What is a Bicameral Parliament?

• A. The means that it has one house, an upper and lower house.
• B. It has three houses.
• C. It has two houses, an upper and lower.
• D. It has no houses.

Answer: (C)

A bicameral parliament is a legislature with two chambers, an upper and a lower. This two-chamber setup allows different functions and representations to balance each other—often one house represents regions or states and the other represents the population, providing checks and balances in lawmaking. The description that it has two houses, an upper and a lower, matches this definition exactly. Choices suggesting one house, three houses, or no houses don’t fit a bicameral system.