MCQ POLITICAL SCIENCE

CHAPTER - 01 POWER SHARING

Q.1 How many people speak French and Dutch in the capital city of Brussels?

a) 60 percent French 40 percent Dutch

b) 50% Dutch 50% French

c) 80% French 20% Dutch

d) 80% Dutch 20% French

Ans.C) 80% French 20% Dutch

Q.2 How many times leaders of Belgium amended their constitution?

A) Two times

B) Three times

C) Four times

d) Since time

Ans.C) Four times

Q.3 Which one of the following is correct regarding power sharing?

A) It leads to conflict between different groups.

B) It ensures the stability of the country.

C) It helps to reduce the conflict between different groups.

a) Only A is true b) Only B is true

c) Both A and B are true d) Both B and C are true

Ans. d) Both B and C are true

Q.4 Which was the only official language of Sri Lanka?

a) Tamil (b) Malyalam

c) Sinhala (d) none of the mention above

Ans. c) Sinhala

Q.5 Which community was rich and powerful in Belgium?

a) German (b) French

c) Dutch (d) none of the mention above

Ans. (b) French

(a) Dutch and French

(b) French and English

(c) Russian and Dutch

(d) Russian and French

Ans-(a) Dutch and French

Q.7 Which of the following is the capital city of Belgium?

(a) Brussels

(b) Bruges

(c) Ghent

(d) Antwerp

Ans-(a) Brussels

Q.8. Belgium shares borders with Germany, the Netherlands,

Luxembourg and ______ .

(a) England

(b) Norway

(c) France

(d) Italy

Ans-(c) France

Q.9.The constitution of Belgium prescribes that the number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers
______ in the central government.

(a) Dutch-speaking shall be more

(b) French-speaking shall be more

(c) Shall be equal

(d) None of these

Ans-(c) Shall be equal

Q.10. One of the following communities constituted a majority in Brussels.

(a) French-speaking

(b) Dutch-speaking
(c) German-speaking

(d) None of these

Ans-(a) French-speaking

Q.11 What percentage of Belgium’s population live in the Flemish region.

(a) 40%

(b) 30%

(c) 59%

(d) 50%

Ans-(c) 59%

Q.12 One of the following is a major ethnic group of Sri Lanka?

(a) Christian and Tamil

(b) Sinhala and Tamil

(c) Buddhist and Hindu

(d) Sinhala and Christian

Ans-(b) Sinhala and Tamil

Q.13 When did Sri Lanka emerge as an independent country?

(a) 1948

(b) 1947

(c) 1949

(d) 1950

Ans-(a) 1948

Q.14 the following in the correct sequence:

(i) An act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the official language.

(ii) Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country.

(iii) A civil war broken out

(iv) Several political parties were formed demanding an independent Tamil state.

(a) (i),(ii),(iv),(iii)

(b) (ii),(i),(iv),(iii)

(c) (ii),(i),(iii),(iv)
(d) (i),(ii),(iii),(iv)

Ans-(b) (ii),(i),(iv),(iii)

Q15. What is the percentage of Sinhala-speaking people in Sri Lanka?

(a) 74%

(b) 75%

(c) 14%

(d) 19%

Ans-(a) 74%

CHAPTER – 02 FEDERALISM

1. How many scheduled languages are recognized by the constitution?

a) Besides Hindi, there are 18 scheduled, languages.

b) Besides Hindi, there are 21 scheduled languages.

c) Besides Hindi there are 22 scheduled languages.

d) Besides Hindi there are 19 scheduled language.

Ans. b) Besides Hindi, there are 21 scheduled languages.

2. What is the government at Block level called?

a) Gram Sabha

b) Gram Panchyat

c) Panchayat Samiti

d) Nayay Panchyat

Ans. c) Panchayat Samiti

3. Which local govt works at district level?

a) Panchayat Samiti

b) Village panchayat

c) Zila Parishad

d) None of the mention above

Ans. c) Zila Parishad

4. By what name local govt at urban area called?

B) Municipal corporation

C) Panchayat samiti

a) Only A is true

b) Only B is true

c) Both B and C are true

d) Both A and B are true

Ans. d) Both A and B are true

5. Who is the chairperson of Municipal Corporation?

a) Block development officer

b) Mayor

c) Sarpanch

d) Member of Lok Sabha

Ans. b) Mayor

6. Which among the following is an example of the unitary system of government?

a) Belgium

b) Sri Lanka

c) Both Sri Lanka and Belgium

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (b)

7. ___made the shift from a unitary to a federal system of government.

a) Sri Lanka

b) Belgium

c) Both Belgium and Sri Lanka

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (b)

8. Which of the following does not have a federal system of government?

a) India

b) USA
c) Russia

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (d)

9.Which of the following is an example of holding together federations?

a) India

b) USA

c) Switzerland

d) None of the above.

