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

Question : 6

After a no confidence motion is admitted to the Lok Sabha, who decides a date for the debate?

a) President

b) Lok Sabha Speaker

c) Vice-President

d) Prime Minister

Answer: (b)

Question : 7 [SSC CGL Tire-1 2005]

Which of the following taxes is exclusively and totally assigned to the Central Government by the Constitution?

a) Corporation Tax

b) Taxes on Railway Fares and Freights

c) Estate Duty

d) Sales Tax

Answer: (a)

The authority to levy a tax is derived from the Constitution of India which allocates the power to levy various taxes between the Centre and the State.

Article 246 of the Indian Constitution, distributes legislative powers including taxation, between the Parliament of India and the State Legislature.

Taxes of Central government under the constitutionally established scheme of taxation are:

  • taxes on income other than agricultural income; duties of customs including export duties;
  • corporation tax;
  • taxes on the capital value of assets, exclusive of agricultural land, of individuals and companies, taxes on capital of companies;
  • estate duty in respect of property other than agricultural land, etc.

Question : 8

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Speaker of Lok Sabha has the power to adjourn the House sine die but, on prorogation, it is only the President who can summon the House
  2. Unless sooner dissolved or there is an extension of the term, there is an automatic dissolution of the Lok Sabha by efflux of time, at the end of the period of five years, even if no formal order of dissolution is issued by the President
  3. The Speaker of Lok Sabha continues in office even after the dissolution of the House and until immediately before the first meeting of the House
Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 2 and 3 .

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

The Speaker shall determine the time when a sitting of the House shall be adjourned sine die or to a particular day, or to an hour or part of the same day: Provided that the Speaker may, if he thinks fit, call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been adjourned or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.

It is not the President.

Question : 9

Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India ?

a) Only Rajya Sabha

b) Only Lok Sabha

c) Either House of the Parliament

d) Any Legislative Assembly

Answer: (c)

Either house of the parliament can initiate impeachment proceedings against the president of India.

Question : 10

The representation to States in the Rajya Sabha is given on the basis of:

a) an equal number of seats to each State

b) in proportion to their size

c) in proportion to their population

d) in accordance with their resources

Answer: (c)

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