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Question : 21 [SSC Tax Asst 2005]

Who is eligible to cast the deciding vote over a bill in a Joint Parliamentary session ?

a) Prime Minister

b) Speaker of Lok Sabha

c) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

d) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

Answer: (b)

Joint Session of Parliament is called when a Bill is passed by one House and rejected by the other House and in case where the amendment proposed to a Bill in one House is rejected by other House and also in case the other House sits on a Bill without taking any action for six months. The Speaker of Lok Sabha is eligible to cast the deciding vote over a bill in a Joint Parliamentary session.

Question : 22 [SSC Tax Asst 2007]

A motion moved by a member in a legislature when it is desired to have a discussion on a matter of urgent public importance is called

a) None of these

b) Cut motion

c) Adjournment motion

d) No-confidence motion

Answer: (c)

The primary object of an adjournment motion is to draw the attention of the House to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences and in regard to which a motion or a resolution with proper notice will be too late.

The matter proposed to be raised should be of such a character that something very grave which affects the whole country and its security has happened and the House is required to pay its attention immediately by interrupting the normal business of the House.

The adjournment motion is thus an extraordinary procedure which, if admitted, leads to setting aside the normal business of the House for discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance.

Question : 23

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true with regard to the Attorney General of India:

  1. He/she is the highest law officer in the country.
  2. He/she can be removed by the President on the same grounds and in the same manner as a judge of the SC.

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Both

d) None

Answer: (b)

Question : 24

When was National emergency imposed by the President of India on the grounds of internal disorder ?

a) 1975

b) 1971

c) 1962

d) 1965

Answer: (a)

Between 26 June, 1975 to 21 March, 1977 under controversial circumstances of political instability under the Indira Gandhi's prime Ministership — "the security of India" was declared "threatened by internal disturbances.”

Question : 25

The Rajya Sabha can be dissolved by :

a) Lok Sabha

b) President

c) Constitutional amendment

d) None of the above

Answer: (d)

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