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Class 9 Social Science

Important Questions
Civics Chapter-5
Working of Institution

3 marks Questions

1. Write down the structure of Lok Sabha?

Ans. Lok Sabha is called the House of the People.

It is the lower house of Parliament.
There can be 545 members.
Lok Sabha is directly elected body.
It is more powerful than Rajya Sabha.

2. Write down the structure of Rajya Sabha?

Ans. Rajya Sabha is called the Council of the States.

It is the Upper house of Parliament.
There can be 250 members.
Rajya Sabha is indirectly elected body.
It is less powerful than Lok Sabha
It is the permanent house of Indian Parliament.

3. How the members of Lok Sabha are elected?

Ans. The members of Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people.
The entire country is divided in to constituencies.
Candidates of different political parties contest elections from these constituencies.
The candidate getting maximum votes is declared a winner from each constituency.
The winner candidate becomes a member of the Lok Sabha.

4. How can you say that the Lok Sabha is more powerful than the Rajya Sabha?

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Ans. Lok Sabha is more powerful than the Rajya Sabha in money matter.
Money bill can only be introduced in Lok Sabha.
Ones the money bill is passed by the Lok Sabha the Rajya Sabha cannot reject it.
The party or group which attains the majority in Lok Sabha forms the Government.
Lok Sabha controls the council of Ministers.

5. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha Elected?

Ans. The members of Rajya Sabha are elected indirectly.

There are 250 members of Rajya Sabha.
238 members are elected by the State Assemblies of all sates.
All sates have been allocated a fix number of seats for Rajya Sabha.
The Assembly members of all sates elect members for Rajya Sabha.
12 Members of Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India.

6. What are the qualifications to become a member of Lok Sabha?

Ans. Person must be a citizen of India.

He must be over the age of 25 years.
He must not hold any office of profit under the Union or State government.
He should not be of unsound mind or bankrupt.
He should not have been disqualified under any law of Parliament.

7. How the rise of coalition politics has imposed certain constraints on the power of the
Prime Minister? Explain.

Ans. In recent years rise of coalition politics has imposed certain constraints on the power of
the Prime Minister. The Prime minister of a coalition government cannot take decisions as he
likes. He has to accommodate different groups and factions in his party as well as among
alliance partners. He also has to heed to the views and positions of the coalition partners and
other parties, on whose support the survival of the government depends.

8. How the president of United States of America gets elected and what is his position in
his country?

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Ans. In many countries of the world, the President is both the head of the states and the head
of the government. The President of US is the most well known example of this kind of
President. The US President is directly elected by the people. He personally chooses and
appoints the Ministers. The law making is still done by the legislature but the President can
veto any law. Most importantly the President does not need the support of the majority of
members in the congress and neither he is answerable to them. He has affixed tenure of four
years.

9. Can you explain why parliamentary democracy in most countries is often known as
the cabinet form of government?

Ans. A council of Ministers is the official name for the body that includes all the ministers.
All the major decisions of the government are taken the cabinet Ministers. It is not practical
for all the ministers to meet regularly and discuss everything; the decisions are taken in
Cabinet meetings. The cabinet works as a team. The ministers may have different views and
opinions, but everyone has to own up to every decision of the cabinet. No minister can
openly criticize any decision of the cabinet. So we can say that parliamentary democracy in
most countries is often known as the cabinet form of government.

10. What is government order?

Ans. The order issued by the government is termed as a government order.

It is also known as office memorandum.
By office memorandum decision of the Government is communicated by the competent
authority.
The government issues many orders everyday on various subjects.

11. Write a short note on Mandal Commission?

Ans. The Mandal Commission was appointed by the government of India in 1979.
It was set up as the second backward class commission in 1979.
Mr. B. P. Mandal was the chairman of the commission.
This Mandal Commission was given the task to determine the criteria to find out the socially
and educationally backward section in India.

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This commission recommended the reservation of 27% government jobs for backward
sections of the society.

12. Why do we need a Parliament?

Ans. Parliament makes laws and is the final authority for making laws.
Parliament exercise control over the executive.
Parliament passes the income and expenditure of the government.

13. What are the qualifications to become a member of Rajya Sabha?

Ans. He must be a Citizen of India.

He must above the age of 30 years.
He must not hold any office of profit under the Union or State government.
He should not be of unsound mind or bankrupt.
He should not have been disqualified under any law of Parliament.

14. What is Zero Hour?

Ans. It is very important part of Parliament’s schedule.

In Lok Sabha after the question hour and before the beginning of regular proceeding of the
house, the time is called Zero Hour.
During this time, the members can raise any important matter without giving any prior
information.

