This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which electoral systems give minority and nationalist parties a greater opportunity for representative influence? A) Proportional representation. B) First-past-the-post. C) Single transferable vote. D) Mixed-member proportional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proportional representation. 2. 18 year olds received the right to vote based on A) 8th amendment. B) 22nd amendment. C) 25th amendment. D) 26th amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th amendment. 3. True or False:The French beheaded King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette (guess they were sick of cake) and declared war on Britain. Federalists were horrified and sided with Great Britain, while Republicans were in favor of liberty and sympathized with France. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The bigger the ..... of a state the more electoral votes a state receives. A) Trees. B) Land. C) Population. D) Ceiling fans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 5. Which branch can declare war? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judicial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legislative. 6. What does it mean when a candidate has been NOMINATED to run for an office? A) They won the general election. B) They won their party's primary election. C) They have nominal control of something. D) They get to choose what issue they want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They won their party's primary election. 7. What is the stated or declared list of the ideas, positions and plans of a political party or candidate? A) Ballot. B) Platform. C) Election. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platform. 8. An electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office. A) Single-issue party. B) Single-member district. C) Splinter party. D) Party organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single-member district. 9. A group of people from each state who meet in December after an election and vote for presdient A) Electoral College. B) Interest group. C) Political party. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electoral College. 10. Wanted a stronger federal government, pro-business & factories. A) Federalists. B) Democrat-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 11. The process by which people form their political attitudes A) Media. B) Political Socialization. C) Public Agenda. D) Intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Socialization. 12. Third parties are important because they can make voters aware of important issues. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Party in Nigeria that is socially conservative but economically liberal. A) APC. B) PDP. C) APGA. D) NNPP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PDP. 14. How many electoral votes are needed to secure the presidency? A) 218. B) 360. C) 270. D) 180. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 15. Most countries use which type of party system: A) No political parties. B) Two-party system. C) Multi-party system. D) Single-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multi-party system. 16. Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gain A) Twelth amendment. B) Supersede. C) Commerce clause. D) Speculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speculator. 17. What is the name for the process used to select the president and vice president of the United States? A) Winner take all. B) Electoral college. C) Popular vote. D) Majority vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electoral college. 18. The United States Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every A) Presidential election year. B) Twenty-five years. C) Ten years. D) Year. E) Five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten years. 19. Rich and educated A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 20. Which political party believes in Marxism-Leninism? A) Communist Party of India. B) Nationalist Congress Party. C) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamluk). D) Bahujan Samaj Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communist Party of India. ← 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