Responsive and Transparent government

Q.

Configuration management enables _______ and reproducibility.

Q. The decision making process in a democracy is supposed to be.

1. private
2. transparent
3. ambiguous
4. obscure

Q. Dishonestly persuading someone to act in one's favour by a gift of money or other inducement is known as:

1. Meritocracy
2. Nepotism
3. Bribery
4. Preferential treatment

Q. Which of the following is/are expected characteristic(s) of a democracy?

1. Transparent in functioning
2. Free of corruption
3. Responsive
4. Unaccountable to the citizens

Q. _______ ensures that people are aware of the process followed for taking decisions in a democracy.

1. Transparency
2. Accountability
3. Legitimacy
4. Monarchy

Q. Corruption can happen in which of the following forms?

1. Bribery
2. Tax Evasion
3. Nepotism
4. Ethical political leadership

Q. The Right to Information Act gives which of the following rights to the citizens in India?

1. Right to access information about any public authority
2. Right to know the norms and processes of government's decisions.
3. Right to access information about intelligence and security organisations
4. Right to know about international relations

Q. How does democracy improve the quality of decision making?Explain.

Q. In which way is the quality of decision making improved in democracy?

Q. Which of the following would the citizens have access to as per the RTI Act of 2005?

1. Plans for airstrikes on unfriendly nations
2. Subsidies on food grains
3. New laws being passed in the Parliament
4. Railway Budget for the fiscal year

Q. is the practice of granting favours to family, friends or relatives.

1. Bribing
2. Transparency
3. Responsiveness
4. Nepotism

Q. Which of the following depict instances of a corrupt government?

1. A police official taking a bribe to solve a case
2. The RTO officer giving a license to a person who has gifted them a car
3. The judge passing an impartial judgement
4. A collector stealing some of the government funds

Q. Which of the following is not offered in a democratic regime?

1. Accountability
2. Transparency
3. Access to information
4. Dictatorial laws

Q. 'Right to Information' is not a feature of democracies.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is/are the merits of democracy?

1. Ethical Defence
2. Common Welfare
3. Rule of law
4. All of above

Q. Democratic institutions should be free of corruption.

1. True
2. False

Q. Choose the alternative which can replace the word printed in italic bold without changing the meaning of the sentence.
He was enticed to enter into this deal.

1. teased
2. rebuked
3. tempted
4. attracted

Q. Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Mr. Simon's treatment of his employees is ruthless.

1. Without mercy
2. Liberal
3. Rational
4. Sluggish
5. Rash