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

Question : 21

If the President wants to resign from office, he may do so by writing to the:

a) Vice-President

b) Prime Minister

c) Chief Justice of India

d) Speaker of Lok Sabha

Answer: (a)

Question : 22 [SSC SO (C.Audit) 2007]

The President of India is elected by

a) elected members of both houses of Parliament and elected members of State legislative assemblies

b) members of both houses of Parliament and of State legislative assemblies

c) members of both houses of Parliament

d) members of both houses of Parliament and of State legislatures

Answer: (a)

The President is indirectly elected by the people through elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as of the state legislatures (Vidhan Sabhas), and serves for a term of five years.

Question : 23

Which one of the following committees is NOT a Standing Committee of the Parliament?

a) Consultative Committee to the Ministry of Finance

b) Committee on Public Undertakings

c) Public Accounts Committee

d) Estimates Committee

Answer: (a)

Each House of Parliament has standing committees which are permanent and regular committees and are constituted from time to time in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Parliament.

The Financial Committees, DRSCs and some other Committees come under the category of Standing Committees. These are the Committees on Subordinate Legislation, the Committee on Government Assurances, the Committee on Estimates, the Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee on Public Undertakings and Departmentally Related Standing Committees.

Question : 24

Which of the following is/are part of the electoral college of the President of India?

  1. Elected members of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India).
  2. Elected members of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India).
  3. Elected members of each state Vidhan Sabha (lower house of the state legislature).
  4. Elected members of each union territory possessing an assembly (i.e., Delhi and Pudducherry).
  5. Elected members of each state Vidhan Parishad (upper house of the state legislature).

a) I, II and III

b) I and II

c) I, II, III and IV

d) All of the above.

Answer: (c)

The electoral college of the President of India contains elected members of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Each State Vidhan Sabha members and each union territory possessing an assembly.

Question : 25

Which of the following statements is not correct in relation to Dr. Manmohan Singh?

a) Former Governor of RBI

b) Former Representative of India in International Monetary Fund

c) Former Finance Minister

d) Member of Rajya Sabha

Answer: (b)

Dr. Manmohan Singh Rajya Sabha MP and was former finance minister, former governor of RBI.

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