This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A change in the size or composition of the party coalitions or the nature of the issues that divide the parties. A) Party Coalitions. B) Party system. C) Realignment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realignment. 2. Which of these best explains this opinion? A) Number of elections. B) Influence of lobbyists. C) High campaign costs. D) Expensive registration fees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High campaign costs. 3. Third party candidates may qualify for FEC funding if they ..... A) Pledge allegiance to the major parties. B) Campaign with the Democrats or Republicans. C) Win 5% of the vote. D) Accept money from PACs and Lobbyists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Win 5% of the vote. 4. When it comes to political parties, more Americans are choosing to be this: A) Democrat. B) Republican. C) Libertarian. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent. 5. All India Trinamool Congress was launched by A) Mayawati. B) Mamta Banerjee. C) Mulayam Singh Yadav. D) Sonia Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mamta Banerjee. 6. Interprets/evaluates the laws A) Conservative. B) Liberal. C) Judicial Branch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial Branch. 7. How can you identify the differences in the two major political parties? A) Detecting bias. B) Stated in party platforms and reflected in campaigning. C) Identifying propaganda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stated in party platforms and reflected in campaigning. 8. An organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society (through government, policy-making, etc) is known as a? A) Campaign. B) Cabinet. C) Political Party. D) Congress . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Party. 9. How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidential election A) 48. B) 270. C) 300. D) 538. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 270. 10. Political party goals include all of the following except: A) Recruiting candidates. B) Controlling the government. C) Pressure policymakers. D) Win Elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressure policymakers. 11. Party believes we should be free to live our own lives with extremely limited interference from the government. A) Communist. B) Libertarian. C) Socialist. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Libertarian. 12. What do Political Parties do at National Conventions? A) Write the party platform. B) Officially nominate candidates for president and vice president. C) Form committees to support people from the party running for congress. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Who selects the president if the two main candidates have the same number of electoral votes? A) Supreme Court. B) State Governors. C) House of Representatives. D) State Legislatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) House of Representatives. 14. Extended the residency requirement for U.S. citizenship from 5 to 14 years A) Sedition Act. B) Alien Act. C) Naturalization Act. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturalization Act. 15. Which of the following groups traditionally largely supports the Republican Party? A) Citizens in the Midwestern United States. B) Citizens in the Northeastern United States. C) Minority groups. D) Citizens in major cities/urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Citizens in the Midwestern United States. 16. People who are concerned with some particular issue or part of the government and who try to influence legislators or to act in their favor, also known as a special interest group A) Interest group. B) Impact. C) Lobbying. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interest group. 17. BSP HAS MAJOR BASE IN A) Uttar Pradesh. B) ODISHA. C) ASSAM. D) NAGALAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh. 18. Unregulated money donated to a political party A) PACs. B) Soft money. C) Super PACs. D) Campaign reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soft money. 19. Taxes are part of: A) Enumerated powers. B) Concurrent powers. C) Reserved powers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concurrent powers. 20. True or False:In most states, people who have committed serious crimes are not eligible to vote while imprisoned. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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