Electorate means:
1. The body of voters
2.The elected representatives of people
3.The nominated members of parliament
4. The candidates who actually contest the elections
In India elections are organised by:
1.The President of India
2.The Prime Minister of India
3.The Parliament
4.The Elction Commission
In India for the election of President we have the system:
1.Direct election
2.Indirect election
3.Nomination
4.None of the above
One serious disadvantage of proportional representation is:
1.That small countries cannot follow it
2.That it is too easy to be manipulated
3.That it reduces the grip of political parties
4. That it widens gap between the majority and the minority
The system of instructed representation has been much opposed by:
1.Burke
2.Montesquieu
3.Rousseau
4.Spencer
Under functional representation, representatives are elected on:
1. Income basis
2.Territorial basis
3. Functional basis
4.Property basis
Universal Adult Franchise means
1.Right to vote granted to all University graduates
2.Rught to vote granted to all adult citizens
3.Right to vote granted to all men
4.Rgith to vote granted to citizens who pay taxes
What is the main objective of proportional representation system?
1.It aims at giving representation to minorities
2.It aims at protecting the interests of women
3.Its aim is to protect the rights of various occupations
4.It aims at giving more opportunities to the voters to participate in governmental affairs
Which one of the following is not a true about universal adult franchise?
1.It provide sense of involvement
2. It is based on the prinicple of popular sovereignty
3.It upholds democratic values
4.It encourages caste and commenrcial feelings
Which one of the following is the main requirement of single transferable vote system?
1.Single member constituency
2. Multi-member constituency
3.Double member constituency
4.Separate electorate
Who of the following favoured the idean of two parliaments for dealing separately with political and economic affairs?
1.G.D.H.Cole
2.Pareto
3. Max Weber
4.Michel. R
Who of the following has suggested that there should be two Parliaments, one for dealing with political and other with economic problems?
1.G.D.H.Cole
2.Henry Webbs
3.Hobhouse
4.James Mill
Who of the following said "All true and democratic representation is functional representation. The omni-competent parliament is unsuitable to any really democratic country?
1.G.D.H. Cole
2.Rousseau
3. Karl Marx
4.J.S.Mill
Woman franchise is pleaded because:
1.As weaker section of society they need protection
2.For women proper place is not the home but politics
3.Women can ably perform their duties
4.Feminine qualities will develop among women
Womanhood franchise is opposed because:
1.Female education is not politically motivated
2.It is against basic concept of democracy
3.Women are a strong section in every society
4.Women are not good citizens of state
Women of France got the right to vote:
1.At the beginning of 1st World War
2.At the beginning of 2nd World War
3.At the close of 1st World War
4. At the close of 2nd World War
A by-election is an election, which is held:
1.Along with general elections
2.To fill a vacancy after general elections are over
3.Each year to fill vacant vacancies
4.When desired by the head of the state
A good voter can be one who:
1.Is highly educated
2. Is in possession of good wealth
3.Pays his taxes well in time
4.Has a house to live
A multi-member constituency is one from which:
1. More than one representative is to be elected
2. At least five members are to be elected
3.Some important personality is to be got elected
4.Prime Minister is got elected
Franchise means:
1. Vote
2. Right to vote
3. Right to vote granted to women
4. Right to vote granted to men
In good democracy right to vote is given to those:
1.Who are educated
2.Who own property
3. Who have become adult
4. Male citizens only
List system was adopted in actual practice in:
1.U.S.A.
2.USSR
3.U.K.
4.France
One advantage of functional representation is that:
1. All aspects of life can be covered in this system
2.It can help uniting all economic groups
3.Legislative work can be conducted by very competent persons
4.National interests can be cared more than ever
One of the important advantages of adult franchise is that:
1.It is keeping with democratic system
2.It increases the value of the vote
3. It develops among the people a sense of possession
4.It brings stability in political system
Proportional representation primarily aims at giving representation to:
1. Religious minority
2.Linguistic majority
3.Caste majority
4. Minorities in societies
Separate communal electorate systems aimed at securing the interest of:
1.Scheduled castes
2. Religious minorities
3.Scheduled tribes
4.Princes of India
The system of direct election is disliked because:
1.In it all do not get right to vote
2. It introduces the evils of party system
3. It is opposed to the idean of populr sovereignty
4.In it there are many chances of bribery
Universal Adult Franchise is justified on the ground that:
1. It leads to rule by ignorants
2.It makes the parliament very powerful
3. It gives power to the elected
4.It gives practical shape to the principle of popular sovereignty
Which of the following is true about the terms electorate?
1.A voter who is required to elect his representative
2.An area from where representative is to be elected
3.The body of persons elected
4.Method of election used to elect a representative
Which one of the following is not the advantage of list system?
1.In it political parties get satisfaction
2.It increases dissatisfaction of of minorities
3.It can result in the cooperation of minorities
4.It it there is no loss of votes
Which one of the following is not true about Limited vote Plan?
