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Question
What is a pressure group? Give a few examples.
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Solution
A pressure group is an organisation which attempts to influence government policies through protests and demonstrations. Pressure groups are formed when people with similar opinions get together for similar objectives. Examples of pressure groups are FEDECOR and BAMCEF.
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Which among the following is the special feature that distinguishes a pressure group from a political party?
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?
In most cases the relationship between political parties and interest groups is ____________.
Which one of the following is not true about the pressure groups?
Which of the following is a movement?
Which of the following is an example of moments growing into political parties?
Which of the following can be classified as a type of public interest group?
Which of the following is a pressure group?
FEDCOR is the example of:
The aim of a public interest group is to promote:
Which of the following is not a sectional interest group?
Usually, sectional interest groups seek to promote:
The decision of movements is:
Promotional groups promote:
An organisation that is largely made up of government employees that campaign against caste discrimination to called:
The main objective of the Narmada Bachao Andolan was to:
Business groups often employ:
Which of the following statement is true regarding Feminist Movements?
Read the given extract and answer the following questions.
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Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that mobilized tribal people, farmers, environmentalists, and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river in Gujarat. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water. Recently it has re-focused the aim to enable poor citizens, especially the oustees (displaced people) to get full rehabilitation facilities from the government. People felt that their suffering would not be in vain… accepted the trauma of displacement believing in the promise of irrigated fields and plentiful harvests. So, often the survivors of Rihand told us that they accepted their sufferings as sacrifices for the sake of their nation. But now, after thirty bitter years of being adrift, their livelihood even more precarious, they keep asking: “Are we the only ones chosen to make sacrifices for the nation?” |
- With what objective ‘Sardar Sarovar Dam’ was built?
- Analyse the reason for the protest by the tribal people.
- Highlight the issues on which the ‘Save Narmada Movement’ worked.
