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AS Politics Unit 2 - The PM and cabinet
AS Politics Unit 2 - The PM and cabinet
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Pm and Cabinet (The Executive)
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1
Who was the last PM since Wilson to retire voluntarily?
Blair
Thatcher
Brown
Major
2
Which of these countries did Tony Blair NOT commit British troops to?
Syria
Kosovo
Afghanistan
Iraq
3
Which of these issues was the largest cause of splitting the post-Thatcher Conservative party?
membership of the EU
Nelson Mandela
The first Iraq War
The 1994 World Cup
4
What has Tony Blair's style of leadership often been described as?
Sofa politics
Toilet politics
Kitchen politics
Dinner-table politics
5
Which PM was removed by a vote of no confidence from parliament in 1979?
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Dennis Healy
Ted Heath
6
approximately, how many people are in the government?
140
100
80
120
7
Which of these ministers resigned over Argentina's invasion of the Falkland islands in 1982?
David Laws
Chris Huhne
Lord Carrington
John Redwood
8
Which of these PMs might be described as 'Presidential'?
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
9
On what basis does the PM conduct much much of government business?
Quadlateral
Unilateral
Bilateral
trilateral
10
Which of these Conservative PMs was undermined by eurosceptic factions within their party?
Ted Heath
David Cameron
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
11
Which British PM dominated the cabinet, leading to 'prime ministerial government'?
Harold Wilson
Harold Macmillan
James Callaghan
Ted Heath
12
Which of these best describes a cabinet which represents all shades of opinion with the party?
Balanced
Progressive
All-encompassing
Kitchen
13
Which of these are NOT functions of the cabinet?
Presenting a united government
Resolving conflict between ministers
Improving speed of decision-making
Enforcing party discipline
14
Which of these describes when leaders separate themselves from the rest of government?
Distance leadership
Spatial leadership
Presidential leadership
Separate leadership
15
Which of these describes a coalition between a large number of parties?
National
Majority
Rainbow
Grand
16
Which of these theories argues that forces against a PM increase when they become presidential?
Equalising theory
Constraint theory
Elastic theory
Bounce theory
17
Which of these led to Thatcher's downfall in 1990?
Falklands War
Poll Tax
1990 world cup
Iraq War
18
Which of these help the PM to improve their media image?
Spin doctors
Media doctors
Image doctors
TV doctors
19
Which of these ministers resigned from cabinet in March 2016 over cuts to disability benefits?
Philip Hammond
Boris Johnson
Ian Duncan Smith
Michael Gove
20
Who was moved from defence secretary to foreign secretary in 2014?
Teresa May
William Hague
Michael Fallon
Philip Hammond
21
Which of these best describes an organization that performs research to inform the PM?
Think Tank
Research Club
Focus team
Policy group
22
What are the powers that the PM enjoys that are in theory the powers of the monarch?
Prerogative powers
Regal powers
Super powers
King powers
23
Which of these Labour cabinet ministers resigned over policy in Iraq?
Edwina Currie
Ed Miliband
Tony Benn
Clare Short
24
How many people are in the cabinet?
32
52
42
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25
Which of these resigned after they were found to have held unauthorised meetings with Israeli ministers?
Ed Balls
Liam Fox
Priti Patel
John Redwood
26
What are small groups of cabinet minsters who meet to discuss policy known as?
cabinet groups
cabinet gangs
cabinet clubs
cabinet committees
27
Which of these is not a function of the PM?
Chief policy maker
Manager of the budget
Leader of parliament
Commander-in-chief of the armed forces