1.Its aim is to give representation to minorities
2. In it the constituencies are always single member
3.In it voter is required to cast one vote less than the number of candidates to be elected
4.No voter can cast his vote in favour of one and the same candidate
Who said that proportional representation system contributes to the aggravation of successful sectionalism?
1.Getten
2.Finer
3.Leacock
4.Gilchrist
A system under which a representative is required to work under instructions from his electorates is known as:
1.Public voting system
2.Plural voting system
3.System of functional representation
4. System of secret ballot
An election, which is held in order to fill up few vacant vacancies, is called:
1.General election
2.Bye-election
3.Election
4.None of the above
Joint electorate system means:
1. Where men and women are allowed to vote together
2.Where people of all religions are allowed to vote together
3.Where voters belonging to all categories, castes and religion vote together
4. Where only women are allowed to vote together
known as:
1.Representative democracy
2.Direct elections
3.Adult franchise
4.Direct democracy
One great advantage of proportional representation is that:
1.Minorities get proper representation
2.It is a simple system
3.It can easily be practised in big countries
4.It ends distinction between the majority and the minority
One of the chief defects of Universal Adult Franchise is:
1.It gives chance to a common man to be associated with the decisions of the government
2.It protects the rights of minorities
3.representatives of people
4.It leads to rule by ignorants
One of the serious disadvantages of adult franchise is that:
1.It will develop anti-national feelings
2.Fight of vote can go to the ignorant
3. Choice of candidates becomes very limited
4.Women will participate in elections which will make politics dirty
One of the strong opponents of the universal adult franchise was:
1.Marx
2.Laski
3.Rousseau
4.J.S.Mill
One serious problem of functional representation is that:
1.It introduces all evils of territorial representation
2.The consumers will not get proper representation
3.The producers will not get proper representation
4. It will divide society in small economic groups
Suffrage means
1.Enactment of bad laws which cause suffering to common people
2.The right to vote
3.Right to vote granted to people with property
4.Right to vote granted to ad without discrimination
The citizens who are allowed to participate in voting process are called:
1.Electorates
2.Candidates
3.Office Bearers
4.None of the above
The system of adult franchise is keeping with the concept of:
1.Titular sovereignty
2.De-Jure sovereignty
3.Popular sovereignty
4.Legal sovereignty
The system of direct election is liked because:
1.In it there is indirect link between the elected and the voters
2.In it even the ignorant get right to vote
3. It is not suited to small nations
4. It ends rigours of party system
The system under which a voter is given more than one vote to cast is known as:
1.Public voting
2.Compulsory voting
3.Secret voting
4.Plural voting
The system under which every voter by law is required to cast his vote is called:
1.Universal adult franchise
2.Functional representation
3.Compulsory voting system
4. Optional voting system
The Universal Adult feature of:
1.Democratic system
2.Totalitarian system
3.All systems
4.None of the above
The Universal Adult Franchise is a indication of the principle of the:
1.Legal sovereignty
2.Political sovereignty
3. Popular sovereignty
4.National sovereignty
Under joint electorate system:
1.Each community is given seqpaate representation
2.Seats are reserved for each caste
3. Seats are reserved for each function
4.There is no reservation of seats for anyone
Which of the following is not an essential feature of single transferable vote system?
1.In this there should be multimember constituency
2.Each voter has more than one vote
3.Quota of each candidate to win the seat is fixed in advance
4.Surplus votes of winning candidate can be transferred to the other
Which of the following is not true about cumulative method?
1.Its aim is to promote national unity
2.It aims at protecting the educated classes
3.It aims at protecting minorities
4. In this there are always multimember constituencies
Which one of the following is not a valid criticism against compulsory voting?
1.It aims at forcing disinterested people to vote
2.It will reduce the importance of vote
3. It may result in the election of non-deserving persons
4.Voting cannot be a matter of compulsion
Which one of the following is not an important qualification of an enlightened voter?
1.He should be educated
2.He should be politically awakened
3.He should be a property owner
4.He should cast his vote judiciously
Which one of the following is not true about woman fuffrage?
1.It helps in protecting the interests of weaker sections of society
2.Denial of woman suffrage is against the concept of political sovereignty
3.Any denial is opposed to the concept of democracy
4.It is likely to reduced political conflicts in family life
Who has said that functional representation system is artificial as well as unreal?
1.Bentham
2.G.D.H.Cole
3.Leacock
4.Gilchrist
Who of the following favoured the system of proportional representation?
1.Bentham
2. J.S.Mill
3.T.H.Green
4.Herbert Spencer
Who of the following was opposed to the system of universal adult franchise on the plea that it was not really universal?
1.Marx
2.Rousseau
3.Laski
4.Garner
Who said that universal adult franchise is no really universal?
1.Laski
2.Gilchrist
3.Gettell
4.Gamer
Women in England enjoyed right to vote:
1.From the very beginning
2.During Cromwillian era
3.During First World War
4.During economic depression of 1928