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CLASS 8 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 6

The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive

Student-friendly answers to ten end-of-chapter questions about Parliament, lawmaking, accountability, representation and the judiciary.

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Questions and activities

Textbook pages 145–147

Question 1

Find out how many representatives from your State are in each House of Parliament.

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Look up your State’s Lok Sabha constituencies and Rajya Sabha seats in a current official source.

Answer

Example: Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and 19 Rajya Sabha seats. Use the figures for your own State.

Question 2

What makes the Indian Parliament the ‘voice of the people’? How does it ensure that different opinions are heard?

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Elected representatives speak for constituencies and States through debates, questions and committees.

Answer

Parliament provides a forum for different public views.

Question 3

Why did the Constitution make the Executive responsible to the Legislature?

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Legislative oversight makes ministers explain decisions and keeps the Union Executive accountable to Lok Sabha.

Answer

Accountability helps control the use of government power.

Question 4

Why do you think India has a bicameral legislature at the Union level?

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Lok Sabha represents people directly; Rajya Sabha represents States and reviews legislation.

Answer

Two Houses support representation, scrutiny and federalism.

Question 5

Track a recent Bill passed by Parliament. Find the House where it began, debates or disagreements, and how long it took to become law.

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Record each official stage and date, then calculate time from introduction to assent.

Answer

Example: The Appropriation Bill, 2025 began in Lok Sabha on 11 March and received assent on 20 March: 9 elapsed days. It was a Money Bill.

Question 6

Choose a law and perform a skit showing MPs debating it in both Houses, ministers answering questions and the President giving assent.

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Show introduction, questions and debate, passage in both Houses, then Presidential assent.

Answer

Use accurate stages for the chosen law and give roles different viewpoints.

Question 7

Why might it have taken more than 25 years for the Women’s Reservation Bill to be passed despite long discussion?

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Mention political disagreement, legislative priorities and the distinction between passing a law and implementing it.

Answer

The Bill’s long history involved debate and implementation questions.

Question 8

How can disruptions that reduce the working days of Parliament affect laws and public trust?

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Disruption can reduce scrutiny, questions and public discussion, which may weaken trust.

Answer

Democracy needs both disagreement and time to do parliamentary work.

Question 9

Create student interest groups and prepare policy questions for your MP or MLA. How should the questions differ?

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Match Union or national issues to an MP and State issues to an MLA; ask specific questions about action and progress.

Answer

Choose a topic and tailor questions to each representative’s responsibilities.

Question 10

What role does the judiciary play in Indian democracy? What could happen without an independent judiciary?

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Courts interpret law, settle disputes and protect constitutional rights; independence prevents political pressure.

Answer

Without independent courts, rights and limits on power could weaken.

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