This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 85 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The political process of the USA is best described as: A) One party system. B) Two party system. C) Limited party system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two party system. 2. The traits and accomplishments that fit a person for some function or office. A) Qualification. B) Natural Born Citizen. C) Issue Based Platform. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualification. 3. Which of the following lead to the direct election of senators A) 24th amendment. B) 16th amendment. C) 15th amendment. D) 17th amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17th amendment. 4. How is the number of each state's representatives determined? A) How much money they collect in taxes. B) Size of the state. C) Population of the state. D) Everyone gets the same number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population of the state. 5. Political Party led by Hamilton-supported by the wealthy, favored a strong federal government; believed the Constitution had implied powers A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 6. What is NOT an example of civic engagement A) Riding the bus. B) Volunteering. C) Voting. D) Protesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Riding the bus. 7. In order to win an electin in GA, you must have ..... A) A plurality of the votes or simply get the most votes. B) A majority or 50%+1. C) At least one vote. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A majority or 50%+1. 8. Which service is provided by the media? A) Candidate selection. B) Identify candidates. C) Creating campaign materials. D) Party platform writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identify candidates. 9. True or False:Political parties typically pressure their candidates to follow the party's platform. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which founding father is known as the founder of the Democratic Republican Party? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) George Washington. D) Thomas Jefferson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Jefferson. 11. To be eligible to vote in a general election in the UK you must be registered to vote and aged over ..... ? A) 17. B) 18. C) 21. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18. 12. An organization that is created to raise and donate money to candidates and political parties is a- A) Voting Coalition. B) Political Action Committee (PAC). C) Interest Group. D) Political Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Action Committee (PAC). 13. What was George Washington expressing when he warned agaisnt "political factionalism" in his farewell address? A) Who was our first President?. B) He believed that individual states could make their own determination whether to have political parties. C) He warned our country against political parties. D) He felt they were needed to keep our country strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He warned our country against political parties. 14. If you lean to the left on the political spectrum, you're said to be more ..... A) Unbalanced. B) Conservative than liberal. C) Picky. D) Liberal than conservative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liberal than conservative. 15. True or false:electoral college discourages some people to vote A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Supported a national bank to stabilize the economy A) Democratic-Republican. B) Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalist. 17. Being charged twice for the same crime A) Double play. B) Double trouble. C) Double dribble. D) Double jeopardy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double jeopardy. 18. When was held the last general election? A) 2019. B) 2022. C) 2021. D) 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2019. 19. Which of the following gave a decided advantage to Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections? A) OSHA. B) NTSB. C) ACORN. D) WALNUT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ACORN. 20. Who sets the date for the election gives necessary information collects conducts election counting number of votes and announces the result A) The election commission of India. B) The political parties of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The election commission of India. 21. What is the third step of the presidential election season? A) Primary election. B) National conventions. C) General election. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General election. 22. The process of drawing congressional districts in a fashion that gives a particular group an advantage is referred to as A) Gerrymandering. B) Redistricting. C) Zone variance. D) Redistribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gerrymandering. 23. In the United States, nearly all elected officials are selected by A) Caucusses. B) Precinct captains. C) Single member districts. D) Political bosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single member districts. 24. A ..... is one who favors traditional views and values in government and society. A) Conservative. B) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative. 25. People belong to a particular political party A) Voluntarily, because they made a personal choice. B) According to regulations of State law. C) Based on the location of the State in which they live. D) According to regulations of federal law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voluntarily, because they made a personal choice. 26. True or False:In most states, a candidate receives some electoral votes even if they didn't win the popular vote. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. Term which refers to seeking to influence a public official on an issue. A) Political process. B) Public policy process. C) Ideology. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lobbying. 28. Most votes compared to all people running for office A) Plurality. B) Majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plurality. 29. An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation A) General. B) Primary. C) Recall. D) Initiative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General. 30. Many people do not identity with a political party. A) Dealignment. B) Era of Good Feelings. C) New Deal Coalition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dealignment. 31. Political Party that wanted to keep Catholics and immigrants from participating in government or voting A) Republican Party. B) Whig Party. C) Democratic Party. D) American or Know Nothing Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American or Know Nothing Party. 32. Which of the five roles of political parties does this example illustrate?Party volunteers spend a Saturday afternoon at the park handing out party-sponsored voting guides. A) Support Candidates. B) Influence Laws and Policy. C) Unite Levels of Government. D) Create Balance. E) Influence Voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Influence Voters. 