This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 88 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many total electoral votes (in America)? A) 538. B) 230. C) 135. D) 458. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 538. 2. What did Bosses do? A) Controlled nomination and patronage. B) Controlled employees. C) Fundraise money for issues. D) Fundraise money for political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled nomination and patronage. 3. What is the purpose of interest groups? A) To bribe government officials. B) Social connections for old people. C) Try to influence creation of government policies. D) Raise money for specific causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Try to influence creation of government policies. 4. Which of the following terms relates to trying to persuade someone's opinion? A) Symbolism. B) Propaganda. C) Bias. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propaganda. 5. The president comes to Florida to help a member of his political party campaign for Senate. The President is ..... A) Nominating a candidate for public office. B) Educating the electorate about the campaign issues. C) Helping candidate win an election. D) Monitoring the actions of the opposing political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping candidate win an election. 6. Role of political parties to pick a person to run for office. A) Major Party. B) Govern. C) Nominate. D) Coalition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nominate. 7. Being in favor of or against a person or group in an unfair one sided way A) Propaganda. B) Campaign. C) Media. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias. 8. Critically affecting the electoral college vote, bringing new issues to the public agenda, and venting popular discontent are important roles played by A) Intra-party factions. B) Parties based on a single issue in a multiple-issue society. C) The two-party system in thwarting extreme or unconventional views. D) Third parties in a two-party system. E) Splinter groups in a multiparty system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third parties in a two-party system. 9. Which party feared that a strong central government would endanger people's liberties? A) Anti-Federalist. B) Democratic-Republican. C) Federalist. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republican. 10. The main purpose of political parties are to control government by A) Controlling your lives. B) Winning elections and holding office. C) Making the other party look bad. D) Hogging the media's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winning elections and holding office. 11. Making direct contat with lawmakers or other government leaders to influence government policy. A) Political Culture. B) Political Socialization. C) Political Ideology. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lobbying. 12. Which of the following is not a "National Party" ? A) Bahujan samaj party. B) Aam Aadmi Party. C) Rashtriya Lokta Dal. D) All India Trinamool Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rashtriya Lokta Dal. 13. There should be less regulations on businesses A) Republican. B) Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. 14. This group likes to hold on to old traditions and ideas and does not want to change or reform anything in relation to politics and religion. A) Conservatives. B) Liberals. C) Communists. D) Monarchist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservatives. 15. Who created the Democratic-Republican party? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) George Washington. C) Alexander Hamilton. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Jefferson. 16. The Winter Olympics are being held in what country? A) China. B) Russia. C) Ukraine. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 17. The process by which individuals acquire their opinions is called: A) Social communication. B) Pop culture. C) Socioeconomic change. D) Political socialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political socialization. 18. A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision. A) Initiative. B) Referendum. C) Popular Sovereignty. D) Recall Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Referendum. 19. Whom did the Democratic-Republicans nominate for the office of President for the election of 1796? (a) A) A Thomas Jefferson. B) Aaron Burr. C) John Adams. D) Charles Pinckney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Thomas Jefferson. 20. What was George Washington's advice on Foreign Policy? A) The Nation should remain neutral and avoid permanent alliances. B) The Nation should end slavery. C) The Nation should expand from East to West. D) The Nation should colonize Latin America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nation should remain neutral and avoid permanent alliances. 21. The #1 reason people don't vote is A) Ballot fatigue. B) Can't get to polls. C) Apathy. D) The weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apathy. 22. Who was hailed as the 'Father of the Constitution'? A) George Washington. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) John Adams. D) James Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Madison. 23. How many total electoral votes do we have right here in North Carolina? (hint:house reps + senators =) A) 9. B) 7. C) 15. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 24. A political party that focuses on one-single public question A) Spoils system. B) Single-member district. C) Economic protest party. D) Single-issue party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single-issue party. 25. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made it so that 17 year olds could register to vote. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. First Whig President. Elected in 1840. A) Abraham Lincoln. B) Grover Cleveland. C) Alexander Hamilton. D) William Henry Harrison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Henry Harrison. 27. Which of these groups fights for 2nd Amendment protections? A) NRA. B) NBA. C) NCAA. D) MLB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NRA. 28. A ..... government is one in which the same party controls both chambers of Congress and the Presidency. A) Generalized. B) Participatory. C) Unified. D) Divided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unified. 29. What has contributed to strengthening of federalism and democracy in India A) Registering more number of regional parties. B) Increasing number of parties. C) Formation of alliances with state parties. D) Creating awareness among people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formation of alliances with state parties. 30. The PLP first won an election in which year? A) 1957. B) 1987. C) 1967. D) 1977. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1967. 31. The following are requirements for which political office? At least 30 years oldUS citizen for 9 yearsLive in the state they represent A) U.S. Representative. B) U.S. Senator. C) FL Senator. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) U.S. Senator. 