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2811Political ScienceMedium

Congress split into: ________?

AThree groups

BMulti groups

CTwo groups

DFour groups

Correct answer

C. Two groups

Explanation

The correct answer is Two groups.

2812Political ScienceMedium

In parliamentary democracy, president is a/an ________ sovereign.

ANone of these

BActual

CTitular

Dde-facto

Correct answer

C. Titular

Explanation

In a parliamentary democracy, the president is typically a ceremonial figurehead with no real executive power, making them a titular (symbolic) sovereign. The actual power lies with the prime minister and parliament. De-facto implies actual power, which is not the case here.

2813Political ScienceMedium

Under the President government:

AThe legislature can be dissolved by the President with the consent of the judiciary

BThe legislature can oust the President by a vote of no confidence

CNeither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term

DThe executive head can dissolved the legislature before its normal term

Correct answer

C. Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term

Explanation

The correct answer is Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term.

2814Political ScienceMedium

The Social Contract theory holds ________?

AState was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

BState is the result of slow process of evolution

CState was created through a contract concluded in the sixteenth century

DMan is a social animal and cannot live outside the society

Correct answer

A. State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

Explanation

The correct answer is State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society.

2815Political ScienceMedium

The Russian revolution of 1917 was: ________?

ANone of them

BBolsheviks of Russia

CBrought by socialist party of Russia

DUnited left front of Russia

Correct answer

C. Brought by socialist party of Russia

Explanation

The correct answer is Brought by socialist party of Russia.

2816Political ScienceMedium

Those who view development not in purely economic terms but in socio cultural matrix attribute the development to: ________?

AStandards of education and health

BThe legal system

CThe form of government

DAll the above

Correct answer

D. All the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All the above.

2817Political ScienceMedium

The Communist Manifesto describes the state as:

AAn executive committee of various sections of society

BAn executive committee of elites

CAn executive committee of the workers

DAn executive committee of the bourgeois

Correct answer

D. An executive committee of the bourgeois

Explanation

The correct answer is An executive committee of the bourgeois.

2818Political ScienceMedium

Who of the following was the first systemtic thinker about doctrine of sovereignty?

AAustin

BLaski

CBodin

DHobbes

EGrotius

Correct answer

C. Bodin

Explanation

The correct answer is Bodin.

2819Political ScienceMedium

In Pakistan the legal sovereignty lies in the ________?

APresident

BParliament

CElectorate

DSupreme Court

Correct answer

B. Parliament

Explanation

The correct answer is Parliament.

2820Political ScienceMedium

The democracy can function successfully in a country:

AWhich is big in size and population

BWhich has hot climate

CWhich is big in size

DWhich is small in size and population

Correct answer

D. Which is small in size and population

Explanation

The correct answer is Which is small in size and population.

In parliamentary democracy, president is a/an ________ sovereign.

ANone of these

BActual

CTitular

Dde-facto

Correct answer

C. Titular

Explanation

Under the President government:

AThe legislature can be dissolved by the President with the consent of the judiciary

BThe legislature can oust the President by a vote of no confidence

CNeither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term

DThe executive head can dissolved the legislature before its normal term

Correct answer

C. Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term

Explanation

The correct answer is Neither the executive can dissolve the legislature nor the legislature can remove the executive before its term.

The Social Contract theory holds ________?

AState was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

BState is the result of slow process of evolution

CState was created through a contract concluded in the sixteenth century

DMan is a social animal and cannot live outside the society

Correct answer

A. State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society

Explanation

The correct answer is State was created as a result of contract concluded by the people living in the pre-civil society.