1. Read the paragraph given below and choose the correct answer in the given choice. (KARNATAKA SET 2017 PAPER II)

Parties have become almost universal in the twentieth century and there are different party systems or arrangements. For example, today a majority of countries in the world and nearly two-third of its population are governed by simple parties. In the USA and Britain the two-party system functions and in France and in other West European countries the multi-party system is in vogue. To categorise party systems on the basis of the number of parties is no longer enough. There is need for further sophistication and political scientists have now got away from the simple numerical approach. Professor Almond, in The Politics of the Developing Areas, distinguishes four major categories of party systems with some sub-divisions.

1. Today, simple political parties are ruling 1/2 of worlds population.
2. It is not enough to categorise political parties on the basis of the number of parties.
3. Multi party systems are invogue in France and UK today.
4. Almond distinguishes four categories of party system with sub divisions.

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2. Which of the following does not provide an example of a two-party system? (GUJARAT SET 2014 PAPER III)

3. Which of the following is not a type of party system according to Giovanni Sartori's classification? (CUET PG 2024)

4. Consider the following statements: (JNU MA 2020)

A. Duverger argues that simple plurality single ballot system leads to two party system.

B. Duverger and Sartori argue that the second ballot system/proportional representation leads to multiparty system.

C. Robert Michels has articulated ‘Iron law of Oligarchy’.

D. The two main parties in UK and USA are Mass parties.

Which of the statements mentioned above are correct?

5. The Duverger-Riker model tries to establish link between which of the following:- (DU MA 2019)

6. Which of the following statements best captures the meaning of 'catch all' parties? (DU MA 2021)

7. Duverger-Riker model tries to establish link between (DU MA 2021)

8. Who gave the catch'all model of party system? (DU MA 2018)

9. Who among the following gave a law about the relationship between electoral system and party system? (DU MA 2018)

10. Which one of the following is NOT a function of political parties? (NET December 2020 & June 2021 Paper-II)

11. Who coined the phrase 'Catch-all' party? (CUET PG 2022)

12. Who gave a seven-fold classification of parties and party systems ? (Himachal Pradesh SET 2017)

13. Maurice Duverger's thesis of Political Parties appeared in the book (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET JUNE 2022)

14. Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in: (GUJARAT SET 2016 PAPER 3)

15. Who among the following scholars called most political parties as 'catch all parties'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

16. In regard to the theory of political parties, which one of the following was propounded by Maurice Duverger? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

17. Who among the following argues that ‘only those parties should be counted as parts of the party system that have either ‘Coalition potential’ or ‘Blackmail potential’? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

18. The statement that the parties are the ‘brokers of ideas’ was made by: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

19. Which one of the following is not a demerit of proportional representation system? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

20. Under proportional representation system (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER III)

21. Which of the following theory of political parties was propounded by Maurice Duverger? (KERALA SET JANUARY 2023)

22. Who coined cleavage model of party systems? (Himachal Pradesh SET 2017)

23. Which of the following term is used by Maurice Duverger for political party? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

24. A party system with several or many parties, where none approach 50 percent of votes and seats is characterised as: (JMI M.A. 2019)

25. Dominant-party systems are characterised by: (JMI M.A. 2019)

26. Who wrote Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State? (WB PSC 2022)

27. Which among the following is the role of representative according to John Wahlke? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

A.    Trustee-deputy role

B.     Facilitator-neutral role

C.     District state or country role

D.    Revolutionary role

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

28. What according to Duverger; is not a character of a 'caucus' in a political party? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)

29. What is the basic defect of the single party system? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

30. Which of the following are not the functions of political parties? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2023)

31. Who has called political parties ‘broker of ideas’? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

32. Interest aggregation is the function of: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

33. Stasiology is study of: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

34. In most of the third world countries, the political parties are: (KERALA SET 2021 JULY)

35. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other Labeled as Reason (R): (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

Assertion (A): Political parties, through their auxiliary bodies, receive demands from political system and filter those demands for shaping public policies.

Reason (R): Political parties capture power to represent the interests of the elites.

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36. Statiology is study of (KARNATAKA SET 2014 PAPER II)

37. Which of the following is an example of the sociological approach to explaining political party formation? (KARNATAKA SET 2015 PAPER II)

38. Which among the following statement is not correct? (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

39. Criticism of political parties is not against political parties as such but against the weak and imperfect ones. Who made this argument? (GUJARAT SET 2018)

40. 'SYRIZA' is a political party in (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

41. Giovanni Sartori is associated with the study of (University of Hyderabad MA 2017)

42. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): (CUET PG 2023)

Assertion (A): G. Sartori has presented a comprehensive analysis of multi- party system.

Reason (R): Sartori classified political parties in four types-caucus, branch, cell and militia.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

43. Which of the following is the correct explanation of the growth of regional parties in India? (SLET 17th March 2024)

(i) The democratization of state structures and political practices.

(ii) The resurgent articulation of local and regional interests in the wake of the retrenchment of the welfare state and turm to neo-liberalism.

(iii) The modernization paradigm defined region as spatial units.

(iv) The politicization of minority nations (nations without states).

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44. Who among the following Scholars has given a view about British Political Parties that 'Conservative and Labour Parties are same in distribution of power within'? (Rajasthan SET 2020)

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42. রাজনৈতিক দল ছাড়া আধুনিক রাজনৈতিক ব্যবস্থা কল্পনা করাই কঠিন”— উক্তিটি করেন (7^TH SLST 2023)

46. Identify the correct statements- (NET August 2024 Shift II)

A. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is an example of a cadre based party.

B. Otto Kirchheimer argues for a category of 'catch-all parties'.

C. O. Kirchheimer puts the US Republican and Democratic parties in the category of catch-all parties.

D. Anthony Downs portray politicians as power-seeking creatures who are willing' to adopt 'whatever' policies are likely to bring them electoral success.

E. Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of UK Declaration of freedom.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

47. Who said that from the point of structure Political Parties can be divided into four 'kinds - caucus, branch, cell and militia? (BHU MA 2014)

48. Who among the following distinguished four main cleavages ‐ centre‐periphery, state‐church, rural‐urban and workers‐employers cleavages ‐ created by two revolutions such as the national revolution and the industrial revolution respectively that constituted the bases for the formation of political parties in western democracies? (JNU MA 2021)

49. Who, among the following, has classified one-party system into broad one-party system, narrow one-party system and authoritarian one-party system? (NET June 2009)

50. Which one of the following is a function of political parties? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

51. Who among the following has attempted a correlation between electoral system and party system? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)

52. Duverger's classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in (NET December 2012 Paper II)

53. Who among the following divided the non-competitive party system into one-party authoritarian, one- party pluralistic and one-party totalitarian? (NET June 2012 Paper III)