This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Overview > Basics > Political Science – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Science Quiz 89 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by A) Industrial workers. B) Investment bankers. C) Factory owners. D) Farm laborers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial workers. 2. Man is born free but every where in chains. A) Rousseau. B) John Locke. C) Hobbes. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rousseau. 3. When a non-minister proposes a bill, it is called ..... Bill A) Private Member. B) Fundamental. C) Government. D) Public. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private Member. 4. The Prime Minister who implemented the Mandal Commission was A) Mr. P.V. Narasimha Rao. B) Mr. V. P Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. V. P Singh. 5. After the overthrow of the government, the country descended into a state of an ....., with no established order or authority. A) Anarchy. B) Democracy. C) Capitalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anarchy. 6. To vote in national elections, you must be a registered ci ..... of the country. A) Citizen. B) Circus. C) Civil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Citizen. 7. Who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1896? A) William Jennings Bryan. B) Chester Arthur. C) William McKinley. D) James Weaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Jennings Bryan. 8. The President of India is the supreme commander of the defence forces in India. A) True. This means that he can declare war and peace whenever he wants to. B) True. This means that he has to work on the advise given to him by the PM, his cabinet and the heads of the defence forces in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. This means that he has to work on the advise given to him by the PM, his cabinet and the heads of the defence forces in India. 9. Which right was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as 'The Heart and Soul of the Constitution'? A) Right to Freedom of Religion. B) Right to Property. C) Right to Equality. D) Right to Constitutional Remedies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to Constitutional Remedies. 10. The Constituent Assembly was formed in ..... A) 1947. B) 1946. C) 1948. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946. 11. Who has the power to modify or cancel laws if it finds find that they don't adhere to the constitution? A) Government. B) Politician. C) Court. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Court. 12. What is the member elected to state assembly called? A) MLA. B) MP. C) PM. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MLA. 13. Communist party under the leadership of EMS Nambudripad came into power in state government of Kerela in the year ..... A) 1967. B) 1950. C) 1957. D) 1962. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1957. 14. Assertion:The Cuban Missile Crisis was only one of the several crisis that occurred during the Cold War.Reason:The Cold War also led to several shooting wars. A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A). B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 15. When was the non-Congress government for the first time in India? A) In 1984. B) In 1977. C) In 1989. D) In 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In 1977. 16. Where was the 'tryst with Destiny' speech delievered? A) Parliament. B) Red Fort. C) Lucknow. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Fort. 17. Who was the first president of the Philippines? A) Emilio Aguinaldo. B) Sergio Osmeña. C) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. D) Manuel L. Quezon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emilio Aguinaldo. 18. Which of the Gorbachev's policies was a reform centered around economic restructuring A) Perestroika. B) Volume. C) Shock therapy. D) Containment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volume. 19. Which feature of sovereignty explains the fact that even when the state does not exercise sovereignty, sovereignty continues to live? A) Inalienability. B) Comprehensiveness. C) Exclusiveness. D) Imperceptibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperceptibility. 20. 'One person, one vote' means A) One person is to be voted by all. B) One person has one vote and each vote has one value. C) A person can vote only once in his life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One person has one vote and each vote has one value. 21. What election has the highest voter turnout? A) Presidential Elections. B) State elections. C) Congressional elections. D) Local elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presidential Elections. 22. How many parties are registered with the election commission? A) 600. B) 750. C) 700. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 750. 23. How many States and Union Territories are there in India presently: A) 29 states 9 UTs. B) 29 states 7 UTs. C) 28 states 8 UTs. D) 28 states 9 UTs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28 states 8 UTs. 24. Which of the following countries is an example of "coming together federation" ? A) Spain. B) Belgium. C) India. D) U.S.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) U.S.A. 25. A Republicn candidate for office is most likely to support which of the following A) Expanding labor unions. B) Lowering taxes. C) Increasing spendig on social welfare. D) Subsidinzing health care. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lowering taxes. 26. What group of Americans is beginning to retire that could cause great economic hardship for younger Americans? A) Gen-Xers. B) Generation Y?. C) Millennials. D) Baby Boomers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baby Boomers. 27. The major contribution of Mao to the communist ideology is found in the form of A) Historical materialism. B) Surplus values. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical materialism. 28. When Panchayat Raj first started in Odisha A) 1961. B) 1965. C) 1960. D) 1963. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1961. 29. The roots of NAM first trace back to the friendship among three leaders. Select the odd one out A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Kwame Nkrumah. C) Josip Broz Tito. D) Jamal Abdulnasser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kwame Nkrumah. 30. Controls the military and can formally declare war. A) Judicial Branch. B) Executive Branch. C) Legislative Branch. D) All 3 branches. 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