This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Republican Party started because of A) WW2. B) Slavery. C) American Revolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavery. 2. A person who is running for an elected position. A) Front runner. B) Candidate. C) Debate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candidate. 3. Who did the Democratic-Republic believe should run the country? A) The Wealthy & Elite. B) Churches. C) No One. D) Farmers & Ordinary Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farmers & Ordinary Men. 4. This type of minor party has focuses on a single policy area, and if they are successful they are are often absorbed by a major party. A) Ideological. B) Single-issue. C) Economic Protest. D) Splinter Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single-issue. 5. The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power in 1998 as the leader of: A) United Progressive Alliance. B) Left front. C) National Democratic Alliance. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Democratic Alliance. 6. Which of the following regulates campaigns and how they are funded? A) Political Action Committees. B) Federal Election Commission. C) Better Business Bureau. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federal Election Commission. 7. How do lobbyists influence government? A) They present their arguments to congress and then congress makes their decisions. B) They hold protests. C) They advise the President on what to do. D) They create websites for people in Congress to get their message out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They present their arguments to congress and then congress makes their decisions. 8. What political party stem does the U.S. have? A) One-party system. B) Two-party system. C) Multi-party system. D) No-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-party system. 9. Which best defines the purpose of Political Action Committees (PACs)? A) To raise and donate money to political campaigns. B) To influence legislators about specific laws. C) Develop yard signs and other campaign materials such as doorhangers. D) To organize people into a political party and run election campaigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To raise and donate money to political campaigns. 10. An individual may contribute up to $ 2, 700 per election to a Federal candidate: A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. They supported a protective tariff. A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 12. Party-In-Power A) Party that controls the Presidency or governship. B) Temporary alliance to gain majority control of gov't to influence policy. C) Political system dominated by two major parties. D) Voting along party lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Party that controls the Presidency or governship. 13. How did George Washington feel about political parties? A) He told the nation they needed to create political parties. B) He warned people to stay away from political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He warned people to stay away from political parties. 14. What is a platform? A) A big stage. B) Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues. C) A person running for political office. D) Political party that does not have a majority of the elected members. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues. 15. There is a terrorist attack in New York City. The National Guard and Army are called out. A) Common Defense. B) General Welfare. C) Perfect Union. D) Posterity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common Defense. 16. The major function of the national party commitees is ..... A) To organize national conventions. B) To collect membership dues. C) To hold nation-wide elections. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To organize national conventions. 17. In the presidential election of 1796 ..... received 71 electoral votes winning the election. He became the second president of the United States. A) Alexander Hamilton. B) James Madison. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Adams. 18. Political party leaders approach a young woman who is serving in an elected position at the local level and agree to support her if she is willing to run for office in a state or national elections. A) Recruit and Nominate Candidates. B) Educated the Electorate About Campaign Issues. C) Raising Money for the Campaign. D) Monitoring Actions of Officeholders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recruit and Nominate Candidates. 19. At the end of the nominating conventions of each party, the candidate gives a(n) ..... to bring the party together to support the nominees A) Platform. B) Acceptance speech. C) Campaign. D) Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acceptance speech. 20. ..... is a signed document submitted to an officer where in a person makes a sworn statement regarding his/her personal information. A) Affidavit. B) Machinery. C) Assembly. D) Defection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affidavit. ← 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