CSS Political Science Questions & Answers - Part-4 - Set 15

1)   The title of the Privy Councilors is:

a. Knighthood
b. Sir Anthony Edwin
c. Right Honourable
d. Fountain of Honour
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Right Honourable

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   The orders issue by the Privy Council are:

a. Laws-in-Council
b. Orders-in-Council
c. King-in-Council
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Most of the functions of the Privy Council are performed by:

a. 4 or 5 Cabinet Ministers
b. 8 or 10 Cabinet Ministers
c. 18 Cabinet Minister
d. 13 or 15 Cabinet Ministers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4 or 5 Cabinet Ministers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   The term Privy Council was first used in the reign of:

a. Henry V
b. George I
c. Charles I
d. Charles II
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Henry V

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council derives from the principle of:

a. English common Law
b. Acts of Parliament
c. Historic documents
d. Judicial decisions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: English common Law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The Cabinet evolved out of:

a. The Privy Council
b. The House of Commons
c. The House of Lords
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Privy Council

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   The Sovereignty of Parliament means:

a. The Sovereignty of the House of Commons
b. The Sovereignty of the House of Lords
c. The Sovereignty of the Cabinet
d. The Sovereignty of the Prime Minister
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Sovereignty of the House of Commons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   The Supreme legislative authority in Britain liew with:

a. The Parliament
b. The Queen in Parliament
c. The Prime Minister in Parliament
d. The Speaker in Parliament
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Queen in Parliament

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Mother of all Parliaments is to be called:

a. The British Parliament
b. The American Parliament
c. The French Parliament
d. The Russian Parliament
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The British Parliament

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The British Courts must accept the laws passed by:

a. The Judiciary
b. The Parliament
c. The Cabinet
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Parliament

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Britain became a member of the European Economic Community in:

a. Jan-73
b. Feb-73
c. Mar-75
d. Apr-75
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jan-73

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The British Parliament is:

a. Unicameral
b. Bicameral
c. Tri-cameral
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bicameral

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   The House of Lords consists of the Lords Temporal and:

a. Lords Spiritual
b. Lords Privy
c. Lords Magnificent
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lords Spiritual

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Lords Spiritual are consist of:

a. Two archbishops
b. Three archbishops
c. Four archbishops
d. Five archbishops
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Two archbishops

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Lords of Appeal are appointed under:

a. Statute of West Minister Act 1831
b. Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1871
c. Parliament Act of 1911
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1871

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   The Prime Minister is appointed by:

a. The House of Lords
b. The House of Commons
c. The Queen
d. The Parliament
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Queen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The House of Lords is the:

a. 2nd Chamber of the British Parliament
b. 3rd Chamber of the British Parliament
c. 4th Chamber of the British Parliament
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2nd Chamber of the British Parliament

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   The Presiding officer of the House of Lords is:

a. The Speaker
b. The Lord Chancellor
c. The Queen
d. The Prime Minister
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Speaker

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   In the British Constitution the head of the Judiciary is:

a. The Queen
b. The speaker
c. The Lord Chancellor
d. The Governor
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Lord Chancellor

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   The British Parliament Act of 1911 as amended in 1949, in legislation:

a. Equaled the two houses
b. Pitted the two houses against each other
c. Established the Superiority of House of Commons
d. Established the Superiority of the House of Lords
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Established the Superiority of House of Commons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   According to the Parliament Act of 1911, the House of Lords can delay Non-Money Bill sent up by the House of Commons for:

a. One year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. Four years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Two years

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   According to the Parliament Act of 1949, the House of Lords can delay a Non-Money Bill for:

a. One year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. Four years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: One year

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The highest court of Appeal in the U.K. Is:

a. The House of Lords
b. The House of Commons
c. The Cabinet
d. The Ministry
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The House of Lords

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   The House of Lords at present consists of about:

a. 900 members
b. 1100 members
c. 1200 members
d. 1300 members
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1200 members

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Lord Chancellor is the only Cabinet Minister whose salary is same as that of:

a. The President
b. The Prime Minister
c. The Attorney General
d. The Chief Justice
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Prime Minister

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   The Lower Chamber of the British Parliament is called:

a. House of Representatives
b. House of Commons
c. House of Lords
d. Senet
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: House of Commons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   At present, House of Commons consists of:

a. 350 members
b. 465 members
c. 558 members
d. 659 members
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 659 members

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   The Presiding Officer of the House of Commons is:

a. The Chairman
b. The Deputy Chariman
c. The Speaker
d. The Deputy Speaker
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Speaker

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   The tenure of the House of Commons is:

a. 5 years
b. 6 years
c. 7 years
d. 9 years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5 years

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   According to the Acts of 1911 and 1949 the House of Lords cannot delay a Money Bill for more than:

a. One month
b. Two months
c. Three months
d. Four months
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: One month

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Lord Chancellor is a member of the Cabinet and also the head of:

a. The Parliament
b. The Judiciary
c. The Administration
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Judiciary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   At present House of Commons consists of:

a. 360 members
b. 466 members
c. 558 members
d. 659 members
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 659 members

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Which Parliamentary Act made the House of Commons much stronger than the House of Lords?

a. 1911
b. 1929
c. 1939
d. 1941
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1911

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   The Act of 1911 was amended in 1949 and under the amended Act the delaying powers of the House of Lords were reduced from 2 years to:

a. 1 year
b. 10 months
c. 7 months
d. 5 months
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 7 months

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   A member of House of Commons must be at least

a. 18 years of age
b. 20 years of age
c. 21 years of age
d. 23 years of age
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 21 years of age

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   According to the Act of 1969, every adult man or women has right to vote must be at least:

a. 18 years of age
b. 19 years of age
c. 20 years of age
d. 21 years of age
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 18 years of age

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   The most important feature of the British Speaker-ship is its:

a. Partisan Character
b. Non-Partisan Character
c. None of them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of them

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   In 1835, the first speaker not elected for the second term was:

a. Sir Thomas de Hungerford
b. Sutton
c. George Kennedy
d. Walpole
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sutton

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Who decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or Non-Money Bill?

a. Chairman of House of Lords
b. Speaker of House of Commons
c. Speaker of House of Representatives
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Speaker of House of Commons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   The Judiciary is the:

a. Third organ of government
b. Fourth organ of government
c. Fifth organ of government
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Third organ of government

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The Kinds of laws in England are:

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Four

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   In the following laws which one is the written law of the and:

a. Convention
b. Statute law
c. Common law
d. Equity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Statute law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Types of courts in England are:

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Two

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   The Word Rex stands for:

a. The Queen
b. The Crown
c. The Court
d. The Parliament
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Crown

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The High Court consists in:

a. Two Divisions
b. Three Divisions
c. Four Divisions
d. Five Divisions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Three Divisions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   The Final Court of Appeal in England is:

a. The Cour of Appeal
b. The High Court
c. The Country Court
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Cour of Appeal

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The Final Court in all civil and criminal cases for the UK is:

a. High Court
b. Country Court
c. Court of the Justice of the Peace
d. House of Lords
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: House of Lords

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Stipendiary Magistrates are appointed by:

a. The Lord Chancellor
b. The Home Secretary
c. The Prime Minister
d. The Queen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Home Secretary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   The Court of Quarter Sessions is held:

a. Two times a year
b. Three times a year
c. Four times a year
d. None of them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Four times a year

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   The Courts of Assizes are held:

a. Two times a year
b. Three times a year
c. Four times a year
d. Five times a year
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Three times a year

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!