Consider the following statements:
1. The Rajya Sabha is never dissolved and can be called to session any time at short notice.
2. Under the Constitution of India, the lawmaking powers of the two Houses of the Indian Parliament are symmetrical.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Important Questions on Indian Constitution and Polity
Which of the following expenditures is/are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India?
1. The emoluments and allowances of the President and the expenditure relating to his/her office.
2. The salaries and allowances of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of the People.
3. Debt charges for which the Government of India is liable.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Which of the following are the privileges of the House of the People collectively?
1. The right to publish debates and proceedings and the right to restrain publication by others.
2. The right to exclude others to exclude strangers from the galleries anytime.
3. The right to punish members and outsiders for breach of its privileges.
4. What is said or done within the walls of the Parliament, however can be inquired into in a court of law.
Select the correct answer-using the codes given below.
A bill is deemed to be a ‘Money Bill’ if it contains only provisions dealing with:
1. the imposition, alteration or regulation of any tax.
2. the regulation of the borrowing of money by 90 the government.
3. the custody of the Consolidated Fund of India or the Contingency Fund of India.
4. the provision for imposition of fines or other penalties or for the demand or payment of fees for licenses or fees for services rendered.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Which of the following statements regarding the powers of the Speaker of the House of the People is/are correct?
1. The Speaker’s conduct in regulating the procedure of maintaining order in the House will not be subject to the jurisdiction of any court.
2. Besides presiding over his/her own House, the Speaker possesses certain powers like presiding over a joint sitting of the two Houses of the Parliament.
3. While a resolution for his/her removal is under consideration, the Speaker shall preside but shall have no right to speak and shall have no right to vote.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as and for being, a member of either House of the Parliament if she/he:
1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office exempted by the Parliament by law.
2. is of unsound mind and stands, so declared by a competent court.
3. remains absent from all meetings of the House for a period of 60 days without the permission of the House.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Consider the following statements regarding termination of sitting of a House.
1. Only the House of the People is subject to dissolution
2. The powers of dissolution and prorogation are exercised by the President on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
3. The power to adjourn the daily sittings of the House, of the People and the Council of ‘States belongs’ to the Speaker and the Chairman respectively.
4. The Parliament cannot be dissolved as it is a permanent chamber.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements:
1. A person who is not a member of either House of the Parliament can be appointed a member of the Council of Ministers.
2. Anyone can be appointed as a member of the Council of Ministers for a maximum period of 3 years.
3. A person shall not be less than 25 years of age in order to become a minister.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The following items consists of two Statements I and II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these items using the codes given below.
Statement I. The Rajya Sabha is not subject to dissolution and the members enjoy a tenure of six years.
Statement II. According to Article 83 of the Constitution of India, one-third of members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years.
