Practice Quiz set 16 - indian polity mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Which one of the following is the largest (area wise) Lok Sabha constituency?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-2)   The Rajya Sabha has a life of:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-3)   In the election of the President, the value of the vote of the Lok Sabha members:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-4)   The time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-5)   Which among the following statements with respect to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is/are correct?
  1. The procedure and grounds for his removal from the office are the same as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
  2. He prescribes the form in which accounts of the Union and the States are to be kept.
Select the correct answer using the code given below

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:


Q-6)   Consider the following statements:
  1. The nature of a Bill, if it is certified by the Speaker of the House of People as a Money Bill, is not open to question in a Court of Law.
  2. The President of India has the power to question the nature of a Bill to be taken as a Money Bill even if it is certified to be so by the Speaker of the House of People.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Article 109 special procedures in respect of Money Bills mentions a Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States. After a Money, Bill has been passed by the House of the People it shall be transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations and the Council of States shall within a period of fourteen days from the date of its receipt of the Bill return the Bill to the House of the People with its recommendations.

If a Money Bill passed by the House of the People and transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations is not returned to the House of the People within the said period of fourteen days, it shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses at the expiration of the said period in the form in which it was passed by the House of the People.


Q-7)   The minimum age of the member of Rajya Sabha is :

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The minimum age for a person to become a member of Rajya Sabha is 30 years. The minimum qualifying age for membership of the Lok Sabha is 25 years.


Q-8)   Consider the following statements relating to the procedure of the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  1. The election of a Speaker shall be held on such date as the Prime Minister may fix and the Secretary-General shall send to every member notice of this date.
  2. The election of a Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Speaker may fix and the Secretary-General shall send to every member notice of this date.
  3. At any time before noon on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may give notice in writing of a motion that another member is chosen as the Deputy Speaker of the House.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Election of Speaker shall be held on such date as the President may fix, and the Secretary-General shall send notice of this date to every member.

The election of a Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Speaker may fix and the Secretary-General shall send notice of this date to every member.

At any time before noon on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may give notice in writing, addressed to the Secretary-General, of a motion that another member is chosen as the Deputy Speaker of the House and the notice shall be seconded by a third member and shall be accompanied by a statement by the member whose name is proposed in the notice that he is willing to serve as Deputy Speaker if elected.


Q-9)   Consider the following statements
  1. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States.
  2. The Council of States cannot reject a Money Bill nor amend it.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha. Money bills passed by the Lok Sabha are sent to the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha(Council of States) cannot reject or amend this bill. It can only recommend amendments.


Q-10)   The Prime Minister of India is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive.

The Constitution envisages a scheme of affairs in which the President of India is the head of the executive in terms of Article 53 with the office of the Prime Minister as heading the Council of Ministers to assist and advise the President in the discharge of the executive power.