This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 67 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Republicans believe that the government should ..... A) Spend more money on military equipment. B) Spend more money on helping people with health insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spend more money on military equipment. 2. The ..... Party wants more government control on welfare, such as free healthcare. A) Communists. B) Federalists. C) Green. D) Socialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialists. 3. 2 main political parties for the past 160 years ..... A) Political Party. B) Campaign. C) Convention. D) Two-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two-party system. 4. Each party chooses its convention delegates through a combination of primary elections and A) Wards. B) Caucuses. C) Canvassing. D) Committees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caucuses. 5. Which of these does NOT benefit the continuation of the two-party system? A) Single-member districts. B) Winner-take-all elections. C) Proportional representation. D) Democrat and Republican dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proportional representation. 6. What is a political party convention? A) A gathering of delegates from a political party to select a presidential candidate to run in a general election. B) A meeting to discuss the latest fashion trends. C) A festival to celebrate the party's achievements. D) A gathering to watch movies and socialize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gathering of delegates from a political party to select a presidential candidate to run in a general election. 7. What is the purpose of an appellate court? A) Review a trial courts decision for errors. B) Charge people with crimes. C) Make decisions in civil cases. D) Sentence criminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Review a trial courts decision for errors. 8. Cuba is an example of a ..... political system. A) 2-party system. B) 1 party system. C) Multi-party system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 party system. 9. True or false:Primary elections occur before general elections. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. They were not really interested in the west since they assumed it would be dominated by southerners. A) Democratic-Republicans. B) Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalist. 11. On a traditional left-to-right ideological spectrum, which of the following correctly orders the 3 main Mexican political parties? A) PRI-PRD-PAN. B) PRD-PRI-PAN. C) PAN-PRD-PRI. D) PAN-PRI-PRD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRD-PRI-PAN. 12. A group of people with the same political beliefs is a ..... A) Caucus. B) Political meeting. C) Political party. D) Smart group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political party. 13. Loose interpretation of Constitution A) Democratic-Republican. B) Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalist. 14. A Political party has three components, which of the following is not a component of a political party: A) The supporters. B) The leader. C) Election symbol. D) The active members. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Election symbol. 15. The American political process is seen as a ..... system. A) Birthday party. B) Two-party. C) Republican party. D) Bicameral-party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-party. 16. Amendment that granted citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote A) 19th Amendment. B) 23rd Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23rd Amendment. 17. Political parties try to mobilize voters. Mobilizing voters means to ..... A) Raise money. B) Get large groups of people to take interest in candidates, issues, and elections. C) Find candidates. D) Watching and listening to voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get large groups of people to take interest in candidates, issues, and elections. 18. What is the number of electoral votes needed to win A) 340. B) 100. C) 270. D) 117. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 19. How often does reapportionment take place? A) Every 8 years. B) Every 4 years. C) Every 10 years. D) Every 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every 10 years. 20. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of UKIP's ideology? A) Pro-Brexit. B) Pro-immigration. C) Far-right. D) Anti-ME. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pro-immigration. 21. How can minor parties affect the election of the president? A) By producing votes for the senators. B) By taking votes away from a another candidate. C) By nominating a charismatic leader. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By taking votes away from a another candidate. 22. Who is the current Conservative Home Secretary? A) Michael Gove. B) Rishi Sanak. C) Boris Johnson. D) Come on Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come on Patel. 23. Which of these is NOT true about the Electoral College system? A) It was created to keep people from choosing bad presidents. B) It is the system we use to elect the President. C) It always picks the same candidate as the popular vote. D) It gives more weight to less populous states. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It always picks the same candidate as the popular vote. 24. What did the Federalists support? A) Free trade with Europe. B) State banks. C) Protective tariff. D) Strong federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protective tariff. 25. When you do this, you deprive eligible voters from voting in an election through no fault of their own. A) Enfranchise. B) Disown. C) Disenfranchise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disenfranchise. 26. The person currently in office and running for re-election: A) Spoiler. B) Third Parties. C) Major Parties. D) Incumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incumbent. 27. The ..... Amendment lowered the national voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. A) 25th. B) 9th. C) 15th. D) 26th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th. 28. Mike is a 65 year old veteran. He believes that the only way to keep the country safe is to have a strong military. He owns his own business and likes to run it the way he wants to without the government interfering. His grandchildren go to public school, but he thinks that their parents should have more choices about where to send them to school. Which party might Mike join? A) Democrat. B) Libertarian. C) Socialist. D) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republican. 29. Which is the last step in the lawmaking process? A) Bill is introduced into Congress. B) Bill is voted on by the House of Representatives. C) Bill is sent to the Senate Majority Leader to be called up. D) Bill is signed or vetoed by the President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill is signed or vetoed by the President. 30. A political party without wide voter support A) Minor party. B) Political party. C) Major parties. D) Multiparty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minor party. 31. Mark got 45% of the votes, Mary got 30% of the votes and Lisa got 25% of the votes. In this case, Mark won by a A) Landslide. B) Plurality. C) Majority. D) Super majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plurality. 