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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) , Bachelor of Arts in Politics (BA Politics) .
| 1. |
Which one of the following is not a feature of the British constitution? |
| A. | Written constitution |
| B. | Unwritten constitution. |
| C. | Flexible constitution. |
| D. | Parliamentary government. |
| Answer» A. Written constitution | |
| 2. |
Which country of the following is an example of parliamentary supremacy? |
| A. | USA. |
| B. | France. |
| C. | Communist China. |
| D. | Great Britain. |
| Answer» D. Great Britain. | |
| 3. |
Which institution functions as the highest court of appeal in Britain, till 2009? |
| A. | Supreme Court. |
| B. | House of lords. |
| C. | House of Commons. |
| D. | Nil. |
| Answer» B. House of lords. | |
| 4. |
The lower house of Britain is, ------. |
| A. | House of Commons, |
| B. | House of Lords. |
| C. | Senate. |
| D. | House of the people. |
| Answer» A. House of Commons, | |
| 5. |
The king can do no wrong’ is phrase associated with, |
| A. | France. |
| B. | China |
| C. | India |
| D. | Britain |
| Answer» D. Britain | |
| 6. |
Magna Carta is a historical incident associated with ------ |
| A. | USA |
| B. | India . |
| C. | France. |
| D. | Britain. |
| Answer» D. Britain. | |
| 7. |
The upper house of British parliament is -------. |
| A. | Supreme Court. |
| B. | House of lords. |
| C. | House of Commons. |
| D. | Nil. |
| Answer» B. House of lords. | |
| 8. |
The prime minister of Britain is elected by--------- |
| A. | The King . |
| B. | The majority party. |
| C. | . The opposition party. |
| D. | The Privy Council. |
| Answer» B. The majority party. | |
| 9. |
Who organizes the cabinet in Britain? |
| A. | The prime minister. |
| B. | The speaker of House of Commons. |
| C. | The King. |
| D. | .None of the above. |
| Answer» A. The prime minister. | |
| 10. |
The speaker of House of Commons is elected by the ------ |
| A. | The King. |
| B. | The House of Commons |
| C. | .The opposition leader. |
| D. | The Privy Council. |
| Answer» B. The House of Commons | |
| 11. |
The most powerful lower chamber of parliament in the world is --------- |
| A. | Lok- Sabha. |
| B. | The House of Commons. |
| C. | The Senate of USA. |
| D. | NPC of Communist China |
| Answer» B. The House of Commons. | |
| 12. |
Who is the presiding officer of House of Commons in Britain? |
| A. | The King. |
| B. | The Speaker |
| C. | The Prime minister. |
| D. | The Lord Chancellor |
| Answer» B. The Speaker | |
| 13. |
As a tradition, the prime minister of Britain belongs to _________ |
| A. | The House of Lords. |
| B. | The House of Commons. |
| C. | The senate. |
| D. | The Privy Council. |
| Answer» B. The House of Commons. | |
| 14. |
The co-equal powers of the House of Lords with House of Commons has been diminished by the Parliamentary Act of ---------- |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1947. |
| Answer» A. 1911 | |
| 15. |
The presiding officer of the House of Lords is ------- |
| A. | The Speaker. |
| B. | The Chairman |
| C. | Lo |
| D. | Chancellor. D. The Prime Minister. |
| Answer» C. Lo | |
| 16. |
The “’King in parliament’ means that the king is: |
| A. | An integral part of the Parliament. |
| B. | The King is the presiding officer of the parliament |
| C. | The parliament makes the King |
| D. | The King is an elected member of the parliament. |
| Answer» A. An integral part of the Parliament. | |
| 17. |
The most powerful lower chamber in the world is: |
| A. | Lok Sabha. |
| B. | House of Commons . |
| C. | House of Representatives |
| D. | National Assembly. |
| Answer» B. House of Commons . | |
| 18. |
Which of the following philosopher used comparative method for comprehending and analyzing principles, issues and problems of Greek city-states? |
| A. | Socrates |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Cicero. |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 19. |
Identify the false statement. |
