7th Standard, Social Science, CIVICS CHAPTER 9
INTRODUCTION TO LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL TERMINOLOGIES
LEGISLATIVE:
EXERCISES
Answer in one sentence:
1 What is the root word of Legislature?
Answer: The word Legislature or Parliament is derived from French word ‘Parler’ and Latin word ‘Parliamentum’, which means to talk or discuss.
2 What is Legislature?
Answer: Legislature is called the ‘mirror of public opinion’ as it is a platform where representatives of the people of a nation come together to express their opinion.
3 What is Unicameral Legislature?
Answer: A Legislature which has only one house is Unicameral Legislature.
4 What is Bicameral Legislature?
Answer: A Legislature having two houses is Bicameral Legislature.
Activities:
1 Organize a Mock Parliament in school.
2 Organize Mock Parliament in school sessions and discuss the matters in there assembly.
3 Inform the students to watch legislative assembly sessions telecasted in the television.
EXECUTIVE:
EXERCISES
I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word:
1 The organ which implements laws is Executive.
2. All modern states have the aim of establishing welfare state.
3. The electing the head of the state in Ancestral method is hereditary monarchy
4. The President of India is elected by indirect election.
II. Answer in one sentence:
- What is root word ‘executive’?
Answer: The word ‘karyanga’ is the version of the English word ‘Executive’. It comes from the medieval Latin word ‘Exsequi’. It means ‘carry out the work’.
2. Which organ is called the administrative organ?
Answer: The Executive is called the administrative organ.
3. Who is the real head of the executive?
Answer: The Prime minister is the real head of the executive.
4. What is direct election method?
Answer: An Executive or representatives elected by the people or voters for fixed period is called direct election method.
III. Answer the following questions:
- Write the meaning of the Executive organ.
Answer: The word ‘karyanga’ is the version of the English word ‘Executive’. It comes from the medieval Latin word ‘Exsequi’. It means ‘carry out the work’.
According to Garner “The executive is the organ of government that implements the will of the State expressed through the legislature, the constitution and the decisions of the judiciary’’
2. State the importance of the Executive organ.
Answer: The Importance of the Executive organ are as follows.
1. The Executive acts as a machinery of the government
2. Implementing the law
3. An effective Democratic tool
4. An instrument of Welfare state
5. Sign of Nation’s honour
3. Write the functions performed by the Executive.
Answer: The functions performed by the Executive are as follows.
- Enforcement of Laws
- Appointment-making Functions
- Defence, War and Peace Functions
- Policy-making
- Conducting Foreign Policy
- Preparing and Executing the National Budget
- Managing Government Operations and Resources
Activities:
1. Contact the administrator of local institutions and list their administrative functions.
2. Collect information about the heads of executive bodies of five countries and collect their picture.
JUDICIARY:
EXERCISES
I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word:
1 The root of word of judiciary is ‘Justitia’
2. The protector of rights is Judiciary.
3. ‘We are under the constitutions, but as the constitutional judge says’ is said by Charles Evans Hughes
4. The present Chief justice of the Supreme Court is Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai
II. Answer the following questions:
- List the significance of judiciary.
Answer: The significance of Judiciary are as follows.
1. Protecting Laws
2. Protection of Rights and Freedom
3. Civil welfare and security
4. Establishment of order in the state
5. Building public trust
2. State the functions of judiciary.
The Functions of Judiciary are as follows.
1. Interpreting the Law
2. Judicial Decision
3. Issuing writs
4. Giving judicial advice
5. Judicial review
Activities:
1. Arrange a mock court in your school and discuss.
2. Visit the nearest court and observe its proceedings.
Additional Questions and Answers
- Names of Legislature of different countries.
Answer: Names of Legislature of some countries are,
1. India – Parliament
2. Maldives – Majlis
3. Germany – Bundestag
4. Isarel – Knesset
5. France – National Assembly
6. Denmark – Folketing
2. What are the importance of Legislature?
Answer: The importance of Legislature are as follows.
1. Law making:
2. Formation of the government
3. Amendment of the Constitution
4. Solutions to Public Grievances (Issues)
5. Mirror of National Life
3. Name the two types of Legislature.
Answer: The Legislature is classified into two types. They are,
I. Unicameral Legislature
II. Bicameral Legislature
4 . What are the powers and Functions of Legislature?
Answer: There will be lot of debates and discussions on many issues and bills in the houses, on the opinions of the people. Legislature is its internal form of the government. The Legislature has the widespread powers.
5. What are the types of Executive?
Answer: The types of Executive are as follows.
1. Nominal status Executive
2. Real Executive
3. Parliamentary Executive
4. Presidential Executive
5. Single Executive
6. Plural Executive
7. Political Executive
8. Permanent Executive
6. What are the two Structures of Judiciary?
Answer: The structure of the judiciary differs from nation to nation. Each country has its own judiciary which is adjusted to the political system of the respective country. The two Structures of Judiciary are,
- Structure of the unified judiciary
- Structure Federal Judicial System
