Charismatic authority. C) Traditional authority. D) Legal-rational authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legal-rational authority. 20. 'Jallikattu', a bull taming sport is guaranteed as a fundamental right under which article? A) 30. B) 14. C) 21. D) 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 29. 21. Gram Panchayats are grouped together to form A) Gram sabha. B) Panchayat committee. C) Zilla parishad. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panchayat committee. 22. Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 A) 26th. B) 20th. C) 19th. D) Display. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26th. 23. While appointing the Prime Minister, the President selects A) Leader of the largest party in the Lok Sabha. B) Leader of the largest party in the alliance which secures a majority in the Lok Sabha. C) The leader of the largest party in the Rajya Sabha. D) Leader of the alliance or party that has the support of the majority in Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leader of the largest party in the Lok Sabha. 24. Who among the following said' "Tomorrow (15th August) will be a day of rejoicing as well as Mourning" ? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Singh Day. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 25. Concurrent powers are those powers: A) That are held soley by the federal government. B) That are held soley by the state governments. C) That are shared by State governments and Federal government. D) Are given to neither Federal or State governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That are shared by State governments and Federal government. 26. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected nationally. Each senator serves a three-year term of office, for a maximum of two (2) consecutive terms. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 27. Full form of IRIGC-TEC, INDO RUSSIAN INTER GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON A) TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION. B) TRADE ECONOMIC SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL COOPERATION. C) MILITARY TECHNICAL COOPERATION. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRADE ECONOMIC SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL COOPERATION. 28. The bicameral system of Malaysian legislature consists of Dewan Negara or ..... and Dewan Rakyat or ..... A) Parliament Senate. B) Senate House of Representative. C) Senate Parliament. D) House of Representative Senate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Senate House of Representative. 29. The actual member number of members of the Constituent Assembly was A) 285. B) 299. C) 292. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 299. 30. Which of the following statements are correct about judicial activism? A) It is the process of lawmaking by judges. B) It is the practice in the judiciary of protecting individual rights. C) Judges depart from strict adherence to judicial precedents. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesOverview QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesPolitical Science Quiz 1Political Science Quiz 2Political Science Quiz 3Political Science Quiz 4Political Science Quiz 5Political Science Quiz 6Political Science Quiz 7Political Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books