Civics Polity

Legislature and Parliament

1,499 Questions

Legislature and Parliament topics cover the structure, functions, and legislative procedures of the lawmaking bodies. This collection focuses on the passage of bills, parliamentary committees, and the roles of different houses. These questions are highly relevant for civil services and state public service commission examinations.

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Legislature and Parliament Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. 4

  2. 5

  3. 6

  4. 7

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term of 6 years. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house with one-third of its members retiring every two years. This staggered retirement ensures continuity while allowing periodic elections. The 4-year option might confuse with Lok Sabha's original term, while 5 years applies to Lok Sabha.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. English only

  2. Hindi only

  3. English or Hindi

  4. English, Hindi or mother tongue

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Members of Parliament can express themselves in the House in English, Hindi, or their mother tongue. This constitutional provision (Article 120) ensures linguistic diversity and allows MPs to speak in any scheduled language. Simultaneous interpretation is provided for other members. This flexibility accommodates India's multilingual character.

Multiple choice general knowledge history
  1. the people

  2. Lok Sabha

  3. elected members of the legislative assembly

  4. elected members of the legislative council

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected indirectly by the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies. This system of indirect election ensures that only elected representatives participate in choosing the Rajya Sabha members, maintaining the federal structure's integrity.

Multiple choice general knowledge culture
  1. Lieut

  2. Jenit

  3. Diet

  4. gunivea

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Japan's national legislature is called the National Diet (Kokkai), a bicameral parliament composed of the House of Representatives (lower house) and the House of Councillors (upper house). The term 'Diet' comes from the historical German legislative assembly model, adopted during the Meiji period in the late 19th century.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Lok Sabha

  2. Rajya Sabha

  3. Parliament

  4. AD hoc Committee

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rajya Sabha, also known as the 'Council of States,' is the upper house of India's Parliament. Its name literally translates to 'States Council' in Hindi, reflecting its role as the representative body of Indian states in the federal legislature.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Bofors Bill

  2. Lokpal Bill

  3. Womans Education Bill

  4. None of these.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Lokpal Bill was indeed stalled for decades since its introduction around 1968, and has been in and out of news over the years depending on political developments. However, the accuracy of this answer depends on when exactly this question was framed.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Elected by the elected members of Lok Sabha

  2. Elected by the elected members of the State Assemblies

  3. Elected by the members of the lok Sabha and the State Assemblies

  4. Nominated by the governors of each State

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rajya Sabha members are elected by the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies using proportional representation through the single transferable vote system (Article 80). This indirect election ensures states' representation in the federal structure. Members are not elected by Lok Sabha, state governors, or a combination of both houses.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Dissoluton of House

  2. Resolutions

  3. Questions

  4. No confidence Motion

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dissolution of the House is an executive prerogative (President/Governor acts on council of ministers' advice), not a legislative control tool. Legislative control mechanisms include resolutions, questions (seeking information), and no-confidence motions (testing government majority). These tools allow the legislature to hold the executive accountable for administrative actions and policies.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

  2. burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

  3. compelling immediate action

  4. suave

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A filibuster is a tactic to delay or block legislation by making excessively long speeches, effectively talking a bill to death. It's most commonly used in the US Senate. B means cauterize (burn with hot iron), C means pressing (compelling immediate action), and D means urbane (suave).

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. elected

  2. voted

  3. nominated

  4. represented

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In democratic systems, Members of Parliament are chosen through voting by the public - they are 'elected' by the people. You vote 'for' someone (not vote someone), 'nominated' means selected by a party leadership, and 'represented' describes what they do after election.

Multiple choice
  1. 50 members

  2. One-third of the total number of members

  3. 60 members

  4. 100 members

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to Article 326 of the Indian Constitution and Rule 198 of Lok Sabha Rules, a No-Confidence Motion requires support from at least 50 members to be introduced. One-third of members (currently ~183) would be the majority needed to PASS it, not introduce it. 100 and 60 are incorrect figures.

Multiple choice
  1. He causes the annual financial statement to be laid before the Parliament.

  2. He causes the annual budget to be laid before the Parliament at the end of every financial year.

  3. No Money Bill can be introduced in the parliament without his prior assent.

  4. He can appoint the Finance Commission and implement its recommendation.

  5. He can create contingency fund from which he can advance to meet unforeseen expenses.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is the false statement, hence the correct answer. He causes the annual budget to be laid before the Parliament in the beginning, not the end of every financial year.

Multiple choice
  1. Before presenting the budget proposals, the minister duly sought permission of the chairman to lay them at the House.

  2. Before presenting the budget proposals, the minister duly sought permission of the chair to lay it before the House.

  3. Before presenting the budget proposals, the minister duly sought permission of the chair for laying them before the House.

  4. Before presenting the budget proposals, the minister duly sought permission of the chair to lay them up before the House.

  5. Before presenting the budget proposals, the minister duly sought permission of the chair to lay them before the House.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

 Proposals are laid before the House. 

Multiple choice
  1. Rajya Sabha (Upper House)

  2. Lok Sabha (Lower House)

  3. Both are equally powerful

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lok Sabha (Lower House) is more powerful than Rajya Sabha in key areas: money bills (Rajya Sabha can only recommend), no-confidence motions (only Lok Sabha can bring down government), and it directly represents the people. Rajya Sabha has equal power in constitutional amendments and ordinary legislation.