step 1

1. Who has the authority to decide if a certain statement should be included in the hansard or not?

The Chief Government Whip

The prime minister

The speaker

The Secretary-General of Parliament

step 2

2. What is meant by the Appropriation Bill or the budget proposal of the governement?

he document that contains decisions on increasing the salaries of public servants.

The proposal that presents how the government will earn revenue and how it will spend public finances in the new fiscal year

A request to obtain loans from foreign countries

The proposal that contains the reliefs to be provided to the people in the coming year

step 3

3. How many MPs have been elected to the Ninth (current) Parliament from the Polonnaruwa District?

5

8

4

6

step 4

4. How many cabinet ministers does the Ninth (sitting) Parliament have?

90

30

40

26

step 5

5. Which one of these is the main institution that has the authority to take decisions on government expenditure (public finance)?

The president

The Ministry of Finance

The cabinet

The parliament