This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 71 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Largest number of votes A) Plurality. B) Majority. C) National committee. D) Precinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plurality. 2. Which party was founded by Shyam Prasad Mukherjee A) CPI(M). B) NCP. C) DMK. D) BJP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BJP. 3. A political party that believes in individual freedom and the only purpose of government is to protect this freedom A) Libertarian Party. B) Nonpartisan. C) Splinter Party. D) Closed Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Libertarian Party. 4. This means the power to declare laws unconstitutional A) Presidential Power. B) Implied Powers. C) Judicial Review. D) Election of 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judicial Review. 5. Party that disappeared by 1857 A) Democratic Party. B) Whig Party. C) Republican Party. D) American or Know Nothing Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American or Know Nothing Party. 6. Propaganda technique involving the use of a celebrity or spokesperson to speak on behalf of a product of candidate A) Testimonial. B) Bandwagon. C) Transfer. D) Card stacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonial. 7. The candidate is the ..... A) One with the most elected members and can sway the vote on bills. B) One who promotes the views of its supporters by forcing compromise. C) Person running for political office. D) Stand the government takes on certain issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person running for political office. 8. When do by-elections normally take place? A) About every 5 years. B) About every 3 years. C) When an MP dies or resigns between elections. D) When the Prime Minister decides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When an MP dies or resigns between elections. 9. Why did the first political parties form? A) They disagreed on the best way to run the government. B) They disagreed on who the first elected president should be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They disagreed on the best way to run the government. 10. A liberal opinion ..... A) Seeks to drastically alter the current public policy and society in general. B) Promotes the idea of equal economic opportunities and favors reform and change. C) Promotes the idea of free enterprise and favors maintaining the status quo. D) Seeks to avoid extremes in opinion and seeks a middle ground between left and right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promotes the idea of equal economic opportunities and favors reform and change. 11. Teddy Roosevelt once ran on a third party ticket-under which name? A) Green Acres Party. B) Bull Moose Party. C) Running Deer Party. D) Wheat Fields Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bull Moose Party. 12. In a proportional representation system, what happens if a party gets 30% of the votes? A) They automatically win all the seats. B) They receive 30% of the available seats. C) They're excluded from parliament. D) They must form a coalition with another party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They receive 30% of the available seats. 13. What is the purpose of a poll? A) To determine what candidates believe in. B) To alter the views of that candidate's opponenet. C) To decide what issues to build a platform on based on what the public thinks. D) To deter the public from doing their own research on the condidates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To decide what issues to build a platform on based on what the public thinks. 14. Who were the two explorers who were sent out to explore the Louisiana Territory? A) Lewis and Clarence. B) Lewis and Clark. C) Lewis and Mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lewis and Clark. 15. In the Preamble, what does it mean when it says, "We the people ..... "? A) The constitution was written for all the people of the United States. B) The constitution was only written for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. C) Referring to "the people" who authored the constitution. D) The people of Massachusetts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The constitution was written for all the people of the United States. 16. This party did not want slavery to expand into new U.S. territories broke away from others. A) Democrat Party. B) Green Party. C) Republican Party. D) Independent Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Republican Party. 17. Which of these is the challenge faced by political party? A) Lack of internal democracy. B) Dynastic succession. C) Growing role of money and muscle power. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 18. What should you read in order to learn about a parties beliefs and opinions on political issues? A) The party's caucus. B) The party's constitution. C) The party's platform. D) The party's precinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The party's platform. 19. The media has roles in elections. Which below is NOT a role of the media? A) Identify the candidates so we can learn about them. B) Write editorials, create political cartoons, and post on social media. C) Pass legislation that will have an impact on the election. D) Broadcast different points of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pass legislation that will have an impact on the election. 20. Influential Republicans include Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, and ..... A) Franklin D. Roosevelt. B) Ulysses S. Grant. C) John F. Kennedy. D) James K. Polk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulysses S. 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