Correct Answer – Option 2 : multi-party

The correct answer is multi-party.

• The multi-party system has evolved in India because many parties enable representing the social and geographical diversity of the country.
• In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, 464  political parties were contested (6 national parties, 39 state parties, and 419 unrecognized parties), along with 8251 independent candidates.
  • 36 political parties are currently represented in Lok Sabha. 10 political parties have only one member and six parties are represented by two members in Lok Sabha.

• Examples of a multi-party system country: Armenia, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, France, India, Argentina, Indonesia, etc.
• The Soviet Union only had one party, namely the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• The United States, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Malta, and Zimbabwe, have a two-party system.