| A. | Comparative politics is the modern way of studying politics. |
| B. | Comparative Politics has a very wide and comprehensive scope. |
| C. | Comparative Politics depends upon scientific- empirical methods of study. |
| D. | Comparative politics seeks to build up a theory of ideal political institutions. |
| Answer» D. Comparative politics seeks to build up a theory of ideal political institutions. | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is not a character of Comparative Politics. |
| A. | Comparative politics is the modern way of studying politics. |
| B. | Comparative Politics has a very wide and comprehensive scope. |
| C. | Comparative Politics depends upon scientific- empirical methods of study. |
| D. | Comparative politics has a very narrow scope. |
| Answer» D. Comparative politics has a very narrow scope. | |
| 21. |
Which of the following subject is not included in the scope of Comparative Politics. |
| A. | Study of selected structures . |
| B. | Study of political behaviors |
| C. | An analysis of the similarities a |
| D. | differences, among political processes. |
| Answer» D. differences, among political processes. | |
| 22. |
Which of the following subject is not included in the scope of Comparative Politics? |
| A. | Study of all political systems. |
| B. | Study of environment and infrastructure of politics. |
| C. | Study of political socialization. |
| D. | Study of selected structures. |
| Answer» B. Study of environment and infrastructure of politics. | |
| 23. |
Magna Carta, the first historic charter of Great Britain was signed in the year --------- |
| A. | 1215. |
| B. | 1628 |
| C. | 1679 |
| D. | 1689. |
| Answer» A. 1215. | |
| 24. |
The system of ‘rule of law’ was evolved in ------------- |
| A. | USA |
| B. | Great Britain. |
| C. | France |
| D. | China. |
| Answer» B. Great Britain. | |
| 25. |
The oldest parliament in the world is ------------- |
| A. | American Congress. |
| B. | Indian Parliament |
| C. | British Parliament |
| D. | Chinese National Peoples Congress . |
| Answer» C. British Parliament | |
| 26. |
The forerunner of ‘Cabinet’ in Britain. |
| A. | CABAL |
| B. | Privy Council. |
| C. | Great Council. |
| D. | None of the others. |
| Answer» A. CABAL | |
| 27. |
Glorious revolution was in the year------------. |
| A. | 1688. |
| B. | 1866. |
| C. | 1868. |
| D. | 1658. |
| Answer» D. 1658. | |
| 28. |
The first prime minister of Great Britain is------------ |
| A. | Robert Walpole. |
| B. | Hubert Walter. |
| C. | Cromwell. |
| D. | Lord Clarendon. |
| Answer» A. Robert Walpole. | |
| 29. |
Which prime minister of Great Britain is considered as the ‘model for all prime ministers’? |
| A. | Sir Robert Peel. |
| B. | Palmerston. |
| C. | Gladstone. |
| D. | Robert Walpole. |
| Answer» C. Gladstone. | |
| 30. |
Bicameralism (Two- house system) was evolved in --------------- |
| A. | USA |
| B. | Great Britain. |
| C. | France |
| D. | China. |
| Answer» B. Great Britain. | |
| 31. |
‘Shadow cabinet’ is: |
| A. | A cabinet organized by the opposition leader. |
| B. | An immediate past cabinet. |
| C. | A secondary cabinet. |
| D. | None of the other. |
| Answer» A. A cabinet organized by the opposition leader. | |
| 32. |
’ “Crown’ in Britain is an institution which consists of: |
| A. | King alone |
| B. | The Cabinet alone. |
| C. | . The Parliament alone . |
| D. | The King, the Cabinet, and the Parliament. |
| Answer» D. The King, the Cabinet, and the Parliament. | |
| 33. |
Which of the following is not a feature of the British Crown? |
| A. | Crown is an institution. |
| B. | The Crown is immortal. |
| C. | Crown is the real executive in Britain. |
| D. | Crown is a person. |
| Answer» D. Crown is a person. | |
| 34. |
‘The Westminster model’ means: |
| A. | British parliamentary government. |
| B. | Indian parliamentary model. |
| C. | American model administration. |
| D. | None of the other. |
| Answer» A. British parliamentary government. | |
| 35. |
’Kitchen cabinet’ means: |
