This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 113 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 113 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What party system does the United States have? A) Two-party system. B) One-party system. C) Three-party system. D) All-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two-party system. 2. Who is called the "father of his country" ? A) George Washington. B) Ronald Reagan. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Washington. 3. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 1998 as the leader of: A) United Progressive Alliance. B) National Democratic Alliance. C) Left Front. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Democratic Alliance. 4. What is a manifesto? A) Document of political policies a party is judged on. B) Legitimate authority to carry out policies. C) Illegitimate authority to carry out policies. D) The formal name of the Italian parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Document of political policies a party is judged on. 5. One role of the media is that is stands guard and decides what information passes through to the people. In other words the media is used as a A) Social Media. B) Commercial. C) Bias group. D) Gatekeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gatekeeper. 6. Producing and distributing campaign stickers, yard signs, and social media posts would be considered which function of parties? A) Informing and activating the public. B) Nominating a candidate. C) Acting as a watchdog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informing and activating the public. 7. Liberals tend to be a part of which party? A) Republicans. B) Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democrats. 8. An organized effort to influence the policy process by persuading public officials to favor or oppose action on a specific issue A) Lobbying. B) Interest group. C) Platform. D) Political action committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lobbying. 9. Which factors have social scientists argued exert the strongest influence on public socialization? A) Family & media. B) School & media. C) Family & school. D) Myspace and msn messenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family & school. 10. Based on this graph, which statement is most accurate? A) The number of college and non-college educated voters increased between 1972 and 2004. B) The percentage of voter turnout remained the same for both groups between 1972 and 2004. C) The number of registered voters in both groups declined each year in all elections. D) The college-educated voters were most likely to vote than were non-college educated voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The college-educated voters were most likely to vote than were non-college educated voters. 11. Which party won a majority in the 2019 general election? A) The Greens. B) The Liberal Democrats. C) The Conservative Party. D) The Labour Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Conservative Party. 12. In a two party system of government, all of the following are true EXCEPT: A) Forms a stable government. B) Policy change is incremental. C) Proportional representation is present. D) Government is limited with civil and political rights being protected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proportional representation is present. 13. A candidate decides to highlight failures about his opponent. This is an example of: A) Stacking the deck. B) Negative or Attack Ads. C) Testimonial/Endorsement. D) Glittering generalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative or Attack Ads. 14. Peers influence a student's political ideology. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Individual part of the platform is called a A) Park. B) Plant. C) Plank. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plank. 16. The organization of Democrats within the House and Senate that meets to discuss and debate the party's positions on various issues in order to reach a consensus and to assign leadership positions. A) 527 organization. B) Political system. C) Conference. D) Caucus(congressional). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caucus(congressional). 17. Thomas Jefferson served as President Washington's ..... A) Vice President. B) Secretary of the Treasury. C) Secretary of State. D) Attorney General. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretary of State. 18. Which is the best argument for abolishing the Electoral College? A) Too complex to understand. B) States all have equal say with this method. C) The popular vote of Americans does not always match the electoral college vote. D) Small states should have candidates visit their state too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The popular vote of Americans does not always match the electoral college vote. 19. A local or state political party largely supported by another organization in the community A) Sponsored Party. B) Community Party. C) Block Party. D) Local Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sponsored Party. 20. At the national convention, delegates choose the party's candidates for President and Vice President. Delegates are chosen through Presidential Primary Elections. In some states they are chosen in a ....., or special meeting which people must publically declare who they are voting for. A) Secret vote. B) Public debate. C) Straw poll. D) Caucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caucus. 21. Run public schools A) Federal. B) State. C) Concurrent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State. 22. A third party candidate has never won the presidency. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. President Obama was historic in his 2010 political agenda by passing a bill to reform ..... A) Immigration. B) Health care. C) Civil rights. D) Social Security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Health care. 24. What is plurality in an election referring to? A) The excess of votes received by the leading candidate. B) A majority of the votes in an election. C) Ranking system of candidates from 1-4. D) A runoff election between the two top vote getters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The excess of votes received by the leading candidate. 25. Which political party wanted to keep the US alliance with France? A) Democratic Republicans. B) Federalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic Republicans. 26. CE. 5c Identify candidates, emphasize the issues, write editorials, political cartoons, op-ed pieces, broadcast different points of view ..... these are all ..... A) Stated in a party's platform. B) Functions of political parties. C) Mass media roles in elections. D) Similarities in political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass media roles in elections. 27. Public policy is an attempt by government to address a public issue or concern. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. A representative elected to the Lok Sabha is called a ..... A) Member of Legislative Assembly. B) Member of Parliament. C) Member of Lok Sabha. D) Member of Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Member of Parliament. 29. Which of the following is a Constitutional requirement to run for Congress in the United States? A) At least 30 years of age. B) U.S. permanent resident. C) U.S. citizen. D) At least 25 years of age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) U.S. citizen. 