33. The process by which a group of official electors are formally empowered to elect the U.S. president/vice president ..... based on their home states' popular vote A) Electoral Majority. B) Electoral College. C) Electoral Cast-Off. D) Electoral Delegation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electoral College. 34. Which four things do Political Parties do? A) -Recruit Candidates-Inform Voters-Write Laws-Support Campaigns. B) -Recruit Candidates-Raise Money-Attend Meetings-Organize Elections. C) -Recruit Candidates-Inform Voters-Organize Elections-Support Campaigns. D) -Recruit Candidates-Attend Meetings-Inform Voters-Organize Elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Recruit Candidates-Inform Voters-Organize Elections-Support Campaigns. 35. Which of the following is not an impact of minor parties? A) Providing additional candidates. B) Bringing up new ideas that major parties might ignore. C) Criticizing major political parties. D) Balancing the power through the federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balancing the power through the federal government. 36. What is one of the challenges third parties face? A) There are too many parties to choose from. B) The U.S. uses a winner-takes-all/plurality system. C) Most people hate them. D) The election process is too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The U.S. uses a winner-takes-all/plurality system. 37. What is created to hold elections in a planned and organised way A) Election commission. B) Political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Election commission. 38. Which is the correct description of a party platform? A) It is a place where political candidates make speeches. B) It is a statement that outlines views on issues. C) It is determined by means of a primary election. D) It is held after the nominating convention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a statement that outlines views on issues. 39. The two political parties used ..... to reach the voters. A) Wifi. B) Social media. C) Newspapers. D) Television. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newspapers. 40. Believed in an Agrarian society A) Democratic Republican. B) Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic Republican. 41. All of the following are purposes of political parties in the U.S. EXCEPT A) Protest when the other parties win the presidency. B) Help run campaigns. C) To serve as a watchdog on the party in control of the government. D) Encourage citizens' to get out and vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protest when the other parties win the presidency. 42. Rich, educated businessmen A) Democratic-Republicans. B) Federalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalists. 43. Which of the following is NOT a similarity between the Democratic and Republican Parties? A) Influence Public Policy. B) Appeal to Political Center. C) Party Platform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Party Platform. 44. What are the names of the two THIRD parties in the United States today? A) Socialist and Libertarian. B) Democratic and Republican. C) Socialist and Republican. D) Democratic and Libertarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialist and Libertarian. 45. Laws cannot unreasonably discriminate against individuals. A) Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment. B) Due Process, 14th Amendment. C) Supremacy Clause. D) Privileges and Immunities Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment. 46. What is the minority party? A) The legislative party with less than half the seats in a legislative body. B) The legislative party with the most seats in a legislative body. C) The legislative party with the least seats in a legislative body. D) The legislative party with over half the seats in a legislative body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The legislative party with less than half the seats in a legislative body. 47. Federal programs that guarantee payments to individuals who meet certain criteria set by law A) Benefits. B) Fence. C) Logrolling. D) Entitlements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entitlements. 48. Alexander Hamilton was a ....., while Thomas Jefferson was a ..... A) Democrat, Whig. B) Federalist, Democratic-Republican. C) Republican, Whig. D) Federalist, Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalist, Democratic-Republican. 49. How does an initiative get placed on a ballot? A) Special Election. B) Write Ins. C) Open Discussion. D) Through Petition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through Petition. 50. THE CONGRESS SOUGHT TO BUILD A MODERN SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A) GANDHIJI. B) J.NEHRU. C) INDIRA GANDHI. D) C.R THAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.NEHRU. 51. How many electoral votes should the candidates get to win the election? A) 170. B) 270. C) 200. D) 150. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 270. 52. How many votes must a candidate receive to win? A) 300. B) 275. C) 538. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 270. 53. Laws that were meant to make it more difficult for immigrants (aliens) to become citizens and to punish those who spoke out against the government A) Theory of States Right. B) Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. C) Alien and Sedition Acts. D) Nullification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alien and Sedition Acts. 54. What is one positive impact political parties have on our country? A) They encourage new ideas and encourage voting in elections. B) The put more money into the election process. C) They discourage people from voting in elections. D) They encourage people to only think about a limited number of issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They encourage new ideas and encourage voting in elections. 55. Jefferson's party was called the- A) Federalists. B) Democratic Republicans. C) Democrats. D) Whigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Republicans. 56. Identify which group was extended voting rights by the following amendments:Twenty-sixth Amendment A) Women. B) 18 Year Olds. C) African Americans. D) Immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18 Year Olds. 57. This Supreme court decision that declared the recount of votes in a presidential election unconstitutional. A) United States v. Nixon. B) Miranda in Arizona. C) Bush v. Gore. D) Washington D. C. v Heller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bush v. Gore. 58. Similarity between interest groups and political parties A) Seek change in the government. B) Nominate candidates. C) Focus on policy. D) Cover a wide variety of issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seek change in the government. 59. How do political candidates raise money for their campaign? A) Money from members. B) (PAC) and Superpaces. C) Media. D) Pluralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (PAC) and Superpaces. 60. Which system/election is more common? A) Primary. B) Caucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. ← 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