POLITICAL SCIENCE

MCQs
CHAPTER 3
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT: PARLIAMENTRY & PRESIDENTIAL FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT.

1. BOTH PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL FORMS ARE TWO DISTINCT AND ____________ FORMS.
A. COMPULSION
B. ALTERNATIVE
C. BOTH A AND B
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A FEATURE OF THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT?
A. NON-FIXED TENURE OF THE REAL EXECUTIVE
B. CLOSE AND CONTINUOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE
C. FIXED TENURES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE
D. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
3. WHO ACTS AS THE CHIEF ADVISOR?
A. PRESIDENT
B. PRIME MINISTER
C. CABINET MINISTER
D. COUNCIL OF MINISTER
4. THE HEAD OF THE STATE IS THE _______ EXECUTIVE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
A. NOMINAL EXECUTIVE
B. REAL EXECUTIVE
C. BOTH A AND B
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
5. WHO WORKS AS A RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE?
A. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
B. PRIME MINISTER
C. PRESIDENT
D. CABINET
6. _________ IS USED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE ON A
PARTICULAR ISSUE WHICH NEEDS SPECIAL AND URGENT ATTENTION
A. ADJOURNMENT MOTION
B. CELL ATTENTION MOTION
C. CUT MOTION
D. CENSURE MOTION
7. __________ IS USED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE EXECUTIVE DISCUSS A TOPIC OF IMMEDIATE
CONCERN AFTER THE SUSPENSION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE DAY’S WORK.
A. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION
B. CELL ATTENTION MOTION
C. ADJOURNMENT MOTION
D. CENSURE MOTION
8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS/ARE THE EXAMPLE OF PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT?
A. CHINA
B. CANADA
C. EUROPE
D. MALAYSIA
9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MERIT OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT?
A. EXECUTIVE IS WEAK BECAUSE ITS TENURE IS NOT FIXED
B. EXECUTIVE CANNOT BECOME DESPOTIC
C. EXECUTIVE DOMINATES THE LEGISLATURE
D. EXECUTIVE CAN ACT ARBITRARILY BECAUSE OF COMMITTED SUPPORT OF MAJORITY PARTY
10. WHO IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE?
A. PRIME MINISTER
B. PRESIDENT
C. CABINET MINISTERS
D. MINISTERS
11. IN A ________________ SYSTEM, THE MINISTERS ARE INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS COLLECTIVELY
RESPONSIBLE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE FOR THEIR ALL DECISIONS, POLICIES AND ACTIONS.
A. PRESIDENTIAL
B. PARLIAMENTARY
C. BOTH A AND B
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
12. THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE _____________ SYSTEM IS THE ALMOST COMPLETE
SEPERATION OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS AND INDEPENDENCE OF EACH
AGSAINST THE OTHER.
A. PRESIDENTIAL
B. PARLIAMENTARY
C. USA
D. ALL MAJOR DEMOCRACIES
13. __________ IS THE FORM IN WHICH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE AS
TO HIS TENURE AND TO A LARGE EXTENT AS TO HIS POLICIES AND ACTS.
A. PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT
B. PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT
C. MINISTERS
D. CABINET MINISTERS
14. WHAT MAKES THE EXECUTIVE RIGID AND IRRESPONSIBLE IN APPROACH?
A. SEPARATION OF POWERS
B. MUTUAL MUD-SPLING
C. FIXED TENURE
D. POLITICAL PARTIES
15. WH0 IS THE PIVOT AROUND WHICH WHOLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION REVOLVES?
A. BRITISH CABINET MINISTERS
B. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
C. BRITISH PRESIDENT
D. BRITISH MONARCH
16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE THE STATES WITH PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENTS?
A. GHATMALA
B. MALDIVES
C. PANAMA
D. ALL THE ABOVE
17. IN THE _______ BOTH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIGVE REMAIN IN OFFICE FOR THEIR
RESPECTIVE FIXED TENURES.
A. INDIA
B. USA
C. FRANCE
D. RUSSIA
18. WHO CARRIES OUT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES, DECISIONS
AND DIRECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT?
A. CABINET
B. PRIME MINISTER
C. LEGISLATURE
D. EXECUTIVE
19. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A DISADVANTAGE OF PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM?
A. CONTINUITY IN EXECUTIVE POLICIES
B. EXECUTIVE IS IRRESPONSIBLE
C. STRONG EXECUTIVE
D. EXECUTIVE IS FREE FROM AGGRSSIVE PARTY POLICIES
20. THE ____________ ALWAYS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISIONS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE
PRESIDENT WHO IS THEIR REAL EXECUTIVE HEAD.
A. CABINET
B. PRIME MINISTER
C. MINISTER
D. LEGISLATURE