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Questions : The Vice-President is:

(a) Not a member of the Parliament

(b) A member of either House

(c) A member of Lok Sabha

(d) A member of Rajya Sabha

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

The Vice-President is not a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of a Legislature of any state.

If a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of a Legislature of any state is elected as Vice-President, he is deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date he/she enters his office as Vice-President.

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Question : 1

After a no confidence motion is admitted to the Lok Sabha, who decides a date for the debate?

a) President

b) Lok Sabha Speaker

c) Vice-President

d) Prime Minister

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which of the following taxes is exclusively and totally assigned to the Central Government by the Constitution?

a) Corporation Tax

b) Taxes on Railway Fares and Freights

c) Estate Duty

d) Sales Tax

Answer: (a)

The authority to levy a tax is derived from the Constitution of India which allocates the power to levy various taxes between the Centre and the State.

Article 246 of the Indian Constitution, distributes legislative powers including taxation, between the Parliament of India and the State Legislature.

Taxes of Central government under the constitutionally established scheme of taxation are:

  • taxes on income other than agricultural income; duties of customs including export duties;
  • corporation tax;
  • taxes on the capital value of assets, exclusive of agricultural land, of individuals and companies, taxes on capital of companies;
  • estate duty in respect of property other than agricultural land, etc.

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Speaker of Lok Sabha has the power to adjourn the House sine die but, on prorogation, it is only the President who can summon the House
  2. Unless sooner dissolved or there is an extension of the term, there is an automatic dissolution of the Lok Sabha by efflux of time, at the end of the period of five years, even if no formal order of dissolution is issued by the President
  3. The Speaker of Lok Sabha continues in office even after the dissolution of the House and until immediately before the first meeting of the House
Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 2 and 3 .

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

The Speaker shall determine the time when a sitting of the House shall be adjourned sine die or to a particular day, or to an hour or part of the same day: Provided that the Speaker may, if he thinks fit, call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.

It is not the President.

Question : 4

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Annual Appropriation Bill is passed by the Lok Sabha in the same manner as any other Bill.
  2. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a Bill in either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 2

b) Only 1

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (a)

The Appropriation Bill is intended to give authority to the Government to incur expenditure from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India.

The procedure for passing this Bill is the same as in the case of other money Bills. An amendment of the Constitution can be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill in either House of Parliament.

The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India.

Question : 5

When a resolution for his removal is under consideration, the Speaker:

  1. does not take part in the proceedings of the House.
  2. has no right to vote.
  3. has a right to speak in the House even though he shall not preside.

a) I only

b) II only

c) I and II

d) III only

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

Consider the following statements about the powers of the President of India:

  1. The President can direct that any matter on which decision has been taken by a Minister should be placed before the Council of Ministers.
  2. The President can call all information relating to proposals for legislation.
  3. The President has the right to address and send messages to either House of Parliament.
  4. All decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration fo the Union must be communicated to the President.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 2 and 4 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (d)

According to Article 78, it shall be the duty of the Prime Minister-

  1. to communicate to the President all decisions of the council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation;
  2. to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for legislation as the President may call for;
  3. if the President so requires, to submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister;

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