32. Which party Stands for the cause of securing the interests and welfare of the Dalits and oppressed people.? A) Indian National Congress. B) Bahujan samaj party. C) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). D) Communist Party of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahujan samaj party. 33. Which party formed to oppose slavery? A) Democratic Republican Party. B) Democrat Party. C) Republican Party. D) Whig Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Republican Party. 34. Which political principle says that we all must follow the same laws. Nobody is above the law. A) Consent of the governed. B) Rule of law. C) Limited government. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of law. 35. This type of primary requires voters to be a party member and voters are not allowed to ticket split their vote. A) Blanket primary. B) Runoff primary. C) Closed primary. D) Open primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closed primary. 36. A major party realignmen occurred during the initial election of President ..... A) Franklin Roosevelt. B) Barack Obama. C) George W. Bush. D) Herbert Hoover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franklin Roosevelt. 37. Who overthrew the French Revolutionary Government in 1799 and became Emperor of France in 1804? Later he failed to defeat Great Britain in 1814 but was defeated and died in exile. A) Toussaint louverture. B) Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) James Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Napoleon Bonaparte. 38. On an electoral map, the Democratic Party is shown as the color ..... A) Purple. B) Red. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue. 39. Limited government A) Democrat. B) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican. 40. A conservative candidate for office is MOST LIKELY to promote social and economic equality through which action? A) Reduced spending on military defense. B) Increased funding for arts and education. C) Reduced government interference on citizens. D) Increased social health and welfare programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduced government interference on citizens. 41. Which of the following qualities of a candidate is a valid qualification for public office? In other words, why should a person vote for an individual? A) The candidate is attractive. B) The candidate works at your favorite restaurant. C) The candidate donated money to your favorite political party. D) The candidate previously served as mayor of your town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The candidate previously served as mayor of your town. 42. Which propaganda technique is represented by the quote, "My opponent is soft on crime!" ? A) Bandwagon. B) Name calling. C) Glittering generality. D) Stacked cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name calling. 43. What type of political system exists when parties must work together to get things done? A) Two-party. B) Single Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two-party. 44. This amendment gave women the right to vote A) 15th Amendment. B) 23rd Amendment. C) 19th Amendment. D) 24th Amendment. E) 26th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 19th Amendment. 45. Which Party believed in a strict reading (interpretation) of the U.S. Constitution? A) Federalists. B) Whig Party. C) Democratic Republicans. D) Independents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democratic Republicans. 46. What is a political party that challenges the two main political parties. A) Political Party. B) Third Party. C) Democratic Party. D) Two-party System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third Party. 47. Which of these is an electoral "earthquake" where new issues emerge, new coalitions replace old ones, and the majority party may be displaced by the minority party? A) Seismological election. B) Critical election. C) Coalition election. D) Midterm election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critical election. 48. Wanted a representative democracy. A) Republican. B) Federalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalist. 49. Conservative party whose platform promotes less taxes and less social programs. A) Communist. B) Democrat. C) Socialist. D) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republican. 50. Preferred free trade (lower tariffs to allow cheaper imports and encourage trade) A) Democratic-Republicans. B) Federalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic-Republicans. 51. What part of political parties would the Secretary of the Republican Party belong to? A) Party in the Electorate. B) Party Organization. C) Party in Office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Party Organization. 52. Giving public offices to political supporters A) Splinter parties. B) Bipartisan. C) Coalition. D) Spoils system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spoils system. 53. Which of the following does a Political Party do? A) Educate the public on specific issues. B) Elect officials to support their wants and needs. C) Develop and implement policy. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 54. What is the media? A) Organization concerned with a particular issue. Gather people and resources to support public policies that help members. B) Political organization that promotes the cause of a particular interest group, usually through raising money. C) The source of news and info about current events. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The source of news and info about current events. 55. Thomas Jefferson was a member of what political party? A) Federalists. B) Whigs. C) Democrat-Republicans. D) Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democrat-Republicans. 56. All of the following are Third Parties EXCEPT- A) Constitution Party. B) Democratic Party and Republican Party. C) Green Party. D) Libertarian Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Party and Republican Party. 57. Political party that is socially liberal. A) Closed primary. B) Two party system. C) Republican Party. D) Democratic Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic Party. 58. Where is the headquarters of the political party located? A) Chicago. B) Washington D.C. C) New York. D) The Angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washington D.C. 59. What are interest groups and how do they influence politics? A) Interest groups are organizations that seek to influence government policy and decision-making. B) Interest groups are social clubs that have no impact on politics. C) Interest groups are government agencies that enforce policies. D) Interest groups are businesses that only care about making money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interest groups are organizations that seek to influence government policy and decision-making. 60. This party believes that the best government is a SMALL government that does not interfere in people's affairs ..... A) Republican. B) Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. ← 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