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Q1Consider 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?
Statement 1 is false: Article 108 says the notified joint sitting may be held despite subsequent dissolution. Statement 2 is true: the majority is of members of both Houses present and voting. Statement 3 is true: after notification, neither House may proceed further with the Bill.
Q2With 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 An Act passed under Article 252 may be amended or repealed by the State Legislatures concerned without Parliament.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?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Article 250 gives Parliament State List legislative power while an Emergency Proclamation operates, with a 6-month tail after it ceases. Article 252 allows Parliament to legislate for consenting States. Statement 4 is false because Article 252(2) says such an Act may be amended or repealed by an Act of Parliament passed or adopted in like manner, and not by State Legislatures alone.
Q3Consider 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?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct under Articles 118 and 119. Statement 4 is incorrect: Article 119 permits Parliament to regulate procedure by law for timely completion of financial business.
Q4Consider 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?
Statements 1 and 2 are true. Statement 3 reverses Article 119: when a law under Article 119 conflicts with a House rule under Article 118, the law prevails.
Q5With 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?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct under Article 110. Statement 4 is false because the Speaker’s certificate is endorsed both when the Money Bill is transmitted to the Council of States and when it is presented to the President for assent.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. A Bill pending in Parliament does not lapse merely because the Houses are prorogued. 2. A Bill pending in the Council of States and not yet passed by the House of the People does not lapse on dissolution of the House of the People. 3. A Bill passed by the House of the People and pending in the Council of States does not lapse on dissolution of the House of the People. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Which constitutional provision allows Parliament to determine the number of Supreme Court judges through legislation?
8With reference to Money Bills under Article 109, consider the following statements: 1. A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States. 2. After passage by the House of the People, it is transmitted to the Council of States for recommendations. 3. The House of the People is constitutionally bound to accept all recommendations of the Council of States on a Money Bill. 4. If the Council of States does not return the Money Bill within 14 days, it is deemed passed by both Houses. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. Parliament may determine the number of Supreme Court judges other than the Chief Justice of India by law. 2. Article 110, not Article 124(1), empowers Parliament to determine the number of Supreme Court judges. 3. Article 143 relates to the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not to the size of the Court. 4. Article 368 is the constitutional amendment procedure and not the provision for determining the number of Supreme Court judges. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements: 1. A Financial Bill covered by Article 117(1) cannot be introduced except on the President's recommendation. 2. Such a Financial Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States. 3. The President's recommendation is required before moving an amendment that reduces or abolishes a tax. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements: 1. Article 124(1) originally provided for the Chief Justice of India and not more than seven other Supreme Court judges until Parliament prescribed a larger number by law. 2. Parliament can determine the number of other Supreme Court judges through legislation under Article 124(1). 3. Article 110 concerns the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 4. Article 143 concerns the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements: 1. Article 253 empowers Parliament to make laws for implementing treaties, agreements or conventions with other countries. 2. Article 253 is limited to implementing decisions made only by Indian courts. 3. Parliament's Article 253 power extends to the whole or any part of the territory of India. 4. Article 253 begins with a non-obstante phrase overriding the foregoing provisions of the Chapter. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements: 1. A Money Bill is defined as one containing only provisions dealing with all or any of the matters listed in Article 110. 2. A Bill is deemed to be a Money Bill merely because it imposes fines or other pecuniary penalties. 3. Appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Fund of India is one of the Money Bill matters. 4. A Bill imposing a local-body tax for local purposes is deemed a Money Bill for that reason alone. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements: 1. Article 120 provides that parliamentary business is transacted in Hindi or English, subject to Article 348. 2. The presiding officer may permit a member who cannot adequately express himself in Hindi or English to address the House in his mother tongue. 3. Article 120 permanently removed English from parliamentary business after fifteen years, without any power in Parliament to provide otherwise. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15With reference to Parliament determining the strength of the Supreme Court and related provisions, consider the following statements: 1. Article 124(1) enables Parliament to determine by law the number of Supreme Court judges other than the Chief Justice of India. 2. Article 110 concerns the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 3. Article 143 concerns Money Bills. 4. Article 368 concerns the constitutional amendment procedure. Which of the statements given above are correct?