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Which among the following is the special feature that distinguishes a pressure group from a political party?

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  1. Parties take political stances, while pressure groups do not bother about political issues.

  2. Pressure groups are confined to a few people, while parties involve larger number of people.

  3. Pressure groups do not seek to get into power, while political parties do.

  4. Pressure groups do not seek to mobilise people, while parties

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power whereas a pressure group is a group that tries to influence public policy in the interest of a particular case. A pressure group is an informal and unrecognized entity. Pressure group does not contest elections. They do not seek to get into power, while political parties do. The pressure group is not accountable to people.

Explosion of atom bomb has taken place in ____________.

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  1. Hiroshima

  2. Nagasaki

  3. All of the above

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people and tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb.

Which layer of the atmosphere absorbs the harmful rays of the sun?

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  1. Ozone layer

  2. Stratosphere

  3. Mesosphere

  4. Troposphere

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Correct Option: A

Global climate change will affect countries whose population depends largely on ______.

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  1. Fishing

  2. Agriculture

  3. Mining

  4. Lumbering

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Correct Option: B

Where are the headquarters of the Greenpeace organization located?

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  1. Amsterdam

  2. Hague

  3. Rotterdam

  4. Texel

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Correct Option: A

Who became the first qualified black female pilot?

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  1. Paul Robeson

  2. Jesse Owens

  3. Herbert Clark Hoover

  4. Bessie Coleman

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Bessie Coleman was the first qualified black female pilot.
  • Between 1922 to 1925 she flew in shows all shows all over America and raised enough money to set up her own flying school.

Organizations that seeks to promote the interests of a particular section or group ______________.

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  1. Movement

  2. Political parties

  3. Sectional interest groups

  4. Public interest groups

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Usually, interest groups seek to promote the interests of a particular section or group of society. Trade unions, business associations and professional (lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc.) bodies are some examples of this type. They are sectional because they represent a section of society: workers, employees, business persons, industrialists, followers of a religion, caste group, etc. Their principal concern is the betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general. 

Groups which try to influence government policies are known as _______.

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  1. Movements groups

  2. Pressure groups

  3. Sectional groups

  4. Interest groups

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A pressure group is a group of people having a common interest. They put pressure on the government to fulfill their interest and try to influence the policies of the government for that sake. These groups do not contest in the election. Pressure groups do not aim to directly control or share political power.

Who among the following is not resorted to by business groups?

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  1. Employing professional lobbyists

  2. Disrupting public transport system

  3. Sponsor advertisements in newspaper

  4. Submit memorandum of understanding

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Business groups are involved in the activities such as employing people in lobbying for projects, sponsoring advertisements in the newspaper and signing a memorandum of understanding among different stakeholders as mentioned in options A, C, and D. However, option B stating disruption of the public transport system is a non-business, destructive activity with no connection to business groups. 

The majority people in Sri Lanka follow the religion ______________.

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  1. Hinduism

  2. Christianity

  3. Islam

  4. Buddhism

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Buddhism is a major religion in Sri Lanka. As per 2011 Census about 70.2% of people in there follow Buddhism.