Political Science MCQs

Option A: The legislature is responsible to Judiciary

Option B: The legislature is responsible to the executive

Option C: The executive is responsible to the legislature

Option D: The Judiciary is responsible to the legislature

Correct Answer: The executive is responsible to the legislature ✔

Option A: Relations between the legislature and the executive

Option B: Relations between the politicians and civil servants

Option C: Written and unwritten constitutions

Option D: Regid and flexible constitutions

Correct Answer: Relations between the legislature and the executive ✔

Option A: A written constitution

Option B: Multi-party system

Option C: A federal system

Option D: A written constitution

Correct Answer: Well organised political party system ✔

Option A: Stability

Option B: Irresponsibility

Option C: Administrative efficiency

Option D: Consistent policy

Correct Answer: Irresponsibility ✔

Option A: India

Option B: Canada

Option C: USA

Option D: Japan

Correct Answer: USA ✔

Option A: The President

Option B: Speaker of the Lower House

Option C: Chairman of the Upper house

Option D: The Prime Minister

Correct Answer: The Prime Minister ✔

Option A: The head of the State

Option B: The judiciary is responsible to legislature

Option C: Prime Minister

Option D: Parliament

Correct Answer: Parliament ✔

Option A: In it there is separation of powers

Option B: In it the President is the real executive

Option C: The cabinet is part of the legislature

Option D: The President is not responsible to the legislatuer

Correct Answer: The cabinet is part of the legislature ✔

Option A: India

Option B: Japan

Option C: U.S.A.

Option D: U.S.S.R.

Correct Answer: C. U.S.A. ✔

Option A: Legislature

Option B: Judiciary

Option C: Civil servants

Option D: Local self-Government institutions

Correct Answer: Legislature ✔

Option A: Enjoys real powers

Option B: Is only nominal

Option C: Can be removed by the judiciary

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Enjoys real powers ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Canada

Option C: India

Option D: U.S.A.

Correct Answer: U.S.A. ✔

Option A: Totalitarian Government

Option B: Authoriatarian Government

Option C: Prime Ministerial Government

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Prime Ministerial Government ✔

Option A: Head of the state enjoys real powers

Option B: It is based on the theory of separation of powers

Option C: It is based on the principle of combination of powers

Option D: Babinet consists of nominees of the President

Correct Answer: It is based on the principle of combination of powers ✔

Option A: Monarchy

Option B: Totalitarian system

Option C: Dictatorship of cabinet

Option D: Supremacy of Congress over the President

Correct Answer: Presidential system of Government ✔

Option A: In this there is leadership of Prime Minister

Option B: In this there is system of adjustment

Option C: The head of the state can remove cabinet at his will

Option D: The Council of Ministers has no fixed tenure of office

Correct Answer: The head of the state can remove cabinet at his will ✔

Option A: Executive and legislature work independently

Option B: Executive and legislature work in close cooperation

Option C: Executive is dependent on judiciary

Option D: Legislature is dependent on judiciary

Correct Answer: Executive and legislature work in close cooperation ✔

Option A: It promotes partisan spirit

Option B: In this talents of all cannot be used

Option C: In this alternative on the fall of Government is available

Option D: In it executive works in cooperation with the legislature

Correct Answer: In this alternative on the fall of Government is available ✔

Option A: In it partisan spirit is encouraged

Option B: In it there is dignity of every individual

Option C: It is a good check on despotism

Option D: It has great educative value

Correct Answer: In it partisan spirit is encouraged ✔

Option A: Executive and legislature work independently

Option B: Executive can be dislodged from power with a vote of no confidence

Option C: The term of the executive is fixed

Option D: It is based on theory of separation of powers

Correct Answer: Executive can be dislodged from power with a vote of no confidence ✔

Option A: The executive knows fully well the feelings of the legislature

Option B: The decisions can be quickly taken

Option C: There is cooperation between the executive and the legislture

Option D: It is a respobsible Government

Correct Answer: The decisions can be quickly taken ✔

Option A: In it there is widespread political education

Option B: In it there is complete separation of powers

Option C: In it there is flexibility

Option D: It is self corrective form of Government

Correct Answer: In it there is complete separation of powers ✔

Option A: The legislature is respobsible to Government

Option B: The legislature is responsible to judiciary

Option C: The executive is responsible to legislature

Option D: The judiciary is respobsible to legislature

Correct Answer: The executive is responsible to legislature ✔

Option A: The President has fixed tenure

Option B: The President cannot enter the House of Parliament

Option C: The President cannot canclude treaties

Option D: The President can dismiss his Secretaries at any time

Correct Answer: The President cannot canclude treaties ✔

Option A: There is the system of joint respobsibility

Option B: Prime Minister is the leader of the team

Option C: There is complete separation of powers

Option D: The Ministers are the colleagues of the Prime Minister

Correct Answer: There is complete separation of powers ✔

Option A: Independent from the legislature

Option B: Dependent on the legislature

Option C: Dependent on judiciary

Option D: Dependent on the Council of Ministers

Correct Answer: Independent from the legislature ✔

Option A: The executive has no fixed tenure

Option B: There is system of separation of powers

Option C: There is system of checks and balances

Option D: There is no collective responsibility of cabinet

Correct Answer: The executive has no fixed tenure ✔

Option A: The executive head can dissolved the legislature before its normal term

