union government mcqs set 16 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Parliament supervises the Activities of the executives with the help of its committees like committees on Govt. assurance, committees on subordinate legislation, committees on petition etc.

Considering the volume of legislation to be handled by the Parliament, committees have been established to transact a good deal of the legislation.

Parliamentary Committees are of two kinds -

1. Standing Committees and
2. Ad hoc Committees.

The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are appointed on an ad hoc basis as the need arises and they cease to exist as soon as they complete the task assigned to them.

Answer: (a)

President’s rule is enabled by Article 356 of the Constitution of India, which gives authority to impose central rule if there has been the failure of the constitutional machinery in any state of India.

During President’s Rule, a Governor appointed by the Central Government assumes executive authority.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Election of Speaker shall be held on such date as the President may fix, and the Secretary-General shall send notice of this date to every member.

The election of a Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Speaker may fix and the Secretary-General shall send notice of this date to every member.

At any time before noon on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may give notice in writing, addressed to the Secretary-General, of a motion that another member is chosen as the Deputy Speaker of the House and the notice shall be seconded by a third member and shall be accompanied by a statement by the member whose name is proposed in the notice that he is willing to serve as Deputy Speaker if elected.

Answer: (d)

According to Article 61 of the Indian Constitution, the President can be removed from office by a process of impeachment for ‘violation of the Constitution’. The impeachment charges can be initiated by either House of Parliament.

These charges should be signed by one-fourth of members of the House (that framed the charges), and a 14 days’ notice should be given to the President.

Answer: (c)

The first reading of the bill in a house of parliament refers to the motion for leave to introduce the bill in the House.

If a motion for leave to introduce a Bill is opposed, the Speaker, after permitting, if he thinks fit, brief statements from the member who opposes the motion and the member who moved the motion, may, without further debate, but the question: provided that where a motion is opposed on the ground that the Bill initiates legislation outside the legislative competence of the House, the Speaker may permit a full discussion thereon.

Provided further that the Speaker shall forthwith put to vote the motion for leave to introduce a Finance Bill or an Appropriation Bill.