A. The legislature
B. The executive
C. The judiciary
D. All the above
Related Mcqs:
- The Pressure groups try to achieve their objectives through:
A. Violent methods
B. Persuasive methods
C. Agitational methods
D. All the above methods - “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 - “If political leadership fails to emerge, there is likelihood of military taking over power in developing countries. Radical student groups or labour may try to raise revolution but they are not likely to compete with the military. Military intervention, rule and withdrawal from politics is clearly related to a society’s level of political development.” In the context of Political Development the assumption in the above passage is that:
A. Political leadership is not an effective instrument
B. Military intervention is inevitable for development
C. National integration results from military intervention
D. Military is an agent of social change - 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 - Pressure groups first of all originated in: _________?
A. Switzerland
B. Britain
C. U.S.A
D. France - Pressure groups first of all originated in: _________?
A. Switzerland
B. Britain
C. U.S.S.R.
D. U.S.A. - The function of associational pressure groups is to: __________?
A. Articulate the demands
B. Aggregate the demands
C. Regulate the demands
D. Communicate the demands - Which one of the functions of the pressure groups given below has been wrongly listed?
A. Pressure groups influence enactment of laws
B. Pressure groups help the administrative departments in the formulation of policy
C. Pressure groups provide funds to its members to contest elections
D. Pressure groups play an important role in bringing about political, social and economic reforms - Which one fo the following is not one of the methods used by pressure groups for achieving their objectives?
A. They finance political parties
B. They sponsor their favourite candidates at the time of elections
C. They develop cantacts with legislators
D. They avoid going near the centre of authority - In which of the following countries the pressure groups are not permitted to function?
A. Britain
B. Switzerland
C. U.S.S.R.
D. None of the above
