This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 207 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 207 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the current Conservative Home Secretary? A) Come on Patel. B) Rishi Sanak. C) Boris Johnson. D) Michael Gove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come on Patel. 2. 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. 3. What did the Federalists support? A) State banks. B) Protective tariff. C) Strong federal government. D) Free trade with Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protective tariff. 4. 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. 5. The person currently in office and running for re-election: A) Incumbent. B) Spoiler. C) Third Parties. D) Major Parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incumbent. 6. The ..... Amendment lowered the national voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. A) 9th. B) 15th. C) 25th. D) 26th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th. 7. 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) Libertarian. B) Republican. C) Democrat. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican. 8. 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. 9. A political party without wide voter support A) Political party. B) Major parties. C) Minor party. D) Multiparty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minor party. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Where was Alexander Hamilton spotted by George Washington? A) On the floor of Congress. B) At the grocery store. C) In the White House. D) During the Revolutionary War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the Revolutionary War. 15. 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. 16. The Presidential election of 1800 was significant because ..... A) It was the beginning of a new century. B) Thomas Jefferson was elected. C) First time the peaceful transfer of power happened in the new nation. D) It was held in a new building. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First time the peaceful transfer of power happened in the new nation. 17. 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. 18. What is the symbol of CPI A) Sickle-Hammer. B) Lotus. C) Clock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sickle-Hammer. 19. 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. 20. What party system is most common in the world today? A) Minor-party system. B) One-party system. C) Two-party system. D) Multi-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-party system. ← 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