Class 8 Social Science — Chapter 6: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive
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Practise Class 8 Social Science Chapter 6, "The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive", with 72 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions. The set is split into 24 Easy, 24 Medium and 24 Hard questions, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
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Key concepts: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive (Class 8 Social Science)
India's Parliament is bicameral: the President, the directly elected Lok Sabha and the indirectly elected Rajya Sabha. This chapter follows how a bill becomes an act and how Parliament holds the Executive to account.
- Bicameral legislature
- A legislature with two chambers — 'bi' means two, 'cameral' means chamber.
- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- The House of the People, directly elected (maximum 550 members), and the Council of States, elected indirectly by an electoral college.
- Federalism
- Power distributed between the centre, the states and local governments, balancing national unity with local interests.
- Bill and act
- A bill is a draft of a proposed law; once passed by both Houses and assented to by the President it becomes an act.
- Standing Committee
- A permanent committee of MPs that scrutinises government activity, questions ministries and recommends changes.
- Money Bill
- A bill on financial matters that may be introduced only in the Lok Sabha, and only with the President's prior recommendation.
- Question Hour
- Usually the first hour of a sitting, when MPs question ministers — the main way Parliament holds the Executive accountable.
- Union Executive
- The President, the Vice President and the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister, collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
💡 Exam tips for The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive
- The Speaker presides over the Lok Sabha; the Vice President chairs the Rajya Sabha.
- The RTE traces the whole path: a Directive Principle, then Article 21A via the 86th Amendment in 2002, then an Act in August 2009.
- Ministers sit in the legislature, which is why 'separation of powers' in India needs careful explanation.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned as Railway Minister in 1956 though he was not blamed — the classic example of ministerial moral responsibility.
Sample questions
The Indian Parliament is composed of the President and which two houses?
This two-house structure is called a bicameral system.
The Constitution makers felt a second house was needed because a single directly elected House would be:
The Rajya Sabha was created in the spirit of federalism.
Assertion: India adopted a bicameral Parliament. Reason: A Council of States was thought necessary in the spirit of federalism. Choose the correct option.
Extensive discussions on this took place during the making of the Constitution.
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India's Parliament is bicameral: the President, the directly elected Lok Sabha and the indirectly elected Rajya Sabha. This chapter follows how a bill becomes an act and how Parliament holds the Executive to account. Key ideas include Bicameral legislature, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Federalism, Bill and act, Standing Committee.
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