Sectional and Public Interest Groups

Q.

Organisations that undertake activities to promote the interests of specific social sections such as workers, employees, teachers, and lawyers are called _____________ groups.

Q. Trade unions are public interest groups that protects the interests of every section of society.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following are the roles of pressure groups?

1. Influence policy
2. Work towards betterment of society
3. Promote corrupt leaders
4. Abandon policies

Q. What does the abbreviation, BAMCEF, stand for?

1. Backward And Minority Communities Employee Federation
2. Benificial And Majority Communities Employee Federation
3. Backward And Minority Communities Employment Fund
4. Backward and Majority Communication Employment Fund

Q. The Bolivian organisation, FEDECOR, is an example of a public interest group.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following group is not a public interest group?

1. Trade union
2. FEDECOR
3. Human rights organisation
4. BAMCEF

Q.

Give one example for each of different forms of power sharing given below?

1. Different social groups
2. workers and industrialists
3. coalition government

Q. Based on the relation derived for pair 1, find the appropriate option for pair 2:
Pair 1:- Sectional interest group: Trade union;
Pair 2:- Public interest group: ____.

1. Farmer association
2. Human rights organisations
3. Caste groups
4. Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation

Q. What is a pressure group? Give a few examples.

Q. Pressure groups can be categorised as:

1. Sectional interest group
2. Gender based group
3. Caste based group
4. Public interest group

Q.

Organisations that undertake activities to promote the interests of specific social sections such as workers, employees, teachers, and lawyers are called _____________ groups.

Q. Organisations that undertake activities to promote the interests of specific social sections such as workers, employees, teachers and lawyers are called ______________ groups.

Q. To which type of groups do AITUC , CITU , Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh belong ?

Q.

Organisations that undertake activities to promote the interestsof specific social sections such as workers, employees, teachers, andlawyers are called _____________ groups.

Q. the relationship between political parties and pressure groups are useful in the functioning of a democratic government

Q. How do pressure groups and interest groups share power in Democracy?

Q.

Match List I (organisations and struggles) with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

	List I		List II
1.	Organisations that seek to promote the interests of a particular section or group	Α.	Movement
2.	Organisations that seek to promote common interest	Β.	Political parties
3.	Struggles launched for the resolution of a social problem with or without an organisational structure	C.	Sectional interest groups
4.	Organisations that mobilise people with a view to win political power	D.	Public interest groups

	1	2	3	4
(a)	C	D	B	A
(b)	C	D	A	B
(c)	D	C	B	A
(d)	B	C	D	A

Q.

Explainhow the activities of pressure groups are useful in the functioningof a democratic government.

Q.

what are the differences between sectional interest groups and public interest groups?

Q.

differentiate between sectional interest groups and public interest groups.

Q.

WHAT ARE SECTIONAL INTEREST GROUPS?

Q.

Give examples of some pressure groups.