This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Parliament > System > Indian Parliamentary System – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Parliamentary System Quiz 1 (58 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Country following parliamentary form of government A) North Korea. B) United Kingdom. C) China. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United Kingdom. 2. The sessions of parliament is summoned and closed by the ..... A) Prime minister. B) President. C) Speaker. D) Vice President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 3. The elections to the Indian legislatures are conducted by a Independent body called ..... set up under the provisions of the constitution. A) Parliamentary Commission. B) Planning Commission. C) Finance Commission. D) Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Election Commission. 4. The Indian Parliamentary System was influenced from the A) French. B) British. C) Portugese. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British. 5. The ..... parties act as a check on the ruling party by criticising its policies. A) Opposition. B) Minority. C) Majority. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposition. 6. Which is called as the House of the People? A) Rajya Sabha. B) Vidhan Sabha. C) Lok Sabha. D) Vidhan Parishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lok Sabha. 7. Which organ of the government frames the law A) Legislature. B) President. C) Judiciary. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legislature. 8. ..... emergency can be declared under Article 356 A) National. B) Financial. C) State. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State. 9. Which of the following bills contains the provision related to tax regulations A) Ordinary bill. B) Budget. C) Money bill. D) Constitutional amendment bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money bill. 10. The president is elected by the members of ..... A) Elected Members of both the Houses of the Parliament. B) Elected members of the State Legislative Assembly. C) Electoral College. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electoral College. 11. If there is no overall majority then two or more parties may join together to form a government. This is called a ..... A) Alliance. B) Agreement. C) Arrangement. D) Coalition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coalition. 12. How many members are elected from the states for the Lok Sabha A) 532. B) 232. C) 230. D) 530. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 530. 13. The body which elects the President is called ..... A) Legislative assemblies. B) Electoral college. C) Election college. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electoral college. 14. To whom are the questions asked in the Lok Sabha addressed to? A) Leader of Opposition. B) President. C) Speaker. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker. 15. The party that wins ..... (the majority) of the seats In Lok Sabha can form a government and the party leader becomes Prime minister. A) 280. B) 273. C) 272. D) 274. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 272. 16. The most significant function of the Parliament is A) Solving disputes. B) Constitution Amendment. C) Law Making. D) Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law Making. 17. FIRST WOMEN SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA? ? A) INDIRA GANDHI. B) MEIRA KUMAR. C) YOURSELF. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MEIRA KUMAR. 18. Who runs the meetings in the House of Representatives and Senate chambers? A) Prime Minister and Serjeant-at-Arms. B) The Speaker and The President. C) Usher and Clerk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Speaker and The President. 19. CURRENT LOK SABHA SPEAKER? ? ? ? A) NARENDRA MODI. B) IRON MAN. C) Incumbent Om Birla. D) CAPTAIN AMERICA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incumbent Om Birla. 20. The parliament consists of the ....., the Lok Sabha and the ..... A) President, Legislative Assembly. B) President, Prime minister. C) Prime minister, Rajya Sabha. D) President, Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President, Rajya Sabha. 21. The upper house of the parliament is the A) Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha. C) Constitution. D) Prime minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajya Sabha. 22. The Legislature is called the A) Vidhan Sabha. B) Vidhan Parishad. C) Assembly. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament. 23. A candidate of Lok Sabha can be disqualified if A) He is of sound mind. B) He is not less than 25 years of age. C) He has acquired the citizenship of an other country. D) He is the citizen of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has acquired the citizenship of an other country. 24. "Parliamentary Government" is also known as ..... A) Cabinet government. B) Limited tgovernment. C) Republic government. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cabinet government. 25. What are the two houses of Indian Parliament? A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. B) House of representatives and house of lords. C) Senate and house of lords. D) Legislative assembly and legislative council. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 26. Though Lok Sabha is called the lower house, it is more powerful because in it reside the will of the ..... A) People. B) Government. C) President. D) Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People. 27. The country is divided into ..... voting areas, called ....., and each is represented by one MP. A) 543, Constituency. B) 545, Constituency. C) 543, wards. D) 544, Constituency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 543, Constituency. 