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Questions : The maximum strength of the elected members of the House of the People (Lok Sabha) is

(a) 550

(b) 540

(c) 530

(d) 545

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The Constitution limits the Lok Sabha to a maximum of 552 members, including no more than 20 members representing people from the Union Territories, and two appointed non-partisan members to represent the Anglo-Indian community (if the President feels that the community is not adequately represented). At present, the strength of the house is 545 members.

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Question : 1

Which of the following is correct?

a) Speaker cannot be removed without a 2/3rd majority of the total membership of the House

b) No court of law can go into the merits of a ruling given by the Speaker

c) The decision of the Speaker whether a particular Bill is a Money Bill is not final unless ratified by the President

d) Not all the proceedings of the House are addressed to the Speaker

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

The value of votes of electors (voters) of elector college of the president is basically determined on the basis of population of the states, as per the census data of –

a) Census of India 1981

b) Census of India 1991

c) Census of India 1971

d) Census of India 2001

Answer: (c)

Since population figures are dynamic and keep changing every year, it has been decided through the 84th Constitutional Amendment, that until the population figures for the first census after 2026 are published (in other words, 2031 census), the population of the States for the purpose of this calculation will mean the population as per the 1971 census.

Question : 3

For the election of the President, the weightage of a member's vote depends on:

  1. the strength of his political party in Parliament.
  2. the State to which he belongs.
  3. population represented.

a) I, II and III

b) II and III

c) I and II

d) III only

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

To elect the President of India, which one of the following election procedures is used?

a) System of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote

b) Collective voting system

c) Proportional representation through list system

d) Secondary voting system

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

When the offices of both the President and Vice President of India are vacant, who will discharge their functions?

a) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

b) Chief Justice of India

c) Prime Minister

d) Chief Minister

Answer: (b)

If the posts of both the President and the VicePresident fall vacant at any time, the Chief Justice of India acts as President till the new President assumes office.

So far this situation arose once in 1969 when the then President died and the then Vice President V.V. Giri resigned from his office in order to contest the election of President.

As per the legal provisions, the Chief Justice of India, M. Hidayatullah was appointed the acting President of India.

Question : 6

Parliament is empowered to get all the following removed except:

a) Comptroller and Auditor General

b) Chairman of UPSC

c) Supreme Court Judges

d) High Court Judges

Answer: (b)

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