This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 282 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 282 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implement their agenda. A) National Platform. B) Primary. C) Political Party. D) National Convention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Party. 2. It is 1878. I am a 52 year-old man and my wife is 50. Can we vote? A) I can vote, but my wife cannot. vote. B) We both can vote. C) Neither of us can vote. D) My wife can vote, but I cannot vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can vote, but my wife cannot. vote. 3. What we now call Fake News it was once called A) Gossip. B) Red journalism. C) Yellow journalism. D) Clickbaiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow journalism. 4. The national convention serves what major purpose for a political party? A) To allow the people to direct the work of the national committee through a system of national participation. B) To establish the rules of party campaigning. C) To serve as the party's national voice in the selection of the party's candidate. D) To manage the political party's business by the vote of party constituents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To serve as the party's national voice in the selection of the party's candidate. 5. What is a Plank A) The official stance of a political party on issues like crime and taxes. B) A specific stance on one issue that defines the parties view point. C) A political movement to get somebody elected. D) A person campaigning for a political office. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A specific stance on one issue that defines the parties view point. 6. Farmers A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republican. 7. Due Process means legal fairness A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which political party was established first in the United States? A) Republicans. B) Whigs. C) Socalists. D) Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democrats. 9. Which step comes LAST in a bill's path to become a law? A) The Proposal. B) Floor Debate. C) The Vote. D) To the President!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To the President!. 10. NCP IS A MAJOR PARTY IN A) KERALA. B) MAHARASTRA. C) CHHATIGARH. D) HARYANA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MAHARASTRA. 11. Members of a political party that hold office and run for elections are ..... A) The Party Organization. B) The Party in Government. C) The Party in the Electorate. D) The Party in Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Party in Government. 12. India has ..... national parties A) 8. B) 10. C) 6. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 13. Process by which political parties select and offer candidates for public office A) MONITOR. B) POLITICS. C) NOMINATE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NOMINATE. 14. SS.7.C.1.6 What does the Constitution mean when it " ..... secures The Blessings of Liberty" ? A) To be able to go to zoos. B) To secure freedom. C) Getting free money. D) Being assured a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To secure freedom. 15. A strict interpretation of the Constitution means ..... A) Even if it is not specifically written down, we can still follow it. B) We can only follow exactly what is written down. C) We can interpret laws differently as time goes on. D) You don't have to understand it exactly word-for-word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We can only follow exactly what is written down. 16. True or false:A candidate can win the popular vote but lose the Electoral College. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Why is it sometimes difficult for citizens to engage in policy voting? A) Competing candidates usually have the same positions on issues. B) Election officials prevent using policy-based voter guides in the voting booth. C) Candidates are often intentionally vague about their issue stances. D) The media tend to overwhelm voters with policy information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candidates are often intentionally vague about their issue stances. 18. LOOSE CONSTRUCTIONISM example:The Constitution did not say anything about a National Bank, but Hamilton argued it was an IMPLIED POWER. What does this mean IMPLIED POWER? A) It's not specifically spelled out in the Constitution, but its so obvious that the US needed one, it was okay. B) It was expressly forbidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's not specifically spelled out in the Constitution, but its so obvious that the US needed one, it was okay. 19. Believes that the federal gov't should take a more active role in people's lives, especially those in need A) Republican. B) Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democrat. 20. Partisanship means A) Belonging to a party. B) Being committed to a party with an ability to defect to another. C) Supporting an idea blindly. D) None of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supporting an idea blindly. ← 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