Political Literacy:
1. Apart from personal computer, PC also stands for:
(d) politically correct
2. MCP stands for:
(b) male chauvinist pig
3. Democracy comes from a Greek word meaning:
(e) rule by the people
4. A neo-nazi would be considered:
(a) extreme right wing
5. A reactionary:
(b) stubbornly resists political reform
6. A dissident is:
(a) someone who disagrees with a prevailing political ideology
7. A radical:
(e) advocates fundamental political change
8. A suffragette:
(c) was a member of a group of women in the UK who fought for the right to vote in the early 20th century
9. An anarchist:
(a) wants to abolish all forms of government and authority
10. A dictator would most likely be the head of:
(c) a totalitarian regime
11. A liberal:
(c) is broad-minded
12. A xenophobe:
(d) has a strong aversion to foreigners
13. A fascist is:
(a) an ultra-nationalist
14. A zealot is a:
(e) fanatic
15. An egalitarian:
(c) believes that all men are equal and should have equal rights
16. A socialist is:
(c) left wing
17. A feminist:
(c) believes that women should have exactly the same rights and opportunities as men
18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a demagogue:
(b) he is apathetic
19. Which one of the following is not typical of a right winger:
(e) he favours heavy taxation of the rich
20. A left winger:
(c) favours state intervention to rectify inequalities in wealth
21. A moderate:
(d) supports the establishment
22. A referendum:
(b) a direct vote by all the people on an important political question
23. Nepotism is the favouring of:
(c) relatives
24. In a meritocracy, the criterion for advancement is:
(b) ability
25. Autocracy is:
(d) rule by one person with unlimited power
26. A monarchy is a state:
(a) ruled by a king or queen
27. Which of the following is colonialism least likely to be a product of:
(d) republicanism
28. Hegemony means:
(b) leadership or influence of one state over a group of others
29. Which of the following is the Longman Dictionary definition of terrorism:
(b) the use of fear (through intimidation) to subjugate an opponent
30. A secular state:
(e) Is not based on or controlled by a particular religion
31. A coup d’etat is:
(a) the sudden, usually violent, seizure of state power by a small group
32. An act of subversion is an attempt to:
(a) change the political constitution of a country
33. Brinkmanship is:
(c) the political strategy of pushing a dangerous state of affairs to the limit of safety
34. Propaganda is:
(d) the systematic, widespread dissemination of (often distorted or biased) information to further a particular cause
35. Another term for affirmative action is:
(a) positive discrimination
36. Protocol is:
(c) officially prescribed behaviour governing diplomatic relations
37. Diplomatic immunity is:
(d) the right of a foreign diplomat to be exempt from prosecution under local law
38. Sectarian strife is:
(a) conflict between religious groups
39. A manifesto is:
(d) a public statement of the intentions and policies of a political party
40. The constitution of a country is:
(b) the body of laws and principles according to which it is governed
41. Hustings are:
(a) the rounds of speeches that occur prior to an election
42. Two parties might agree to form a coalition government when:
(a) neither has an absolute majority
43. An ideology is:
(d) the specific doctrines upon which a political, social or economic system is based
44. Which of the following principles is advocated by Communism:
(c) from each according to his ability, to each according to his need
45. The Communist Manifesto ends with the words:
(d) workers of the world unite!
46. According to Karl Marx, what is ‘the opium of the masses’?
(c) religion
47. Which two of the following were the main architects of the Russian Revolution:
(d) Lenin and Trotsky
48. The two main political parties in America are:
(e) Democrat and Republican
49. Which of the following comprise the three branches of government created by the American constitution in 1787:
(a) the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary
50. The above three branches are represented by:
(c) the president, the congress, and the supreme court
51. Congress is made up of:
(d) The House of Representatives and the Senate
52. A federal system:
(c) devolves considerable powers from the center or capital to subordinate but highly autonomous components (such as states)
53. This is a portrait of the first president of the United States. His name is:
(b) George Washington
54. This American president is famous for delivering The Gettysburg Address. His name is:
(d) Abraham Lincoln
55. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the U.S.A. from:
(c) France
56. The United Kingdom is not:
(d) a presidential system
57. The House of Lords does not include:
(e) shadow ministers
58. An MP represents the members of his/her:
(d) constituency
59. A bill is:
(b) a draft of prospective legislation
60. The cabinet is a committee of:
(d) senior government ministers heading the major departments of state chosen by the prime minister
61. The two main political parties in the UK are:
(b) Labour and Conservative
62. The job of the chief whip is to:
(b) ensure that all government MPs vote the same way on key issues
63. Backbenchers are:
(e) members of parliament who do not hold ministerial office
64. The concept of a loyal opposition is that:
(a) political opposition should be critically constructive for the good of the country and not deliberately obstructive for the sake of political rivalry
65. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain:
(d) delivers the annual budget speech to Parliament
66. The United Nations was formed in:
(a) 1945
67. The predecessor of the United Nations was:
(e) The League of Nations
68. The five permanent members of the Security Council are:
(b) France, the U.K., Russia, the U.S., and China
69. The right to block a proposed Security Council resolution is called the power of:
(d) veto
70. Which famous work written by Thomas More in 1516 describes his idea of an ideal society living on a South Pacific island?
(a) Utopia
71. This is a bust of Plato who is commonly held to have written one of the first treatise on politics called:
(c) Republic
72. Which of the following was not his country’s leader in WW2:
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
73. Nelson Mendela is most famous for his fight against which one of the following evils that existed in his country:
(a) apartheid
74. Ho Chih Minh successfully led his country in its conflicts with both:
(c) France and South Vietnam
75. Pol Pot led:
(d) the Khmer Rouge
76. The rallying cry of the French Revolution was:
(b) liberty, equality and brotherhood
77. GRC stands for:
(d) Group Representative Constituency
78. PAP stands for:
(b) People’s Action Party
79. Which of the following describes the governmental system of Singapore:
(b) a representative democracy
80. The first elected President of Singapore was:
(c) Ong Teng Cheong
81. Singapore gained independence in:
(e) 1965
82. ISA stands for:
(a) Internal Security Act
83. S Cubed stands for:
(a) Security, Survival, Success
84. None of the five stars on the Singapore flag represents:
(e) unity
85. This is the flag of:
(b) Germany
86. This is the flag of:
(a) France (It’s actually RUSSIA)
87. This is the flag of:
(c) Malaysia
88. This political leader is:
(d) De Gaulle (The picture is missing)
89. This political leader is:
(d) F. D. Roosevelt
90. This political leader is:
(b) Stalin
91. This political leader is:
(d) Mao Zedong
92. This political leader is:
(e) Churchill
93. This political leader is:
(b) Hitler
94. This political leader is:
(e) Mussolini
95. This famous building is:
(a) The White House
96. This famous building is:
(c) The Great Hall of the People
97. This famous building is:
(b) The Kremlin
98. This famous building is:
(e) The Houses of Parliament
99. This famous building is:
(a) The United Nations Building
100. This political cartoon satirizes:
(c) Fidel Castro
