Political Sociology Unit 4 and 5 Set 1

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This set of Political Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Political Sociology Unit 4 and 5 Set 1

Q1 | What type of activities refers to attending a political meeting or a rally, making momentary contributions or contracting a public officer?
  • Gladiatorial activities
  • Transitional activities
  • Spectator activities
  • Apathetic activities
Answer: Transitional activities
Q2 | What type of activities refers to when one tries to influence another into voting in favor of a certain person or party, thus initiating a political discussion?
  • Gladiatorial activities
  • Transitional activities
  • Spectator activities
  • Apathetic activities
Answer: Spectator activities
Q3 | Consider the following statements about the characteristics of Political participation:(i) Political participation is not just mere interest in politics(ii) It is something voluntary(iii) It concerns activities in governments and politics and not any particular phase and any specific level or area of governance.(iv) Participation is directly related to the quality of democracy.Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • (i), (iii) and (iv)
  • (ii), (iii) and (iv)
  • (i), (ii) and (iv)
  • (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Q4 | A: The dominant model of Political participation is Civic Voluntarism by Verba which is based on the socio-economic model of participation. B: According to this proponents, people who are better educated and more affluent belonging to not below the middle class are likely to be participants.
  • Both A and B are true and B is the correct explanation of A
  • Both A and B are true and B is not the correct explanation of A
  • A is true, but B is false
  • A is false, but R is true
Answer: Both A and B are true and B is the correct explanation of A
Q5 | A: all forms of participation are not considered to be political participation B: Only when an action is intended to influence the decision making of the government, it may be called political participation.
  • A is true, but B is false
  • A is false, but B is true
  • Both A and B are true
  • Both A and B are false
Answer: Both A and B are true
Q6 | A: Almond and Verba believe that the study of political participation is an extension to the study of political socialization. B: According to them, political socialization is a process referring to a certain phase of citizen behavior which forces them to get precluded in the political system of the state.
  • A is true, but B is false
  • A is false, but B is true
  • Both A and B are true
  • Both A and B are false
Answer: A is true, but B is false
Q7 | Political participation classified in terms of purpose is of two types. What are they?
  • Instrumental and expressive
  • Instrumental and spectator
  • Spectator and expressive
  • Spectator and transitional
Answer: Instrumental and expressive
Q8 | Parties classified on the basis of rigidity are of two types. What are they?
  • Instrumental and expressive
  • Pragmatic and ideological
  • Cell and militia
  • Branch and caucus
Answer: Pragmatic and ideological
Q9 | What type of parties seeks to accommodate as many groups as possible in order towin an electoral majority?
  • Pragmatic
  • Ideological
  • Instrumental
  • Expressive
Answer: Pragmatic
Q10 | In which country did the pressure group originated?
  • England
  • U.S.A.
  • France
  • U.S.S.R.
Answer: U.S.A.
Q11 | Who was the first to use the term ‘Pressure Group’ in his book?
  • Earl Latham
  • David Truman
  • Peter Odegard
  • Theodore J Lowi
Answer: Peter Odegard
Q12 | An understanding of group theory relies on illustrations rendered by three schools. They are:
  • Pluralist School, Corporatist School and the New Right School
  • Pluralist School, Functionalist School and Marxist School
  • Pluralist School, Functionalist School and the New Right School
  • Pluralist School, Marxist School and the New Right School
Answer: Pluralist School, Corporatist School and the New Right School
Q13 | Which school denounced the idea of state as a monolithic entity, on the contraryviewed political power as fragmented and wisely dispersed?
  • Corporatist school
  • The New Right School
  • Marxist School
  • Pluralist School
Answer: Pluralist School
Q14 | Which school seeks to identify the interaction between group and state in industrialized society?
  • Corporatist school
  • The New Right School
  • Marxist School
  • Pluralist School
Answer: Corporatist school
Q15 | Which school focuses on the preponderance of pressure groups in society?
  • Corporatist school
  • The New Right School
  • Marxist School
  • Pluralist School
Answer: The New Right School
Q16 | Scholars identify three major typologies of pressure groups on the basis of
  • Interest content, organizational form and type of membership
  • Interest content, organizational form and protection
  • Interest content, demands and protection
  • Interest content, demands and type of membership
Answer: Interest content, organizational form and type of membership
Q17 | Which of the following is not included in Olson classification of groups?
  • Small
  • Intermediate
  • Large
  • Anomic
Answer: Anomic
Q18 | What type of groups is seen to use militant and violent means?
  • Anomic interest groups
  • Non associational groups
  • Institutional interest group
  • Associational interest group
Answer: Anomic interest groups
Q19 | What type of group is formed on the basis of adherence to certain traditional norms or norms grown out of religious, regional, racial and ethnic loyalties?
  • Anomic interest groups
  • Non associational groups
  • Institutional interest group
  • Associational interest group
Answer: Non associational groups
Q20 | What type of group operates within the framework of formal institution like politicalparties?
  • Anomic interest groups
  • Non associational groups
  • Institutional interest group
  • Associational interest group
Answer: Institutional interest group
Q21 | What type of groups have manifested structural base?
  • Anomic interest groups
  • Non associational groups
  • Institutional interest group
  • Associational interest group
Answer: Associational interest group
Q22 | A pressure group is :
  • A group formed to protect the interests of members of a group by contesting elections
  • A group of people who tries to capture power with the help of money
  • A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interest of its members by influencing the government policies
  • A military group, which comes to the assistance of the state when the police force is unable to maintain law and order
Answer: A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interest of its members by influencing the government policies
Q23 | Which of the following is not an example of associational interest group?
  • Trade unions
  • Ethnic association
  • Businessman
  • Skill groups
Answer: Skill groups
Q24 | Pressure groups differ from political parties in so far as
  • They contest elections
  • They have large membership
  • They pursue broader objectives
  • Their field of operation is very limited
Answer: Their field of operation is very limited
Q25 | Which of the following is not an example of anomic interest group?
  • Dal Khalsa
  • Naxalite Groups
  • Tamil Sangh
  • Nava Nirman Samithi of Gujarat
Answer: Tamil Sangh
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