CHAPTER – 4

EXECUTIVE

SECTION A – ONE MARK QUESTIONS

1. Why have the powers of Indian Prime Minister been reduced in the era of coalition?
2. Under what conditions can there be a vacancy in the office of the President?
3. Why do you think the advice of the council of ministers is binding on the President?
4.The President is:
a) Member of Lok Sabha
b) member of Rajya Sabha
c) Not a member of any House
d) None of these.

5. The Prime Minister is appointed by the:

a) President
b) Parliament
c) Cabinet
d) Supreme Court.

6.Who acts as a link between Public and Government:

a) Parliament
b) Judiciary
c) Election Commissioner
d) Government Official

7. The process of impeachment is used to remove:

a) Prime Minister
b) Speaker
c) President
d) Governor
.

SECTION B – TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

1. What is the role of the Governor under the President’s Rule?
2. What is the Presidents’ role in appointing the Prime Minister?
3. Differentiate between the ‘Cabinet Minister’ and ‘Council of Ministers’.

SECTION C – FOUR MARKS QUESTIONS

1. Can the Indian President turn into a dictator? Give reasons.
2. Give two legislative powers of the President?
3. Give two Executive powers of the President?
4. Define the following
a) Collective responsibility
b) Individual responsibility
5. Write a short note on Article 356 of the Indian Constitution.

SECTION D – FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS

1. Read the passage and answer the question given below:
The USA has presidential system and executive powers are in the hands of the president.
Canada has a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy where Queen
Elizabeth II is the formal chief of state and the prime minister is the head of government. In
France both the president and the prime minister are a part of the semi-presidential system.
The president appoints the prime minister as well as the ministers but cannot dismiss them
as they are responsible to the parliament. In the presidential system, the president is the
Head of state as well as head of government. In this system the office of president is very
powerful, both in theory and practice.

1. Explain the different types of executives IN USA, Canada, France and India.5

SECTION E – SIX MARKS QUESTIONS

1. What are the features of bureaucracy in India? Should bureaucrats be neutral? Is the
bureaucracy efficient in India? How can bureaucracy be made more responsive to the needs
of people?
2. Compare and contrast the Prime ministerial form of Government vis a vis a Presidential
form of Government.
CHAPTER 5 – LEGISLATURE

SECTION A: ONE MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. What are the judicial functions of the Parliament?
Q2. What happens in Question Hour?
Q3. How is the matter resolved if there is disagreement between the two houses on a
proposed bill?
Q4. In a parliamentary democracy executives are selected from a party or coalition that has
majority in _____________________?
Q5. What is zero hour?
Q6. What do you mean by “Quorum”?
Q7. A period of time to put up with the questions by members of Parliament to the
ministers is called _______________________

Q8. ______________________ starts at twelve noon immediately after the question hour.

Q9. A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States. This is proposed under
Article

a) Article 109
b) Article 1
c) Article 359
d) Article 340

Q10. Which of the following statements you agree with the most?

a) Legislators must be free to join any party they want.

b) Anti-Defection law has contributed to the domination of the party leaders over the
legislators
c) Defection is always for selfish purposes and therefore, a legislature who wants to
join another party must be disqualified from being a minister for the next two years.

Q11. State True or False

Ordinary Bills are concerned with the matters other than Money matters

a) True
b) False

Q12. Which of the following is not the qualification required to be a member in Lok Sabha?

a) He / She must be a citizen of India

 b) He / She should not be less than 25 years of age.
c) He / She can hold any office of profit under Government of India
d) No criminal case should be pending against him / her or should not be a criminal or
of unsound mind.

SECTION B: TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

Q1. What are standing committees and what is their significances?
Q2. What is Parliamentary privilege?
Q3. Why do we need a bicameral legislature?
Q4. Which are the two houses of Parliament in India?
Q5. What is the cabinet dictatorship?
Q6. What is defection?
Q7. Why do we need a Parliament?
Q8. What is the advantage of bicameral system?
Q9. What are the two principles of representation in the second chamber / Rajya Sabha?
Q10. What system of representation has been adopted by USA?
Q11. What is Article 109?

SECTION C: FOUR MARKS QUESTIONS

Q1. What does the anti-defection amendment stipulate?
Q2. Describe the process of passing a bill and enacting a law in the Parliament.
Q3. What are the special powers of Rajya Sabha?
Q4. How does the Lok Sabha function?
Q5. What are the functions of the Parliament?
Q6. List the common powers of the two houses.
Q7. Explain the law making procedure of the Parliament.
Q8. What measures have been taken to prevent defection?
Q9. Explain the Bicameral in Germany.
Q10. Compare the powers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Q11. “Money Bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha.” Comment.
Q12. Which powers are exercised only by Lok Sabha?
Q13. In what context both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are co-equal?
SECTION D: FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS
Q1. Read a Cartoon and answer the Questions based on it:

a) What does the Cartoon Represent? 1

b) How does the Parliament control over executive financially? 2
c) What are the financial powers of the Parliament? 2
Q2. Read the following passages and answer the questions based on it:

