A. They promote national unity
B. They encourage the ‘spoils system’
C. They give complete freedom to members to express their views without any fear
D. They rouse interest of people in questions of public importance
Related Mcqs:
- “Where political parties are weak in principle and organisation, the pressure groups will flourish; where political parties are strong, pressure groups will be curbed”. Who made the above observation?
A. Barker
B. Bryce
C. Herman Finer
D. Harold Laski - Which one of the following merits of political parties has been wrongly listed?
A. Political parties impart political education to people
B. Political parties eliminate nepotism and favouritism
C. Political parties are essential for the successful working of Cabinet system of government
D. Political Parties check nepotism - The system under which there are more than two political parties which predominantly control political situation is called:
A. Multi-party system
B. Single party system
C. Bi-party system
D. Dominant party system - One of the chief merits of multi-party system:
A. It leads to formation of stable governments
B. Change in government is very convenient
C. It is convenient for the voters to clect their representatives
D. People have wider choice in the selection of their representatives - One of the chief merits of functional representation is:
A. It encourages people to think in terms of their class interests
B. It ensures equitable representation to the various professions
C. It promotes national unity
D. It secures representation to various interests and makes the parliament a truly representative body - One of the chief merits of second ballot system is:
A. Poor candidates are deterred from contesting the election
B. There is no scope for corruption
C. It gives satisfaction to people that they are being governed by a representative elected by absolute majority
D. The political parties come to playa dominant role - One of the chief merits of single member constituencies is: _______?
A. People have a very limited choice in the selection of their representatives
B. Intimate relationship is possible between the electors and the representative
C. Local interests are given precedence over national interests
D. Minority may get over representation - One of the chief merits of Presidential system of government is that:
A. It enables the country to avail the services of experts
B. It provides autocratic power to the executive
C. The executive can easily shift its responsibility to the Legislature
D. The executive is accountable to the elected representatives of the people - Political Parties are indispensable for the successful working of: ________?
A. Democracy
B. Dictatorship
C. Both democracy and dictatorship
D. None of the above - One of the major merits of the natural rights theory is: ________?
A. It assumes that rights can exist independent of society
B. It holds that rights are static
C. It lists the rights which man brought with him from state of nature
D. It asserts that certain rights are basic and therefore necessary for human existence