30. How do lobbyists help government officials to function more effectively? A) By providing information on public issues. B) By setting the public agenda. C) By funding public election campaigns. D) By selecting candidates for public office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing information on public issues. 31. Creates alliances in the government A) Candidate. B) Third Party. C) Partisanship. D) Political Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Partisanship. 32. True/False:Political party agendas/ideology are set in stone and do not shift over time. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. Which of the following is true about the Republican Party? A) The believe in higher taxes and bigger government. B) They usually when west coast states like California. C) They believe in lower taxes to help businesses to create jobs. D) They are considered liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They believe in lower taxes to help businesses to create jobs. 34. Alexander Hamilton and John Adams were the leaders for which party? A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 35. Which of these people could NOT become president? A) Someone who was born in Colorado. B) Someone who was born in New Jersey. C) Someone who was born in California. D) Someone who was born in Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who was born in Canada. 36. The Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that money is ..... A) Corruption. B) Speech. C) PACs. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech. 37. Identify the party system:Several parties compete for power and more than two parties have a reasonable chance of coming to power. A) Bi party system. B) Multi party system. C) One party system. D) Coalition government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multi party system. 38. Southerners who didn't like civil rights reforms A) Ross Perot & the Reform Party. B) Ralph Nader & the Green Party. C) Bull Moose Party. D) Dixiecrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dixiecrats. 39. Which of the following is true about proportional representation? A) It tends to encourage multi-party systems. B) It is the system currently used in American elections. C) It gives all available seats to the winner of the most votes. D) It tends to encourage two-party systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It tends to encourage multi-party systems. 40. When was NCP formed A) 1997. B) 1995. C) 1999. D) 1998. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1999. 41. What are the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. Democratic-Republicans supported states' rights over a Strong Central Government. A) Strong Central Government. B) Reserved Federal Powers. C) States' Rights. D) Implied Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) States' Rights. 42. Competing groups A) Precinct. B) Ward. C) Factions. D) Coalition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factions. 43. Which of these is a way of nominating candidates? A) Petition. B) Convention. C) Self Announcement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do to the Missouri Compromise? A) It reinforced the Missouri Compromise. B) It amended the Missouri Compromise to include more states. C) It repealed the Missouri Compromise. D) It had no effect on the Missouri Compromise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It repealed the Missouri Compromise. 45. Political parties compete with one another by ..... A) Making more campaign stops. B) Making more speeches. C) Promising to not raise taxes. D) Winning more elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winning more elections. 46. Types of Third Parties A) Ideological, Single Issue, Economic Protest, Splinter. B) Right, Wrong, Left, Right. C) Freedom, Unreasonable, Closed. D) Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideological, Single Issue, Economic Protest, Splinter. 47. John F. Kennedy was known as a A) Conservative. B) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberal. 48. H e was not a part of the group that formed the PLP A) Cyril Stenson. B) Lynden Pindling. C) William Cartwright. D) Henry Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lynden Pindling. 49. Which two parties have been going strong for 150 years or more? A) Whigs and Tories. B) Federalists and Anti-Federalists. C) Democratic-Republicans and Democrats. D) Republicans and Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republicans and Democrats. 50. Which of the following describes the ruling in Shaw v. Reno (1993)? A) The Voting Rights Act was ruled unconstitutional. B) Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional. C) The poll tax was eliminated. D) It was decided that congressional districts needed to be equal in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional. 51. True or FalseThomas Jefferson led the Federalists. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. According to the Twenty-sixth amendment, who can vote? A) 18 year olds. B) High school students. C) People of any race. D) Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18 year olds. 53. All of the following are trends in public opinion and political behavior in the last 50 years except A) A decline in party competition in the South. B) A drop in voter turnout. C) An increase in ticket splitting. D) A decline in political efficacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A decline in party competition in the South. 54. Writing a message or a letter to the leaders of Russia. A) Chief Diplomat. B) Chief Legislator. C) Chief Executive. D) Chief of Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chief Diplomat. 55. What is a 3rd party in politics? A) A smaller party that usually doesn't get much recognition. B) A party that has won Presidential elections. C) They are a part of the main stage every election and are well known. D) They give different opinions to congress about other solutions to problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A smaller party that usually doesn't get much recognition. 56. In order to win, a candidate must have ..... of the electoral votes A) A caucus. B) A primary. C) Political party. D) An absolute majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An absolute majority. 57. The summation of all people in society's views is also known as: A) Parents opinion. B) Parents opinion. C) Private opinion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private opinion. 58. The ..... Branch of our government makes sure our laws are fair. A) Legislative. B) Judicial. C) Executive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judicial. 59. What is the need of submitting affidavit during elections A) To reduce the influence of money and criminals. B) To give more choice to the voters. C) To reveal their personal details. D) To have a control over candidates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reduce the influence of money and criminals. 60. Each political party formulates its own platform stating party goals and positions on various issues. What is each item on the party's platform called? A) Public Policy. B) Poll. C) Plank. D) Primary. 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