Ch 3 Why Do We Need a Parliament? Social and Political Life

          Civics :     Ch 3 Why Do We Need a Parliament? Social and Political Life

 

Exercises
1. Why do you think our national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote?
Answe-he national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote because of the following reasons:

·         Every responsible citizen should participate in the government.

·         Law-making and decision-making should also be shared by the adults of the country.

 

Extra Questions:

Q1.What is an EVM?
Answer:An EVM is an Electronic Voting Machine used for elections in India. Indian voting machines use a two-piece system with a balloting unit presenting the voter with a button for each choice connected by a cable to an electronic ballot box.

Q2:What is a constituency?
Answer:The country is divided into many areas for election purposes. Each area is called a constituency. A representative is elected from each constituency to serve in the legislative body.
Q3.Mention the 2 houses of the Indian Parliament.

Answer:The 2 Houses of the Indian Parliament are …
The Rajya Sabha
The Lok Sabha
Q4.What are the three major duties of the Parliament?

Answer:The three major duties of the Parliament are…
To Select the National Government
To Control, Guide and Inform the Government
Law-Making

Q5.How is a National government selected?

Answer:After the Lok Sabha elections, a list is prepared showing how many MPs belonging to each political party have won the elections. The Political party which has the majority of MPs will form the National government.
A majority Party should have at least 272 MPs, that is, more than half of the total number of MPs in the Lok Sabha.

Q6.What is ‘Question hour’ in Parliament?
Answer:
The first hour of every sitting during a Parliament Session is called the Question Hour. During ‘Question hour’ Questions are posed by members to specific government ministries. The concerned Ministries have to answer these Questions on a fixed date.

Q7. What is coalition government?

Answer: It refer to alliance formed by parties when no party has clear majority .