15. Explain No-Confidence motion.

Ans. It introduced to express non confidence in council of Ministers.

The prior information for the introduction of the motion is given to the Presiding officer and
it must be signed by at least 50 members of the house.
During the discussion on No-Confidence motion the opposition parties tend to highlight and
criticize the government policies.
If the motion is passed in the house, the Council of Ministers has to resign and the
government is dissolved.

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16. How is a bill passed in the Parliament?

Ans. The bill is introduced in either house of Parliament by any member.

There are three readings of the bill and later is put to vote.
After it is passed by one house it is sent to the other house.
The bill, passed by the parliament is sent for the approval of the President.
The bill becomes a law after the signature of the President.

17. What do you know about Speaker?

Ans. The presiding officer of Lok Sabha is called speaker.

Article-93 of Indian constitution gives power for speaker for Lok Sabha to conduct its
proceedings.
The Speaker is chosen by the Lok Sabha Members.
Generally the Speaker is unanimously.
Sometimes elections are also held to select the Lok Sabha Speaker.

18. What are the functions of Parliament?

Ans. The Parliament can make law on any subject of Union List and Concurrent List.
The Parliament has complete control over the finance of the country.
The Parliament has the authority to amend the constitution.

19. How the Prime Minister is appointed?

Ans. The Prime Minister is the real head of the Government.

Article 75 of the Constitution provides that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the
President.
The President appoints the leader of the majority party as the Prime Minister of India.

20. Write any three powers and functions of Prime Minister?

Ans. The Prime Minister decides the members of the council of Minister.
Prime Minister distributes the portfolios among the ministers according to his choice.
Prime Minister presides over the meetings of Council of Minister.

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Prime Minister is the leader and the head of the Government.

21. Who are Cabinet Ministers?

Ans. Cabinet Ministers are usually top level leaders of the Ruling Party or parties who are in
the charge of the major ministers.
Usually the Cabinet Ministers meet to take decisions in the name of the Council of Ministers.
Cabinet is thus the inner ring of the Council of Ministers.
It comprises about 20 ministers.

22. Who are Minister of sates and Minster of States with independent charge?

Ans. Ministers of States: Ministers of States are attached to and required to assist Cabinet
Ministers.
Ministers of States with Independent Charge: Ministers of States with Independent Charge
are usually in-charge of smaller Ministers. They participate in the Cabinet meetings only
when specially invited.

23. How the President of India is Elected?

Ans. The President of India is indirectly elected. The President is elected by an electoral
college.
The Electoral College consists of elected members of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the
assemblies.
The elections of the President shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional
representations.
The elections are conducted by the Election Commission. On the date of election, the M.P’s
and M.L.A’s cast their votes. The candidate with maximum votes is declared winner.

24. Write any three executive powers of The President?

Ans. The President appoints the leader of the majority party as the Prime Minister of India.
President is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Air Forces.
The President appoints the UPSC members and Election Commissioners.

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25. What are the Legislative powers of President?

Ans. The first session of the parliament is always addressed by the President.
The President can call a joint session of both the houses.
The President can issue the ordinances, when the parliament is not in the session.
The President can dissolve the Lok Sabha.

26. What are the financial powers of President?

Ans. No money bill can be introduced without the recommendations of the President.
The President appoints the members of the Finance Commission.
The President controls the Contingency fund.

27. What are the powers of Prime Minister?

Ans. He is the leader of the nation.

All ministers work under his leadership.
He allocates departments to the ministers.
He has the power to dismiss the ministers.

28. What are the limitations of a coalition Government?

Ans. The Prime Ministers has to accommodate different groups and factions in his party as
well as alliance partners.
He also has to pay heed to the views and positions of coalition’s partners and other parties,
on whose support the survival of the government depends.
The agenda and the policies of the government are usually decided as a common minimum
programmes. This includes only those policies which are common to all coalition partners.

29. What is meant by Independence Judiciary?

Ans. Independence of the judiciary means that it is not under the control of the legislative or
the executive.
The judges do not act on the direction of the government or according to the wishes of the
party in the power.

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Once a person is appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court he/she is assured
security of service and cannot be removed from their office before the expiry of his/her term
except on the grounds of proved misbehavior or incapacity.
The judiciary has the power to prevent the misuse of the government’s power to make
decision. It checks malpractices on the part of public officials.

30. What are functions of the Indian Judicial System?

Ans. It resolves the dispute between the citizens of the country.

It looks in to the disputed issues between citizen and government.
It resolves the dispute between two or more state governments.
It looks into the matter of dispute between the governments at the union and state levels.

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