A: Political influence is the ability of private individuals and groups to influence, condition, shape and control the authoritative decisions and actions of those who possess the formal-legal authority. B: Such individuals and groups exercise significant influence over particular policy and decision making.

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• A: Legitimate political authority is the legitimate right of the government to govern, to adopt and enforce public policy decisions in the name of the community. B: Political authority exercised by the government may be legitimate or illegitimate
• A: all forms of participation are not considered to be political participation B: Only when an action is intended to influence the decision making of the government, it may be called political participation.
• A: Almond and Verba believe that the study of political participation is an extension to the study of political socialization. B: According to them, political socialization is a process referring to a certain phase of citizen behavior which forces them to get precluded in the political system of the state.
• A: A constitutional monarch in a parliamentary democracy is a hereditary symbolic head of state. B: A Constitutional monarch performs representative and civil roles but does not exercise executive or policy making powers.
• Consider the following statements about the characteristics of Political participation: (i) Political participation is not just mere interest in politics (ii) It is something voluntary (iii) It concerns activities in governments and politics and not any particular phase and any specific level or area of governance. (iv) Participation is directly related to the quality of democracy. Which of the above statements is/are true?
• (A): pressure groups involve themselves in politics and policy making process in India through direct and indirect means. (B): they aspire to come to power to achieve their goals.
• Political Sociology studies power, authority and legitimacy of state in relation to –
• According to Weber, in the modern western societies the bases of political authority is
• A: Divine rights of the king was the claim that a King was given his position by some higher power B: The authority could include taxes, administration, justice and foreign policy
• What type of activities refers to attending a political meeting or a rally, making momentary contributions or contracting a public officer?