If a member remains absent in the House when asked by the party leadership to remain
present or votes against the instructions of the party or voluntarily leaves the membership
of the party, it is deemed as defection.
Experience of the past twenty years shows that the anti-defection amendment has not been
able to curb defections, but it has given additional powers to the party leadership and the
presiding officers of the legislatures over the members
a) What is defection? 1
b) Has the anti-defection amendment been able to curb defection? 2
c) Which Amendment Act is known as anti-defection amendment? 2
Q3. Read a Cartoon and answer the Questions based on it:

a) What does the cartoon refer to? 1

b) In case of disagreement, how is the proposed bill resolved? 2
c) In case of deadlock, in whose favor the decision goes? 2

Q4. On the outline MAP of India, mark Indian states with second chamber of legislature -
ANs: Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh

SECTION E: SIX MARKS QUESTIONS

Q1. What is the need of controlling executives? What are the four instruments for
Parliamentary control?
Q2. What are the instruments of Parliamentary control?
Q3. “Rajya Sabha being the upper house has less power”. Explain.
Q4. With special reference to the principle of Separation of Powers, describe the functions
of the branch of government which deals with the enactment of laws.
Q5. What are the discretionary powers of the Governor? What measures would you suggest
to remove the irritants in centre-state relations?
 CHAPTER 6 – JUDICIARY

SECTION A: ONE MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. What do you mean by Judiciary?
Q2. Name the highest judiciary authority in India.
Q3. What do you mean by Lok Adalats?
Q4. What do you mean by Court of Record?
Q5. _____________________ was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.

Q6. The court cases can be divided into ____________________________ and

_________________________

Q7. Following is not a qualification required to be a High Court Judge:

a) He should be a citizen of India

b) He must have been an advocate in any high court of India
c) He must have worked for at least 10 years on judicial post.
d) He should be more than 50 years of age

Q8. State True or False

Under Article 124, the Parliament will make order to remove a judge only after an address
of each house of Parliament to be supported by simple majority of members present and
voting.

a) True
b) False

Q9. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding composition of the Supreme
Court?
 a) The Supreme Court of India consists of a Chief Justice and 25 other judges.
b) The judges of Supreme Court are appointed by the President in the consultation with
such judge to whom he feels appropriate for the same.
c) In appointing other judges, the President will consult with the Prime Minister of
India.
d) A judge of Supreme Court holds the Office till the age of 65 years.

Q10. Arrange the following in correct structure of Judiciary in India (from bottom to top):

a) Supreme Court of India

b) District Court
c) Subordinate Courts
d) High Court

SECTION B: TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

Q1. Why do we need an independent judiciary?
Q2. What are the two powers given by the Constitution to the judiciary as a remedy of
violations of rights?
Q3. How are judges appointed?
Q4. How can judges be removed?

SECTION C: FOUR MARKS QUESTIONS

Q1. How can independence of judiciary be ensured?
Q2. What is meant by the following?
a) Original Jurisdiction
b) Writ Jurisdiction
c) Appellate Jurisdiction
d) Advisory Jurisdiction
Q3. What is judicial activism? How is it practiced?
Q4. How has the judicial activism revolutionised the functioning of the judiciary?
Q5. What are the adverse effects of Judicial Activism?
Q6. What is meant by “Judicial review”?
Q7. What is Public Interest Litigation (PIL)? Explain.
SECTION D: FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS
Q1. Read a Cartoon and answer the Questions based on it:

a) What is the Cartoon about? 1

b) What message is being conveyed through the Cartoon? 2
c) What are the instruments of Judicial Activism? 2

Q2. Read the following passages and answer the questions based on it:

Besides, as we saw in the section on jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, in the case of federal
relations too, the Supreme Court can use the review powers if a law is inconsistent with the
distribution of powers laid down by the Constitution. Suppose, the central government
makes a law, which according to some States, concerns a subject from the State list. Then
the States can go to the Supreme Court and if the court agrees with them, it would declare
that the law is unconstitutional. In this sense, the review power of the Supreme Court
includes power to review legislations on the ground that they violate fundamental rights or
on the ground that they violate the federal distribution of powers. The review power
extends to the laws passed by State legislatures also.

a) What is judicial review by the Supreme Court? 1

b) What does judicial review consist of? 2
c) How does judicial review extend in the federal distribution of power? 2
SECTION E: SIX MARKS QUESTIONS
Q1. What was the Kesavananda Bharati case and what was its outcome?
Q2. What are the matters of political conflict between Judiciary and Parliament?
Q3. Explain the structure of the Judiciary in India.
Q4. How the independence of Judiciary can be ensured?
Q5. Do you think that judicial activism can lead to a conflict between judiciary and the
executive? Why?
Q6. How is judicial activism related to the protection of fundamental rights? Has it helped in
expanding the scope of fundamental rights?