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UPSC 1997 · Q28 · Indian Polity › Elections & Electoral Reforms · Save

Proportional representation is NOT necessary in a country where

(a) there are no reserved constituencies
(b) a two-party system has developed
(c) the first-past-the-post system prevails
(d) there is a fusion of Presidential and Parliamentary forms of governments
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Answer: (b) a two-party system has developed
UPSC 1997 · Q49 · Indian Polity › Elections & Electoral Reforms · Save

State Funding of elections takes place in

(a) USA and Canada
(b) Britain and Switzerland
(c) France and Italy
(d) Germany and Austria
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Answer: (d) Germany and Austria
UPSC 1997 · Q78 · Indian Polity › Elections & Electoral Reforms · Save

In which one of the following countries are 75 per cent of seats in both Houses of Parliament filled on the basis of first-past-the-post system and 25 per cent on the basis of Proportional Representation system of elections?

(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Russia
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Answer: (b) Italy
UPSC 1997 · Q96 · Indian Polity › Elections & Electoral Reforms · Save

The Dinesh Goswami Committee recommended

(a) the constitution of state level election commissions
(b) List System of election to the Lok Sabha
(c) governmental funding of parliamentary elections
(d) a ban on the candidature of independent candidates in the parliamentary elections
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Answer: (c) governmental funding of parliamentary elections