Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

The Indian Judiciary consists of a supreme court for the entire nation, high courts in the states and district courts and the courts at the local level.

In India, such a national assembly of elected representatives is called Parliament.
At the state level this is called Legislature or Legislative Assembly

It is the supreme law-making body of India. It has two Houses-Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

It means the Supreme Court controls the judicial administration in the country. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the country.

Prime Minister is the head of the government and actually exercises all governmental powers. He takes most of the decisions in the cabinet meetings.

The Prime Minister is the most powerful within the cabinet.

The Mandal Commission was asked to determine the criteria to identify the socially and educationally backward classes in India and recommend steps to be taken for their advancement.

A judge can be removed only by an impeachment motion passed by two-thirds members of the two houses of the parliament. It has never happened so far in the history of Indian democracy.

He has to heed to the views and positions of the coalition partners and other parties, on whose support the survival of the government depends.

They are called the executive because they are in-charge of the execution of the policies of the government.

Political institutions make it difficult to have a good decision taken very quickly. But they also make it equally difficult to rush through a bad decision.

All the court at different levels in a country put together are called the judiciary.

SEBC is Socially and Economically Backward Classes. SEBC is another name for all those people who belong to castes that are considered backward by the government.

The Supreme Court is an institution where disputes between citizens and the government are finally settled.

The citizens have the right to approach the courts to seek remedy in case of any isolation of their rights.

Council of States or Rajya Sabha and the House of People or Lok Sabha.

The Lok Sabha exercises more powers in money matters.

In a Parliamentary democracy only the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha can become the Prime Minister. This is to ensure that the Prime Minister secures a majority support. This prevents him/ her from being either a puppet or a dictator since he/ she has to function along with a council of ministers.

SEBC stands for Socially and Economically Backward Classes. It is another name for all those who belong to castes that are considered backward by the government.

The Parliament is the final authority for making laws in any country.

The prime minister of India chairs cabinet meetings.

All the courts at different levels in a country put together are called the judiciary.

In our country parliamentary system of governance is followed.

The system, in which the parliament is the supreme authority, is called the parliamentary system of government.

Cabinet Ministers are usually top level leaders of the ruling party or parties who are in-charge of the major ministries.

The Government of India appointed the second Backward Classes Commission in 1979. It was headed by B.P. Mandal and, therefore, known as the Mandal Commission.

People reacted strongly because this decision of the Government of India affected thousands of job opportunities.

The Indian judiciary consists of a Supreme Court for the entire nation, High Courts in the States, District Courts and the courts at local level.

President is the Executive head of the state and is the highest formal authority in the country.

The President is the ceremonial head or the nominal executive of India is Democracy.

Legislative Assembly is the assembly of elected representati in India.

The Lok Sabha can be dissolved if no-confidence motion is passed against it but, Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved as it is a permanent house.

In the presidential system, the President is both the head of the state and the head of the government. Thus, he exercises immense powers. In USA we find this system.

It is of 5 years.

The President is the supreme commander of the defence forces of India.

Only a person who enjoys the support of the majority of the members in the Lok Sabha is appointed the Prime Minister of India.

1. Lok Sabha (The Finance Ministry).
2. The Parliament.
3. The Supreme Court.
4. The Executive.

The judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and in consultation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

The ministers are usually from the party or the coalition that has the majority in the Lok Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha can only delay the money bill for 14 days.

The cabinet works as a team. The ministers may have different views and opinions but everyone has to own upto every decision of the cabinet.

In this case the President appoints the person most likely to secure a majority support in the House.

Council of Ministers is the official name for the body that includes all the ministers. It wholly has 60 to 80 ministers of different ranks.

The Prime Minister is the most important institution in the country.

The secretaries provide the necessary background information to the ministers to take decisions.

Ministers of State with independent charge are usually in-charge of smaller ministries. They participate in the cabinet meetings only when specially invited.

The civil servants, working together, are responsible for taking steps to implement the decisions of ministers.

It is because the President of India is a part of the Parliament, although he is not a member of either House.