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Questions : Under which Ministry of Union Government the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) comes?

(a) Ministry of Home

(b) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change

(c) Ministry of Earth Sciences

(d) Ministry of Science and Technology

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

NDMA comes under Ministry of Home Affairs.

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Question : 1

Which among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha?

  1. Elected members of the Lower House of the Parliament.
  2. Elected members of the Upper House of the Parliament.
  3. Elected members of the Upper House of the State Legislature.
  4. Elected members of the Lower House of the State Legislature.

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 3 and 4 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 4 only

Answer: (d)

Article 80 states that the state legislature participates in the election of the members of the Rajya Sabha and also of the president (Article 54)

Question : 2

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) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

The Rajya Sabha has a life of:

a) 2 years

b) 7 years

c) 6 years

d) Permanency

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

What can the President do if a State fails to comply with the Directives of the Central Government?

a) He can dissolve State Legislature and order fresh elections

b) He can declare the breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State and assume responsibility for the governance of the State

c) He can send paramilitary forces to the State to secure compliance

d) Any of the above

Answer: (b)

If the President is satisfied, on the basis of the report of the Governor of the concerned state or from other sources that the governance in a state cannot be carried out according to the provisions in the Constitution, he/she can declare a state of emergency in the state. Such an emergency must be approved by the Parliament within a period of 2 months.

Under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution, it can be imposed from six months to a maximum period of three years with repeated parliamentary approval every six months.

Question : 5

The time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed:

a) 3 months

b) 9 months

c) 6 months

d) 1 year

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

A joint sitting of the two Houses of Indian Parliament is presided over by the

a) Attorney-General of India

b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

c) President of India

d) Vice-President of India

Answer: (b)

No bill will be regarded as passed by the Parliament unless both the Houses approve of it. In case of a difference between the two Houses over a non-money bill, the President may call a joint sitting of the Houses to resolve it. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha presides over such sitting.

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