Explore Political Parties MCQs For CBSE Class 10
1) _________ is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold
power in the government.
a) Pressure Group
b) Political Party
c) Interest Group
d) Business Lobby
Answer: Option (b)
2) The ___________ has officially banned wall writing by parties during election
times.
a) Parliament
b) President
c) Election Commission
d) Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
Answer: Option (c)
3) Political parties reflect fundamental ______in a society. Parties are about a part
of the society and thus involve PARTISANSHIP.
a) social divisions
b) economic divisions
c) religious divisions
d) political divisions
Answer: Option (d)
4) In countries like India, _________ choose candidates for contesting elections.
a) top party leaders
b) members of party
c) supporters of party
d) none of the above
Answer: Option (a)
5) A government is expected to base its policies on the line taken by the ________.
a) opposition parties
b) ruling party
c) President
d) Parliament
Answer: Option (b)
6) Many of the pressure groups are the extensions of _________ among different
sections of society
a) legislature
b) government
c) political parties
d) bureaucracy
Answer: Option (c)
7) The rise of political parties is directly linked to the emergence of_______.
a) monitory democracies
b) direct democracies
c) representative democracies
d) constitutional democracies.
Answer: Option (c)
8) Many political parties protested against POSCO, the Korean steel company for
being permitted by the State Government to export iron ore from ______ to feed
steel plants in China and Korea.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) West Bengal
d) Odisha
Answer: Option (d)
9) In India, ______ parties are registered with the Election Commission of India
a) less than 750
b) less than 75
c) less than 100
d) more than 750
Answer: Option (d)
10) The ___________ and the United Kingdom are examples of a two-party system.
a) United States of America
b) Russia
c) China
d) Canada
Answer: Option (a)
11) Which of the following is an example of multi party system?
a) India
b) New Zealand
c) Canada
d) All of the above
Answer: Option (d)
12) Which of the following statements are true about political parties?
a) The proportion of those who said they were members of some political party was lower
in India than many advanced countries like Canada, Japan
b) Over the last three decades the proportion of those who report to be members of
political parties in India has gone down steadily
c) The proportion of those who say they feel ‘close to a political party’ has also gone
down in India
d) None of the above
Answer: Option (d)
13) National parties have their units in various states, but by and large, all these
units follow the same policies, programmes and strategy that is decided at the
________.
a) national level
b) state level
c) district level
d) village level
Answer: Option (a)
14) A party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in an election to the
Legislative Assembly of a State and wins at least __________ is recognised as a State
party.
a) two seats
b) three seats
c) one seat
d) four seats
Answer: Option (a)
15) A party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in Lok Sabha elections
or Assembly elections in four States and wins at least _____________ in the Lok
Sabha is recognised as a national party.
a) one seat
b) two seats
c) four seats
d) three seats
Answer: Option (c)
16) According to the given classification, there were _________ national recognised
parties in India in 2006.
a) seven
b) six
c) five
d) ten
Answer: Option (b)
17) Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the oldest parties of the world founded
in _________
a) 1885
b) 1880
c) 1888
d) 1889
Answer: Option (a)
18) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national party formed in _______ under the
leadership of Kanshi Ram.
a) 1964
b) 1974
c) 1994
d) 1984
Answer: Option (d)
19) Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) was founded in _______. It
supports socialism, secularism and democracy and opposes imperialism and
communalism.
a) 1978
b) 1964
c) 1968
d) 1954
Answer: Option (b)
20) Berlusconi was the Prime Minister of ________. His company owns TV
channels, the most important publishing company, a football club (AC Milan).
a) Italy
b) France
c) Spain
d) Germany
Answer: Option (a)
