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

Question : 11

Which of the following actions are not performed by the President?

a) Proroguing Parliament

b) Dissolving the Rajya Sabha

c) Convening a joint sitting if requested

d) Causing the Budget to be laid before Parliament

Answer: (b)

Question : 12

If the President returns a bill to the legislature for reconsideration:

a) a re-passage of the bill by a majority will make him give an assent

b) a re-passage of the bill by two-thirds majority forces him to give his assent

c) joint sitting of the parliament is needed to pass the bill.

d) legislature must accept the amendments proposed by the President

Answer: (a)

Question : 13 [SSC CPO SI 2008]

In case the President wishes to resign, to whom he is to address his resignation letter ?

a) Prime Minister

b) Vice-President

c) Chief Justice of India

d) Secretary of Lok Sabha

Answer: (b)

Article 56 of the Indian Constitution states that

  1. The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office: provided that-the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office; the President may, for violation of the Constitution, be removed from office by impeachment in the manner provided in article 61; and the President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office;
  2. Any resignation addressed to the Vice-President

Under clause (a) of the proviso to clause (1) shall forthwith be communicated by him to the Speaker of the House of the People.

Question : 14 [SSC Tax Asst 2006]

Which organ is the custodian of the National Purse ?

a) Civil Servants

b) Legislature

c) Executive

d) Judiciary

Answer: (b)

The idea of legislature as the custodian of national purse was for the first time mooted by the Government of India Act, 1909. It is considered as the custodian as it is the primary and most often the exclusive arbiter of federal fiscal affairs.

Question : 15

The Government Bill means a bill introduced by a

a) Member of the Parliament who is not a Minister

b) Minister in the Lok Sabha

c) Member of the Treasury bench in the Lok Sabha

d) Minister in any House of the Parliament.

Answer: (d)

Government bill can introduced by minister in any house of the parliament.

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