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Q1Consider the following statements about joint sittings of Parliament: 1. A joint sitting may be notified when a Bill passed by one House is rejected by the other House. 2. A joint sitting may be notified when more than three months elapse from the date of receipt of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it. 3. The joint sitting provision does not apply to a Money Bill. 4. At a joint sitting, a Bill is deemed passed if it is passed by a majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct. Article 108 covers rejection by the other House, excludes Money Bills, and uses majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting at the joint sitting. Statement 2 is incorrect because the time period is more than six months, not three months.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. A joint sitting under Article 108 may be summoned for a Money Bill if Rajya Sabha does not return it within 14 days. 2. A joint sitting may be considered where one House rejects a Bill, the Houses finally disagree on amendments, or more than six months pass after receipt without passage by the other House. 3. The President may return a Money Bill for reconsideration by Parliament. 4. If a non-Money Bill returned by the President is passed again by both Houses and presented to the President, the President shall not withhold assent. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 2 and 4 are correct. Article 108 excludes Money Bills and Constitution Amendment Bills, while Digital Sansad lists rejection, final disagreement and six-month delay as triggers. Article 111 allows return only where the Bill is not a Money Bill, and after reconsideration and re-passage the President cannot withhold assent. Statements 1 and 3 are therefore false.
Q3Consider the following statements about parliamentary procedure and judicial review: 1. Each House of Parliament may make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business, subject to the Constitution. 2. At a joint sitting of the two Houses, the Speaker of the House of the People presides; in the Speaker's absence, a person determined under the relevant rules may preside. 3. The validity of parliamentary proceedings can be questioned in court merely on the ground of alleged procedural irregularity. 4. Officers or members vested with powers to regulate procedure or maintain order in Parliament are protected from court jurisdiction in respect of the exercise of those powers. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct under Article 118. Statement 3 is incorrect because Article 122 bars questioning parliamentary proceedings on the ground of alleged procedural irregularity. Statement 4 is correct under Article 122(2).
Q4Consider the following statements about Money Bills under the Constitution: 1. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States. 2. After a Money Bill is passed by the House of the People and transmitted to the Council of States, the Council of States must return it within fourteen days from the date of receipt. 3. If the Council of States does not return a Money Bill within the prescribed period, the Bill fails. 4. If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill, the decision of the Speaker of the House of the People is final. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. Article 109 bars introduction of Money Bills in the Rajya Sabha and gives that House fourteen days for recommendations. Article 110 makes the Speaker's decision final on whether a Bill is a Money Bill. Statement 3 is incorrect because non-return within fourteen days leads to deemed passage by both Houses, not failure.
Q5Consider the following statements about conduct of business in Parliament: 1. Each House of Parliament has a separate secretarial staff. 2. Every member of either House must make the prescribed oath or affirmation before taking his seat. 3. All questions in either House are always decided by a two-thirds majority of the total membership. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct under Articles 98 and 99. Statement 3 is incorrect because Article 100 uses majority of members present and voting, except where the Constitution otherwise provides.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives chosen by direct election. 2. The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha envisaged by the Constitution is 250. 3. The quorum to constitute a sitting of the Lok Sabha is one-tenth of its total membership. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements about amendment of the Constitution: 1. Article 368 deals with Parliament's power to amend the Constitution and the procedure for it. 2. A constitutional amendment Bill may be introduced only in the House of the People. 3. Such a Bill must be passed in each House by a majority of the total membership and by at least two-thirds of members present and voting. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements: 1. The President's address under Article 87(1) is linked to the first session after each general election. 2. Normally, three sessions of the Lok Sabha are held in a year. 3. A Money Bill can be introduced in either House of Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People. 2. Article 80 lays down the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha as 250. 3. A Rajya Sabha resolution under Article 249 requires a simple majority of members present and voting. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about sessions, quorum and voting in Parliament: 1. The President summons each House of Parliament, and no more than six months may intervene between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next. 2. The President may dissolve the Council of States under Article 85. 3. The quorum for either House is one-tenth of the total number of members of that House until Parliament otherwise provides by law. 4. The Speaker or Chairman votes in the first instance along with other members in every sitting. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements about Ordinances under Article 123: 1. The President may promulgate an Ordinance only when both Houses of Parliament are in session. 2. An Ordinance promulgated under Article 123 has the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament. 3. Every such Ordinance must be laid before both Houses of Parliament. 4. If Parliament is summoned to reassemble on different dates, the six-week period is reckoned from the earlier of those dates. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements about the President's assent and financial procedure: 1. When a Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament, it is presented to the President. 2. The President may return a Money Bill to the Houses for reconsideration under Article 111. 3. The Annual Financial Statement is laid before both Houses of Parliament in respect of every financial year. 4. Salaries and allowances of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of the People are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13With reference to parliamentary procedure under the Constitution, consider the following statements: 1. Each House of Parliament may make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business, subject to the Constitution. 2. The President may make rules for joint sittings and inter-House communications without consulting the presiding officers of the two Houses. 3. At a joint sitting, the Speaker of the House of the People presides, or in his absence a person determined by the relevant rules presides. 4. At a joint sitting, questions are generally determined by a majority of members present and voting, with the presiding officer excluded from the first vote. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements: 1. The Public Accounts Committee has 22 members, 15 from Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha, with a tenure of one year. 2. The Estimates Committee has 30 members and is elected by both Houses of Parliament. 3. Departmentally Related Standing Committees are 24 in number and each consists of 31 members, 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. 4. The term of office of Departmentally Related Standing Committees is five years, co-terminus with the Lok Sabha. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements about the annual financial statement and grants: 1. The President causes the annual financial statement for every financial year to be laid before both Houses of Parliament. 2. Estimates relating to expenditure charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India are submitted to the vote of Parliament. 3. No demand for a grant can be made except on the recommendation of the President. 4. After grants under Article 113 have been made by the House of the People, an Appropriation Bill is introduced to provide for appropriation out of the Consolidated Fund of India. Which of the statements given above are correct?