Here is the list of names of Parliaments across the world (the major ones). This is important for General Awareness section of exams like SSC CHSL & SSC CGL where questions from Static GK are asked. This list is easy to remember and you need to especially focus on those parliaments of the world which have been in news for some reason. Have a look:
| Country | Name |
|---|---|
| Australia | Commonwealth Parliament or Federal Parliament |
| Bangladesh | Jatiyo Sangsad |
| Britain | Parliament (House of Commons is the Lower House and House of lords is the Upper house) |
| Canada | Parliament (Lower House: House of Commons, Upper House: Senate) |
| China | National Peoples Congress |
| Denmark | Folketing |
| Holland | States General |
| India | Parliament (Lok Sabha is the Lower house & Rajya Sabha is the Upper House) |
| Iran | Majlis |
| Ireland | Althing |
| Israel | Knesset |
| Japan | Diet |
| Malaysia | Dewan Rakyat(Upper),Dewan Nagara (Lower) |
| Mongolia | Khurat |
| Nepal | Panchayat |
| New Zealand | House of Representatives |
| Norway | Storting |
| Pakistan | Parliament(National Assembly and Senate) |
| Poland | Sejin |
| Romania | Grand National Assembly |
| South Africa | House of Assembly |
| Spain | Crotes |
| Sweden | Riksdag |
| Switzerland | Federal Assembly |
| U.S.A. | Congress (Lower House-house of Representatives & Upper house-Senate) |
| U.S.S.R. | Supreme Soviet |
| West Germany | Lower House-Bundesrat,Upper House-Bundestag |
We hope that the above list will be useful in your preparation. Download all other Static GK PDFs here.
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