DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (Public Administration) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Explain the features of American Presidential form of
government.
2. Write a note on written constitution.
3. Explain the role of customs and conventions in the
British Constitution.
4. Write a note on Administrative Courts in France.
5. Explain the structure and functions of American Senate.
6. Explain the system of checks and balances in the
American Constitution.
7. Write a note on Doctrine of Rule of law of the British
Constitutional System.
8. Describe the judicial system followed in Switzerland.
Sub. Code
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DE-2363
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SP 5
PART B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain the powers and functions of British Prime
Minister.
10. Describe the basic features of American Presidential form
of Government.
11. Explain the salient features of the Constitution of the
Fifth French Republic.
12. Describe the structure, functions and powers of the
Federal Council of Switzerland.
13. Explain the Federal Court System of America.
14. Explain the different instruments of direct democracy
and its working in Switzerland.
15. Bring out the role of pressure groups in American
politics.