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Questions : The Rajya Sabha can be dissolved by:

(a) President

(b) Constitutional amendment

(c) Lok Sabha

(d) None of the above

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Which of the following appointments is not made by the President of India ?

a) Chief of Army

b) Chief of Air Staff

c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

d) Chief Justice of India

Answer: (c)

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha.

He/she is supposed to resign from his/her original party because as a speaker, he/she has to remain impartial.

Question : 2

The speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as?

a) Crossing the floor

b) Interpolation

c) Decorum

d) Yielding the floor

Answer: (d)

Decorum = Parliamentary etiquette

Crossing the floor = Changing the party

Interpolation = Seeking clarification through ruling

Yielding the floor = Respecting speaker’s order

Question : 3

According to the Constitution (Fifty-Second Amendment Act, 1985 as amended in 2003, a legislator attracts disqualification under the 10th Schedule if

  1. he voluntarily gives up the membership of the party on whose ticket he was elected.
  2. he votes or abstains from voting contrary to any direction issued by his political party.
  3. as a result of the split, less than one-third of the members formed a new group or party in the house.
  4. a member who has been elected as an independent member joins any political party.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a) 1, 2 and 4

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) All of these

Answer: (d)

The Tenth Schedule ( Anti-Defection Act) was included in the Constitution in 1985 by the Rajiv Gandhi ministry and sets the provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another political party.

Question : 4

The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the

a) Rajya Sabha

b) Lok Sabha

c) President

d) Prime Minister

Answer: (b)

Article 75(3) of the Constitution states that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. It means that all the Ministers are collectively answerable to the Lok Sabha for the policies and decisions of the government, even though a decision taken may pertain to a single ministry.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Rajya Sabha has no power either to reject or to amend a Money Bill.
  2. The Rajya Sabha cannot vote on the Demands for Grants.
  3. The Rajya Sabha cannot discuss the Annual Financial Statement.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

A Money Bill cannot be introduced in Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha has no power either to reject or amend a Money Bill. It can only make recommendations on the Money Bill. It has no power to vote on the Demands for Grants.

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

  1. It is on the advice of the Speaker of Lok Sabha that the President of India summons and prorogues Parliament and dissolves Lok Sabha.
  2. The resignation of the Prime Minister means the resignation of the entire Council of Ministers.
  3. A vote of confidence against one Minister. in Lok Sabha means the vote of confidence against the entire Council of Ministers.
Which of the following statements given above are correct?

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

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