Option B: The legislature can oust the President by a vote of no confidence

Option C: The legislature can be dissolved by the President with the consent of the judiciary

Option D: Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term

Correct Answer: Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term ✔

Option A: Enjoys a fixed tenure

Option B: Holds office during pleasure of the legislature

Option C: Holds office during the pleasure of the King

Option D: Holds office during the pleasure of party bosses

Correct Answer: Enjoys a fixed tenure ✔

Option A: Are taken from the two houses of Parliament

Option B: Are taken from amongst persons who are not members of Parliament

Option C: May be taken from the popular house

Option D: Are nominated by the head of state on the advice of Supreme Court

Correct Answer: Are taken from amongst persons who are not members of Parliament ✔

Option A: Separation of powers

Option B: Division of powers

Option C: Fusion of powers

Option D: Centralization of powers

Correct Answer: Separation of powers ✔

Option A: Play an important role in initiating legislation

Option B: Do not play any role in legislation because they are not members of Legislature

Option C: Can paly an effective role in legislation only when the same Party enjoys majority in the Legislature to which the President belongs

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Do not play any role in legislation because they are not members of Legislature ✔

Option A: Cannot be removed by the Legislature

Option B: Can be easily removed by the Legislature

Option C: Can be removed by the legislature through a very difficult process

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Can be removed by the legislature through a very difficult process ✔

Option A: State

Option B: Government

Option C: State as well as government

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: State ✔

Option A: Nominal powers

Option B: Real powers

Option C: Dictatorial powers

Option D: No powers

Correct Answer: Real powers ✔

Option A: President is the head of state

Option B: The executive is subordinate to the legislature

Option C: The legislature is subordianate to the executive

Option D: The legislature and executive are independent of each other

Correct Answer: The legislature and executive are independent of each other ✔

Option A: He is an elected representative of the people

Option B: He can address the people whenever he chooses

Option C: People can approach him any time

Option D: He consults the elected representatives of the people on all important national issues

Correct Answer: He is an elected representative of the people ✔

Option A: U.K.

Option B: U.S.A.

Option C: France

Option D: Australia

Correct Answer: U.S.A. ✔

Option A: It ensures continuity and consistency of policy

Option B: It makes the opposition behave in a responsible manner

Option C: It provides autocratic powers to the executive

Option D: It provides a flexible form of government

Correct Answer: It provides a flexible form of government ✔

Option A: Leads to frequent confliicts between the Legislature and the executive

Option B: Secures swiftness in decision and vigour in action

Option C: Encourages despotic tendencies of government

Option D: Is not able to adopt itself according to changing requirements

Correct Answer: Secures swiftness in decision and vigour in action ✔

Option A: A written constitution

Option B: An independent judiciary

Option C: Political parties

Option D: A rigid constitution

Correct Answer: Political parties ✔

Option A: Can get the legislature dissolved before the expiry of its normal term

Option B: Cannot get the legislature dissolved before normal term

Option C: Can get the legislature dissolved after seeking advice from the Judiciary

Option D: Can get the legislature dissolved with the consent of all political parties

Correct Answer: Can get the legislature dissolved before the expiry of its normal term ✔

Option A: Taken from the same political party

Option B: Taken from various political parties according to their strength in the legislature

Option C: Taken on the basis of merit

Option D: Taken from amongst persons who are not members of legislature

Correct Answer: Taken from the same political party ✔

Option A: India

Option B: Switzerland

Option C: U.S.A.

