Generally, a political party with only manifestoes without fulfilment is a/an _____

Step 1: Analyze the question The question describes a party that makes promises (manifestoes) but does not fulfil them. We need the term that best fits that description.

Step 2: Review the options

• Conservative party: Favours preserving the existing order and tradition and resists rapid change. This is about ideology, not about failing to deliver promises.
• Elitist party: Run by and for a small privileged group. Its manifesto is often attractive and full of promises to the masses, but because the leaders serve narrow interests, the promises are rarely carried out.
• Theocratic party: Based on religious rule or doctrine.
• Republican party: Favours a republican system of government (a head of state who is not a monarch), or is simply the name of a particular party, such as the Republican Party in the USA.

Step 3: Reason it out Only one option relates to the idea of promises made to the public that are not honoured. Conservative, theocratic and republican describe a party's ideology or type of government. "Elitist" describes a party whose leadership is detached from the ordinary people. This makes manifestoes mere words, used to win votes rather than to be implemented.

I should be honest that this question is somewhat loosely worded. No textbook gives a strict definition of "a party with only manifestoes without fulfilment.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is B. elitist party.

Tip: For this type of Government question, eliminate options that describe ideology or system (conservative, theocratic, republican) and look for the one that describes behaviour or character. Also remember that a manifesto is a party's published promise of what it will do if elected, and a party that does not deliver on it loses credibility.