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Question : 6 [SSC SO (C.Audit) 2005]

Who is competent to dissolve the Parliament?

a) None of these

b) By resolution in both Houses of Parliament

c) The President

d) The Cabinet with the concurrence of the Leader of the Opposition

Answer: (c)

The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha. When the term, dissolution of Parliament is used, it only means the Lok Sabha, the House of the People, the Lower House of Parliament.

Parliament comprises the President, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha, the Council of States, the Upper House. The first and third have fixed terms of five and six years respectively, the Lok Sabha has a term of five years but can be dissolved earlier.

Question : 7

Consider the following statements:

  1. While members of the Rajya Sabha are associated with Committees on Public Accounts and Public Undertakings, members of Committee on Estimates are drawn entirely from the Lok Sabha.
  2. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
  3. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs nominates Members of Parliament on Committees, Councils, Board and Commissions etc. set up by the Government of India in the various ministries.
Which of these statements are correct?

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

The PAC is formed every year with a strength of not more than 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament, and 7 from Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament.

The term of office of the members is one year. The Estimates Committee constituted for the first time in 1950, is a Parliamentary Committee consisting of 30 members, elected every year by the Lok Sabha from amongst its Members.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs renders secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, which, inter-alia recommends prorogation of both the Houses of the Parliament, Govt’s stand on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions.

Question : 8

In which year Supreme Court of India came into being?

a) 1947 January 28

b) 1950 January 28

c) 1937 January 28

d) 1949 January 28

Answer: (b)

On the 28th of January, 1950, two days after India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court came into being. The inauguration took place in the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building which also housed India’s Parliament, consisting of the Council of States and the House of the People.

Question : 9

Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India?

a) Supreme Court

b) High Court

c) President

d) None of these

Answer: (a)

Supreme Court has the power to transfer any Case, appeal or other proceedings from High Court or other court in one State to a High Court or other civil court in any other State.

Question : 10

Who Chairs the Joint Session of the two Houses of Parliament ?

a) Prime Minister

b) Speaker of Lok Sabha

c) President

d) Vice-President

Answer: (b)

The presiding officer of the Lok Sabha (Lower House) is known as the Speaker. The joint session of Parliament is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a decision is taken by a majority of the total members present.

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