Option D: U.S.S.R

Correct Answer: C. U.S.A. ✔

Option A: Accountable to the President

Option B: Individually accountable to legislature

Option C: Collectively accountable to legislature

Option D: Accountable to the electorate

Correct Answer: Accountable to the President ✔

Option A: Taken from all political parties in proportion to their strength in the legislature

Option B: Are taken from the Party to which the President belongs

Option C: Are not taken from any particular party

Option D: Are taken from amongst the non-partisan persons

Correct Answer: Are not taken from any particular party ✔

Option A: Instability

Option B: Irresponsibility

Option C: Inalienability

Option D: Stability

Correct Answer: Stability ✔

Option A: Representative responsible

Option B: Responsible representative

Option C: Neither responsible representative

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Representative responsible ✔

Option A: It enables the country to avail the services of experts

Option B: It provides autocratic power to the executive

Option C: The executive can easily shift its responsibility to the Legislature

Option D: The executive is accountable to the elected representatives of the people

Correct Answer: It enables the country to avail the services of experts ✔

Option A: No continuous and consistent policy can be followed

Option B: It leads to instibility of government

Option C: It lacks the representative character

Option D: It leads to frequent conflicts between Legislature and executive

Correct Answer: It leads to frequent conflicts between Legislature and executive ✔

Option A: The legislature is responsible to the executive

Option B: The executive is responsible to the legislature

Option C: The legislature is responsible to the judiciary

Option D: The legislature controls the executives as well as the Judiciary

Correct Answer: The executive is responsible to the legislature ✔

Option A: The head of the state

Option B: The Prime Minister

Option C: The Vice-President

Option D: The Speaker

Correct Answer: The Prime Minister ✔

Option A: Parliamentary

Option B: Presidential

Option C: Unitary

Option D: Federal

Correct Answer: Presidential ✔

Option A: Parliamentary

Option B: Presidential

Option C: Unitary

Option D: Federal

Correct Answer: Parliamentary ✔

Option A: Presence of a nominal or titular head of state

Option B: Separation of powers

Option C: Collective responsibility of Cabinet

Option D: Accountability of executive to the legislature

Correct Answer: Separation of powers ✔

Option A: The council of ministers

Option B: The ligislature

Option C: The political parties

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: H.J. Laski

Option B: Charles Beard

Option C: W.B. Munro

Option D: C.F. Strong

Correct Answer: H.J. Laski ✔

Option A: Parliamentary

Option B: Presidential

Option C: Unitary

Option D: Federal

Correct Answer: Presidential ✔

Option A: Absolute Monarchy

Option B: Military Dictatorship

Option C: Republican System of Government

Option D: Democracy

Correct Answer: Democracy ✔

Option A: Britain

Option B: U.S.A.

Option C: Switzerland

Option D: Al the above countries

Correct Answer: Britain ✔

Option A: In which most, but not all, of the provisions are unwritten

Option B: In which most of the provisions are written

Option C: In which more than half of the provisions are written

Option D: Which is completely written

Correct Answer: In which most of the provisions are written ✔

Option A: The rule and procedures concerning the relationships among the structures of Government and their principal powers and functions

Option B: A fundamental statement of laws governing the citizens’s political rights, the political institutions, their functions and their relationships within a particular political community

Option C: A primary source of constitutional law, which serves as a guide for the decisions of the courts of law which interpret the rules

Option D: The ordering of political processes and institutions on the basic of a document that lays down the pattern of formal political institutions and embodies the basic political norms of a society

Correct Answer: B. A fundamental statement of laws governing the citizens’s political rights, the political institutions, their functions and their relationships within a particular political community ✔

Option A: The end of seventeenth century

Option B: The close of the nineteenth century

Option C: The beginning of the present century

Option D: The end of eighteenth century

Correct Answer: The end of eighteenth century ✔

Option A: The Chartist Movement

Option B: The Councillor Movement

Option C: The Trade Union Movement

Option D: All the above movements

Correct Answer: The Councillor Movement ✔

Option A: An unwritten constitution

Option B: A written constitution

Option C: No constitution

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: An unwritten constitution ✔

Option A: An unwritten constitution has the quality of elasticity and adaptability

Option B: The flexibility of unwritten constitution prevents revolutions

Option C: An unwritten constitutions is rigid and hence not suited to deal with the emergencies

Option D: An unwritten constitution makes adjustment in the relations of various organs of government easy

Correct Answer: An unwritten constitutions is rigid and hence not suited to deal with the emergencies ✔

Option A: Parliament

Option B: King

Option C: Customs and usages

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Customs and usages ✔

Option A: Switzerland

Option B: Britain

Option C: U.S.A.

Option D: Japan

Correct Answer: C. U.S.A. ✔

Option A: The twentieth century

Option B: The nineteenth century

Option C: The eighteenth century

Option D: The fourteenth century

Correct Answer: The eighteenth century ✔

Option A: King

Option B: The council of ministers

Option C: The majority party

Option D: Electorate

Correct Answer: The council of ministers ✔

Option A: U.S.S.R.

Option B: German Democratic Republic

Option C: U.S.A.

