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Under a cabinet form of government, the cabinet generally remains in office |
For a fixed term
so long as it enjoys the confidence of the popular chamber of legislature
so long as it enjoys the confidence of the head of state
So long as it enjoys the confidence of the electorate
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Which one of the following is an essential prerequisite for constitutionalism? |
Limited government
A written constitution
Guarantee of Fundamental Rights
Division of powers
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| 3 |
The postwar epoch has seen the transformation of the Cabinet government into |
Bureaucratic despotism
One Party dominant rule
The prime ministerial government
Judicial Supremacy
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Constitutional Government " means |
Government according to the Constitution
Government by the consent of the people
Limited government
Representative government
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Constitutional Government " means |
Representative government
Limited government
Government according to the Constitution
Government by the consent of the people
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Which one of the following statements gives a correct definition of a constitution? |
The rules and procedures concerning the relationship among the structures of Government, and their principal powers and unctions
A fundamental statement of laws governing the citizens' political rights the institutions, their functions community
A primary source of constitutional law. which serves as a guide for the decisions of the courts of law which interpret the rules
The ordering of political processes and institutions on the basis of a document that lays down he pattern of formal political institutions an embodies the basic political norms of a society
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Lord Hew art has characterized the power and authority of bureaucracy as: |
Self-aggrandizement
New despotism
elite-rule
Empire building
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Which one of the following groups of features pertain to the bureaucracy but not to the Ministry' as a branch of the executive in a parliamentary? |
Political and permanent
Non-political and non-permanent
Neutral and Permanent
Neutral and non-permanent
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Which one of the following negates the fundamentals principles of bureaucracy? |
Organization of official functions on a continuous rule bound basis
Appropriation of official position by the incumbent
Trained personnel for the conduct of business
Principle of hierarchy
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| 10 |
"Bureaucracy thrives under the cloak of ministerial responsibility." |
U. S. A
France
Germany
England
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Development bureaucracy is different from traditional burearucracy as: |
It is structurally less rigid and behaviorally more flexible
It consists of more specialists, experts than generalists
It ensures uniformity and coordination
It is accountable to a political superior
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Bureaucracy in (he modem state is the form of: |
Traditional authority
Rational-legal authority
Charismatic authority
Political authority
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| 13 |
Who among the following has/have identified rule-making ,, rule application and rule adjudication as three authoritative governmental functions? |
Almond and Coleman
Robert Dahl
Harold Dwight Lasswell
David Easton
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| 14 |
Which one of the following theories considers democracy not a government of the people but as the iron law of oligarchy"? |
The Pluralist
The Marxist
The Elitist
The Idealist
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Limited Government has a close affinity to |
Separation of powers
Judicial supremacy
Two part system
Rule of Law
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Constitutional government stands for: |
Limited government
A government limited by the desires and capacities of those who exercise power
A government runs according to general laws known to the people
A government runs by people's representatives
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According to Max Weber, which one of the following types of authority is the basis of modern bureaucracy? |
Traditional
Charismatic
Legal-Rational
Popular
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| 18 |
A simple three -fold classification off political parties into single party system two part system and multi party system has been made by |
Maurice Duverger
Joseph LaPalombara
Jean Blondel
Alan Ball
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A constitutional government is |
A limited government
A government with a constitution
A government headed by the President
A government headed by the Prime minister
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Why is proportional representation considered advantageous as an electoral system? |
It always produces a clear result
It gives representation to a wide range of interests and parties
It only works well in a two-party system
It only works well in a multi-party system
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