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Question : 26 [SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO 2015]

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

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.

Question : 27

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 : 28

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 : 29

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 : 30 [UP-PCS 2009]

The Union Parliament can also legislate on the subject of the State List.

  1. to give effect to an international agreement.
  2. with the consent of the State concerned.
  3. during President’s rule in the State.
  4. in the national interest, when Rajya Sabha passes a resolution to this effect by a 2/3rd majority.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 2 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) All the four

Answer: (d)

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