10 Multiple choice questions

1. What is one of the responsibilities the Federal government is responsible for?

a) Public housing
b) Library
c) Taxation -
d) Public transport

2. What is one of the responsibilities the State government is responsible for?
a) Taxation
b) Public Housing
c) Defence
d) Youth Service

3. What is one of the responsibilities the Local government is responsible for?
a) Library -
b) Consumer affairs
c) Communication
d) Immigration

4. Who is the current Prime Minister?
a) Julia Gillard
b) Bill Shorten
c) Warren Truss
d) Tony Abbott -

5. How old do you have to be to vote?
a) 16 years old and under
b) 18 years old and over -
c) 12 years and nine months
d) 10 years and 2 months

6. Whats one thing political parties can do to get elected?
a) Hand out pamphlets -
b) Force people
c) Start conflict
d) Violence

7. What happens when a political party is no longer relevant?
a) They stay there
b) Everyone remembers them
c) The party no longer exists -
d) The party fights back

8. Who is the current leader of Opposition?
a) Bill Shorten -
b) Kevin Rudd
c) Tony Abbott
d) John Howard

9. Who holds the similar positions in state parliament?
a) Speaker and Senate
b) The chair of federation and the Speaker -
c) Prime Minister and Speaker
d) Speaker and Government

10. How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
a) 76
b) 12
c) 21
d) 150 -

True or false
1. Is Bill Shorten the current Prime Minister?
2. You have to be 18 and over to vote?
3. Is The Leader of the council is called the city council?
4. An informal vote is a ballot paper that has been incorrectly completed or not
filled in at all?
5. When a Political Party is no longer relevant it still exists?

Cloze Passage

A pressure group is formed when people join together over concern for a common
_____ in an attempt to influence government decisions.


The political leader of the _______ government is called the Prime Minister.


Two of your responsibilities as an Australian citizen over the age of 18 are to register
yourself on the electoral roll, and to vote in federal, _____ and local elections.

Match the Words
Prime Minister

The Speaker

President of Senate

Leader of Opposition

Deputy Prime Minister


is always a senior member of the Cabinet with a ministerial
portfolio of their own.
is the leader of the Australian Government and of the nation.
is the principal office holder in the House of Representatives
in the Australian Parliament is the presiding officer who chairs
meetings of the Senate.
are chairing meetings in which the opposition discusses.





Answers
Multiple Choice
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D

True or False
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False


Cloze Passage
1. Issue
2. Federal
3. State