Relationship Between Political Parties and Groups

Q. What is the difference between a pressure group and a political party?

Q. In which year was the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) formed?

1. 1985

Q.

Mewat is one of the most backward areas in Haryana. It used to be a part of two districts, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The people of Mewat felt that the area will get better attention if it were to become a separate district. But political parties were indifferent to this sentiment. The demand for a separate district was raised by Mewat Educational and Social Organisation and Mewat Saksharta Samiti in 1996. Later, Mewat Vikas Sabha was founded in 2000 and carried out a series of public awareness campaigns. This forced both the major parties, Congress and the Indian National Lok Dal, to announce their support for the new district before the assembly elections held in February 2005. The new district came into existence in July 2005.

In this example what is the relationship that you observe among movement, political parties and the government? Can you think of an example that shows a relationship different from this one?

Q. In which year did DMK emerge as a political party?

1. 1949

Q. Asom Gana Parishad was a movement which transformed into a/an _____.

1. NGO
2. lobby group
3. political party
4. communist struggle

Q.

Consider the following statements about pressure groups and parties.

Α. Pressure groups are the organised expression of the interests and views of specific social sections.

Β. Pressure groups take positions on political issues.

C. All pressure groups are political parties.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) A, B and C

(b) A and B

(c) B and C

(d) A and C

Q. Who among the following started the Green Belt Movement to tackle environmental degredation in Kenya?

1. Sunderlal Bahuguna
2. Rachel Carson
3. Albert Schweitzer
4. Wangari Maathai

Q. Consider the following statements about pressure groups and parties.
A. Pressure groups are organised expression of the interests and views of specific social sections.
B. Pressure groups take positions on political issues.
C. All pressure groups are political parties.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

1. A, B, and C
2. A and B
3. B and C
4. A and C

Q. Case 1: 'X' belongs to a political party, 'P', and has extended help to a certain pressure group.

Case 2: 'Y' is a pressure group and wants to transform into a political party.

Which among the following cases do you think is more likely to happen?

1. Case 1
2. Case 2
3. Both Case 1 and Case 2
4. Neither Case 1 nor Case 2

Q. Which of the following statement(s) are true?

1. The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) wanted independence for Assam from India.
2. The Trinamool Chhatra Parishad is the students wing of the All India Trinamool Congress.
3. The Trinamool Congress was founded by a woman.
4. The Asom Gana Parishad lost the Assembly elections of 1985.

Q. In which year did the AIADMK break away from the DMK?

1. 1944
2. 1977
3. 1949
4. 1972

Q. Who among the following was associated with the Jan Lokpal Movement?

1. Arvind Kejriwal
2. Rakesh Gopalan
3. Narendra Modi
4. Smriti Irani

Q. Which among the following statement(s) are incorrect about the Aam Aadmi Party?

1. It was founded by Anna Hazare.
2. It was formed in the November 2012.
3. The first election contested by the party was the Delhi Assembly elections.
4. It contested its first election in 2012.