32. What are the two primary parties of the United States A) Labor and Conservative. B) Socialists and Fascists. C) Republicans and Democrats. D) Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Republicans and Democrats. 33. Which position would most likely be found in the Republican Party platform? A) Support for the Affordable Care Act. B) Opposition to American intervention overseas in the War on Terror. C) Demand for increased taxation of corporations to support pre-school programs. D) Introduction of tax incentives for small business to support better job growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction of tax incentives for small business to support better job growth. 34. The main function of a political party is to- A) Nominate candidates for public office. B) Rewrite parts of the United States Constitution. C) Report campaign bias. D) Appoint justices and judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominate candidates for public office. 35. Where was Alexander Hamilton spotted by George Washington? A) In the White House. B) At the grocery store. C) During the Revolutionary War. D) On the floor of Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the Revolutionary War. 36. What part of political parties would the Mayor of Anacoco belong to? A) Party in the Electorate. B) Party Organization. C) Party in Office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Party in Office. 37. The Presidential election of 1800 was significant because ..... A) It was held in a new building. B) It was the beginning of a new century. C) First time the peaceful transfer of power happened in the new nation. D) Thomas Jefferson was elected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First time the peaceful transfer of power happened in the new nation. 38. Why do third party candidates struggle to win elections? A) They must receive many signatures to be on the ballot. B) They must have too much money to compete with the two-party candidates. C) The Republicans and Democrats control the districts that would possible support them. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 39. What is the symbol of CPI A) Sickle-Hammer. B) Lotus. C) Clock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sickle-Hammer. 40. When it comes to nominating a person for the office of President A) The candidate is nominated by the political party. B) The candidate is nominated by Congress. C) The candidate is nominated by the electorates. D) The candidate is nominated by the electoral college. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The candidate is nominated by the political party. 41. What party system is most common in the world today? A) One-party system. B) Minor-party system. C) Two-party system. D) Multi-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-party system. 42. Quote: "Farmers are the backbone of the American economic system. The government should do everything it can to protect their interests. A) Federalist. B) Democratic Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Republican. 43. Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? A) 26. B) 16. C) 15. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 44. Why did Thomas Jefferson become Vice-President in 1796? A) He came in second in Electoral votes. B) He was a Democratic-Republican. C) He was chosen by John Adams. D) He was a Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He came in second in Electoral votes. 45. The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled A) Public policy. B) Political views. C) Candidate. D) Minority party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public policy. 46. BJP is a right-wing party A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Is it possible for a country to be a two-party system, even if there are other, smaller, third parties? A) No, because "two-party" means there are only two. No third parties can exist. B) Yes, because "two-party" refers to the two major political parties. Other third parties can still exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, because "two-party" refers to the two major political parties. Other third parties can still exist. 48. A group of legislators from the minorityand majority parties meets to discusscompromise after a failed vote on a budgetbill. A) Support candidates. B) Influence laws & policy. C) Unite levels of government. D) Create balance. E) Influence voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Create balance. 49. What is the full form of BSP A) Bharatiya Janata Party. B) Indian National Congress. C) Bahujan samaj party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bahujan samaj party. 50. What are the Two Chambers in the US Congress? A) Senate and House of Representatives. B) House of Representatives and Congressmen. C) The Supreme Court and Presidency. D) Democrats and Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate and House of Representatives. 51. Most states use what plan for giving out their electoral votes? A) National Bonus Plan. B) Winner Take All Plan. C) The Proportional Plan. D) The District Plus At Large Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winner Take All Plan. 52. Favour government spending on the military A) Republicans. B) Democrats. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republicans. 53. Red, elephant, & GOP describe the ..... A) Democrat party. B) Liberal party. C) 3rd party. D) Republican party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republican party. 54. The two-party system favored by the Electoral College requires a candidate to win at least how many electoral votes to win the presidential election? A) 435. B) 538. C) 170. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 270. 55. All the activities candidates do to try and get elected are known as his or her A) Rallies. B) Campaign. C) Plea. D) Complaint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Campaign. 56. Individuals who represent themselves in public as being part of party A) First-past-the-post. B) Majoritarian voting. C) Party identifiers. D) Gerrymandering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Party identifiers. 57. When is the national convention held for each political party? A) Every presidential election year. B) Every year. C) Every 5 years. D) Every two years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every presidential election year. 58. Who did George Washington ask to prepare a draft of his farewell address? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) James Madison. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Madison. 59. This branch may check the legislative branch and vetoes laws A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 60. These powerful political leaders once chose delegates and controlled conventions. A) Precinct captains. B) Ward captains. C) Bosses. D) Patrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bosses. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParties QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesPolitical Parties Quiz 1Political Parties Quiz 2Political Parties Quiz 3Political Parties Quiz 4Political Parties Quiz 5Political Parties Quiz 6Political Parties Quiz 7Political Parties Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books