Parliamentary Legislation MCQ — 101 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider the following statements: 1. If a joint sitting has already been notified, dissolution of the House of the People prevents the joint sitting from being held. 2. At a joint sitting, the Bill is passed by a majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. 3. Once the President notifies a joint sitting, neither House may proceed further with that Bill. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q2. With reference to Articles 250 and 252, consider the following statements: 1. During a Proclamation of Emergency, Parliament may legislate for the whole or any part of India on State List matters. 2. A law made under Article 250 ceases, to the extent of incompetency, 6 months after the Emergency Proclamation ceases to operate. 3. Under Article 252, resolutions of two or more States can enable Parliament to regulate a matter for those States. 4. An Act passed under Article 252 may be amended or repealed by the State Legislatures concerned without Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements: 1. Each House of Parliament may make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business. 2. The President may make rules on joint sittings and communications between the two Houses after consultation with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. 3. At a joint sitting, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha presides, or in his absence a person determined by rules presides. 4. Parliament is constitutionally barred from regulating by law the procedure for financial business in Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements: 1. A Bill involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India cannot be passed by either House unless the President has recommended consideration of the Bill to that House. 2. Under Article 119, Parliament may regulate procedure for timely completion of financial business. 3. A law made under Article 119 is subordinate to any inconsistent rule made by a House under Article 118(1). Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q5. With reference to the constitutional definition of a Money Bill, consider the following statements: 1. A Bill dealing only with the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax may be a Money Bill. 2. A Bill is not a Money Bill merely because it imposes fines or other pecuniary penalties. 3. If a question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill, the decision of the Speaker of the House of the People is final. 4. The Speaker’s Money Bill certificate is endorsed only when the Bill is transmitted to the Council of States, not when presented to the President for assent. Which of the statements given above are correct?