This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 427 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 427 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Springfield Mutant Party believes in eliminating taxes on donuts, having garbage carriers get the garbage from inside your home, and making skateboarding a crime. In political science (Government), these issues would constitute. A) A referendum. B) Their party plank. C) Their party platform. D) Their public opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their party platform. 2. What is the prime function of political parties in American politics A) Election. B) Nomination. C) Delegation. D) Debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomination. 3. If I want to know what the difference is between the Democrats and the Republicans, where would I look? A) At the news to see what is reported about each party. B) In the newspaper to see what the editor of the paper thinks. C) At political cartoons. D) At the party's platform, usually on their website. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the party's platform, usually on their website. 4. This act violated the First Amendment by trying to restrict the freedoms of speech and press. A) Alien Act. B) Sedition Act. C) Theory of States Right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedition Act. 5. What determines the number of electoral votes a state has? A) The number of people. B) The number of representatives. C) The number of Senators. D) The number of senators and representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of senators and representatives. 6. Who said "All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of people ..... The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a ..... permanent share in government ..... they therefore will ever maintain good government." A) Alexander Hamilton. B) Thomas Jefferson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Hamilton. 7. How do political parties influence public policy? A) By influencing media coverage. B) By providing financial support to candidates. C) Through proposing and advocating for specific policies, mobilizing public support, lobbying government officials, and participating in the legislative process. D) By organizing protests and demonstrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through proposing and advocating for specific policies, mobilizing public support, lobbying government officials, and participating in the legislative process. 8. PACs differ from SuperPACs in that A) SuperPACs were ruled unconstitutional. B) SuperPACs have been around longer than PACs. C) PACs are limited in how much money people can donate and can coordinate with the candidate. D) PACs can raise unlimited amounts of money with no restrictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PACs are limited in how much money people can donate and can coordinate with the candidate. 9. Believed economy should focus more on industry A) Democratic Republicans. B) Federalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Federalists. 10. True or False:Only women were accused of witchcraft in Salem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which President is considered the father of the modern-day Democratic Party because his creation of government sponsored social welfare programs, including Social Security A) John F. Kennedy. B) Franklin D. Roosevelt. C) Barack Obama. D) Donald Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt. 12. People not affiliated with any major or minor parties are known as A) Literate. B) Political efficacy. C) Independents. D) Electorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independents. 13. How has the Internet helped elected officials to communicate with American citizens? A) By eliminating the need for traditional media outlets. B) By restricting citizen access to political information. C) By increasing campaign costs to pay for print advertising. D) By reaching wider audiences through new technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By reaching wider audiences through new technologies. 14. A central issue contributing to the development of political parties in the United States was- A) The expansion of U.S. territory. B) The role of the Supreme Court. C) The diplomatic ties to foreign nations. D) The power of the federal government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power of the federal government. 15. Recruiting candidates for office and facilitating electoral choice are functions of A) Political ideologies. B) Conservatives. C) Political parties. D) Liberals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political parties. 16. Who casts the OFFICIAL vote for president and vice-president? A) The College of Liberal Arts. B) The College of William and Mary. C) The College of Humanities. D) The Electoral College. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Electoral College. 17. This party supports cutting taxes which makes it so people have more money in their pocket to spend on what they want. A) Democrat. B) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican. 18. Favored agriculture A) Federalist Party. B) Democratic-Republican Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republican Party. 19. Conservative Ideology A) Republican. B) Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. 20. Which of these is the ruling party in Nigeria? A) PDP. B) APGA. C) APC. D) SDP. 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