Module 4: Parliament & Judiciary – 70 MCQs
1. Lok Sabha is also known as:
A) Upper House
B) House of Lords
C) Lower House
D) Council of States
Answer: C
2. Rajya Sabha is known as:
A) Lower House
B) House of People
C) Upper House
D) Parliament
Answer: C
3. Maximum strength of Lok Sabha:
A) 500
B) 545
C) 552
D) 560
Answer: C
4. How many members in Rajya Sabha can be nominated by President?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 12
D) 5
Answer: C
5. Rajya Sabha tenure is:
A) 5 years
B) 6 years
C) 4 years
D) 3 years
Answer: B
6. Who elects the Speaker of Lok Sabha?
A) Prime Minister
B) Lok Sabha Members
C) President
D) Rajya Sabha
Answer: B
7. Money Bill can be introduced only in:
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Either House
C) Lok Sabha
D) President's office
Answer: C
8. Who presides over Rajya Sabha?
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Speaker
D) Vice President
Answer: D
9. Quorum in Lok Sabha is:
A) 1/2
B) 1/4
C) 1/10
D) 1/3
Answer: C
10. Which house is dissolved after 5 years?
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Both
D) None
Answer: B
11. Public Accounts Committee monitors:
A) Parliament behavior
B) Public enterprises
C) Government expenditure
D) Judiciary
Answer: C
12. Standing Committees are:
A) Ad hoc
B) Temporary
C) Permanent
D) Judicial
Answer: C
13. Which committee examines public undertakings?
A) Estimates Committee
B) Public Accounts Committee
C) Committee on Public Undertakings
D) Select Committee
Answer: C
14. Which committee scrutinizes Bills?
A) Ad hoc Committee
B) Cabinet Committee
C) Select Committee
D) Finance Committee
Answer: C
15. Estimate Committee deals with:
A) Budget Estimates
B) State Expenditure
C) Judiciary Expenditure
D) Foreign Investments
Answer: A
16. Zero Hour is:
A) First Hour
B) Last Hour
C) After Question Hour
D) Before Budget
Answer: C
17. Calling Attention Motion is used to:
A) Call President
B) Impeach Judge
C) Raise urgent matters
D) Delay a session
Answer: C
18. A Bill becomes a law after:
A) Rajya Sabha approval
B) Lok Sabha approval
C) President's assent
D) Speaker's signature
Answer: C
19. The term 'bicameral' means:
A) One house
B) Two houses
C) Three houses
D) No house
Answer: B
20. Which of the following is not a type of bill?
A) Money Bill
B) Ordinary Bill
C) Emergency Bill
D) Financial Bill
Answer: C
21. The highest judicial authority in India is:
A) High Court
B) District Court
C) Supreme Court
D) Parliament
Answer: C
22. Which is the highest court in a state?
A) High Court
B) Supreme Court
C) District Court
D) Sessions Court
Answer: A
23. Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court?
A) Prime Minister
B) Chief Justice
C) President
D) Law Minister
Answer: C
24. Tenure of a Supreme Court judge is until the age of:
A) 60 years
B) 62 years
C) 65 years
D) 70 years
Answer: C
25. Which court deals with civil and criminal cases at district level?
A) High Court
B) Sessions Court
C) Supreme Court
D) Panchayat Court
Answer: B
26. The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the:
A) Lok Sabha
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Cabinet
Answer: C
27. Total number of judges in Supreme Court (including CJI) currently is:
A) 33
B) 34
C) 31
D) 35
Answer: B
28. The retirement age of High Court judges is:
A) 60
B) 62
C) 65
D) 58
Answer: B
29. The power of judicial review is with:
A) Parliament
B) Supreme Court
C) Prime Minister
D) Attorney General
Answer: B
30. Which article provides right to constitutional remedies?
A) Article 14
B) Article 21
C) Article 32
D) Article 19
Answer: C
31. Judicial Review means:
A) Review by Parliament
B) Review by courts
C) Review by President
D) Review by PM
Answer: B
32. Judicial Activism refers to:
A) Passive judiciary
B) Active role of judiciary in public issues
C) Avoiding interference
D) Executive dominance
Answer: B
33. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is a part of:
