This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is another name for "battleground" states? A) "toss-up" states. B) "too close to call" states. C) "primary" states. D) "proportional" states. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "toss-up" states. 2. Which one of the following is not a component of political parties A) The leaders. B) The active members. C) The followers. D) Professionals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Professionals. 3. All of the following are likely to vote for Republicans except A) Religious people. B) White men. C) Catholics. D) Single white women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single white women. 4. What are the symbols used for the two political parties? A) Elephant and horse. B) Elephant and fish. C) Donkey and horse. D) Donkey and elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Donkey and elephant. 5. Combat climate crisis A) Republican. B) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic. 6. The least amount of electoral votes that a state may have. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 7. What is the guiding philosophy of Communist Party ofIndia? A) Secularism & realism. B) Marxism-Leninism. C) Democracy & Hindutva. D) Cultural nationalism & Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marxism-Leninism. 8. Of the factors of party success what was most influential in the failure of Major's Conservatives? A) Leadership. B) Media Influence. C) Factional Divides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factional Divides. 9. Most of the Framers opposed choosing the President by popular vote because they ..... A) Did not think voters in such a large country would be able to learn enough about the candidates to make an informed decision. B) Feared there would be widespread fraud if a national vote was allowed. C) Believed the average voter would choose not to vote. D) They did not have the technology to count a national vote quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not think voters in such a large country would be able to learn enough about the candidates to make an informed decision. 10. Why are people with higher-than-average education more likely to vote? A) Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates. B) Education enables voters to calculate the probability that their vote will decide the election. C) Education increases intolerance, which then encourages turnout. D) Education depresses political efficacy, which then encourages turnout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education helps voters recognize differences between the candidates. 11. What do special interest groups and political parties both have in common? A) They both have candidates on the ballots. B) They lobby members of Congress. C) They want to influence public policy (laws passed to address problems). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They want to influence public policy (laws passed to address problems). 12. Who OPPOSED a national bank as proposed by Alexander Hamilton? A) Federalists. B) Democratic Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Republicans. 13. Delegates from every state attend a political party's national convention to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Political parties are most visible institutions in a democracy. Which of these is false? A) Even less educated citizens know about political parties. B) Ordinary citizens' democracy is equal to democracy. C) Parties have come to be identified with social and political divisions. D) Most people in a democracy are not critical of political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Most people in a democracy are not critical of political parties. 15. Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party's platform on environmental issues. A) Support candidates. B) Influence laws & policy. C) Unite levels of government. D) Create balance. E) Influence voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Influence laws & policy. 16. Parties hold primary debates to help voters choose which candidate from each party will run in the general election. A) Nominate Candidates. B) Influence Policy. C) Unite Levels of Government. D) Create Balance. E) Inform Citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominate Candidates. 17. A close relationship b/w an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group A) Three-Pointed Triangle. B) Congressional Network. C) Iron Triangle. D) Issue Network. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron Triangle. 18. The term 'partisan' means: A) A group of people who come together to promote common beliefs. B) Affair of the state or the science of governance . C) A person who is strongly committed to a party. D) The ruling party which runs the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who is strongly committed to a party. 19. I was a president who warned the nation against political parties. A) George Washington. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Earl Dodge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Washington. 20. Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses A) Political delegates. B) Superdelegates. C) Extreme delegates. D) National delegates. 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