About this quiz
55 questions covering every section of the note on the Federal Parliament of Nepal: its two Houses, membership, terms, qualifications, presiding officers, sessions, quorum, bills and women's representation.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 55 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Administration and Law · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 55 questions with answers and explanations
Which article of the Constitution of Nepal 2072 provides for a Federal Parliament made up of two Houses?
- A) Article 74
- B) Article 83 ✔
- C) Article 101
- D) Article 110
Why: Article 83 creates the Federal Parliament with the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.
What is the combined total membership of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament?
- A) 334 ✔
- B) 275
- C) 330
- D) 360
Why: The House of Representatives has 275 members and the National Assembly has 59, giving 334.
How many members of the House of Representatives are elected by the first past the post system?
- A) 110
- B) 125
- C) 240
- D) 165 ✔
Why: Article 84 provides 165 FPTP members and 110 proportional representation members.
How many members of the House of Representatives come through the proportional representation system?
- A) 165
- B) 56
- C) 110 ✔
- D) 59
Why: Of the 275 seats, 110 are filled through proportional representation.
A citizen wants to contest the same House of Representatives election from two constituencies at once. What does Article 84 say?
- A) A person cannot be a candidate from more than one constituency ✔
- B) It is allowed if the party agrees
- C) It is allowed only for party leaders
- D) It is allowed if both constituencies are in the same province
Why: Article 84 bars a person from being a candidate in more than one constituency at the same time.
Under Article 84, a vacant House of Representatives seat is filled by the same method used to elect that member when how much of the House's term remains?
- A) Any amount of time
- B) More than six months ✔
- C) More than two years
- D) Less than six months
Why: A vacancy is filled by the original election method only when more than six months of the term remain.
What is the normal term of the House of Representatives under Article 85?
- A) Four years
- B) Six years
- C) Five years, unless dissolved earlier ✔
- D) It is a permanent House
Why: Article 85 fixes a five-year term, but the House can be dissolved earlier under the Constitution.
During a state of emergency, by how much can the term of the House of Representatives be extended at most?
- A) Six months
- B) Two years
- C) Until the emergency ends, with no limit
- D) One year ✔
Why: Under Article 85, a federal Act may extend the term by not more than one year during an emergency.
Which statement about the National Assembly is correct?
- A) It is dissolved together with the House of Representatives
- B) It is a permanent House ✔
- C) It has a fixed term of five years
- D) It has 275 members
Why: Article 86 makes the National Assembly a permanent House that is never dissolved as a whole.
How many National Assembly members are elected from each province?
- A) Eight ✔
- B) Seven
- C) Nine
- D) Three
Why: Eight members are elected from each of the seven provinces, giving 56 elected members.
Among the eight National Assembly members from each province, which minimum mix must be included?
- A) Two women and two Dalits
- B) Four women only
- C) At least three women, one Dalit and one person with disability or minority ✔
- D) One Madhesi and one Tharu
Why: Article 86 requires at least three women, one Dalit and one person with disability or minority from each province.
Who forms the electoral college that elects National Assembly members from a province?
- A) Members of the House of Representatives only
- B) All registered voters of the province
- C) Chief Ministers of all provinces
- D) Provincial Assembly members, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of rural municipalities, and mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities ✔
Why: Article 86 sets up this electoral college, with different weight given to the votes of its members.
How are the three non-elected members of the National Assembly chosen?
- A) Nominated by the President on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal ✔
- B) Nominated by the Speaker
- C) Chosen by the Supreme Court
- D) Chosen by the Election Commission
Why: The President nominates three members, including at least one woman, on the Government's recommendation.
How does the six-year term of National Assembly members work?
- A) All members retire together every six years
- B) One-third of the members retire every two years ✔
- C) Half of the members retire every three years
- D) Members serve for life
Why: Terms are staggered so that one-third retire every two years, keeping the House permanent.
How was the first retirement cycle of the National Assembly arranged after the Constitution came into force?
- A) By the age of members
- B) By alphabetical order
- C) By a vote of the House of Representatives
- D) By drawing lots ✔
Why: Lots decided who would retire after two, four and six years so that the staggered cycle could start.
What is the minimum age to become a member of the National Assembly?
- A) 21 years
- B) 25 years
- C) 35 years ✔
- D) 45 years
Why: Article 87 requires 35 years for the National Assembly, compared with 25 years for the House of Representatives.
Which of the following disqualifies a person from becoming a member of the Federal Parliament under Article 87?
- A) Holding an office of profit ✔
- B) Being a woman
- C) Being under 40 years of age
- D) Not owning land
Why: A member must not hold an office of profit, must be a citizen, meet the age rule and not be convicted of a crime of moral turpitude.
Which rule applies to the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker under Article 91?
- A) Both must be from the largest party
- B) Both must be men
- C) One must be from the National Assembly
- D) One must be a woman, and the two must represent different parties ✔
Why: Article 91 requires one woman among the two and requires them to come from different parties.
What does Article 92 require for the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly?
- A) They must be from different parties and both women
- B) They must be nominated by the President
- C) One of the two must be a woman ✔
- D) Both must be from the same province
Why: Article 92 requires one woman among the two; unlike the Speaker rule, it does not require different parties.
After an election to the House of Representatives, within how many days of the final results must the first session be summoned?
- A) Thirty days ✔
- B) Fifteen days
- C) Sixty days
- D) Six months
Why: Article 93 requires the President to summon the session within thirty days of the final election results.
What is the maximum gap allowed between two sessions of the Federal Parliament?
- A) Three months
- B) One year
- C) Six months ✔
- D) Two months
Why: Article 93 says the interval between two sessions must not be more than six months.
