Lesson T1.1.3

T1.1.3 The role of Parliament Quiz: KS3 Citizenship, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which two parts of Parliament are involved in making laws?

    • The police and the courts
    • The House of Commons and the House of Lords
    • The Supreme Court and the Cabinet
    • The Privy Council and the civil service

  2. What is the main job of the House of Commons?

    • To give the royal assent to laws and to choose the Prime Minister each year
    • To make laws and hold the government to account
    • To run local councils and collect the council tax for each area of the country
    • To judge criminal cases and decide sentences for offenders in the courts

  3. Who are members of the House of Commons called?

    • Justices who sit on the Supreme Court and hear the final appeals in the UK
    • Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons
    • Peers who sit in the House of Lords and are appointed or hereditary
    • Councillors who run local authorities and deliver services for residents

  4. What is the role of select committees in Parliament?

    • To manage local council budgets and approve every planning application in each area
    • To scrutinise government policy and gather evidence from experts and the public
    • To elect the Prime Minister and decide which party forms the next government
    • To decide the outcome of criminal trials and pass sentences on convicted offenders

  5. What is the government's main purpose in Parliament?

    • To judge court cases and decide the sentence for each serious criminal offence
    • To propose laws and policies and run the country day to day
    • To elect the monarch and choose the head of state for each new Parliament
    • To vote on the royal family's budget and approve every royal expenditure each year

  6. Which role does the opposition play in Parliament?

    • Appointing ministers to the Cabinet and deciding which departments each one will run
    • Writing the Budget on behalf of the government and setting the level of public spending
    • Serving as judges in the highest courts and deciding the most serious appeals in the UK
    • Holding the government to account and offering alternative policies for voters to consider

  7. A new law is proposed in Parliament. What is the first stage called?

    • An Act
    • A petition
    • A bill
    • A royal charter

  8. When a bill receives royal assent, what happens?

    • It becomes an Act of Parliament
    • It is cancelled by the courts
    • It is sent back to the House of Lords
    • It is put to a public vote

  9. What does it mean when Parliament scrutinises the government?

    • MPs take over the day-to-day running of schools
    • MPs collect taxes for the government
    • MPs choose which bills become law without debate
    • MPs examine and question what ministers are doing

  10. Why do bills go through several readings and stages before they become law?

    • So they can be debated, amended and checked carefully
    • So that courts can decide whether they are fair
    • So that the monarch can rewrite them
    • So the government can pass them without any discussion

  11. Which statement about the House of Lords is accurate?

    • It is made up of judges from the highest courts who sit to decide the most serious cases
    • It has the power to form the government and choose the Prime Minister for each Parliament
    • It is mainly made up of appointed and hereditary members, and it can revise bills
    • It is elected directly by voters every five years in a national election across the UK

  12. Which body usually forms the government in the UK?

    • The Supreme Court, which appoints the government from the most senior members of Parliament
    • The monarch's private advisers, who choose the leader of the largest party in the country
    • The House of Lords, which chooses the Prime Minister by a vote of its members each year
    • The party or coalition that can command a majority in the House of Commons

  13. Why is it important that Parliament can scrutinise government?

    • It means ministers do not need to answer questions
    • It allows the government to avoid all debate
    • It stops the courts from making decisions
    • It helps prevent the government from acting without checks

  14. A government wants to pass a bill, but MPs vote against it. What is most likely to happen?

    • The bill becomes law anyway because the government can overrule the vote of MPs at any time
    • The courts pass it as an Act of Parliament once they have reviewed the proposal for fairness
    • The bill will not pass unless the vote changes, because it needs a majority of MPs
    • The monarch makes it law alone by giving royal assent without any further vote by MPs

  15. Which role does the Speaker play in the House of Commons?

    • Keeping order in debates and chairing sessions fairly
    • Leading the opposition party
    • Writing new laws on behalf of the government
    • Deciding the outcome of court cases

  16. Which stage of making a law comes after MPs have debated and voted on a bill in the Commons?

    • It is handed to the local council, which decides whether it applies in its area
    • It goes straight to the Supreme Court for a ruling on whether it is fair to citizens
    • It goes to the House of Lords for consideration and possible amendment
    • It is published as a petition for the public to vote on in a national referendum

  17. Why does the UK Parliament have two chambers?

    • So that MPs can avoid debating laws
    • So that bills get closer scrutiny and checks on power
    • So that each region has a separate law
    • So that the monarch can choose between two options

  18. Which statement about MPs and their constituents is most accurate?

    • MPs represent the people in their constituency as well as the country as a whole
    • MPs only represent their own political party and the members who voted for it at elections
    • MPs are appointed by local councils to speak for the areas where each council is based
    • MPs are chosen by the monarch for each constituency and then represent the crown locally

  19. A pupil wants to find out how a bill is debated in Parliament. Which source would be most useful?

    • A sports magazine that reports on the results of local football matches each week
    • Hansard, the official published record of what is said in Parliament
    • A local shop's leaflet advertising its weekly offers and opening hours
    • A recipe book that lists dishes and cooking methods for family meals

  20. Why might the government need the support of MPs from more than one party?

    • Because Parliament has to include all political parties by law
    • Because local councils must approve each bill
    • Because the government may not have a majority on its own
    • Because the monarch must choose MPs from every party

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