Under joint electorate system:

Related Mcqs:

1. Joint electorate system means:

   A. Where men and women are allowed to vote together
   B. Where people of all religions are allowed to vote together
   C. Where voters belonging to all categories, castes and religion vote together
   D. Where only women are allowed to vote together

2. Joint Electorate is a system in which:

   A. Seats are reserved for various condidate is returned unopposed interests
   B. There is no reservation of seats for of candidates may contest but only anyone
   C. Elections are held simulaneously for the central and state legislatures
   D. None of These

3. Separate communal electorate systems aimed at securing the interest of:__________?

   A. Scheduled castes
   B. Religious minorities
   C. Scheduled tribes
   D. None of These

4. Which of the following is true about the terms ‘electorate’?

   A. A voter who is required to elect his representative
   B. An area from where representative is to be elected
   C. The body of persons elected
   D. Method of election used to elect a representative

5. Electorate means:

   A. The body of voters
   B. The elected representatives of people
   C. The nominated members of parliament
   D. The candidates who actually contest the elections

6. “The electorate in modem times has virtually become an organ of the government”, with which of the following writers the above statement is associated

   A. Garner
   B. Lenin
   C. Laski
   D. Bryce

7. “Really I think that the poorest he that is in England bath a life, as the greatest he, and therefore truly, sir, I think it is clear that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under the government, and I do think that the poorest ram in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to the Government that he bath not had a voice to put himself under”. The statement argues for

   A. Rule according to the consent of the governed
   B. Rule of the poor
   C. Expropriation of the rich
   D. Distribution of wealth equally to all

8. A system under which a representative is required to work under instructions from his electorates is known as:

   A. Public voting system
   B. Plural voting system
   C. System of functional representation
   D. System of secret ballot
   E. System of instructed representation

9. A political party is a “body of men, united for the purpose of promoting, by the purpose of promoting, by their joint endeavours, the public interest upon. Some principles on which they are agreed”. Who said this?

   A. Karl Marx
   B. MacIver
   C. Burke
   D. Gettel
   E. Laski

10. Who has the authority to call a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament?

    A. Prime Minister
    B. President
    C. Member of Lok Sabha
    D. Member of Rajya Sabha