This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 211 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 211 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Coalition A) Voting along party lines. B) Political system dominated by two major parties. C) Party that controls the Presidency or governship. D) Temporary alliance to gain majority control of gov't to influence policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporary alliance to gain majority control of gov't to influence policy. 2. DNC is the A) Democratic National Committee. B) Democratic National Crowd. C) Democrat National Course. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic National Committee. 3. This party believed the working class people should own and control means of production. A) Democratic. B) Republican. C) Green. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialist. 4. The acronym PLP stands for? A) People's Labour Party. B) Political Labour Party. C) Progressive Liberal Party. D) Progressive Labour Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Progressive Liberal Party. 5. Which political party uses the elephant as their symbol? A) Democrat. B) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican. 6. What are the third (independent) parties in the US? A) Green, Red and Blue parties. B) Green, Libertarian, and constitutional parties. C) Green Libertarian and republican parties. D) Democratic, republican and green parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green, Libertarian, and constitutional parties. 7. The number of regional parties strengthened and expanded in the 1990s because A) Our country is diverse. B) Different voices were heard and given recognition in the Parliament. C) National parties entered into alliances with regional parties to form governments. D) We had a very strong democratic structure in the 1990s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National parties entered into alliances with regional parties to form governments. 8. Which type of election usually has the highest voter turnout? A) Presidential elections. B) Congressional elections. C) State elections. D) Local elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presidential elections. 9. Which branch of government has the authority to declare laws unconstitutional? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) Administrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial. 10. A team of politicians, activists, and voters who try to win control of government. A) Conservatives. B) Liberals. C) Political party. D) Interest group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political party. 11. Someone who is Independent is most likely to support ..... A) The views of the Republican Party. B) The views of the Democratic Party. C) Their own personal views. D) Whichever views their told to support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their own personal views. 12. Which of the following are the criteria for recognition of a national party? 1. should win 2% of seats in Lok Sabha from at least 3 different states (or)2. At a election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in 4 states & in addition it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats A) 1 only. B) 2 only. C) Both 1 & 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both 1 & 2. 13. In the US the leader is the president if his party is in power. There is no official party leader if his party is out of power. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. THE POLITICAL PARTIES OF A COUNTRY HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL ..... IN A SOCIETY. A) CHOICE. B) DIVISION. C) SUPPORT. D) POWER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DIVISION. 15. Our modern political parties are much different from the two early ones. Today, we have which 2 major parties? A) DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS. B) DEMOCRATS and LIBERTARIANS. C) DEMOCRATS and SOCIALISTS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS. 16. What were the first two political parties? A) Federalist and Anti-Federalist. B) Federalist and Democrats. C) Federalist and Republicans. D) Federalist and Hamiltonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist and Anti-Federalist. 17. The organization of the first U.S. political parties resulted in large part from disagreements over which issue? A) The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. B) The election of George Washington to a second term as president. C) The establishment of the First Bank of the United States. D) The attack on the Port of Tripoli in North Africa tags8.5C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The establishment of the First Bank of the United States. 18. Democracy for most ordinary citizens is equal to A) The PM. B) The Constitution. C) Political parties. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political parties. 19. The place where each political party chooses its presidential candidate. A) Platform. B) Dock. C) Base. D) Convention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convention. 20. What type of election/campaign do we have when there are a large number of candidates on both sides (running in primaries/caucuses)? A) General. B) Nomination. C) Bipartisan. D) Non-partisan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomination. ← 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