This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parliament > Importance > Why Do We Need A Parliament – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Government of India Act 1909 state? A) All Indians can vote after the age of 18. B) To expand participation of Indian in the government of India. C) India would become a federation if 50% of states joined it. D) Allowed for some elected Indian members in the legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allowed for some elected Indian members in the legislature. 2. Houses of people is ..... A) Rajya sabha. B) Vidhan sabha. C) Parliament. D) Lok sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lok sabha. 3. Who is the leader of ruling party in Lok sabha? A) Chief minister. B) Prime Minister. C) Governer. D) MP's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime Minister. 4. What is the main role of Lok sabha? A) How to celebrate festival this year?. B) How can we collect more tax than last year?. C) Both a and b. D) To select a executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To select a executive. 5. How many seats were won by BJP in Lok Sabha Election 2014? A) 14. B) 141. C) 285. D) 114. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 285. 6. Who are the People in Parliament? What is the first statement of this audio clip? A) Parliament now has more and more people from different backgrounds. B) For example, there are more rural members as also members from many regional parties. C) Groups and peoples that were till now unrepresented are beginning to get elected to Parliament. D) There has also been an increase in political participation from the Dalits and backward classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parliament now has more and more people from different backgrounds. 7. What is the key aspect of the functioning of Indian democracy A) President. B) Opposition party. C) Parliament. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 8. Each constituency elects A) 1 person to the parliament. B) 3 person to the parliament. C) 2 person to the parliament. D) 4 person to the parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 person to the parliament. 9. One of the most important functions of the LokSabha is to select the ..... A) MLA. B) Governor. C) Executive. D) Director. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Executive. 10. What is the functions (Role) of the Parliament? A) To Select the National Government. B) To Control, Guide and inform the Government. C) Law Making. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Name the organ of the government which is entitled to make laws A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judiciary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legislative. 12. Important way to control the executive A) Assembly. B) Zero hour. C) Question Hour. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question Hour. 13. Why do you think our national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote? A) Our national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote because in our struggle for independence people from all walks of life participated. B) They came from various backgrounds and were united in their aspirations for a free, equal and independent nation where decision-making would be in the hands of the people. C) The only way in which this would be possible would be through elections-allowing common people a vantage point from where they can consent to and approve of a government that "they" have a right to choose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote because in our struggle for independence people from all walks of life participated. 14. The Rajya Sabha functions primarily as A) Representative of the of the people of India. B) As a part of the parliament. C) Representative of states of India . D) As the part of the Opposition party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative of states of India . 15. In the 2014 elections, what was the leading party of the country A) Indian National Congress. B) Swatantra party. C) Bhartiya janta party. D) Communist party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhartiya janta party. 16. The highest law-making body of our country consisting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is known as A) High court. B) Supreme court. C) Parliament. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 17. Parliament enables Indian citizens to participate in A) Decision making. B) Control the government. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 18. ..... IS AN IMPORTANT MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH MPs CAN ELICIT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORKING OF THE PARLIAMENT A) DEMONSTRATION. B) MEDIA. C) QUESTION HOUR. D) PROTESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) QUESTION HOUR. 19. What is the legislature at the national level in India called? A) Parliament. B) Lok Sabha. C) Both A and B. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 20. To form a government, a party must win at least ..... seats in Lok Sabha. A) 255. B) 280. C) 272. D) 270. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 272. 21. What are the major functions of the parliament? What is the first statement of this audio clip? A) To select the National Government. B) To control, guide and inform the government. C) Law-Making. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To select the National Government. 22. Some of the parliament seats are reserved for whom A) Scheduled Castes. B) Scheduled Tribes. C) MP. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 23. In a democratic form of government, power is vested in the hands of ..... A) Laws. B) Bureaucrats. C) People. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 24. The Lok Sabha is usually elected once every ..... years. A) 2 years. B) 6 years. C) 5 years. D) 15 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 years. 25. Which house known as Council of states and Upper house? A) Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajya Sabha. 26. Which government of India Act allowed some elected representation A) Act 1947. B) Act 1919. C) Act 1916. D) Act 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act 1909. 27. How many members are nominated in Rajya sabha by president? A) 10. B) 15. C) 20. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 28. How many members elected in the lok sabha A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 29. When was the EVM used for the first time? A) 2004. B) 2001. C) 2000. D) 2009. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2004. 30. At times, it becomes difficult for a single political party to get the majority that is required to form the government.They thenjoin together with different political parties whoare interested in similar concerns. What is this called? A) Lok sabha. B) Rajya sabha. C) Coalition Government. D) Opposition party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coalition Government. 