| A. | Group of ministers who enjoy the full confidence of Prime Minister and are very close to him . |
| B. | Cabinet organized by the opposition leader. |
| C. | The administration of a kitchen. |
| D. | A cabinet organized by the King to check the administration. |
| Answer» A. Group of ministers who enjoy the full confidence of Prime Minister and are very close to him . | |
| 36. |
‘Ministerial responsibility’ implies: |
| A. | Responsibility of ministers towards the King. |
| B. | Individual responsibility of every minister before the parliament. |
| C. | Collective responsibility of the ministry before the House of Commons. |
| D. | All of these. |
| Answer» D. All of these. | |
| 37. |
Who prepares and pioneers the budget in Britain? |
| A. | The Prime minister |
| B. | .The King . |
| C. | The Chancellor of Exchequer. |
| D. | The Lord Chancellor. |
| Answer» C. The Chancellor of Exchequer. | |
| 38. |
Which of the following is not related with the British Prime Minister? |
| A. | Formation of the cabinet. |
| B. | Distribution of portfolios. |
| C. | Chairman of the Cabinet. |
| D. | Formation of ‘shadow cabinet’. |
| Answer» D. Formation of ‘shadow cabinet’. | |
| 39. |
” The sun around which other planets revolve” is a statement(Jennings ) which compares the position of : |
| A. | The King |
| B. | The Prime Minister. |
| C. | The opposition leader. |
| D. | The speaker. |
| Answer» B. The Prime Minister. | |
| 40. |
The presiding officer of House of Lords in Britain: |
| A. | Lord Chancellor. |
| B. | The speaker. |
| C. | The Prime minister . |
| D. | The Chancellor of Exchequer. |
| Answer» A. Lord Chancellor. | |
| 41. |
”Once a speaker is always a speaker” is a phrase associated with: |
| A. | USA. |
| B. | France |
| C. | India |
| D. | Great Britain. |
| Answer» D. Great Britain. | |
| 42. |
Which prime minister is saluted as the ‘iron lady of Great Britain’? |
| A. | Tony Blair |
| B. | Cromwell. |
| C. | Lo |
| D. | Clarendon. D .Margaret Thatcher. |
| Answer» D. Clarendon. D .Margaret Thatcher. | |
| 43. |
The first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain? |
| A. | Tony Blair |
| B. | Cromwell. |
| C. | Lo |
| D. | Clarendon. D Margaret Thatcher. |
| Answer» D. Clarendon. D Margaret Thatcher. | |
| 44. |
Margaret Thatcher, the first lady Prime Minister of Great Britain, belongs to : |
| A. | Conservative party. |
| B. | Labour party. |
| C. | Liberal party. |
| D. | Socialist party. |
| Answer» A. Conservative party. | |
| 45. |
Which Prime minister of Great Britain led the nation to victory in the second world war? |
| A. | Gladstone |
| B. | George Brown |
| C. | Margaret Thatcher |
| D. | Winston Churchill. |
| Answer» D. Winston Churchill. | |
| 46. |
’Kangaroo- closure ‘means: |
| A. | The power of the speaker to select the most important bills for discussion. |
| B. | The power of the speaker to declare, all bills passed without discussion. |
| C. | The power of the speaker to select appropriate questions submitt |
| D. | to him |
| Answer» A. The power of the speaker to select the most important bills for discussion. | |
| 47. |
‘Committee of the whole house’ in Britain is: |
| A. | A Committee consists of all members of the House. |
| B. | A Committee consists of all members of the select committee. |
| C. | A committee consists of all the members of both House of Commons a |
| D. | House of Lords |
| Answer» A. A Committee consists of all members of the House. | |
| 48. |
‘Buckingham palace’ is the official residence of: |
| A. | The President of USA. |
| B. | The President of India. |
| C. | The Prime Minister of Britain. |
| D. | .The King of Great Britain. |
| Answer» D. .The King of Great Britain. | |
| 49. |
The Supreme Court of Great Britain was established in the year? |
| A. | 2011. |
| B. | 2008. |
| C. | 2009 |
| D. | 2010. |
| Answer» C. 2009 | |
| 50. |
The system of ‘ rule of law ‘ was evolved in : |
| A. | India . |
| B. | China |
| C. | USA. |
| D. | Great Britain. |
| Answer» D. Great Britain. | |
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