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Politics - General Quiz
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General political knowledge spans the broad landscape of political concepts, institutions, events, and figures that shape governance and public life around the world. It includes u...
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All 20 questions in this Politics - General quiz
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What is 'congressional oversight'?
- A. Congress controlling the military
- B. Congress reviewing Supreme Court decisions
- C. Congress monitoring the executive branch
- D. Congress making laws
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Which philosopher wrote 'Two Treatises of Government' arguing for natural rights?
- A. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- B. Thomas Hobbes
- C. John Locke
- D. Immanuel Kant
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What is 'ministerial responsibility'?
- A. Ministers being appointed by courts
- B. Ministers serving the military
- C. Ministers elected by citizens
- D. Ministers answering to parliament for their departments
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Which African country has the oldest multi-party democracy on the continent?
- A. Ghana
- B. Botswana
- C. South Africa
- D. Nigeria
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Which French leader was known as 'The Little Corporal'?
- A. Charles de Gaulle
- B. Cardinal Richelieu
- C. Louis XIV
- D. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Which Soviet leader is associated with the policy of 'Glasnost'?
- A. Mikhail Gorbachev
- B. Leonid Brezhnev
- C. Joseph Stalin
- D. Nikita Khrushchev
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What is the US government's main source of revenue?
- A. Property taxes
- B. Individual income taxes
- C. Corporate taxes
- D. Trade tariffs
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Which body is the lower house of the Indian Parliament?
- A. Lok Sabha
- B. State Assembly
- C. Rajya Sabha
- D. Supreme Council
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What is the term for a government by a small elite group?
- A. Theocracy
- B. Democracy
- C. Monarchy
- D. Oligarchy
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What is a 'recall election'?
- A. A general election
- B. A by-election
- C. A recount of votes
- D. A vote to remove an elected official before their term ends
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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the US presidency?
- A. 300
- B. 269
- C. 270
- D. 271
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Which country has a 'Grand National Assembly' as its parliament?
- A. Saudi Arabia
- B. Turkey
- C. Iran
- D. Egypt
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What does 'sovereignty' mean in international relations?
- A. Military power
- B. A state's authority to govern itself
- C. Economic independence
- D. Cultural identity
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Which leader was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
- A. Trygve Lie
- B. Kurt Waldheim
- C. U Thant
- D. Dag Hammarskjld
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Which country withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017 and rejoined in 2021?
- A. USA
- B. China
- C. Brazil
- D. Russia
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What does the Logan Act prohibit?
- A. Foreign campaign donations
- B. Foreign lobbying
- C. Protest outside embassies
- D. Unauthorized citizens negotiating with foreign governments
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Who wrote 'The Prince', an early work on political power?
- A. Voltaire
- B. Rousseau
- C. Machiavelli
- D. Hobbes
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Which branch of US government has the power to declare war?
- A. Legislative
- B. Military
- C. Executive
- D. Judicial
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What was 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland in 1972?
- A. An IRA attack on Parliament
- B. A bombing in Belfast
- C. British soldiers killed Irish protesters in Derry
- D. The start of the Troubles
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Which country's parliament meets in the Althing, the world's oldest parliament?
- A. Iceland
- B. Sweden
- C. Norway
- D. Denmark