This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Civics > Why Do We Need A Parliament > Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The President nominate ..... members of Rajya Sabha. A) 12. B) 15. C) 20. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 2. Situation in which there is no easy solutions to the problem is called A) Unresolved. B) Crucial. C) Coalition. D) Approval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unresolved. 3. Lok Sabha is chaired by ..... A) MLA. B) MP. C) Prime minister. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 4. THE MEMBERS OF THE RAJYA SABHA ARE ELECTED BY THE A) MLAs. B) STUDENTS. C) PEOPLE. D) POLITICIANS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MLAs. 5. Lok sabha contains:- A) 550. B) 552. C) 545. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 545. 6. In a democracy, who is the most important person A) MLA. B) Citizen. C) Prime minister. D) Chief minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citizen. 7. When did India got independence? A) 15th August, 1950. B) 26th November, 1949. C) 26th January, 1950. D) 15th August, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15th August, 1947. 8. 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. 9. Who highlights the drawback of various policies? A) Opposition Party. B) Member of legislative. C) Members of executive. D) Members of parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposition Party. 10. The Lok Sabha is elected once every five years. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The members of Parliament (MPs) can question the minister during- A) Question Hour. B) Zero hour. C) Adjournment motion. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question Hour. 12. The organisation of representatives for controlling and guiding the government. A) Constitution. B) Parliament. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 13. The maximum strength of Lom Sabha is ..... A) 545. B) 552. C) 550. D) 550. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 545. 14. Third lok sabha election held in A) 1973. B) 1966. C) 1962. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1962. 15. The Constitutional Assembly was created in A) 1947. B) 1946. C) 1940. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946. 16. During British rule which Government of India Act allowed some elected representation A) Government of India Act 1909. B) Government of India Act 1919. C) Government of India Act 1916. D) Government of India Act 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government of India Act 1909. 17. Which act allowed for some elected representation? A) Government of India Act, 1947. B) Government of India Act, 1909. C) Government of India Act, 1990. D) Government of India Act, 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1909. 18. Read the sentences and choose the best optiona)India is a democracyb)India has UAF A) Both A and B are correct. B) Both A and B are correct and B is a feature of A. C) Both A and B are correct but they are not related. D) Either A or B is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and B are correct and B is a feature of A. 19. What is the maximum strength of people in Rajya Sabha and how many are there presently? A) 250, 245 respectively. B) 220, 198 respectively. C) 240, 233 respectively. D) 245, 250 respectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 250, 245 respectively. 20. The ..... of India is the leader of the ruling party in the Lok Sabha. A) Chief Minister. B) Vice president. C) President. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prime Minister. 21. The Parliament enables Indian citizens to participate in? A) Decision Making. B) Controlling the government. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) & (b). 22. The dreams and aspirations of the Indian freedom struggle were made concrete in ..... A) Constitution Of India. B) Preamble of India. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constitution Of India. 23. Full form of EVM A) Electric wire machine. B) Electronic voting machine. C) Ethnoveterinary medicine. D) Electronic cooperation movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electronic voting machine. 24. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal adult franchise. 25. Who looks after the sanitary conditions of the country? A) Health Minister. B) Home Minister. C) Finance Minister. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health Minister. 26. Name the act which allowed Indians some participation in the British government. A) The Government of India Act 1909. B) The Government of India Act 1600. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Government of India Act 1909. 27. After a bill is proposed in the parliament, it goes through three readings, the 2nd reading is referred to ..... A) Discussion. B) Voting. C) Introduction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discussion. 28. The Vice-President of India is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What is the most important function of Lok Sabha? A) A)to select the representative. B) (b) to select the executive. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (b) to select the executive. 30. A dispute regarding the election of the president is referred to the:- A) Supreme Court. B) Parliament. C) Vice president. D) Election commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supreme Court. 31. The members of Lok Sabha are elected by the People, directly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. The Parliament of India follows A) Unicameral Legislature. B) Bicameral Legislature. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicameral Legislature. 33. Case 4:Bringing tax reforms in the country A) Central govt. B) State govt. C) Local govt (Municipal Corporation/ Panchayat). D) Both central and state govt. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central govt. 34. IN WHICH YEAR EVMs WERE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN INDIA A) 2000. B) 2010. C) 2008. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2004. 35. ..... is made up of all the representatives elected by the Indian people. A) White House. B) President's House. C) Council of States. D) Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lok Sabha. 36. The EVMs were first used in elections in the year ..... A) 1970. B) 2005. C) 2004. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2004. 37. IF THE PRESIDENT HAS TO RESIGN, HE SENDS HIS RESIGNATION TO- A) LOK SABHA SPEAKERS. B) VICE PRESIDENT. C) PRIME MINISTER. D) CHIEF MINISTER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VICE PRESIDENT. 38. ..... demanded from British government in 1985 to allow elected members in the legislature. A) Republican Party. B) Hindu Mahasabha. C) Independent party. D) Indian National Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian National Congress. 39. There are ..... elected members in the Lok Sabha. A) 455. B) 546. C) 543. D) 540. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 543. 40. The President nominates 10 members in the Rajya Sabha A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. Even in a democracy not everyone is equal A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. THE RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS ARE ELECTED FOR A PERIOD OF A) 5 YEARS. B) 4 YEARS. C) 6 YEARS. D) PERMANENTLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 YEARS. 43. Who is the speaker of Lok Sabha A) Venakaiah Nidu. B) About Birla. C) Ram Nath Kovind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About Birla. 44. ..... DEMANDED FROM BRISTISH GOVERNMENT IN 1985 TO ALLOW ELECTED MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATURE. A) INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. B) REPUBLICAN PARTY. C) Hindu Maha Sabha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. 45. When was the EVM used for the first time? A) 2000. B) 2009. C) 2004. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2004. 46. What did universal adult franchise mean:- A) Right to freedom. B) Right to equality. C) Right to vote. D) Right to adult freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to vote. 47. The Lossabha's terrater? A) 2 Yrs. B) Hay. C) 5yr. D) 5Months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5yr. 48. Which party came to power in 2019 Lok Sabha elections? A) Indian National Congress (INC). B) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). C) United Progressive Alliance (UPA). D) National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Democratic Alliance (NDA). 49. People are not supreme in a democracy and democratic government can afford to overlook the concerns of the citizens. State True/False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. The Rajya Sabha functions as the representative of the states of India in the Parliament. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of various states. There are ..... elected members plus ..... members nominated by the President. A) 233; 12. B) 233; 15. C) 123; 20. D) 133; 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 233; 12. 51. In which state lok sabha elections were held in 1984? A) Punjab. B) Assam. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) & (b). 52. 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). 53. Who functions primarily as the representative of the states of India in the Parliament? It plays an important role of reviewing and altering the laws initiated by the Lok Sabha A) The Prime Minister. B) The Rajya Sabha. C) The Judiciary. D) The President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Rajya Sabha. 54. Rajya sabha is also called A) Parliament. B) House of People. C) Council of States. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Council of States. 55. Each constituencies elected A) 2 person to the parliament. B) 4 person to the parliament. C) 3 person to the parliament. D) 1 person to the parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 person to the parliament. 56. Which political party has won most seats in all states in 8th lok sabha election A) Independents. B) Muslim league. C) Kerala congress. D) Telugu Desam Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telugu Desam Party. 57. 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. 58. Parliament of India is ..... law making institution A) Midst. B) Supreme. C) Lowest. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supreme. 59. Representatives to the Parliament are chosen by the A) People. B) Rulers. C) Government. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People. 60. Lok Sabha is a permanent body. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 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