What is the quorum for a decision in either House under Article 94?
- A) One-half of total members
- B) Two-thirds of total members
- C) One-fourth of total members ✔
- D) One-tenth of total members
Why: No question or motion can be put for decision unless one-fourth of the total members are present.
In which House can a Money Bill be introduced?
- A) In either House
- B) Only in the House of Representatives ✔
- C) Only in the National Assembly
- D) Only in a joint sitting
Why: Article 110 allows a Money Bill only in the House of Representatives, and only as a government bill.
Within how many days must the National Assembly return a Money Bill to the House of Representatives?
- A) Two months
- B) Seven days
- C) Thirty days
- D) Fifteen days ✔
Why: Article 111 gives the National Assembly 15 days for a Money Bill and two months for other bills.
What must be the minimum share of women among the total members elected from each political party in the Federal Parliament?
- A) One-fourth
- B) One-third ✔
- C) One-half
- D) One-fifth
Why: The Constitution requires at least one-third of each party's elected members in the Federal Parliament to be women.
The Federal Parliament has how many houses?
- A) Two ✔
- B) One
- C) Three
- D) Four
Why: HoR and NA.
Article 83 of the constitution establishes the:
- A) Federal Parliament ✔
- B) Supreme Court
- C) Province Assembly
- D) Election Commission
Why: Article 83.
The House of Representatives is provided in Article:
- A) 84 ✔
- B) 86
- C) 83
- D) 91
Why: Article 84.
The National Assembly is provided in Article:
- A) 86 ✔
- B) 84
- C) 85
- D) 92
Why: Article 86.
The National Assembly is a:
- A) Permanent house ✔
- B) Temporary house
- C) Dissolvable house
- D) Province house
Why: Never dissolved.
How many NA members are elected from each province?
- A) 8 ✔
- B) 7
- C) 10
- D) 5
Why: 56 total.
How many NA members are nominated by the President?
- A) 3 ✔
- B) 5
- C) 8
- D) 1
Why: On GoN recommendation.
Of each province's 8 NA members, how many must be women?
- A) 3 ✔
- B) 2
- C) 4
- D) 1
Why: Plus one Dalit and one disabled/minority.
The term of NA members is:
- A) 6 years ✔
- B) 5 years
- C) 4 years
- D) 2 years
Why: One-third retire every two years.
The minimum age to be an NA member is:
- A) 35 years ✔
- B) 25 years
- C) 45 years
- D) 30 years
Why: Article 87.
The minimum age to be an HoR member is:
- A) 25 years ✔
- B) 21 years
- C) 35 years
- D) 30 years
Why: Article 87.
The Speaker of the HoR is elected under Article:
- A) 91 ✔
- B) 92
- C) 93
- D) 100
Why: Article 91.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker must be:
- A) Of different sex and different parties ✔
- B) Of the same party
- C) Both women
- D) Both men
Why: Article 91(2).
The NA Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson must include:
- A) At least one woman ✔
- B) Two men
- C) Only women
- D) No condition
Why: Article 92.
The first meeting of Parliament after an election must be called within:
- A) 30 days ✔
- B) 15 days
- C) 60 days
- D) 6 months
Why: Article 93.
The gap between two sessions of Parliament cannot exceed:
- A) 6 months ✔
- B) 3 months
- C) 1 year
- D) 2 months
Why: Article 93.
The quorum of either House is:
- A) One-fourth of total members ✔
- B) Half
- C) One-third
- D) Two-thirds
Why: Article 98.
A Money Bill can be introduced only in the:
- A) House of Representatives ✔
- B) National Assembly
- C) Province Assembly
- D) Either House
Why: Article 110.
The NA must return a Money Bill within:
- A) 15 days ✔
- B) 30 days
- C) 2 months
- D) 7 days
Why: Article 111.
The NA must return other bills within:
- A) 2 months ✔
- B) 15 days
- C) 1 month
- D) 6 months
Why: Article 111.
Who certifies whether a bill is a Money Bill?
- A) Speaker ✔
- B) President
- C) Finance Minister
- D) NA Chair
Why: Speaker.
At least what share of total members of Parliament must be women?
- A) One-third ✔
- B) One-fourth
- C) Half
- D) One-fifth
Why: Article 84(8).
The term of the HoR can be extended during an emergency by up to:
- A) 1 year ✔
- B) 6 months
- C) 2 years
- D) 5 years
Why: Article 85.
The electoral college for NA members includes province assembly members and:
- A) Chiefs and deputy chiefs of local levels ✔
- B) Ward members
- C) Civil servants
- D) Judges
Why: Weighted votes.
Who is the ex-officio head of the Federal Parliament joint session?
- A) Speaker ✔
- B) NA Chair
- C) President
- D) PM
Why: Speaker presides over joint sittings.
Parliamentary hearing of constitutional appointees is done by the:
- A) Parliamentary Hearing Committee ✔
- B) Supreme Court
- C) President
- D) Constitutional Council
Why: Joint committee.
Article 89 deals with:
- A) Privileges of Parliament ✔
- B) Money bills
- C) Elections
- D) Emergency
Why: Privileges.
The Leader of the Opposition is usually the leader of the:
- A) Largest party not in government ✔
- B) Smallest party
- C) Ruling party
- D) NA majority
Why: Opposition.
Who can dissolve the National Assembly?
- A) Nobody (it is permanent) ✔
- B) President
- C) PM
- D) Speaker
Why: Permanent house.
Under 76(7), if no government can be formed, which House is dissolved?
- A) House of Representatives ✔
- B) National Assembly
- C) Both
- D) Province Assembly
Why: HoR only.