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: C. U.S.A. ✔

Option A: Basic rights and liberties

Option B: Constitutional jurisdictions

Option C: Independence of judiciary

Option D: Right to property of the individuals

Correct Answer: Right to property of the individuals ✔

Option A: It should suit national environment

Option B: It should have definite amendment procedure

Option C: It should have partly rigid and partly flexible

Option D: It should be rigid

Correct Answer: It should have partly rigid and partly flexible ✔

Option A: Desire to follow west

Option B: Desire to follow east

Option C: Indifferent attitude of world bodies

Option D: Lack of clear political ideology

Correct Answer: Lack of clear political ideology ✔

Option A: Absence of political stability

Option B: Strong party system

Option C: Powerful leadership

Option D: Foreign economic aid

Correct Answer: Absence of political stability ✔

Option A: Their love for democracy

Option B: Their desire to copy the West

Option C: Their love for democracy

Option D: Their indifferent attitude towards religion

Correct Answer: Their love for democracy ✔

Option A: Constitutional monarchy

Option B: Parliamentary democracy

Option C: Presidential form of Government

Option D: International corporation

Correct Answer: Communist Ideology ✔

Option A: China

Option B: Yugoslavia

Option C: U.S.S.R.

Option D: U.S.A.

Correct Answer: India ✔

Option A: It should be written

Option B: It should be comprehensive

Option C: It should be precise

Option D: It should be rigid

Correct Answer: It should be rigid ✔

Option A: Form of Government

Option B: Ideology

Option C: Democracy

Option D: Federal system

Correct Answer: Ideology ✔

Option A: Presidential form of Government

Option B: Monarchy

Option C: Party system

Option D: Democracy

Correct Answer: Democracy ✔

Option A: Glorious Revolution

Option B: French Revoltion

Option C: Declaration of Independence

Option D: Presidential system of government

Correct Answer: Declaration of Independence ✔

Option A: Theory of Divine Reghts of Kings

Option B: Glorious Revolution

Option C: Institution of Monarchy

Option D: Bi-party system

Correct Answer: Glorious Revolution ✔

Option A: Machiavelli

Option B: Hobbes

Option C: Locke

Option D: Rousseau

Correct Answer: Rousseau ✔

Option A: Free press

Option B: Reght to form association

Option C: Spread of education

Option D: Combination of powers

Correct Answer: Combination of powers ✔

Option A: To empower the legislature

Option B: To take recourse to plebiscite

Option C: By means of direct democratic devices

Option D: By empowering judiciary

Correct Answer: To empower the legislature ✔

Option A: Rigid party system

Option B: Strict party discipline

Option C: The head of the state enjoys vast powers

Option D: The stte is considered above eveything else

Correct Answer: Strict party discipline ✔

Option A: There is a system of judicial review

Option B: There is a system of checks and balances

Option C: There is a difficult procedure for amendment

Option D: There is a theory of separation of powers

Correct Answer: There is a difficult procedure for amendment ✔

Option A: Real and effective

Option B: Substantial and not that of degree

Option C: That of degree and not of kind

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: That of degree and not of kind ✔

Option A: Rigid

Option B: Flexible

Option C: Party rigid and partly flexible

Option D: None of These

Correct Answer: Rigid ✔

Option A: Written constitution

Option B: Federal constitution

Option C: Rigid constitution

Option D: Flexible constitution

Correct Answer: Rigid constitution ✔

Option A: Switzerland

Option B: India

Option C: France

Option D: U.K.

Correct Answer: U.K. ✔

Option A: It is excellent mirror of national mind

Option B: It has no definite procedure for amendment

Option C: It is very flexible

Option D: It is very precise and ambiguous

Correct Answer: It is excellent mirror of national mind ✔

Option A: Does not leave scope for customs

Option B: Does not allow conventions to grow

Option C: Is very rigid

Option D: Elaborate and clear

Correct Answer: Elaborate and clear ✔

Option A: Judicial interpretations

Option B: International treaties

Option C: International tribunals

Option D: Commissions and Committees

Correct Answer: Judicial interpretations ✔

Option A: It shifts the balance of authority from legislature to judiciary

Option B: It does not reflect public opinion

Option C: It is not suited to federations

Option D: It can easily be tampered with

Correct Answer: It shifts the balance of authority from legislature to judiciary ✔

Option A: Gettell

Option B: Finer

Option C: Dicey

Option D: Bryce

Correct Answer: Gettell ✔

Option A: Gilchrist

Option B: Lord Bryce

Option C: Dicey

Option D: Cooley

Correct Answer: Cooley ✔

Option A: Gettell

Option B: Finer

Option C: Leacock

Option D: Rossueau

Correct Answer: Finer ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Marsiglio of Padua

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