MCQs on Parliamentary System

 MCQs on Parliamentary System

1. Which of the following articles deals with the parliamentary System at the centre?

a) Articles 73 and 74 

b) Articles 74 and 75

c) Articles 75 and 76 

d) Articles 76 and 78 

Ans: b) Articles 74 and 75.

2. Which of the following articles deals with the parliamentary System in the states ?

a) Articles 163 and 164 

b) Articles 134 and 156

c) Articles 166 and 167 

d) Articles 188 and 189 

Ans: Article 163 and 164.

3. Which one of the following form of government is known as cabinet government?

a) Parliamentary form of government

b) Presidential form of government

c) Monarchical form of government

d) Dictatorship form of government 

Ans: a) Parliamentary form of government

4. In which of the following form of government, the executive is responsible to the legislature for its policies and acts?

a) Parliamentary form of government

b) Presidential form of government

c) Monarchical form of government

d) Dictatorship form of government

Ans: a) Parliamentary form of government.

5. Who called the parliamentary system as ' cabinet system '?

a) K M Munshi 

b) Ivor Jennings

c) Jawaharlal Nehru 

d) Sarder Patel 

Ans: b) Ivor Jennings

6. Consider the following statements:

Assertion: Ivor Jennings called the parliamentary system as cabinet system.

Reason: The cabinet is the nucleus of power in a parliamentary system.

a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R 

b) Both A and R are true, but A is not the right explanation of R.

c) A is true but R is false .

d) Both A and R are false .

Ans: a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R.

7. Consider the following statements

Assertion : The parliamentary system is known as responsible government.

Reason: Here , the cabinet is accountable to the parliament.

a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R 

b) Both A and R are true, but A is not the right explanation of R.

c) A is true but R is false .

d) Both A and R are false .

Ans: a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R 

8. Consider the following statements

Assertion: The parliamentary system is known as Westminster model of government.

Reason: The idea of parliamentary system is taken from British parliamentary system.

a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R 

b) Both A and R are true, but A is not the right explanation of R.

c) A is true but R is false .

d) Both A and R are false .

Ans: a) Both A and R are true and A is the right explanation of R 

9. Who among the following is known as ' Primus inter pares '?

a) The President

b) The vice president

c) The prime minister

d) The governor

Ans: d) The prime minister.

10. Which of the following are important features of the parliamentary form of government?

a) Nominal and Real Executives

b) Majority party rule 

c) Collective responsibility

d) Political Homogeneity

Codes 

I) 1 , 2 and 3

ii) 1 , 2 and 4

iii) 2, 3 and 4

iv) 1, 2, 3 and 4 

Ans: iv) 1 , 2, 3 and 4

11. Who administered the oath of secrecy to the ministers ?

a) The President

b) The Vice - president

c) The chief justice of Supreme Court

d) The seniormost judge of the Supreme Court

Ans: The President

12. Which of the following government appointed the Swaran Singh Committee?

a) Congress government

b) BJP led NDA Government

c) Janata Government

d) None of these 

Ans: a) Congress government

13. Who wrote the book ' How Britain is Governed'?

a) K . T . Shah 

b) Ramsay Muir 

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans: b) Ramsay Muir