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Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The professional lobbyists or expansive advertisements are usually employed by ______________.

  1. Environmentalists

  2. Educationalists

  3. Women associations

  4. Business group
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Business groups often employ professional lobbyists or sponsor expensive advertisements. Some persons from pressure groups or movement groups may participate in official bodies and committees that offer advice to the government.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

Identify the option whose decision making is flexible and informal.

  1. Interest group

  2. Movement

  3. Political party

  4. Pressure group
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Social Movements are organised group of people having common purpose and work toward a common goal. Social movement are organised or sometimes informal who launch their mode of work toward bringing a social change. 

A movement of people is always a collective action, it may either work toward bringing a change or resisting a change and they may be organised or non organised having different modes to achieve their aim. movements have a loose organisation. 
Their decision making is more informal and flexible. They depend much more on spontaneous mass participation.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

One of the example of an environmentalist movement is _______________.

  1. Chipko movement

  2. Fertilizer dealers' association

  3. Women's movement

  4. Movement for right to information
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chipko movement is an environmentalist movement started in 1970s to protect the forests and trees being cut down. The people used to hug trees in a non violent fashion to show their protest. Thi moverment was a great success in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The term "loose organization" is used for ____________.

  1. Interest group

  2. Movement

  3. Promotional group

  4. Political party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Social Movements are organised group of people having common purpose and work toward a common goal. Social movement are organised or sometimes informal who launch their mode of work toward bringing a social change. A movement of people is always a collective action, it may either work toward bringing a change or resisting a change and they may be organised or non organised having different modes to achieve their aim. The loose organisation of movement allow mass participation and informal decision making.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The option which depends on spontaneous mass participation is ______________.

  1. Political parties

  2. Interest groups

  3. Movements

  4. Non government organisations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Social Movements are organised group of people having common purpose and work toward a common goal. Social movement are organised or sometimes informal who launch their mode of work toward bringing a social change. A movement of people is always a collective action, it may either work toward bringing a change or resisting a change and they may be organised or non organised having different modes to achieve their aim. The loose organisation of movement allow mass participation and informal decision making.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The basic difference between the movement in Nepal and Bolivia was ________________.

  1. Participation of people

  2. Nature of struggle

  3. One was led by the political parties and other by the people

  4. One was against King and other was against political party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

These two stories are from very different contexts. The movement in Nepal was to establish democracy, while the struggle in Bolivia involved claims on an elected, democratic government. The popular struggle in Bolivia was about one specific policy, while the struggle in Nepal was about the foundations of the country’s politics. Both these struggles were successful but their impact was at different levels.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

Inspite of differences of views political parties and pressure groups work together because of _________________.

  1. Financial dependency

  2. Political requirements

  3. Dialogues and negotiations

  4. Regional imbalances
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pressure groups are organisations that attempt to influence government policies. But unlike political parties, pressure groups do not aim to directly control or share political power. These organisations are formed when people with common occupation, interest, aspirations or opinions come together in order to achieve a common objective. There is always some direct or indirect relationship of political parties and relation groups to reach a conclusion of particular demand made or interest raised for which dialogues and negotiations are the methods applied so as communication formally can take place.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The leader of Solidarity Movement in Poland was _____________.

  1. Lech Walesa

  2. Lee-Haund

  3. George Walecha

  4. Pinochet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The leader of Solidarity Movement in Poland was Lech Walesa. He was the second President of Poland. He is a retired politician, labor activist and also got awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

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

  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 mobilize people, while parties do
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • A pressure group is an organized or an unorganized body that seeks to promote its interests while a political party seeks to attain political power by contesting elections.
  • Pressure groups are formed by the people of common interests, occupations and opinions while political parties are forced on the basic of ideology and vision.
  •  A pressure group represents their own single interests while political parties represents various interests.

 

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

People's organizations which undertakes activities to promote their interest to their view point are  ________________.

  1. Interest groups

  2. Pressure groups

  3. Sectional interest groups

  4. Peoples movement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
There are many indirect ways in which people can get governments to listen to their demands or their points of view. They could do so by forming an organisation and undertaking activities to promote their interests or their viewpoints. These are called interest groups. Sometimes people decide to act together without forming organisations. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the groups do not adhere to the said definition and do not promote general interest, but specific, hence, incorrect.