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

Question : 6

A national emergency can be declared in the whole of India or a part of its territory on causes of:

  1.  War
  2. Armed rebellion
  3. External aggression.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

The proclamation will have to be approved by both the Houses of Parliament in the same manner in which a war emergency proclamation has to be approved.

Suspension of Fundamental Rights:

  • During the period of emergency, as declared under either of the two categories discussed above, the state is empowered to suspend the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution.

The term ‘State’ is used herein in the same sense in which it has been used in the Chapter on Fundamental Rights.

Question : 7 [UGC 2016]

Which of the following Houses has had the longest speeches by the members?

a) Lok Sabha

b) US Senate

c) House of Lords

d) Swiss Council of States

Answer: (b)

US senate holds the record for the longest speeches by the members.

Question : 8 [SSC Tax Asst 2004]

The authority to prorogue the two Houses of the Parliament rests with the

a) Speaker

b) Prime Minister

c) President

d) Vice-President

Answer: (c)

There are certain constitutional functions that the President has to perform with respect to Parliament. The President of India has the power to summon and prorogue either of the two Houses of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha.

While the Rajya Sabha is a continuing body, the power to dissolve the Lok Sabha vests in the President.

Question : 9

Which of the following articles makes the Supreme Court a Court of Record?

a) 128

b) 129

c) 127

d) 130

Answer: (b)

According to Article 129 of the Constitution Supreme Court to be a court of record. The Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

Question : 10 [CDS 1993]

Who among the following may belong to the Rajya Sabha but can speak in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ?

a) Ministers who are members of the Rajya Sabha

b) The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

c) Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha who may be experts in different fields of knowledge

d) Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha

Answer: (a)

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