B.COM Foundational Course (Party System In Indian Politics) MCQ's




Question 1 :
Presently, there are _____ national parties.


  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 5
  

Question 2 :
The National Conference is dominant in Punjab.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 3 :
The fourth general elections in _____ resulted in an increase in the strength of non-congress opposition parties.


  1. 1960
  2. 1967
  3. 1963
  4. 1968
  

Question 4 :
The main aim of every political party is to promote _____.


  1. Political instability
  2. State party
  3. Secularism
  4. None of the above
  

Question 5 :
There is absence of inner-party democracy.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 6 :
There are _____ directly elected MPs in the Lok Sabha.


  1. 430
  2. 543
  3. 500
  4. 200
  

Question 7 :
The party system in India is well organised.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 8 :
The Bangla Congress was an _____ party.


  1. Faction
  2. Ad-hoc
  3. Secularism
  4. None of the above
  

Question 9 :
A party, to be recognised as a national party, should win _____ per cent seats in the Lok Sabha.


  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 2
  

Question 10 :
Parties use extra-constitutional means of protest at times.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 11 :
Political parties were first established in _____ (name the continent).


  1. Europe
  2. America
  3. India
  4. None of the above
  

Question 12 :
A bipolar party system has emerged since 1989.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 13 :
A party must win at least 11 Lok Sabha seats from at least three different States for recognition as a national party.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 14 :
In parliamentary system, the _____ party forms the government.


  1. Faction
  2. Majority
  3. Factors
  4. None of the above
  

Question 15 :
Defections were responsible for the fall of 16 State governments in the period between1967 to 1968.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 16 :
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a national party.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 17 :
Congress has replaced the United Front as the second 'pole' of Indian politics.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 18 :
The BJP has been dominant in Tamil Nadu.


  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  

Question 19 :
In the communist parties, on the other hand, ideological disagreements frequently lead to _____ formation.


  1. Faction
  2. Strong organisation
  3. Secularism
  4. None of the above
  

Question 20 :
After 1989, the _____ emerged as a national party.


  1. Congress
  2. Shivsena
  3. BJP
  4. M.N.S.
  

Question 21 :
J. Jayalalitha is the leader of _____.


  1. AIADMK,
  2. Faction
  3. Secularism
  4. None of the above
  
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