LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
HT 2105 – SELECT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD
Date : 23-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
PART – A (10×2=20 marks)
Answer any TEN of the following not exceeding TEN lines each:
- Senatorial Courtesy.
- The Chairman of Plural Executive
- Initiative
- Plebiscite
- Federal Council.
- Absolute Veto Power.
- Universal Adult Franchise
- Unitary State
- No-Confidence Motion.
- Double Party System
- Parliamentary Type of Government
- Napoleonic Code.
PART – B (4X10=40 Marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following not exceeding ONE PAGE each:
- Write a short note on functions of Prime Minister of UK.
- Explain the customs, conventions and usages in UK.
- What are the salient features of the French Constitution?
- Narrate the significance of Federalism and its important doctrines.
- Define Direct Democracy and point out its significance.
- Write a short note on ‘Unitary State.’
PART – C (2X20=40 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following not exceeding FOUR PAGES each:
- Discuss the powers and functions of the President of USA.
- Evaluate the powers and functions of the British Parliament
- Examine the functions of Plural Executive of Switzerland.
- Explain the functions of Presidential-cum-Parliamentary type of Government in France.
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