This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Misc > General > Miscellenous – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Miscellenous Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Many scientists believe that the first people to settle in North America came directly from A) Asia. B) India. C) Canada. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 2. What is one responsibility that is only for US citizens A) Pay taxes. B) Serve on a jury. C) Enlist in the militrary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serve on a jury. 3. Which plan stated to have the a two house legislation? A) The New Jerresy Plan. B) The Compromise plan. C) The Virgina Plan. D) The New Jersey Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Virgina Plan. 4. There are two ways to become a United States citizen. One is by birth and the other is by ..... A) Naturalization. B) Alienship. C) Immigration. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naturalization. 5. These are two primary ways to become a US citizen. A) Cousins. B) Naturalization. C) Native Born. D) Traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Native Born. 6. Which of the following individuals has NOT obtained US citizenship? A) Davis immigrated to the United States seven years ago and completed the naturalization process. B) Marie was born in Puerto Rico and visits Virginia every year. C) Taylor lived in Japan for 2 years but she still made sure to vote in every election. D) Caitlin is honest and loves American food but failed her naturalization test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caitlin is honest and loves American food but failed her naturalization test. 7. A baby is born outside of the United States, her parents are United States citizens. Is she a United States citizen? A) Yes. B) No. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. Who lived in America when the Europeons arrived A) Native Americans. B) Chinese. C) Africans. D) Koreans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native Americans. 9. Obey the laws, pay taxes, serve as a witness or on a jury A) Right. B) Justice. C) Duty. D) Responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duty. 10. What do you call someone who follows legal steps to become a U.S. citizen? A) A resident alien. B) A lawful permanent resident. C) A naturalized citizen. D) An undocumented immigrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A naturalized citizen. 11. Which country was NOT our enemy during World War II? A) England. B) Japan. C) Germany. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 12. Which groups advise the president? A) His Cabinet. B) Supreme Court Justices. C) Large companies. D) Interest Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His Cabinet. 13. Under the Constitution, all Bills raising revenue must originate in the: A) Senate. B) Oval Office. C) House of Representatives. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) House of Representatives. 14. There are two types of autocracy: A) Monarchy and (2) absolute monarchy. B) Dictatorship and (2) absolute monarchy. C) Dictatorship and (2) monarchy. D) Oligarchy and (2) autocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictatorship and (2) absolute monarchy. 15. How many voting representatives are in the United States House of Representatives? A) 538. B) 435. C) 100. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 435. 16. State of being equal A) Equality. B) Liberty. C) Right. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equality. 17. What is the 'rule of law'? A) Separation of powers. B) Everyone must follow the law. C) Practice of any religion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone must follow the law. 18. What is another term for Republican A) Liberal. B) Communist. C) Conservitive. D) Constitusionalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservitive. 19. Branch of Government who's job it is to enforce the laws A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 20. Which is not a right given to citizens in the 1st Amendment? A) Right to peaceably assemble. B) Freedom of religion. C) Right to bear arms. D) Right to petition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to bear arms. 21. The idea of self government is in three words, what are the words? A) This is dumb. B) I don't know. C) I don't care. D) We the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We the people. 22. In which century was there an increase in immigration that led to a more diverse society? A) 21st. B) 19th. C) 20th. D) 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20th. 23. Which principle best matches the quote? Use the clues. "WE THE PEOPLE of the United States ..... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Preamble to the Constitution, 1787 A) Self Government. B) Federalism. C) Representative Government. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self Government. 24. Who is the current governor of Missouri? A) Jay Nixon. B) Mike Parsons. C) Jason Smith. D) Peter Kinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mike Parsons. 25. What are the first three words of the Constitution that state that the USA is self-governed? A) We the people. B) We Americans. C) We citizens of this great country. D) We and our children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We the people. 26. What is Abraham Lincoln most famous for? A) Saving the country during the Civil War. B) Being a founding father. C) Drafting the Declaration of Independence. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saving the country during the Civil War. 27. What does Ratify mean A) To run. B) To find. C) To accept. D) To refuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To accept. 28. How do minor parties play a "spoiler role" in an election? A) Raising an issue that the major parties do not want to address. B) Taking enough votes away from one of the two major parties to cost its candidate the election. C) Waging "mud slinging" campaigns against both major parties. D) Attracting voter and media attention away from the major party candidates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking enough votes away from one of the two major parties to cost its candidate the election. 29. How many senators are in Congress? A) 50. B) 200. C) 100. D) 435. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 30. Which two documents were written by Thomas Jefferson? A) The Articles of Confederation & the Charters ofthe Virginia Company. B) The Declaration of Independence & the VirginiaDeclaration of Rights. C) The Virginia Declaration of Rights & theArticles of Confederation. D) The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom & the Declaration of Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom & the Declaration of Independence. 