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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who does the N.U.T represent?
Nurses
Teachers
doctors
lawyers
- 2. Multiple Choice
When was the Miner's Strike?
1980-1981
1998-1999
1977-1978
1984-1985
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who does the BMA represent?
Doctors
Nurses
Businessmen
Lawyers
Teachers
- 4. Multiple Choice
What issue was successfully brought onto the political agenda by pressure groups during the late 1980s by clever use of the media?
Drink driving
the rights of fathers
nuclear weapons
the environment
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a pressure group that was an insider group in the 1970s but an outside group in the 1980s?
The Adam Smith Institute
Nation Union of Miners
The Confederation of British Industry
The Viewers and Listeners Association
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which pressure group was involved in the Brent Spa protest in 1995?
Worldwide Fund for Nature
Greenpeace
Friends of the Earth
Earth First
- 7. Multiple Choice
What name do we give to pressure groups which are close to the government and which are consulted on a regular basis?
Insider
Causal
Sectional
Outsider
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the Snowdrop Campaign aiming to ban?
Nuclear weapons
Handguns
Fox hunting
The death penalty
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why have the courts been used increasingly in recent years by pressure groups?
British membership of the EU has meant that the UK is bound by Europe wide legislation enforceable by the courts.
The increased membership of pressure groups means that they can afford to pay the legal bills.
Pressure groups believe that appearing in court is a good way of raising the profile of their issue.
Other methods, such as protest marches, petitions and direct action have been less effective in recent years.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What name do we give to pressure groups which represent a certain section of society such as teachers, nurses, students, lawyers, usually because of self interest?
Insider
Causal
Sectional
Outsider
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which type of pressure group is Fathers For Justice more likely to be?
Insider
Outsider
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was 'Swampy' protesting against in the 1990s?
Nuclear Weapons
Fox hunting
Road building
Global warming
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which protest march attracted a claimed attendance of 2 million people in 2003.
March Against the Poll Tax
March Against the Falklands War
March against Nuclear Weapons
March Against the Iraq War
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which type of pressure group is the League Against Cruel Sports more likely to be?
Sectional
Causal
- 15. Multiple Choice
What tactic ultimately lead to the abandonment of the Poll Tax (Community Charge)?
Civil Disobedience
Protest march
Strikes
Publicity stunts
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups is an insider group because they are part of the state apparatus?
BMA
The Police Federation
NFU
Unlock Democracy
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the Countryside Alliance campaign on?
The issue of Europe
Rights for fathers
Closing village post offices
The right to hunt foxes
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are an insider group?
CND
Stop the War Coalition
NFU
Earth First
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is a lobbyist?
A protester who is willing to use direct action in order to achieve their objective.
A pressure group worker whose job it is to raise funds for a pressure group so that it can achieve its objective.
A journalist who has special access to MPs and is know as a lobby correspondent.
Usually a former MP or political insider who sell his expertise to pressure groups to help their campaign.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What tactics did the anti-road protesters of the 1990s use to achieve their objectives?
Petitions
Protest marches
Direct Action
Writing to MPs
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are not allowed by law to strike?
Fire service
Nurses
Policemen
Railway workers
- 22. Multiple Choice
What name do we give to pressure groups which are not close to the government and which are not consulted on a regular basis?
Causal
Outsider
Sectional
Insider
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