1. India’s Parliamentary Democracy
Fill in the blanks
a)
The President appoints the judges
of the Supreme Court.
b) The President of India exercises
all his powers
only on the advice of Prime Minister.
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2. Multiple choice questions: |
1.
Which is the final
authority for making
laws in India?
1. The Cabinet 2.
The Parliament
3. Lok Sabha 4.
The President
Ans. The President.
2. Who chairs the cabinet meetings?
1.
The President 2.The Governor
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3. Write T (for true) and F (for false)
statements: |
a) The Prime Minister
is the Constitutional head of our country. (False)
b) Indian parliament
comprises the Lok Sabha, The Rajya Sabha and the President of India.
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B. Very short answer type questions: |
Q
1. In India which form
of the government has been adopted
in centre and states?
Ans. In India,
Parliamentary form of Government has been adopted
in centre and states.
Q
2. In parliamentary system who
is the real
executive of the
country?
Ans. Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers.
Q 3. Who is a nominal executive in India?
Ans. The President.
Q 4. Who is included in the electoral college for the
Indian President?
Ans. The elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and
state legislative assemblies and legislative assemblies of Union Terrorities of
Delhi and Puducherry
.
Q 5.Name any two features of the
Parliamentary system.
Ans.1. Nominal head
of the country 2. Clear
Majority
. Q 6. What is called the lower house of the parliament?
Ans. The Lok Sabha.
Q 7. How many members can be nominated by the President in
the Rajya Sabha?
Ans. 12 members.
Q 8.What is the tenure of the members of the Rajya Sabha?
Ans. 6 years.
Q 9. What is the name of the Head of state in Canada and
Australia?
Ans. Governor General.
Q 10. Who makes an oath to the Prime Minister and other
ministers?
Ans. The President.
Q 11. Who presides over the meetings of the cabinet?
Ans. The Prime Minister.
Q 12.
Give the names
of two form of Govt. on the basis of relationships between
executive and legislative.
Ans. Parliamentary form
of government and Presidential form
of government.
Q 13. From which country parliamentary system in India has been taken?
Ans. From the Constitution of England.
Q 14. What is the name of the lower and the upper house of
parliament in England?
Ans. Lower House-
House of Commons.
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C. Short Answer Type Questions: |
Upper House- House of Lords.
Q 1.How is the
Prime Minister elected?
Ans.
After the election of the Lok Sabha, the leader of the party having majority in
the Lok Sabha is appointed as the Prime Minister by the president. Being leader
of majority the Prime Minister is the leader of the Lok Sabha.
Q 2. What
is the meaning of the collective responsibility of the ministers?
Ans. In parliamentary system, cabinet is jointly responsible to the parliament or legislature. It means if cabinet takes some decision
than every minister has to support and recommend that decision inside or
outside the parliament though he may not agree to that decision in the meeting of the cabinet.
All the ministers
owe the collective responsibility for the policy making and governing every department.
Q 3. How
does the legislature control over the activity of ministers?
Ans.
The executive is responsible to the parliament for all acts. The parliament may
remove the paper parliament or may remove the cabinet out of power by a vote of
no confidence.
Q
4.Explain briefly any three duties of Prime Minister .
Ans.1.Prime
minister forms the Council of Ministers.
2.
He has a privilege to allot portfolios to his Ministers.
3.
He coordinates the work of different ministers.
Q 5.Write
a short note on the structure of the Parliament?
Ans. It is called First and the Lower House. The Lok Sabha
is composed of not more than members of whom 530 are representatives of state
and 20 are representatives of Union Territories. At present there
are 545 members
of Lok Sabha. The normal
term of the Lok Sabha
is five years.
Q 6. How
are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?
Ans.
Total members of the Rajya Sabha is fixed at 250. Out of these, 238 members
represent states and union-territories and 12 members are nominated by the
President. These 12
members are the people who are eminent in the fields of literature,
science, art and social- service. The 238 members of Rajya Sabha are elected
through Proportional method of
election by the members of the
legislative assemblies of states and union territories by means of single
transferable vote. The individual member
has 6 year tenure in one term.
Q 7.
Describe any four powers of the President.
Ans.1.
A bill that has been passed by the parliament will become Law only when the
president gives an assent to it.
2.
He appoints
the Prime Minister
and other ministers.
3.
Previous sanctions of the president is required for introducing money
bill.
4. The
president has the power to grant pardon or reduce the sentence awarded to a
criminal into life imprisonment.
Q 8. Write a note on the structure of the Council of
ministers.
Ans. In the parliamentary form
of government the President is the nominal
or constitutional head of the executive. The real executive
powers are exercised by the Council of Ministers whose head is the Prime
Minister. Under article
74(1) of our constitution, a provision for the Council
of Ministers has been made to assist and advise the President. The president acts with the advice
of the Prime Minister. Three types of ministers can be appointed in a Council
of Ministers. Cabinet ministers are the most important minister
in the Council of ministers. They are head of
departments. State Ministers are of lower rank than Cabinet Ministers. They can
or can’t be given a charge of Independent Department. Deputy Ministers are on
the 3rd position in the Council
of Ministers. They
are for the help of cabinet ministers in their departments.
