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WorksheetsUK System of Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
The United Kingdom is?
a presidential democracy with a constitutional monarch.
a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch.
a parliamentary democracy with an absolute monarch.
a parliamentary republic with a constitutional monarch.
A political system whereby citizens elect representatives to exercise power on their behalf is known as?
A republic
A democracy
A monarchy
Communism
Other than the United Kingdom, an example of a parliamentary democratic system would be?
USA
New Zealand
Russia
Nigeria
The (a) is the Head of State for the United Kingdom.
A constitution made of rules, statutes and conventions found in a variety of sources, is known as what type of constitution?
Codified
Unitary
Non-codified
Parliamentary
A constitutional monarchy is?
A form of government where the monarch rules unhindered
A system of government in which a monarch is sovereign without any laws or legally organized opposition
A system of government in which a monarch's duties and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom
A form of government where the monarch's title is passed down to an elected official
As Head of State, The Monarch undertakes a number of constitutional and representational duties which includes?
(Select all correct answers)
Voting on legislation and taxation issues
Head of the Commonwealth
Authorising legislation through Royal Assent
Check and approve Government spending
The UK is a parliamentary democracy. This means that?
(Select all the correct answers)
Parliament is directly accountable to Government
Parliament can be dismissed by Government
Government is directly accountable to Parliament
Members of the government are also members of one of the two Houses of Parliament
Parliament is located in which building?
Whitehall
The Palace of Westminster
The House of Commons
Buckingham Palace
Parliament consists of which elements?
(Select all the correct answers)
The Government
The House of Lords
The Monarch
The Judiciary
The House of Commons
The main functions of Parliament are to?
(Select all correct answers)
Check and challenge the work of the Government
Make and change laws
Appoint government
Check and approve Government spending
The role of the House of Commons is to?
(Select all the correct answers)
Consider and propose new laws and taxes
Decide on policy for Government
Appoint Government Ministers
Scrutinise Government ministers/hold Government to account
The Constitutional Reform Act (2005) divided power between which three branches or institutions of state?
House of Lords, House of Commons and the Monarch
Judiciary, Legislative and Executive
The Queen, Parliament and the Government
The Courts, Parliament and the Monarch
The division of power between the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary is known as?
Devolution
Separation of Government
Separation of Powers
Division of Powers
Which of the following represents the Appointed Legislature?
The Monarchy
The House of Commons
The Courts
The House of Lords
Which following elements constitute the Executive ?
(Select all the correct answers)
Government
Ministerial departments
Courts and judges
Civil Service
The Prime Minister is the leader of Her Majesty’s Government and as leader of the UK government the Prime Minister also?
(Select all correct answers)
Is the principal government figure in the House of Commons
Is a principal government figure in the House of Lords
Oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies
Makes laws and legislation on behalf of the government
Which body is made up of the senior members of government, usually appointed by the Prime Minister, that meets every week to discuss the most important issues for the government?
The House of Commons
The Cabinet
The Select Committee
The Supreme Court
Which of the following are Government Ministers?
(Select all the correct answers)
Ministers of State
Whips
Parliamentary Under Secretaries
Parliamentary Public Ministers
Government ministers appointed the head of government departments, and responsible for leading departments, are commonly known as?
Junior Ministers
Parliamentary Private Secretaries
Secretaries of State
Prime Ministers
