union government [legislature & executive] Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) may be linked with

a) judicial activism

b) judicial intervention

c) judicial review

d) judicial sanctity

Answer: (a)

Public Interest litigation (PIL) may be linked with judicial activism. Judicial review is a process under which executive and legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

Question : 12 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2010]

The Prime Minister of India is

a) Selected

b) Nominated

c) Elected

d) Appointed

Answer: (d)

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive.

The Constitution envisages a scheme of affairs in which the President of India is the head of the executive in terms of Article 53 with the office of the Prime Minister as heading the Council of Ministers to assist and advise the President in the discharge of the executive power.

Question : 13

Consider the following statements:

  1. The nature of a Bill, if it is certified by the Speaker of the House of People as a Money Bill, is not open to question in a Court of Law.
  2. The President of India has the power to question the nature of a Bill to be taken as a Money Bill even if it is certified to be so by the Speaker of the House of People.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

a) Only 2

b) Both 1 and 2

c) Only 1

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

Article 109 special procedures in respect of Money Bills mentions a Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States. After a Money, Bill has been passed by the House of the People it shall be transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations and the Council of States shall within a period of fourteen days from the date of its receipt of the Bill return the Bill to the House of the People with its recommendations.

If a Money Bill passed by the House of the People and transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations is not returned to the House of the People within the said period of fourteen days, it shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses at the expiration of the said period in the form in which it was passed by the House of the People.

Question : 14

The minimum age of the member of Rajya Sabha is :

a) 35 years

b) 30 years

c) 25 years

d) 21 years

Answer: (b)

The minimum age for a person to become a member of Rajya Sabha is 30 years. The minimum qualifying age for membership of the Lok Sabha is 25 years.

Question : 15

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) Decorum

c) Interpolation

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

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