Polity Practice Quiz 17

Q1.What is the primary purpose of power-sharing arrangements that include socially weaker sections and minority communities?

A. To centralize all governmental power. B. To ensure power remains with a single dominant group. C. To prevent diverse social groups from feeling alienated and give minority communities a fair share. D. To limit the participation of women in legislatures.

Q2.Apart from governmental levels and social groups, how else can power-sharing arrangements be observed in a democracy?

A. Through hereditary succession of power. B. Through the influence of political parties, pressure groups, and movements. C. By concentrating all power in the judiciary. D. By abolishing all forms of elections.

Q3.When two or more political parties form an alliance to contest elections and are subsequently elected, what type of government do they form to share power?

A. A unitary government B. A single-party majority government C. A coalition government D. A dictatorial government

Q4.In contemporary democracies, what is the primary benefit of competition among different political parties for power?

A. It leads to the concentration of power in one hand. B. It ensures that power does not remain in one hand. C. It promotes a single dominant ideology. D. It discourages citizen participation.

Q5.How do interest groups like traders, businessmen, and farmers share in governmental power in a democracy?

A. By directly electing the President. B. Through participation in governmental committees or influencing decision-making. C. By forming their own separate governments. D. By boycotting all governmental processes.

Q6.The Bombay High Court's order to the Maharashtra State Government to immediately take action and improve living conditions in children's homes exemplifies which type of power sharing?

A. Power sharing among different levels of government B. Power sharing among different organs of government C. Power sharing among social groups D. Power sharing among political parties

Q7.The decision of Russia's Union of Right Forces and Liberal Yabloko Movement to unite into a strong right-wing coalition for parliamentary elections is an example of power sharing among whom?

A. Different levels of government B. Different organs of government C. Social groups D. Political parties

Q8.The demand by finance ministers of various states in Nigeria for the federal government to declare its income sources and revenue distribution formula illustrates power sharing between which entities?

A. Different organs of government B. Different levels of government C. Social groups D. Political parties

Q9.Which of the following statements best reflects Ouseph's conclusion about power sharing?

A. Power sharing is necessary only in societies with religious, linguistic, or ethnic divisions. B. Power sharing is suitable only for big countries that have regional divisions. C. Every society needs some form of power sharing, even if it is small or does not have social divisions. D. Power sharing is primarily for resolving conflicts in diverse societies.

Q10.Mathayi's conclusion suggests that power sharing is suitable for which specific type of country?

A. Small countries without significant social divisions. B. Big countries that have regional divisions. C. Countries with a unitary form of government. D. Nations with a single dominant cultural group.

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Polity Practice Quiz 17