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

Question : 31

______ take/takes part in the election of the President of India?

  1. All Members of Parliament
  2. Members of State Legislative Assemblies
  3. Elected members of State Legislative assemblies
  4. Elected members of State Legislative Councils.
Which of the above is/are correct?

a) 4 only

b) 1 and 3

c) 1 only

d) 3 only

Answer: (d)

Question : 32 [SSC Tax Asst 2005]

Representation of any state in Rajya Sabha is according to

a) fixed number of candidates from each state

b) number of represen-tatives in Lok Sabha from the state

c) area of the state

d) population of the state

Answer: (d)

The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides for allocation of seats to the States and Union Territories in Rajya Sabha.

The allocation of seats is made on the basis of the population of each State. Consequent to the reorganization of States and the formation of new States, the number of elected seats in the Rajya Sabha allotted to States and Union Territories has changed from time to time since 1952.

Question : 33 [Chhatisgarsh-PSC 2016]

The Tenure of which Lok Sabha was about 6 years?

a) 7th Lok Sabha

b) 9th Lok Sabha

c) 5th Lok Sabha

d) 11th Lok Sabha

Answer: (c)

Tenure of 5th Lok Sabha = March 16, 1971 till January 18, 1977.

Question : 34 [SSC CHSL 2002]

The President of India who held office for two terms was

a) Babu Rajendra Prasad

b) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

c) S. Radhakrishnan

d) K.R. Narayanan

Answer: (a)

Rajendra Prasad was the first president of independent India. He is the only president to have been elected twice for the office. In 1962, after serving twelve years as the president, he announced his decision to retire.

Question : 35 [NDA 2014-I]

The principle of “collective responsibility’ under parliamentary democracy implies that

  1. A motion of no-confidence can be moved against the Council of Ministers as a whole as well as an individual minister.
  2. No person shall be nominated to the cabinet except on the advice of the Prime Minister.
  3. No person shall be retained as a member of the Cabinet if the Prime minister says that he shall be dismissed.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) Only 2

b) Only 3

c) Only 1

d) 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

Cabinet collective responsibility is a tradition in parliamentary governments in which the prime minister is responsible for appointing the cabinet ministers.

It is the Prime Minister who enforces collective responsibility amongst the Ministers through his ultimate power to dismiss a Minister. No person shall be nominated to the cabinet except on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Secondly, no person shall be retained as a Member of the Cabinet if the Prime Minister says that he should be dismissed. In India, a Motion of No Confidence can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha.

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