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D. Long Answer Type Questions: |
Q 1.Write
a brief note on the structure of Rajya Sabha.
Ans.
Total members of the Rajya Sabha is fixed at 250. Out of these 238 members
represent States and Union Territories and 12 members are nominated by the
President. These 12 members are the people who are eminent in the
fields of literature, science, art and social- service. The 238 members of
Rajya Sabha are elected through proportional method of election
by the members of the legislative assemblies of States and union territories
by means of single transferable vote. The individual member has 6 years tenure
in one term. 1/3 members of Rajya Sabha retire on the expiration of every two
years. At present there are 245 members of Rajya Sabha.
Q 2.Write
a brief note on the leadership of Prime Minister
in the parliamentary system.
Ans. In parliamentary system, Prime Minister leads the
cabinet. In the lower house of the parliament Prime-Minister is the leader of
the party with majority. He presides over the meetings of the cabinet. He
decides dates and agenda of cabinet meeting. He consults the
cabinet but his decision is final on disputable issues. He
distributes the departments among ministers.
The Prime Minister
coordinates and supervises the works of ministers. If any minister does not cooperate or is not
agreed at his policies than he has to resign. If he does not resign then Prime Minister can request the president to remove him from his designation. He informs
the President about the decision of the cabinet he takes the opinion of the
President on some specific and
important matters.
Q 3.
Explain in brief qualifications, election and tenure for the President of India.
Ans .The president
is the constitutional head of the parliament.
Qualifications:
* Be a citizen of India
* Have completed the age of 35 years.
*Must have qualification for election as a
member of Lok Sabha.
* Must not hold any office
of profit under
the government of India.
Election- The president
of India is elected indirectly. He is elected
by the elected members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and the elected
members of the state legislative assemblies and legislative assemblies of Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
Tenure- The President’s term of office is five
years from date which he enters upon his office. He can be removed from his
office before 5 years through the process of
impeachment. An outgoing President continues to hold office,
not with standing that his term has expired, until his successor enters upon
the office. If vacancy arises due to death, resignation and removal by
impeachment, then an election to fill the vacancy must be held within 6 months
from the date of occurrence of vacancy. In such situation, Vice President acts
as president until a new president is elected.
Q
4. What do you mean by the collective and individual responsibility of the Council
of Ministers?
Ans.
Collective Responsibility-
All the ministers of the Council of Ministers are responsible
to the parliament. If the parliament
passes ‘censor motion’ against one minister, then whole council of Ministers
have to resign. If a policy is framed for one department in the council of
ministers then its responsibility lies on the whole Council
of Ministers.
Personal Responsibility-
Every
minister is personally responsible for his
department. If the work of any department is not up to the
mark the Prime Minister can ask the minister of the concerned department to
resign. If the minister does not submit his resignation then the Prime Minister can ask the President to remove that minister.
(EXERCISE)
A. Objective Type Questions:
I. Fill in the blanks:
(a)
appoints the judges of the Supreme Court.
(b)
The President of India exercises all his powers only on the advice of
II. Multiple Choice Questions:
(a)
Which is the final authority for making laws in India?
(i)
The Cabinet
(ii)
The Lok Sabha
(iii)
The Parliament
(iv)
The President
(b)
Who chairs the cabinet meetings?
(i)
The President
(ii)
The Prime Munster
(iii) The Governor
(iv)
The Party President
II. Write T (for True) and F (for False) statement:
(a)
The Prime Minister is the constitutional heed of our comity.
(b)
Indian Parliament comprises the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the President of
India.
B. Very Short Answer Type Questions:
1.
In India which form of the Government has been adopted in centre and states?
2.
In Parliamentary System who is the real executive of the country?
3.
Who is nominal executive in India?
4.
Who is included in the Electoral College for the Indian President?
5.
Name any two features of the Parliamentary System.
6.
What is called the lower house of the Parliament?
7.
How many members can be nominated by the President in the Rajya Sabha?
8.
What is the tenure of the members of the Rajya Sabha?
9.
What is the name of the Head of state in Canada and Australia?
10.
Who makes an oath to the Prime Minister and other ministers?
11.
Who presides over the meetings of the cabinet?
12.
Give the names of two form of Govt. on the basis of relationship between
executive and legislative
13.
From which country Parliamentary system in India has been taken?
14.
What is the name of the lower and the upper house of Parliament in England?
C. Short Answer Type Questions:
1.
How is the Prime Minister elected?
2.
What is the meaning of the collective responskulity of the ministers?
3.
How does the legislature control over the activity of ministers?
4.
Explain briefly any three duties of Prime Minister
5.
Write a short note on the structure of the Parliament
6.
How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?
7.
Describe any four powers of the President
8.
Write a note on the structure of the council of ministers.
D. Long Answer Type Questions:
1.
Write a brief note on the structure for Rajya Sabha.
2.
Write a brief notice the leadership of Prime Minister in the Parliamentary
system.
3.
Explain in brief qualifications, Election and tenure for the president of
India.
4.
What do mean by the collective and individual responsibility of the Council of
Ministers?
Activity
See the functioning of the Parliament
during Session on your T.V set and try to know:
Which topics are being discussed
Powers of Speaker
Role of opposition Parties in the Parliament
