A. Provides votes to the people keeping in view their property
B. Provides extra votes to the educated people
C. Provides representation to all the political parties
D. Provides representation to each group of party in proportion to its voting strength
Related Mcqs:
- Proportional representation primarily aims at giving representation to:
A. Religious minority
B. Linguistic majority
C. Caste majority
D. Minorities in societies - Who of the following said “All true and democratic representation is functional representation. The omni-competent parliament is unsuitable to any really democratic country’?
A. G.D.H. Cole
B. Rousseau
C. Karl Marx
D. J.S.Mill
E. Herbert Spencer - Who of the following favoured the system of proportional representation?
A. Bentham
B. J.S.Mill
C. T.H.Green
D. Herbert Spencer - What is the main objective of proportional representation system?
A. It aims at giving representation to minorities
B. It aims at protecting the interests of women
C. Its aim is to protect the rights of various occupations
D. It aims at giving more opportunities to the voters to participate in governmental affairs - Who said that ‘proportional representation system contributes to the aggravation of successful sectionalism’?
A. Getten
B. Finer
C. Leacock
D. Gilchrist
E. Ebstein - One great advantage of proportional representation is that:
A. Minorities get proper representation
B. It is a simple system
C. It can easily be practised in big countries
D. It ends distinction between the majority and the minority - One serious disadvantage of proportional representation is:
A. That small countries cannot follow it
B. That it is too easy to be manipulated
C. That it reduces the grip of political parties
D. That it widens gap between the majority and the minority - The two prominent schemes of proportional representation are:
A. Hare Scheme and List System
B. Universal Adult Franchise and Direct Elections
C. Reservation of Seats and Direct Election
D. Direct Election and Communal Representation - Second Ballot system, another method for minority representation, implies:
A. Each voter has two votes
B. Voting is held as many times as necessary until a candidate is elected with an absolute majority of votes
C. Voting is held at the most for three times
D. Voting is held twice, and in the second voting the contest is held between the two candidates who secure maximum votes in the first voting - Plato established an important method which has been passed down through the ages. That is that, when one has a problem that has already been solved, one can work backwards from it until a statement can be reached of which the veracity has already been determined. In other words, a method of attaining proofs. In which of his works was this method established?
A. Politicus
B. Meno
C. Protagoras
D. Phaedo