31. Rajya Sabha has ..... elected members. A) 245. B) 213. C) 233. D) 243. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 233. 32. A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a ..... A) Pressure group. B) Political Party. C) Federal. D) Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Party. 33. What is the duty of the Opposition party A) Overthrow the ruling party. B) Highlight the drawbacks. C) Give valuable feedback to the government. D) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (b) and (c). 34. Which political party has won most seats in all states in 8th lok sabha election A) Independents. B) Telugu Desam party. C) Muslim league. D) Kerala congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telugu Desam party. 35. During the British Rule, the Indian National Congress demanded A) More money. B) More Land for agriculture. C) More representation in Government. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More representation in Government. 36. THE RAYA SABHA PRIMARILY FUNCTIONS AS THE REPRESNTATIVE OF THE A) STATES. B) MUNICIPALITY. C) TALUKS. D) VILLAGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STATES. 37. There are 3 organs of state-The ....., The Executive and The Judiciary A) Local. B) State. C) Legislature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislature. 38. Select the correct option for-Every adult citizen in a country having the right to vote A) Democracy. B) Universal adult franchise. C) Monarchy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal adult franchise. 39. Which house dissolves after 5 years? A) Parliament. B) Lok Sabha. C) Rajya Sabha. D) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lok Sabha. 40. ..... is made up of all the representatives elected by the Indian people. A) Council of States. B) Rashtrapati Bhavan. C) Lok Sabha. D) White House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lok Sabha. 41. Who all participates in electing the President of India? A) Both MLAs and MPs. B) Only MPs. C) Only MLAs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both MLAs and MPs. 42. Who is the leader of lok sabha A) Narendra modi. B) Om prakash. C) Smriti irani. D) Rahul gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narendra modi. 43. The South Block of the Central Secretariat houses- A) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO). B) The Ministry of Defence. C) The Ministry of External Affairs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Parliament of India is ..... law making institution A) Midst. B) Supreme. C) Lowest. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supreme. 45. In how many years is the lok sabha elected? A) Once in every five years. B) Once in every 4yrs. C) Once in every 3 yrs. D) Once in every 6yrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once in every five years. 46. The parliament session begins with ..... A) Question hour. B) Zero hour. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question hour. 47. What is Coalition Government? A) When two parties join together with different wh has similar concerns. B) The government formed by a second election. C) Reselection of the ruling party of the last election. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When two parties join together with different wh has similar concerns. 48. The maximum strength of Lom Sabha is ..... A) 550. B) 550. C) 545. D) 552. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 545. 49. Which among the following do not have reservations in the parliament? A) Scheduled Caste. B) Scheduled Tribe. C) Women. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmin. 50. Meaning of unresolved A) The situation in which the solution is hard to find. B) The situation in which the solution is easy to find. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The situation in which the solution is hard to find. 51. "With the coming of Independence we are going to be citizens of a free country" . What did this mean for India? What is the first statement of this audio clip? A) With the coming of independence, we were going to be citizens of a free country. B) This did not mean that the government could do what it felt like, it meant that the government had to be sensitive to people's needs and demands. C) The dreams and aspirations of the freedom struggle were made concrete in the Constitution of independent India that laid down the principle of universal adult franchise, i.e. D) That all adult citizens of the country have the right to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the coming of independence, we were going to be citizens of a free country. 52. Which is an important way to control the executive in Parliament? A) Assembly hour. B) Question hour. C) Zero hour. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question hour. 53. Explain the ways in which political party forms the government. What is the first statement of this audio clip? A) After the Lok Sabha elections, a list is prepared showing how many MPs belong to each political party. B) For a political party to form the government, they must have a majority of elected MPs. C) Since there are 543 elected (plus 2 Anglo-Indian nominated) members in Lok Sabha, to have a majority a party should have at least half the number i.e. 272 members or more. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the Lok Sabha elections, a list is prepared showing how many MPs belong to each political party. 54. Which among the following is NOT the function of the Parliament? A) Law making. B) To Control, Guide and Inform the Government. C) To Select the National Government. D) To conduct general elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To conduct general elections. 55. The Supreme law-making institution is the A) Rajya Sabha. B) Judiciary. C) Parliament. D) Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 56. The president appoints ..... members of rajya sabha A) 12. B) 14. C) 15. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 57. How many houses have the Parliament? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 58. How does the Parliament of India consists: A) The President. B) The Lok Sabha. C) The Rajya Sabha. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 59. What is the usual term of Lok Sabha? A) 6 years. B) 5 years. C) 3 years. D) 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 years. 60. The question hour is an important mechanism through which A) Country's policies are considered. B) Government is alerted to its shortcomings. C) Armed forces decide on foreign matters. D) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have a joint session. 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