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 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Parliament is made up with? A) Prime minister, BJP. B) President, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha. C) Legislative Assembly, Legislature. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha. 2. The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha is ..... A) 255. B) 250. C) 245. D) 240. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 250. 3. Which of the following was NOT a reason why we chose democracy. A) Our colonial experiences. B) We wanted to be the largest democracy in the world. C) Indian people were ready to be a part of the decision making process. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We wanted to be the largest democracy in the world. 4. The Parliament keeps a check on the ministers and their work. MPs have the right to question the ministers about the working of their department. When is this usually done during? A) The answering hour. B) The analysis hour. C) The question hour. D) The listening hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The question hour. 5. Debate on the reservation of seats for women is not Resolved. State True/False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Lok Sabha has ..... nominated Anglo-Indians. A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 7. During the Bristish rule, the Indian national congress demanded? A) More money. B) More representatives in government. C) More land for agriculture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More representatives in government. 8. Discrimination is the ideal function. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. PERCENTAGE OF SEATS RESERVED FOR WOMEN IN INDIAN PARLIAMENT IS ..... A) 31. B) 30. C) 35. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 10. Indian Government is divided into different levels like Central Govt, State Govt and Local Govt this is called ..... form of government A) Union. B) Republic. C) Democratic. D) Federal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Federal. 11. TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, A PARTY MUST WIN AT LEAST ..... SEATS IN LOK SABHA. A) 233. B) 272. C) 545. D) 245. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 272. 12. THE PARLIAMENT HAS TWO HOUSES THEY ARE ..... A) INDIAN SABHA AND STATE SABHA. B) Lok Sabha & Raja Sabha. C) SUPREME SABHA AND LOK SABHA. D) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 13. When was the first lok sabha election held in india A) 25 October 1951. B) 25 September 1951. C) 25 August 1951. D) 25 March 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25 October 1951. 14. What is the usual term of Lok Sabha? A) 3 years. B) 4 years. C) 6 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 years. 15. NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN LOK SABHA A) 545. B) 554. C) 504. D) 555. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 545. 16. To whom aee the questions asked in the loksabha addressed to A) Distanist. B) Speaker. C) Leader of opposition. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 17. Term Limit for Lok Sabha is- A) 6 years. B) 3 years. C) 7 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 years. 18. What was Kapil Sibal's speech about? A) Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. B) Base act. C) Right to Education Act 2009. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to Education Act 2009. 19. THE RAYA SABHA PRIMARILY FUNCTIONS AS THE REPRESNTATIVE OF THE A) VILLAGE. B) TALUKS. C) MUNICIPALITY. D) STATES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) STATES. 20. AFTER ELECTIONS WHEN NO PARTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET ADEQUATE SEATS TO FORM A CLEAR MAJORITY, PARTIES JOIN TOGETHER TO FORM A) AGREEMENT. B) COALITION. C) UNION. D) FEDERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COALITION. 21. An MLA is the member of? A) Legislature Assembly. B) Parliament. C) Rajya Sabha. D) Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legislature Assembly. 22. The Rowlatt Act came into effect on ..... A) August 1909. B) July 1923. C) March 1930. D) March 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) March 1919. 23. Which of the following is a necessary part of a Democracy? A) A parliamentary form of government. B) A govt. elected by the people. C) A presidential form of govt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A govt. elected by the people. 24. Lok Sabha is also known as ..... A) Upper House. B) Lower House. C) Middle House. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower House. 25. THERE ARE ..... TYPE OF BILLS A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 26. THERE ARE ..... ELECTED MEMBERS PLUS ..... MEMEBERS NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT IN RAJYA SABHA A) 233 AND 12. B) 239 AND 15. C) 311 AND 34. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 233 AND 12. 27. Indian democracy can be described as A) Representative. B) Federal. C) Parliamentary. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. How many seats were won by BJP in Lok Sabha Election 2014? A) 141. B) 114. C) 14. D) 285. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 285. 29. How many houses have the Parliament? A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 30. The Parliament, which is made up of all representatives together, controls and guides the government. