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Questions : Who is the only second Vice– President of India to get a second consecutive term after S. Radhakrishnan?

(a) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

(b) M.H. Ansari

(c) K.R. Narayanan

(d) B.S. Shekhawat

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the only second vicepresident of India to get a second consecutive term after S. Radhakrishnan. He was elected as Vice President of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007. He was re-elected on 7 August 2012.

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Question : 1

Consider the following statements:

  1. When the Vice-President of India acts as the President of India, he performs simultaneously the functions of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
  2. The President, of India, can promulgate ordinances at any time except when both Houses of Parliament are in session.
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)

  • Article 65 of the Indian Constitution says that while acting as President or discharging the functions of president, the Vice President does not perform the duties of the office of the chairman of Rajya sabha.
  • Article 123 of the Constitution grants the President certain law-making powers to promulgate Ordinances when either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session and hence it is not possible to enact laws in the Parliament.

Question : 2

Consider the following regarding the death penalty:

  1. Indian law permits execution only in the cases of ‘rarest of rare’ crimes.
  2. In India pardoning power of the president with respect to the death sentence is decided by the president as per recommendations of the Union Home Ministry.
  3. Recently, China, Pakistan, voted against a UN resolution calling for a ban on capital punishment while India supported the resolution.
Which of the following given statements is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 only

d) 1, 2 nor 3

Answer: (a)

India was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death Penalty.

Question : 3

What is the period of appointment of the comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a) upto 65 years of age

b) 6 years

c) 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever earlier

d) upto 64 years of age

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Which factor can restrict the power of Parliament in India?

  1. A written Constitution prescribing the scope of operation
  2. Supreme Court can strike down unconstitutional laws passed by Parliament
  3. Parliament is limited by the Fundamental Rights provided by the Constitution
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 2 only

d) None, as Parliament is sovereign

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Rajya Sabha alone has the power to declare that it would be in the national interest for the Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List.
  2. Resolutions approving the proclamation of Emergency are passed only by the Lok Sabha.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b)

  • Statement 1 is correct as per provisions under Article 249.
  • Statement 2 is incorrect as resolutions approving the proclamation of Emergency are passed by both Houses of Parliament (not only LS).

Question : 6

Consider the following statement:

  1. The President nominates twelve members of the Rajya Sabha on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
  2. The President has absolute power to appoint and remove the Chairman and members of statutory bodies at his discretion.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 2

b) Both 1 and 2

c) Only 1

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

Twelve Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the President from persons who have earned distinction in the fields of literature, art, science and social service. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body.

It is not subject to dissolution but one-third of its members retire every two years. Rajya Sabha was duly constituted for the first time on April 3, 1952, and it held its first sitting on May 13, that year.

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