Top 80+ Solved Unit 4 and 5 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who was the first to use the term ‘Pressure Group’ in his book?
a. Earl Latham
b. David Truman
c. Peter Odegard
d. Theodore J Lowi
Q. An understanding of group theory relies on illustrations rendered by three schools. They are:
a. Pluralist School, Corporatist School and the New Right School
b. Pluralist School, Functionalist School and Marxist School
c. Pluralist School, Functionalist School and the New Right School
d. Pluralist School, Marxist School and the New Right School
Q. Which school denounced the idea of state as a monolithic entity, on the contraryviewed political power as fragmented and wisely dispersed?
a. Corporatist school
b. The New Right School
c. Marxist School
d. Pluralist School
Q. Which school seeks to identify the interaction between group and state in industrialized society?
a. Corporatist school
b. The New Right School
c. Marxist School
d. Pluralist School
Q. Which school focuses on the preponderance of pressure groups in society?
a. Corporatist school
b. The New Right School
c. Marxist School
d. Pluralist School
Q. Scholars identify three major typologies of pressure groups on the basis of
a. Interest content, organizational form and type of membership
b. Interest content, organizational form and protection
c. Interest content, demands and protection
d. Interest content, demands and type of membership
Q. Which of the following is not included in Olson classification of groups?
a. Small
b. Intermediate
c. Large
d. Anomic
Q. What type of groups is seen to use militant and violent means?
a. Anomic interest groups
b. Non associational groups
c. Institutional interest group
d. Associational interest group
Q. 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?
a. Anomic interest groups
b. Non associational groups
c. Institutional interest group
d. Associational interest group
Q. What type of group operates within the framework of formal institution like politicalparties?
a. Anomic interest groups
b. Non associational groups
c. Institutional interest group
d. Associational interest group
Q. What type of groups have manifested structural base?
a. Anomic interest groups
b. Non associational groups
c. Institutional interest group
d. Associational interest group
Q. A pressure group is :
a. A group formed to protect the interests of members of a group by contesting elections
b. A group of people who tries to capture power with the help of money
c. A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interest of its members by influencing the government policies
d. A military group, which comes to the assistance of the state when the police force is unable to maintain law and order
Q. Which of the following is not an example of associational interest group?
a. Trade unions
b. Ethnic association
c. Businessman
d. Skill groups
Q. Pressure groups differ from political parties in so far as
a. They contest elections
b. They have large membership
c. They pursue broader objectives
d. Their field of operation is very limited
Q. Which of the following is not an example of anomic interest group?
a. Dal Khalsa
b. Naxalite Groups
c. Tamil Sangh
d. Nava Nirman Samithi of Gujarat