31. What can you do to help the common good? A) Help clean a park. B) Play with your toys. C) Read a book. D) Paint your bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help clean a park. 32. Which principle best matches the quote? Use the clues. "The House of Representatives, like that of one branch at least of all the State legislatures, is elected immediately by the great body of the people." James Madison, The Federalist 39 A) Limited Government. B) Representative Government. C) Rule of Law. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative Government. 33. What do we call the first Ten Amendments A) The Bill Of RIghts. B) American Values. C) The U.S. Agenda. D) America's Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bill Of RIghts. 34. Limited by law to certain amount per household A) Draft. B) Immigrant. C) Census. D) Ration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ration. 35. Which state borders Canada? A) New Orleans. B) California. C) Michigan. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michigan. 36. Name 3 original colonies A) California, New York and Washington DC. B) Texas, Arizona and Utah. C) North Carolina, South Carolina and New York. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North Carolina, South Carolina and New York. 37. Which of the following is a responsibility of a US Citizen? A) Practicing religion. B) Serving on a jury. C) Running for office. D) Speaking freely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serving on a jury. 38. In a ..... government, the central and local governments exercise independent powers and cannot abolish each other. A) Oligarchy. B) Federal. C) Confederal. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federal. 39. What is the term for a type of government in which one person possesses unlimited power? A) Socialism. B) Autocracy. C) Democracy. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autocracy. 40. What are the Three unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence? A) Life, Freedom, Pursuit of Happiness. B) Life, Love, Property. C) Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, idk. D) Money, Property, and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life, Freedom, Pursuit of Happiness. 41. What are two cabinet positions A) US Senator & US representative. B) Vice President & Speaker of the House of Representatives. C) Attorney General & Secretary of Defense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attorney General & Secretary of Defense. 42. The study of the rights and duties of citizens A) Law. B) Geography. C) Civics. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civics. 43. This branch reviews the laws of our country. A) Military. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) Legislative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial. 44. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the American colonists? A) Christmas. B) Thanksgiving. C) New Year's Day. D) Memorial Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanksgiving. 45. How many members are in the Oregon State Senate? A) 100. B) 50. C) 20. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 46. Where does our freedom of speech come from? A) 1st amendment. B) 5th amendment. C) 2nd amendment. D) 8th amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st amendment. 47. People fleeing persecution from their home countries A) Refugees. B) Resident aliens. C) Quotas. D) Citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refugees. 48. Which example best demonstrates Donald volunteering for his community? A) Voting in local elections. B) Serving food at the local shelter. C) Working at the local bookstore. D) Driving the posted speed limit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serving food at the local shelter. 49. Who is the Governor of your state right now? A) Mary Fallin. B) Joe Biden. C) Kevin Stitt. D) I have no idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kevin Stitt. 50. The process of becoming a citizen: ..... A) Responsibility. B) Duty. C) Naturalization. D) Civic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturalization. 51. Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship? A) Volunteering in the community. B) Attending civic meetings. C) Paying taxes. D) Voting in elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paying taxes. 52. What is the name of The US President we have now? A) George W. Bush. B) Donald Trump. C) Hillary Clinton. D) Joe Biden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joe Biden. 53. The citizenship exam test the person's: A) Ability to read, write, and speak English. B) Ability to serve in the armed forces. C) Understanding of traffic laws. D) Knowledge of Canadian history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability to read, write, and speak English. 54. What is one requirement in order to become a citizen of the United States? A) Be related to a US citizen. B) Be prepare to join the military. C) Be able to pass a citizenship test. D) Be able to pass a health exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be able to pass a citizenship test. 55. Definition:The people are the source of any and all governmental power. A) Rule of Law. B) Limited Government. C) Representative Government. D) Consent of the Governed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consent of the Governed. 56. What is a freedom from the 1st amendment? A) Freedom of speech. B) Freedom of Press. C) Freedom of Religon. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 57. What will happen if you do not perform an obligation? A) If you drive poorly, your license will be revoked. B) You will face legal consequences (jail or fines). C) You will be denied your citizenship. D) You will write an apology to everybody you inconvenienced by breaking the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You will face legal consequences (jail or fines). 58. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of The constitution, who were the writers of The Federalist Papers? A) James Madison. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) John Jay. D) All the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the other answers are correct. 59. All of the following are required to become a naturalized US Citizen, EXCEPT: A) Speak English. B) Understand American Principles. C) Born in the USA. D) Know US History. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Born in the USA. 60. Tygris just became naturalized in the country of Panthera which gives him citizenship in Panthera as well as his home country of Shere Khan. Tygris now has what? A) Double naturalization. B) Dual rights. C) Dual citizenship. D) Double alien. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dual citizenship. Next →Related QuizzesMisc QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesMiscellenous Quiz 2Miscellenous Quiz 3Miscellenous Quiz 4Miscellenous Quiz 5Miscellenous Quiz 6Miscellenous Quiz 7Miscellenous Quiz 8Miscellenous Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books