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POLITICAL PARTIES

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party?

a)

Kanshi Ram

b)

Sahu Maharaj

c)

Jotiba Phule

d)

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

2.

What is the guiding philosophy of the Bhartiya Janta Party?

a)

Bahujan Samaj

b)

Revolutionary Democracy

c)

Integral Humanism

d)

Modernity

3.

Consider the following statements on parties:-

a. Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people.

b. Parties are often rocked by scandals involving top party leaders.

c. Parties are not necessary to run governments.

a)

a, b, c

b)

a & b

c)

b & c

d)

a & c

4.

Partisan means:-

a)

Party which runs the government.

b)

Affair of the state or the science of government.

c)

A person who is strongly committed to a party.

d)

A group of people who come together to promote common beliefs.

5.

Multi - party system advocates:-

a. The political parties which govern the country.

b. The government is formed by various parties coming together.

c. Does not permit free competition for power.

d. This system allows a variety of interests and opinions to enjoy political representation.

a)

a, b, c

b)

a, c, d

c)

d, c

d)

b, d

6.

A group of people who come close to each other to attain their common aim of power is known as…

a)

Political Party

b)

Interest Group

c)

Political leadership

d)

Factional group

7.

India has…major National Parties.

a)

4

b)

8

c)

6

d)

7

8.

Which of these is a National Party?

a)

INC

b)

BSP

c)

BJP

d)

All of these

9.

Which of these is the main component of political party?

a)

Leaders

b)

The followers

c)

Active members

d)

All of these

10.

Which of these is the function of political party?

a)

To contest election

b)

To form and run government

c)

To form public opinion

d)

All of these

11.

Political party that runs the government is ….

a)

Ruling party

b)

Interest group

c)

Opposition party

d)

Factional group

12.

The rise of political parties is directly linked to….

a)

Emergence of representative democracies

b)

Large scale societies

c)

Mechanism of restrain and support the government

d)

All of these

13.

System with two party is known as….

a)

Uni-party system

b)

Multi-party system

c)

Bi-party system

d)

None of these

14.

Any party with 6% of total votes in Lok Sabha or Assembly elections in four states and wins at least 4 seats in Lok Sabha is recognized as….

a)

National Party

b)

Regional Party

c)

State Party

d)

Factional Party

15.

Which out of the following is a feature of 'Partisanship'?

a)

Inability to take a balanced view

b)

Similarity of views

c)

Represents the individual

d)

None of these

16.

How many parties are registered with the Election Commission of India?

a)

500

b)

650

c)

700

d)

750

17.

What system of government does India have?

a)

One-party system

b)

Two-party system

c)

Multi-party system

d)

None of these

18.

What is an 'alliance'?

a)

One party contests elections

b)

Several parties join hands for contesting elections

c)

Two parties contest elections

d)

None of these

19.

What are 'National parties'?

a)

Parties which have units in various states

b)

Parties which have no units

c)

Parties which have units in two states

d)

Parties which have units in all states

20.

On what ideologies does the Indian National Congress rest?

a)

Communalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Federalism

d)

Secularism

21.

The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power in 1998 as the leader of:

a)

United Progressive Alliance

b)

Left front

c)

National Democratic Alliance

d)

None of these

22.

What is meant by 'Defection'?

a)

Loyalty towards a party

b)

Changing party allegiance

c)

Political reforms

d)

None of these

23.

What is an 'Affidavit'?

a)

Over-regulation of political parties

b)

Decision-making body of the party

c)

Details of a contesting candidate

d)

None of these

24.

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

25.

The party that loses the elections and does not form the government is called….

a)

Ruling party

b)

Interest group

c)

Opposition party

d)

Factional group

26.

Whom do political parties have to register themselves?

a)

State government

b)

Central government

c)

Election Commission

d)

None of these

27.

The political party which believes in Marxism-Leninism is -

a)

Nationalist Congress Party

b)

Communist Party of India

c)

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)

d)

Bahujan Samaj Party

28.

Select the statement related to the advantages

of multiparty system

a)

Multi-party system provides limited choice to voters

b)

There is a chance of conflict

c)

Provides choice to the voters

d)

In Multi-party system regional parties get the representation

29.

A recognised political party is one that -

a)

is registered with the Election Commission of India

b)

is given a unique Election symbol

c)

gets some other facilities recognised by the Election Commission

d)

All of these

30.

Which party is only allowed to rule in China?

a)

Socialist party

b)

Communist party

c)

Liberal party

d)

Maoist party