WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS - PART I

A GOVERNMENT ORDER

1. What is an Office Memorandum?
2. What is SEBC?
3. What were the other two categories that enjoyed reservation?

THE DECISION MAKERS

4. Who decide to issue such Memorandum?
5. Who is the President?
6. Who is the Prime Minister?
7. What is Parliament? What are the two houses of the Parliament?
8. What was the Mandal Commission?
9.  What were the features of the Mandal Commission?
10. What did the President of India announce in the Parliament regarding this?
11. Describe the process in which the Mandal Commission was totally accepted and approved?
12. Why did many protest against this Commission?
13. What is reservation?
14. What were the arguments of the people who said reservation is fair?
15. What were the arguments of the people who said reservation is unfair?
16. Who resolves such important disputes?
17. What do you know of the Indira Sawhney case?
18. What is the role of the Supreme Court regarding important disputes?
19. What was the final verdict of the Supreme Court?

NEED FOR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

20. Name some of the important functions of the government.
21. What are institutions?
22. Who are the persons involved with the institutions?
23. Why is dealing with institutions frustrating?
24. Can one person decide on any important issue?

PARLIAMENT

25. Are decisions taken directly by the Parliament?
26. The Parliament ----------- the decision of the government.
27. Can the government go ahead on its own decision, without the favour of the Parliament?

WHY DO WE NEED A PARLIAMENT?

28. What is a Parliament?
29. What is a Legislature or a Legistative Assembly?
30. What are the ways in which political authority is exercised by the Parliament?
31. What is the role of Parliament in making  laws?
32. How do the Parliaments exercise control over the government?
33. How do the Parliaments control the government money?
34. Through what devices do the Parliaments seek information?

TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

35. The roles and the powers of the Parliaments are divided in two parts ---------- and ------------.
36. What is the nature of the first house?
37. What is the nature of the second house?
38. What are the two houses of Parliament in India?
39. President is / is not a member of the Parliament.
40. President is part of the Parliament. True or False?
41. All laws made in the houses come into force only after receiving assent of the President. True or False?
42. Which of the two houses is more powerful? Why?
43. Other name of Rajya Sabha is -----------------.
44. Other name of Lok Sabha is --------------.