In a bicameral system, which action is described as the role of one house?

• A. Drafts budgets
• B. Makes bills
• C. Approves bills
• D. Interprets laws

Answer: (B)

In a bicameral parliament, the house that first creates legislation does so by drafting or proposing bills. A bill is a formal idea for a new law or a change to an existing one. Members draft the bill and bring it forward for debate, possible amendments, and votes. It then moves through both houses for consideration, and only after both approve does it become law. So the act of making bills—turning ideas into formal proposals for law—is the key action of a house in this system.

Interpreting laws is a job for the judiciary, not the legislature. Approving bills is a step that involves both houses, and drafting budgets relates to financial bills and the government’s revenue measures, not the general creation of laws by a single house.