28. An ordinance expires after ..... weeks once the Parliament is back in session A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 29. Head of government in a parliamentary democracy A) Monarchy. B) Dictator. C) Prime minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime minister. 30. Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) we're used through out the country for the first time in ..... A) 2000. B) 2004. C) 1991. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2004. 31. Who highlights the drawback of various policies? A) Opposition Party. B) Member of legislative. C) Members of parliament. D) Members of executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposition Party. 32. The President can submit his resignation to ..... A) The Chief Justice of India. B) The Prime Minister. C) The Vice President. D) The Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vice President. 33. A major development in the voting system is the use of ..... against the traditional ballot paper. A) Transferable voting system. B) Electronic Voting Machine. C) Preferential voting system. D) Manual Voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electronic Voting Machine. 34. What is usually the title of chief executive in a presidential democracy? A) CFO. B) President. C) Prime minister. D) CEO. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 35. Union Legislature comprises of A) Two Houses. B) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. C) 2 Houses and the President of India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 Houses and the President of India. 36. Name the country which has adopted the Presidential System. A) France. B) UK. C) India. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 37. During the declaration of the State of Emergency in 1975 who was the President of India A) B.D Jatti. B) Gyani Zail Singh. C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. D) Zakir Hussain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. 38. The President is also the ..... A) Head of the Public Services. B) Supreme Commander of Armed forces. C) Commander of the Army. D) Supreme commander of the State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supreme Commander of Armed forces. 39. The law making body in our country is called the ..... A) Congress. B) Federal Assembly. C) Parliament. D) National Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 40. The ..... has two houses . A) Lower House. B) Upper House. C) Parliament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 41. ..... is a member of a country and has the rights that are given by the country's government. A) A secondary source. B) A citizen. C) A primary source. D) A government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A citizen. 42. Whose duty it is to keep the President informed of the decisions of the council of Ministers? A) The Vice President. B) The Parliament. C) The council of Ministers. D) The Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Prime Minister. 43. What is the minimum age for holding office in the lok sabha? A) 42. B) 30. C) 35. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 44. The ..... is called the 'House of the people' A) Rajya Sabha. B) Lok Sabha. C) Parliament. D) Union Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lok Sabha. 45. Who is the head of the Government? A) Prime Minister. B) President. C) Chief Minister. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Minister. 46. The supreme power to give orders to the Indian Armed Forces lies with the ..... A) President of India. B) Prime Minister of India. C) Defence minister. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President of India. 47. Who of these is appointed by the President? A) The Police Commissioner. B) The Lok Sabha speaker. C) The Attorney General of India. D) The Chief Minister of a state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Attorney General of India. 48. How are members of lok sabha elected. through the- A) President. B) Prime minister. C) General elections. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General elections. 49. The Rajya Sabha is the council of ..... A) States. B) Minorities. C) People. D) Majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) States. 50. Members of which community are nominated by the President to the Lok Sabha? A) The Minority community. B) The Anglo Indian Community. C) The Tribal Community. D) The community of the Union Territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Anglo Indian Community. 51. Name the country who first adopted the parliamentary form of government . A) UK. B) Europe. C) USA. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Europe. 52. The indian parliament consist of A) President. B) Lok sabha. C) Rajya sabha. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 53. In 1951 for the first time President s rule was imposed in ..... state A) Rajasthan. B) Haryana. C) Punjab. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 54. The Parliament controls the government by A) Questioning. B) Force. C) Protesting. D) Going to the media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Questioning. 55. The federal structure of government of India provides ..... A) Two tier syestem. B) One teir syestem. C) Four tier syestem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two tier syestem. 56. How may times at least should the parliament meet in a year A) Thrice. B) Twice. C) Once. D) Every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twice. 57. Maximum number of members in the Rajya Sabha A) 250. B) 350. C) 230. D) 238. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 250. 58. Who is speaker of lok sabha 2020? A) Om birla. B) Nityanand rai. C) Giriraj singh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Om birla. Related QuizzesParliament QuizzesIndian Polity Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books