Political party

_________ is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.

• Pressure group

• Political party

• Interest group

• Business lobby

In countries like India, _________ choose candidates for contesting elections.

• Top party leaders

• Members of the party

• Supporters of the party

• None of the above

A government is expected to base its policies on the line taken by the ________.

• Opposition parties

• Ruling party

• President

• Parliament

In India, ______ parties are registered with the Election Commission of India.

• Less than 750

• Less than 75

• Less than 100

• More than 750

The ___________ and the United Kingdom are examples of a two-party system.

• United States of America

• Russia

• China

• Canada

Which of the following is an example of a multi-party system?

• India

• New Zealand

• Canada

• All of the above

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.

• Two seats

• Three seats

• One seat

• Four seats

Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the oldest parties in the world, founded in _________.

• 1885

• 1990

• 1888

• 1880

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national party formed in _______ under the leadership of Kanshi Ram.

• 1964

• 1974

• 1994

• 1984

Berlusconi was the Prime Minister of ________. His company owns TV channels, the most important publishing company, and a football club (AC Milan).

• Italy

• France

• Spain

• Germany