Biology Forums - Study Force

The difference between a general-purpose and single-purpose local government is
 
  a. general-purpose local governments are prohibited from providing specific services, such as libraries, butsingle-purpose districts can provide any specific service.
 b. general-purpose local governments provide a wide range of functions whereas single-purpose governmentsperform a specific function.
 c. none. There are no substantive differences; these are just two names for the same type of government.
  d. single-purpose local governments are prohibited from providing a specific services, such as libraries, butgeneral-purpose districts can provide any specific service.

 Q. 2

What did eighteenth-century British writer and legislator Edmund Burke believe?
 
  a. That elected officials should act as trustees for their constituents
  b. That while representatives must pay careful attention to public opinion, they must also maintain theirindependence of thought and action
 c. That a natural aristocracy, made up of the best and brightest, should govern
  d. That the trustee theory of representation worked
  e. All of the above

 Q. 3

Since the 1950s, India has created new states and redrawn state boundaries on the basis of
 
  a. caste.
  b. language.
  c. religion.
  d. ethnicity.
  e. population size.

 Q. 4

In the early days of the United States, communities were idealized as civic republics where citizens
 
  a. seek to build an economically inspired community that is interested in maximizing individual liberty andaccumulating wealth.
 b. view the community as a corporate enterprise that is driven to minimize costs and maximize fee income.
  c. view community government based on the principle of mutual consent, and citizens share fundamental beliefsand participate in public affairs.
 d. view community government based on the principle of laissez-faire economics.

 Q. 5

Which of the following would NOT be considered a demagogue?
 
  a. Huey Long
  b. Joseph McCarthy
  c. Aaron Burr
  d. Franklin Roosevelt
  e. Theodore Bilbo

 Q. 6

Following independence, the Congress Party owed much of its success to a system in which it rewarded its supporters with important governmental posts. This is known as
 
  a. clientelism.
  b. sponsorship.
  c. a party sponsorship system.
  d. an affiliation system.
  e. a patronage system.

 Q. 7

Where judges are elected by popular elections, as well as in merit systems, voters are the ones who hold judges accountable for their decisions.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a

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e

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b

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c

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d

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e

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TRUE

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