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Often times in the recent past it has been difficult for a single political party to get the majority that is required to form the government. They then join together with different political parties who are interested in similar concerns to form what is known as a ..... A) Opposition party. B) Coalition government. C) State government. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coalition government. 32. LOK SABHA IS PRESIDED OVER BY THE ..... A) SPEAKER. B) PRIME MINISTER. C) VICE-PRESIDENT. D) PRESIDENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SPEAKER. 33. The Parliament has more and more people from different backgrounds. There has also been an increase in political participation from the Dalit and backward castes, and the minorities. Whom are some seats reserved in the Parliament for? A) SCs and STs. B) Royal family members. C) People from the army. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SCs and STs. 34. What percent of MP women are there in the parliament? A) 28%. B) 11%. C) 4%. D) 16%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11%. 35. Who plays a vital role in healthy functioning of democracy A) Ruling party. B) Opposition party. C) Representatives. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposition party. 36. The Prime Minister selects minister from his Party's MPs to work. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 37. In a democratic form of government, power is vested in the hands of ..... A) Police. B) People. C) Bureaucrats. D) Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People. 38. What is the significant function of parliament? A) Law making. B) Social reform. C) Child development. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Law making. 39. The Universal Adult Franchise is also known as ..... A) Universal Adult freedom. B) Universal Adult suffrage. C) Universal Adult vote. D) Universal Adult movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal Adult suffrage. 40. Which house also know as House of the people and lower house. A) Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lok Sabha. 41. How many members are in the Lok Sabha and how many Anglo-Indians are there? A) 546, 5. B) 543, 2. C) 545, 4. D) 544, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 543, 2. 42. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE ELECTED FROM EACH CONSTITUENCIES OF PARLIAMENT? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 43. On 15th August 1947 India became ..... A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 44. What is the term of the President in India? A) 7 years. B) 4 years. C) 6 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 years. 45. The supreme power of ruling are held with the people or with elected representative A) Republic. B) Secular. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic. 46. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF THE LOK SABHA IS TO SELECT THE A) COLLECTOR. B) EXECUTIVE. C) Zilla Parishad. D) Gram panchayat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EXECUTIVE. 47. Indian National Congress established in which year A) 1885. B) 1886. C) 1883. D) 1884. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1885. 48. The members of Rajya sabha are called:- A) President. B) PM. C) MLA. D) MP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MP. 49. Each constituencies elect: A) (b) 2 People to the Parliament. B) (d) 4 People to the Parliament. C) (c) 3 People to the Parliament. D) A) 1 Person to the Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A) 1 Person to the Parliament. 50. THE EVMs HELPED TO SAVE AROUND ..... TREES. A) 2, 8000. B) 1, 50, 825. C) 1, 50, 000. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 50, 000. 51. For General elections, electronic voting machines were used for the first time in ..... A) 2009. B) 2005. C) 2004. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2004. 52. The Rajya Sabha is constitutionally the ..... A) Prime Minister. B) House of People. C) Council of States. D) Lower House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Council of States. 53. WHAT IS THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT IN THE EXECUTIVE? A) CONSTITUTION HEAD OF STATE. B) HEAD EXECUTIVE. C) HEAD OF PARTY IN POWER. D) CONSTITUTION HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HEAD EXECUTIVE. 54. ''EVM" for the first time used in:- A) 2007. B) 2003. C) 1990. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2004. 55. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More representation in Government. 56. Who was the Governor General of India in 1927? A) Lord Irwin. B) William Hawkings. C) Warren Hastings. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Irwin. 57. BJP won the State Election of Delhi in 2015. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. How many nominated members are there in Lok Sabha? A) 23. B) 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 59. The upper house of Parliament which represents the states is termed as? A) All of the state. B) Lok Sabha. C) Parliament house. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the state. 60. In ..... The Government of India Act allowed the elected members to raise questions and participate in decision-making under British legislatures. A) 1950. B) 1885. C) 1909. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1909. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCivics QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 1Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 2Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 4Class 8 Civics Chapter 3 Why Do We Need A Parliament Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books