Political Science Mcqs
The pressure groups try to promote the interests of their members by exerting pressure on:

A. The legislature
B. The executive
C. The judiciary
D. All the above

Which one of the following feature of pressure groups has been wrongly listed?

A. The pressure groups try to promote the interests of its members
B. The pressure groups can be both temporary as well as permanent
C. The pressure groups generally do not have any poliitical alignment
D. None of the above

A pressure group is: ___________?

A. A group formed to protect the interests of members of a group by contesting elections
B. A group of people which tries to capture power with the help of money
C. A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interests of its members by influencing the government policies
D. A military group, which comes to the assistance of the state when the police force is unable to maintain law and order

One of the major defects of pressure groups is: _________?

A. They exercise undue pressure on the government with the help of majority at their disposal
B. They try to promote the interests of their membes at the cost of the common people
C. They try to influence the public opinion
D. They interfere in the formulation of government policy

Political Parties are indispensable for the successful working of: ________?

A. Democracy
B. Dictatorship
C. Both democracy and dictatorship
D. None of the above

The officially recognised party of Soviet Union is known as: __________?

A. The socialist party
B. The bolshevik party
C. The communist party
D. The revolutionary party