This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Overview > Basics > Political Science – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Science Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. First Prime Minister A) Zahralal Nehru. B) Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zahralal Nehru. 2. Define party system A) Large, ideologically loose party that welcomes all. B) How parties interact with each other. C) Frequent changes of cabinet. D) Getting stuck over a major political issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How parties interact with each other. 3. NATO is a security alliance of: A) North America and Europe. B) USA and Russia. C) Asia and Europe. D) Asia and Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North America and Europe. 4. Which article talks about Abolition of Titles? A) Article 17. B) Article 18. C) Article 19. D) Article 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 18. 5. The strongest of the German states were A) Alsace-Lorraine. B) Naples and Venetia. C) Russia and Sweden. D) Prussia and Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prussia and Austria. 6. Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of the constituent Assembly? A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. B) Muhammad Sadelh. C) K.M. Munshi. D) N. Monastrack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. 7. Became Prime Minister of India after fifth general election A) Atal Bihari Bajpai. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Rajiv Gandhi. D) Pandit jawaharlal nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indira Gandhi. 8. A non-claiming claim to match the Indian federal system A) Can create states for federal government and change their names. B) The federal government can act as a monolithic government during an emergency situation. C) The central government can control the legal and administrative powers of the states. D) The Indian Samasti system is similar to the United States Federal System. E) The Constitution has unity and the equivalent characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indian Samasti system is similar to the United States Federal System. 9. Name the important mechanism by which Parliament can control Executive? A) Making Laws. B) Elections. C) Question Hour. D) Making Policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question Hour. 10. The structure of the Indian Constitution is: A) Federal in form and unitary in spirit. B) Unitary. C) Only federal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federal in form and unitary in spirit. 11. Positivist Liberals are in favor of A) Pushing the state out of economic field. B) Doing away the state's interference in the economic sphere. C) State regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers. D) Regulation of goods and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State regulation of the economic conditions in the interests of workers. 12. In which country of the world got the most support and support in Bangladesh's liberation struggle? A) Sri Lanka. B) England. C) France. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 13. Which of the Commission/Committee has identified 'Weak Governance' as the main reason of Corruption in India? A) First Administrative Reform Commission. B) Vohra Committee. C) Santhhanam Commitie. D) Second Administrative Reform Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Second Administrative Reform Commission. 14. Consent of the people means A) Governments and laws derive their legitimacy from the consent of the governed. B) The people must consent to everything the government does. C) Government must get consent of the people before it can go to war. D) Universal suffrage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governments and laws derive their legitimacy from the consent of the governed. 15. Requiring a literacy test before allowing a person to vote was discriminatory because A) It meant that voters had to own property. B) It violated the 26th Amendment. C) Requirement was not applied equally to all people. D) Test was given only to women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requirement was not applied equally to all people. 16. Which President in the 1930's was said to have un-American programs which could lead to the downfall of democracy? A) Calvin Coolidge. B) Teddy Roosevelt. C) Franklin Roosevelt. D) Herbert Hoover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin Roosevelt. 17. THE WORD SOVEREIGN MEANS INDIA IS AN/A ..... A) DEMOCRATIC. B) INDEPENDENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INDEPENDENT. 18. In which of the following states there is no Legislative Council? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Karnataka. C) West Bengal. D) Telangana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal. 19. In The Federalist No. 78, Alexander Hamilton argued in favor of a lifetime tenure for federal judges on the basis of A) Increasing the salaries of judges. B) Promoting younger judges. C) Keeping the judiciary independent from political pressure. D) Reducing the workload of judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keeping the judiciary independent from political pressure. 20. Which of these sounds most like Locke A) Humans are terrible and need a strong king. B) Humans deserve to live in a democracy. C) Humans deserve a government that protects their life, liberty, and property. D) Humans are fine without government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans deserve a government that protects their life, liberty, and property. 21. A Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority opinion may A) Ask the Court to hear the case again. B) File an amicus curiae brief. C) Send the case back to a lower court. D) Write a dissenting opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write a dissenting opinion. 22. Total population of this country is over 1.3 billion people. A) Afghanistan. B) Bhutan. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 23. This is the study of society, patterns of social interactions, and culture of everyday life. A) Anthropology. B) Sociology. C) Geography. D) Political Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociology. 24. Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic? A) India has the largest number of voters in the world. B) India's Election Commission is very powerful. C) In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote. D) In India, the losing parties accept the electoral verdict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India has the largest number of voters in the world. 25. Which articles enshrines the election of the president? A) Art.42. B) Art.59. C) Art.52. D) Art.15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Art.52. 26. In a Westminster electoral system, votes are divided according to the percentagesupport each party or candidate gets in the election. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. Which branch has the Supreme Court? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial. 28. What is the form of government in which the people have a significant role in choosing their leadership? A) Direct Democracy. B) Democracy. C) Federalism. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 29. Omar:The politicians are now trying to push the age of legal marriage from 16 to 18 years old for females. I'm not sure if such an effort will be successful. What Omar said showed the relationship between politics and ..... A) History. B) Law. C) Philosophy. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law. 30. The Constitution of India contain ..... Fundamental Rights. A) 7. B) 5. C) 8. D) 6. 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