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WorksheetsW09 Political Party
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Political party is defined as ...
an organized group of elite politicians sharing common policy preferences & ideological position.
an organized group of people sharing preferences to similar policies with different major ideological position.
a party that compromises of politicians who share the same goals and ideological position.
an organized party of people who share similar policy and ideological preferences.
What does it mean by an 'organized' group?
They act according to emotional sentiments.
They set a goal and plan how to achieve it.
They select people randomly based on who's available in the party.
The elect people through discussions and voting system.
Khairul formed a political party which he gathered his family members to join the party and registered the party to Registrar of Society (RoS). Though those who are not in the family-tree may not join the party, they do have a proper voting system to select who will manage the party. What is your comment on this party?
It is an organized party.
It is not fully a political party because of the limited membership condition.
This party will be able to form the government because it is organized.
It is a liberal political party.
Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia collects the voices of individuals and present it to the public to demand their needs. This is highlighting the function of a political party which is ...
Elite formation and recruitment
Political socialization and mobilization
Representation
Goal formulation
The Perikatan National Coalition argued that the National Budget is lacking in several aspects and does not cater to the needs of certain marginalised community. This is an example of which purpose of a political party?
Organization of government
Representation
Goal formumation
Advise and correcting mistakes
DAP wants more rights for the Chinese community while PKR feels the Malay rights are being threatened. The government then consolidated both interests and formed a policy that distribute benefits to both communities and announced it to the citizens. This is an example of which purpose of political party?
Goal formulation
Interest aggregation and articulation
Political socialization and mobilization
Representation
Countries like North Korea and China have ...
One-party systems
Two-party systems
Dominant-party systems
Multi-party systems
In the UK, 'Conservative and Unionist Party' and 'Labour Party' control the seats in their House of Common (lower House of Parliament). This shows that ...
it has two-party systems.
it has dominant-party systems.
it has multi-party systems.
it has a unified government system.
Syed Saddiq learned a lot from Tun M and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when he co-formed Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM). With enough experience, he formed his own political party. This exampled highlighted a function of political party which is ...
interest aggregation and articulation.
political socialization and mobilization.
goal formulation.
organization of government.
... is important as it serves as a direction on what a political party should struggle for.
Representation
Correcting mistakes
Goal formulation
Political mobilization
What benefits that it brings to you when knowing the definition, functions and types of political parties?
I am able to identify which process involved when a political party is operating at my place (i.e. socialization, mobilization, articulation)
I am able to shape political parties by changing directly the ideologies of the leaders.
I am able to better assess which political party has the goal that aligns with the needs of the citizens.
I become more curious towards statements by members of political parties as I question how do they aggregate the citizen's needs.
I can be a well-informed member of a political party in the future.
In Malaysia, there are two main political entities which are Pakatan Harapan Coalition (PH) with several parties in it and Barisan Nasional Coalition (BN) with several parties in it. This shows that Malaysia adopts a ... system.
one-party
two-party
dominant-party
multi-party
