Multiple Choice. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following is not a democratic practice in the Philippines?

a. Parliamentary System b. Majority rule/minority right c. Election d. Civil Society
2. An individual participation of citizen directly in making policies and concerning political aspects rather than
electing representatives.
a. Representative democracy b. Participatory democracy
c. Constitutional government d. Democratic government
3. A legal system where there are rules in how elections will be conducted and how results are determined.
a. Majority rule b. Voting c. Minority rights d. Private sector
4. A society where individuals create a group or association with one common interest.
a. civil society b. organization c. majority group d. club
5. The primary source of political power is __________________.
a. people b. laws c. democracy d. private sector
6. A written document defines how government works.
a. Parliamentary government b. Constitution c. Legal government d. Dictatorial government
7. A system of government in which citizens vote for representative to make laws.
a. Representative democracy b. Participatory democracy
c. Constitutional government d. Democratic government
8. A system of government where the people have the supreme power to influence public affairs.
a. Majority rule b. Private Sectors c. Democracy d. Equality
9. Which of the following is the importance of participation in democracy?
a. It creates chaos. b. It establishes social classes
c. It protects the rights of the leaders d. It protects the rights of the minority
10. Why does election important?
a. It protects the rights of every individual most especially the minorities.
b. It gives us the freedom to choose the best leaders that cares for our good.
c. It makes the citizens an opportunity to promote harmony.
d. It gives the leaders the opportunity to practice their rights.
11. How democracy helps the citizens?
a. It allows the citizen to be free from all.
b. It gives the citizen the opportunity to make decisions
c. It gives the citizen the basic needs
d. It makes the citizen a provider of all
12. What is the difference between participatory and representative democracy?
a. In participatory democracy, citizens elect representatives while in representative democracy, citizens
directly make policies.
b. Participatory democracy gives the citizens the freedom while representative democracy creates a social
class.
c. In participatory democracy, the leaders make laws while in representative democracy, the leaders will
impose the laws.
d. In participatory democracy, citizens directly make laws while in representative democracy, citizens elect
representatives to make laws
13. Which of the following is the best example of practicing equal rights?
a. Leaders make law/policies. b. Representatives make decisions
c. Citizens have a freedom to do whatever they want. d. Free election
14. What is the advantage of Participatory democracy?
a. Participatory democracy allows individuals to express their rights.
b. Participatory democracy allows the citizen to do their freedom.
c. Participatory democracy allows all the citizens an opportunity to hear their voices and suggestions in
making decisions directly.
d. Participatory democracy gives the citizens an opportunity to influence the public decision-making using
representatives.
15. In democratic country why civil society was formed?
 a. Because of the leaders who imposed it.
b. Because of election made by the people.
c. Because of economic activities.
d. Because the citizens establish a group/organization with common interest.
16. It is a political power exercise in a nation which is fairly contributed and shared by the people.
a. Democracy b. Political Democracy c. Social Democracy d. Democratic Practices
17. It is a political pattern adhering a continuous and peaceful transition of capitalist and socialist practices by
organizing democratic welfare.
a. Social Democracy b. Political Democracy c. Social Institutions d. Democratic Practices
18. This is the right of a citizen to exercise the process of voting to any political
elections.
a. Freedom of Speech b. Minority Rights c. Citizen Participation d. Suffrage
19. A political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group
will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole.
a. constitutional government b. democratic practices c. citizen participation d. majority rule
20. The normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class,
religious, linguistic or sexual minorities; and also the collective rights
accorded to minority groups.
a. human rights b. democracy c. minority rights d. majority rights
21. Unfair or unequal treatment of one gender to other. It’s shows prejudice or
preference towards a person identity.
a. Gender b. Gender identity c. Gender Bias d. Difference
22. It is a political association being established to empower and protect progovernment ideas that aims to uphold
widely the democratization of the country.
a. Political Democracy b. Political Institutions c. Social Democracy d. Democratic Interventions
23. Defined by the existence of a constitution which may be a legal instrument or merely a set of fixed norms or
principles generally accepted as the fundamental law of a government that effectively controls the exercise of
political power.
a. Government b. Constitutional government c. Politics d. Rules
24. A government organization that intends to establish, enforce, and implement laws in a state.
a. Political Institutions b. Democratic Institutions c. Democratic Practices d. Social Institutions
25. It characterizes gradual mechanisms to build up social order that emphasizes on achieving societal needs and
stabilities, like family, education, healthcare, religion, economy, and government.
a. Political Institutions b. Social Democracy c. Social Institutions d. Political Democracy
26.The practice of embracing and accepting all types of people in the society
and treating them with fair and just.
a. Right to Life b. Inclusiveness and Equality c. Freedom of Speech d. Minority Rights
27.The following are the ill effects of undemocratic practices except, ________.
a. Equality b. Poverty c. Gender biases d. Inequality
28.The foundation of every healthy democracy, ensuring that government authority derives from the will of the
people.
a. Majority rules b. Free elections c. Minority rights d. Citizen participation
29.It is a process which provides private individuals an opportunity to influence public decisions and has long been a
component of the democratic decisionmaking process.
a. Citizen participation b. Majority rules c. Minority rights d. Free election
30.The state of being lacking in needs and shows inferiority in many manners.
a. Poverty b. Hunger c. Violence d. Deviant