Political Parties Test - 15

State Forward Bloc or the All India Forward Bloc is a regional party in West Bengal. The party emerged as the faction of Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhash Chandra Bose.

A two-party system is a party system where two major political parties[1] dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority or governing party while the other is the minority or opposition party. Around the world, the term has different senses. For example, in the United States, Jamaica, and Malta, the sense of two-party system describes an arrangement in which all or nearly all elected officials belong to one of the only two major parties, and third parties rarely win any seats in the legislature. In such arrangements, two-party systems are thought to result from various factors like winner-takes-all election rules. In such systems, while chances for third-party candidates winning election to major national office are remote, it is possible for groups within the larger parties, or in opposition to one or both of them, to exert influence on the two major parties.In contrast, in the United Kingdom and Australia and in other parliamentary systems and elsewhere, the term two-party system is sometimes used to indicate an arrangement in which two major parties dominate elections but in which there are viable third parties which do win seats in the legislature, and in which the two major parties exert proportionately greater influence than their percentage of votes would suggest. So, the smaller parties tend to merge with the bigger parties or they drop out of elections. Such a parliamentary system prevails in Canada and Great Britain, in which there are two parties holding the maximum numbers of seats. Hence, Option A is correct. In most of the systems, the smaller parties are merged into a single large one, hence, incorrect. 

India has a multi-party system, where there exist a number of national as well as regional parties. In the multi-party system, there is no limit to the number of parties that can take part in the elections. 

One of the serious problems affecting the parties around the world challenge is the growing role of money and muscle power in parties, especially during elections. Since parties are focussed only on winning elections, they tend to use short-cuts to win elections. They tend to nominate those candidates who have or can raise lots of money. Rich people and companies who give funds to the parties tend to have an influence on the policies and decisions of the party.

A two-party system is a party system where there exist two major political parties. It is only one party that holds the majority in the House and forms the government, while other is the opposition party. The nation where two party system prevails is UK.

The Bahujan Samaj Party is a party formed to represent Bahujans referring to Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and other backward Castes. It was founded on 14 April 1984.  It has its main base in the state of Uttar Pradesh and a substantial presence in neighboring states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Punjab. Formed government in Uttar Pradesh several times by taking the support of different parties at different times.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. The party was officially created on the birthday of Birsa Munda, the 19th-century tribal warrior of Jharkhand, who fought against the British rule in present-day Jharkhand.