Answer: Option (a)

10. Which of the following is an example of 'coming together federations?

a) Spain

b) Belgium

c) USA

d) All the above.

Answer: Option (c)

11. Which of the following are included in the Union List?

a) Banking

b) Foreign Affairs

c) Defence of the country

d) All of the above

Answer: Option (d)

Directions:- In the following questions, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given. Read both the

statements carefully and choose the correct answer from the answer given below:

12. Assertion (A): The third tier of government is local government.

Reason (R): It strengthened democracy.

Answer- (A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).

13. Assertion (A): Hindi is recognised as the only official language of India.

Reason (R): It helped Hindi speaking people to dominate others.

CHAPTER - 03 GENDER ,RELIGION AND CASTE

1. Patriarchal society means ________.

a) A society dominated by men

b) A society dominated by women

c) A society where there is equality between men and women

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (a)

2.The Equal Remuneration Act of _______ provides that equal wages should be paid to equal

work.

a) 1986

b) 1976

c) 1966

d) 1972

Answer: Option (b)

3. ___________ of seats in local government bodies, in panchayats and municipalities, are now reserved
for women.

a) Three-fourth

b) One-third

c) One-fourth

d) One-fifth

Answer: Option (b)

4. ____________ used to say that religion can never be separated from politics. He believed that politics
must be guided by ethics drawn from religion.

a) C Rajagopalachari

b) Sardar Patel

c) Gandhiji

d) Nehru
Answer: Option (c)

5.There is no official religion in _______.

a) Sri Lanka

b) England

c) Pakistan

d) India

Answer: Option (d)

6.The system in which father is known as the head of the family

(a) Monarchy

(b) Patriarchy

(c) Hierarchy

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) Patriarchy

7. A person who believes in equal rights and opportunities for men and women is termed as

(a) Feminist

(b) Patriarchy

(c) Caste hierarchy

(d) Social change

Answer: (a) Feminist

CHAPTER - 04 POLITICAL PARTIES

1) _________ is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in

the government.

a) Pressure group

b) Political party

c) Interest group

d) Business lobby

Answer: Option (b)

2) The ___________ has officially banned wall writing by parties during election times.
a) Parliament

b) President

c) Election Commission

d) Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)

Answer: Option (c)

3) Political parties reflect fundamental ______in a society. Parties are about a part of society and thus
involve PARTISANSHIP.

a) Social divisions

b) Economic divisions

c) Religious divisions

d) Political divisions

Answer: Option (d)

4) In countries like India, _________ choose candidates for contesting elections.

a) Top party leaders

b) Members of the party

c) Supporters of the party

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (a)

5) A government is expected to base its policies on the line taken by the ________.

a) Opposition parties

b) Ruling party

c) President

d) Parliament

Answer: Option (b)

6) The rise of political parties is directly linked to the emergence of _______.

a) Monitory democracies

b) Direct democracies

c) Representative democracies

d) Constitutional democracies.
Answer: Option (c)

7) In India, ______ parties are registered with the Election Commission of India.

a) Less than 750

b) Less than 75

c) Less than 100

d) More than 750

Answer: Option (d)

8) The ___________ and the United Kingdom are examples of a two-party system.

a) United States of America

b) Russia

c) China

d) Canada

Answer: Option (a)

9) Which of the following is an example of a multi-party system?

a) India

b) New Zealand

c) Canada

d) All of the above

Answer: Option (d)

CHAPTER – 05 OUTCOMES OF DEMOCRACY

1) Which of the following statements are true about the democratic government?

a) Democratic government is a legitimate government.

b) Democratic government may be slow, less efficient, and not always very responsive or clean.

c) Democratic government is the people’s own government.

d) All of the above.

Answer: Option (d)

2) Among the given below countries, which country has the highest support for democracy?

a) India
b) Nepal

c) Bangladesh

d) Pakistan

Answer: Option (a)

3) Which of these factors plays a role in the economic development of a country?

a) Cooperation from other countries.

b) Size of the population

c) Economic priorities adopted by the government.

d) All of the above

Answer: Option (d)

4) The rates of economic growth for different countries from 1950 to 2000 were highest among ___.

a) All democratic regimes.

b) Poor countries under dictatorship.

c) Poor countries under democracy.

d) All non-democratic country.

Answer: Option (d)

5) Which of the following statements is true?

a) Non-democratic regimes often turn a blind eye to or suppress internal social differences.

b) Ability to handle social differences, divisions and conflicts is thus a definite plus point of democratic

regimes.

c) Democracies usually develop a procedure to conduct their competition.

d) All of the above.

Answer: Option (d)