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Grade-8 civics Parliamentary government

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

head of government in a parliamentary democracy

a)

president

b)

prime minister

c)

dictator

d)

monarchy

2.
Which type of government is the leader selected by the majority of elected representatives?
a)
presidential democracy
b)
federal
c)
parliamentary democracy
d)
unitary
3.
What does democracy mean?
a)
Ruled by a small group
b)
Local and Central share power
c)
Ruled by people
d)
Ruled by one person
4.

In a Democracy, the citizens have ____________ power.

a)

no

b)

all

5.

A monarchy is...

a)

a government ruled by a president

b)

a government ruled by a mayor

c)

a government ruled by a king or queen

d)

a government ruled by Chuck Norris

6.
The place where elected representatives of the people take all important decisions regarding development is called
a)
Supreme court  
b)
Parliament
c)
High court
d)
Constitutional assembly
7.
Why do we need Parliament?
a)
To make law
b)
For financial control
c)
For debating important issues
d)
all the above
8.
Parliamentary government is based  on
a)
Selection of leaders
b)
Leader's choice
c)
Universal Adult franchise
d)

heridetory


9.

head of government in a parliamentary democracy

a)

president

b)

prime minister

c)

dictator

d)

monarchy

10.

The Prime Minister is called the---

a)

Nominal Head

b)

Executive Head

c)

None of the above

11.

Federalism means distribution of powers between the central and regional governments

a)

True

b)

False

12.

India has the system of dual citizenship

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The union list consists of______ subjects

a)

100

b)

50

c)

30

14.

The concurrent list consists of ______subjects

a)

42

b)

47

c)

52

15.

India does not have a constitution for the centre and separate constitutions for each state

a)

True

b)

False