Inside the CTA: The Election Commission
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the main job of the Election Commission?
- ARunning the Tibetan General Election every five years
- BPrinting textbooks
- CGuarding His Holiness
- DRunning hospitals
- 2Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Election Commission is one of the CTA's three...
- ADepartments
- BAutonomous (independent) bodies
- CMonasteries
- DHospitals
- 3Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who heads the Election Commission?
- AA village elder
- BThe Chief Election Commissioner
- CThe Speaker
- DThe Finance Kalon
- 4Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
During a General Election, how many Additional Election Commissioners join?
- ANone
- BSeven
- CTwo
- DTwenty
- 5Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How is the Chief Election Commissioner chosen?
- ABy coin toss
- BParliament votes from a list of candidates
- CThe Sikyong picks a friend
- DIt is inherited
- 6Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who prepares the list of candidates for Chief Election Commissioner?
- ASchool principals
- BThe Chief Justice Commissioner, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the Sikyong
- CThe Indian Election Commission
- DTibet TV
- 7Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In a Tibetan General Election, whom do people elect?

- ASchool teachers
- BIndian ministers
- CThe Dalai Lama
- DMembers of Parliament and the Sikyong
- 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Besides elections, what else can the Election Commission run?
- ACooking contests
- BFootball tournaments
- CReferendums on issues of national importance
- DFilm festivals
- 9Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which election inside Parliament does the Election Commission run?
- ANone
- BThe election of the Dalai Lama
- CThe choice of lunch
- DThe election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker
- 10Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Election Commission works on two levels: a central office and...
- AEmbassies of China
- BHospitals
- CPrivate companies
- DRegional Election Offices
- 11Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1960 His Holiness asked Tibetans to elect representatives by universal adult suffrage. What does that mean?

- AEvery adult has the right to vote
- BOnly monks can vote
- COnly men can vote
- DOnly rich people can vote
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who settles disputes about elections?
- AThe Election Commission
- BThe Tibet Museum
- CThe Department of Health
- DNobody
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which local election does the Election Commission oversee?
- AElections of Local Tibetan Assembly members
- BIndian state elections
- CUN elections
- DSchool captain elections
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
How do Tibetans around the world vote for Parliament and Sikyong?
- ABy letter to China
- BEach country on a different year
- COn the same day, worldwide
- DOnly in Dharamsala
