Comparative Politics – 50 Objective Questions
Comparative politics studies:
a) Political systems across countries (a)
b) Only Indian politics
c) Military strategies
d) Economic policies only
Presidential system is characterized by:
a) Separation of powers between executive and legislature (a)
b) Fusion of powers
c) Military control
d) Monarchy
Parliamentary system is characterized by:
a) Fusion of executive and legislature (a)
b) Separation of powers
c) Military rule
d) Dictatorship
Federal system divides power between:
a) Central and state governments (a)
b) President and PM
c) Military only
d) Judiciary only
Unitary system concentrates power in:
a) Central government (a)
b) State governments
c) Judiciary
d) Military
Bicameral legislature means:
a) Two houses (a)
b) One house
c) Three houses
d) Four houses
Unicameral legislature has:
a) One house (a)
b) Two houses
c) Three houses
d) Four houses
Authoritarian regime is:
a) Concentration of power in one ruler or party (a)
b) Democracy
c) Federalism
d) Parliamentary system
Democracy is based on:
a) People’s participation (a)
b) Military control
c) Monarchy only
d) Dictatorship
Presidential elections are held:
, a) Directly by people in some countries (a)
b) Only by parliament
c) Military
d) Judiciary
Prime Minister is responsible to:
a) Legislature in parliamentary system (a)
b) Judiciary only
c) Military
d) President only
Separation of powers was advocated by:
a) Montesquieu (a)
b) Rousseau
c) Marx
d) Hobbes
Rule of law means:
a) Law applies equally to everyone (a)
b) Only PM is above law
c) Military control
d) President control
Civil liberties are:
a) Fundamental rights of citizens (a)
b) Military powers
c) Tax policies
d) Judiciary powers only
Judicial review allows courts to:
a) Examine constitutionality of laws (a)
b) Control army
c) Control PM
d) Control trade
Constitutional monarchy has:
a) Monarch with limited powers (a)
b) Absolute monarchy
c) Military rule
d) Dictatorship
Absolute monarchy has:
a) Monarch with full power (a)
b) Limited monarch
c) Democracy
d) Military only
Republic is a system where:
a) Head of state is elected or nominated (a)
b) Monarch rules
c) Military rules
d) Dictatorship
Oligarchy means:
a) Rule by a few elites (a)
b) Rule by all citizens
c) Military rule
Comparative politics studies:
a) Political systems across countries (a)
b) Only Indian politics
c) Military strategies
d) Economic policies only
Presidential system is characterized by:
a) Separation of powers between executive and legislature (a)
b) Fusion of powers
c) Military control
d) Monarchy
Parliamentary system is characterized by:
a) Fusion of executive and legislature (a)
b) Separation of powers
c) Military rule
d) Dictatorship
Federal system divides power between:
a) Central and state governments (a)
b) President and PM
c) Military only
d) Judiciary only
Unitary system concentrates power in:
a) Central government (a)
b) State governments
c) Judiciary
d) Military
Bicameral legislature means:
a) Two houses (a)
b) One house
c) Three houses
d) Four houses
Unicameral legislature has:
a) One house (a)
b) Two houses
c) Three houses
d) Four houses
Authoritarian regime is:
a) Concentration of power in one ruler or party (a)
b) Democracy
c) Federalism
d) Parliamentary system
Democracy is based on:
a) People’s participation (a)
b) Military control
c) Monarchy only
d) Dictatorship
Presidential elections are held:
, a) Directly by people in some countries (a)
b) Only by parliament
c) Military
d) Judiciary
Prime Minister is responsible to:
a) Legislature in parliamentary system (a)
b) Judiciary only
c) Military
d) President only
Separation of powers was advocated by:
a) Montesquieu (a)
b) Rousseau
c) Marx
d) Hobbes
Rule of law means:
a) Law applies equally to everyone (a)
b) Only PM is above law
c) Military control
d) President control
Civil liberties are:
a) Fundamental rights of citizens (a)
b) Military powers
c) Tax policies
d) Judiciary powers only
Judicial review allows courts to:
a) Examine constitutionality of laws (a)
b) Control army
c) Control PM
d) Control trade
Constitutional monarchy has:
a) Monarch with limited powers (a)
b) Absolute monarchy
c) Military rule
d) Dictatorship
Absolute monarchy has:
a) Monarch with full power (a)
b) Limited monarch
c) Democracy
d) Military only
Republic is a system where:
a) Head of state is elected or nominated (a)
b) Monarch rules
c) Military rules
d) Dictatorship
Oligarchy means:
a) Rule by a few elites (a)
b) Rule by all citizens
c) Military rule
