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WorksheetsChapter 5 Quiz - UK Constitution and Devolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What term refers to a system of government where the constitution is not written down in a single document?
Unentrenched constitution
Codified constitution
Uncodified constitution
Entrenched constitution
Which legislation grants individuals the right to access reports and data held by public authorities in the UK?
Human Rights Act 1998
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Good Friday Agreement 1998
What is the term used to describe the transfer of powers from a central government to regional or local governments?
EVEL (English Votes for English Laws)
Devolution
Quasi-federal state
Federalisation
Which of the following have served as Mayor of London? Tick all that apply.
Sadiq Khan
Boris Johnson
Ken Livingstone
Zac Goldsmith
Which of the following limited the power of the monarch and established the principle of the rule of law? Tick all that apply.
Magna Carta 1215
Bill of Rights 1689
Act of Settlement 1701
Acts of Union 1707
Which of the below introduced universal suffrage for men and partial suffrage for women in the UK?
Representation of the People Act 1918
Equal Franchise Act 1928
The Salisbury convention
Collective responsibility
Which of the below states that the House of Lords should not oppose legislation mentioned in the governing party's election manifesto?
The O’Donnell Rules 2010
The Salisbury Convention
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
European Convention on Human Rights 1951
What is the term used to describe an elected mayor who governs a city and its surrounding region and has powers over transport, planning, and other local matters?
Chief Executive Officer
Directly elected mayor
Metro-mayor
Local governor
Which of the below brought peace to Northern Ireland and established a power-sharing government?
St Andrews Agreement 2006
Good Friday Agreement 1998
Dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly 2002
Windsor Framework 2023
Which of the below was a significant constitutional reform that partially removed the hereditary element from the House of Lords, allowing 92 hereditary peers to remain for an 'interim period'?
House of Lords Act 1999
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Parliament Act 1911
Representation of the People Act 1918
Which of the below established regular five-year terms for the UK Parliament?
Parliament Act 1949
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011
Representation of the People Act 1918
Which of the below ensured the Protestant succession to the English throne, establishing the principle that statute law would determine the next monarch?
Magna Carta 1215
Bill of Rights 1689
Act of Settlement 1701
Acts of Union 1707
Which of the below was NOT a power devolved to Scotland in the Scotland Act 1998?
Health
Education
Roads and public transport
Control over income tax and all receipts from income tax
Which of the following aspects of the British constitution are principally derived from conventions?
The circumstances under which a minister should resign.
Britain’s relationship with the EU.
Freedom to engage in public protest.
The royal prerogative.
Why might the use of referendums pose constitutional problems in the United Kingdom?
Because they undermine the doctrine of ministerial responsibility
Because they undermine the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty
Because they undermine common law
Because they undermine the role of the monarchy
Which of the following statements accurately describes the development of the British constitution since 1997?
“The exercise of the royal prerogative has been eroded”
“Referendums have been used cautiously and less frequently”
“Devolution has created a federal British state”
“The constitution has embraced more written and statutory elements”
What is an example of the asymmetric devolution of powers to Wales and Scotland?
Wales has full control over its education system, while Scotland does not.
Wales has its own legal system, while Scotland follows the legal system of England.
Scotland has full control over its police force and justice system, while Wales does not.
Wales has a unicameral legislative system, while Scotland has a bicameral legislative system.
In the context of Gina Miller's legal case against the UK government (R Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union), what was the Scottish government's main argument as to why Brexit should not apply to them?
The Scottish Parliament had a constitutional right to veto Brexit, as it was a named area of devolved competence.
The Scottish people had a democratic right to remain in the EU, as they voted overwhelmingly to do so in the 2016 referendum.
The Scottish government had a legal right to challenge Brexit, as it violated the terms of the Scotland Act 1998 and the Sewel Convention.
The Scottish nation had a historical right to secede from the UK, as it was a sovereign and independent state before the Acts of Union 1707.
What is the role of the Official Opposition in UK politics?
To scrutinise the government and present alternative policies.
AV Dicey produced an authoritative opinion on parliamentary sovereignty and what other term, which describes the principle that no one is above the law and everyone is subject to the same laws and courts?
Constitutionalism
Rule of law
Separation of powers
Judicial review
