This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 285 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 285 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A conflicting group A) Splinter party. B) Faction. C) Plurality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faction. 2. Activities aimed at weakening established government (a) A) Partisan. B) Implied powers. C) Caucus. D) Alien. E) A sedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A sedition. 3. ..... believe in maintaining values and traditions. A) Conservatives. B) Democrats. C) Liberals. D) Extremists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservatives. 4. This national convention committee must approve the delegations from each state. A) Credentials committee. B) Committee on permanent organization. C) Rules committee. D) Platform committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credentials committee. 5. Congressional committee assignments are one way that political parties demonstrate control over ..... A) The party-in-the-electorate. B) Party members in Congress. C) Interest groups. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Party members in Congress. 6. How do political parties in each state choose their nominee for President? A) Open primaries. B) Closed primaries. C) Caucuses. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. In ..... primaries, only declared members of a party are allowed to vote for the party's nominees. A) Open. B) Public. C) Closed. D) Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Closed. 8. "I don't agree with Republicans or Democrats all the time, so I don't want to commit to either one." words a ..... would more likely say. A) Democrat. B) Third party. C) Candidate. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent. 9. Which Supreme Court case is significant because it allows for unlimited financing of elections by corporations (political free speech)? A) Tinker v. Monks. B) Bush v. Gore. C) Gibbons v. Ogden. D) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. 10. Private meetings, providing political information, and supplying nominations suggestions are examples of what process? A) Political parties. B) Lobbying. C) Cohesiveness. D) Pluralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lobbying. 11. Different parties of different states can use same symbols A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Nominated John Adams for President A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 13. Which of the following is NOT a similarity between political parties? A) Organize to win elections. B) Influence public policies. C) Reflect both liberal and conservative views. D) Their party platforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their party platforms. 14. Which statement BEST reflects the cartoonist's point of view in this political cartoon? A) Political action committees do little to influence political campaigns. B) Individual citizens contribute large amounts of money to political campaigns. C) Special interest groups have a great deal of influence over elected officials. D) Senators are the only politicians influenced by special interest groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special interest groups have a great deal of influence over elected officials. 15. Who was the founder of the Democratic-Republican Party? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Alexander Hamilton. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Jefferson. 16. Which president didn't believe in political parties? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) James Madison. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Washington. 17. Which term describes a political ideology that generally supports limited government intervention? A) Conservative. B) Liberal. C) Majority. D) Electorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservative. 18. The place where voting is done. A) Campaign. B) Polls. C) Polish. D) Inauguration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polls. 19. Jefferson and Madison believed in ..... A) A strict interpretation of the Constitution. B) Unlimited use of implied powers. C) Representative government. D) The dangers of too much democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A strict interpretation of the Constitution. 20. Which of the following system of power sharing is also called checks and balance? A) Horizontal division. B) Vertical Division. C) Both. D) NOne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horizontal division. ← 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