A) Judicial Review
B) Judicial Activism
C) Parliamentary Bill
D) Ordinance
Answer: B
34. Who can file a PIL?
A) Only the victim
B) Government
C) Any citizen/public-spirited person
D) Judges
Answer: C
35. Which case upheld the basic structure doctrine?
A) Golaknath case
B) Maneka Gandhi case
C) Kesavananda Bharati case
D) Minerva Mills case
Answer: C
36. Which case related to misuse of emergency powers?
A) ADM Jabalpur case
B) Maneka Gandhi case
C) Shankari Prasad case
D) Indira Gandhi vs Raj Narain
Answer: A
37. Who coined the term 'basic structure' of the Constitution?
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) M.N. Venkatachaliah
C) Kesavananda Bharati
D) Justice Sikri
Answer: D
38. Judiciary ensures:
A) Making laws
B) Implementing laws
C) Interpreting laws
D) All of the above
Answer: C
39. The Supreme Court is also called:
A) Guardian of Constitution
B) Upper House
C) Executive arm
D) Legislative House
Answer: A
40. Which body can dissolve Lok Sabha?
A) Prime Minister
B) Vice President
C) President
D) Speaker
Answer: C
41. How often are elections held for the Lok Sabha?
A) Every 3 years
B) Every 4 years
C) Every 5 years
D) Every 6 years
Answer: C
42. What is the minimum age to become a member of Rajya Sabha?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 35
D) 40
Answer: B
43. Who summons the Parliament?
A) Prime Minister
B) Speaker
C) President
D) Chief Justice
Answer: C
44. What is a joint session of Parliament?
A) Both houses meet during an emergency
B) Both houses meet for budget
C) Both houses meet to resolve bill deadlock
D) None
Answer: C
45. Which bill requires approval from both houses but not necessarily a joint
session?
A) Money Bill
B) Constitutional Amendment Bill
C) Finance Bill
D) None
Answer: B
46. Leader of Opposition is provided in which house?
A) Only Lok Sabha
B) Only Rajya Sabha
C) Both
D) None
Answer: C
47. Which of these is not a Parliamentary Committee?
A) Standing Committee
B) Ad hoc Committee
C) Public Enterprises Committee
D) Election Committee
Answer: D
48. Who is the final interpreter of the Constitution?
A) Parliament
B) President
C) Supreme Court
D) Prime Minister
Answer: C
49. Which article deals with the jurisdiction of Supreme Court?
A) Article 124
B) Article 131
C) Article 226
D) Article 368
Answer: B
50. What is the minimum number of judges in a Constitutional Bench of Supreme
Court?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
Answer: B
51. Which court can issue writs under Article 32?
A) High Court
B) District Court
C) Supreme Court
D) Family Court
Answer: C
52. Which court can issue writs under Article 226?
A) Supreme Court
B) District Court
C) High Court
D) Session Court
Answer: C
53. Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
A) M. Hidayatullah
B) Harilal J. Kania
C) Y.V. Chandrachud
D) B.P. Sinha
Answer: B
54. Judicial activism is associated with:
A) Political leaders
B) Bureaucracy
C) Judiciary
D) Executive
Answer: C
55. Which writ is issued in case of illegal detention?
A) Mandamus
B) Certiorari
C) Habeas Corpus
D) Quo Warranto
Answer: C
56. Which writ directs a lower court to transfer a case?
A) Certiorari
B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition
D) Quo Warranto
Answer: A
57. Which article mentions the impeachment of judges?
A) Article 124(4)
B) Article 125
C) Article 32
D) Article 226
Answer: A
58. Judicial independence is ensured by:
A) Fixed salary
B) Security of tenure
C) Powers of contempt
D) All of the above
Answer: D
59. What is the maximum number of members in Rajya Sabha?
A) 238
B) 245
C) 250
D) 252
Answer: C
60. What is the minimum age to become a member of Lok Sabha?
A) 21
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
Answer: B