This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among all the following chooses the candidates for contesting election in India? A) Members & supporters of the party. B) Top party leaders. C) The existing government. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Top party leaders. 2. Who is the official opposition? A) The Conservatives. B) The Bloc Quebecois. C) The LIberals. D) The Green Party. E) The NDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Conservatives. 3. Two party system exists in which of the following countries A) United Kingdom. B) China. C) USA. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdom. 4. Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The President and Vice President are elected by ..... A) 51% of the vote from the people. B) A majority vote in the Senate. C) A majority vote in the Electoral College. D) A presidential primary in the states. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A majority vote in the Electoral College. 6. Democrats supported farming and workers A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Mass media plays a role in elections by doing the following things except: A) Writing editorials and publishing op-ed pieces and political cartoons. B) Broadcasting different points of view. C) Identifying candidates. D) Identifying propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identifying propaganda. 8. Since 1960, state party organizations A) Have been established for the first time as the national organizations have weakened. B) Have begun selecting candidates for Congress. C) Have begun selecting candidates for state offices. D) Have virtually disappeared as the national units have taken on their functions. E) Have become much more powerful and organized. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Have become much more powerful and organized. 9. Political parties influence ..... A) Public policy. B) Kids. C) Animals. D) My cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public policy. 10. True or False. Members of the United States Congress can be naturalized U.S. Citizens. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What is a hung parliament? A) When the opposition has a majority in the Senate. B) When a minor party holds the balance of power in the Senate. C) When no party or coalition of parties wins a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When no party or coalition of parties wins a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. 12. Powers that the federal government shares with state governments are called A) Reserved. B) Implied. C) Concurrent. D) Expressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concurrent. 13. A communist country such as China with an authoritarian type of government would likely have a A) Multi-party system. B) Single-party system. C) No-party system. D) Two-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single-party system. 14. When the president, House and Senate are controlled by the same party, this is called: A) Party in government. B) Responsible party government. C) Unified government. D) Divided government. E) Conditional party government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unified government. 15. What are the two major parties in the United States? A) Republicans and Green Party. B) Democrats and Libertarians. C) Democrats and Republicans. D) Republicans and Libertarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democrats and Republicans. 16. Which of the following best explains how most candidates are recruited to run for office? A) Political parties usually recruit and train people at the local level they believe are most fit to run for office. B) Candidates for office usually first work as lawyers for political parties before running for office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political parties usually recruit and train people at the local level they believe are most fit to run for office. 17. When people come together and participate in electoral process, to acquire political power, such organisations are called ..... A) Government. B) Society. C) Political Parties. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Parties. 18. Which of the following is the BEST classification of the Green Party? A) Ideological party. B) Single-issue party. C) Economic protest party. D) Splinter party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single-issue party. 19. Which party believed in letting anyone who wanted to join? A) Bolsheviks. B) Mensheviks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mensheviks. 20. A candidate with what amount of electoral votes would win the election? A) 227. B) 310. C) 269. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 310. ← 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