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UNION GOVERNMENT [LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE] MCQs
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Answer: Option A. -> Dr Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (a)
Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. He held the office from 26 January 1950 to 12 May 1962.
Prasad was the only president to serve two terms in office. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected president of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.
Answer: (a)
Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. He held the office from 26 January 1950 to 12 May 1962.
Prasad was the only president to serve two terms in office. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected president of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.
Answer: Option C. -> from civil cases only
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the President are independent of the opinion of the Prime Minister or the Lok Sabha majority.
In most cases, however, the President exercises his or her executive powers on the advice of the Prime Minister and the cabinet.
Answer: (a)
The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the President are independent of the opinion of the Prime Minister or the Lok Sabha majority.
In most cases, however, the President exercises his or her executive powers on the advice of the Prime Minister and the cabinet.
Answer: Option B. -> Dissolving the Rajya Sabha
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option B. -> Vice-President
Answer: (b)
Article 56 of the Indian Constitution states that
The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office: provided that-the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office; the President may, for violation of the Constitution, be removed from office by impeachment in the manner provided in article 61; and the President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office;
Any resignation addressed to the Vice-President
Under clause (a) of the proviso to clause (1) shall forthwith be communicated by him to the Speaker of the House of the People.
Answer: (b)
Article 56 of the Indian Constitution states that
The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office: provided that-the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office; the President may, for violation of the Constitution, be removed from office by impeachment in the manner provided in article 61; and the President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office;
Any resignation addressed to the Vice-President
Under clause (a) of the proviso to clause (1) shall forthwith be communicated by him to the Speaker of the House of the People.
Answer: Option D. -> Minister in any House of the Parliament.
Answer: (d)
Government bill can introduced by minister in any house of the parliament.
Answer: (d)
Government bill can introduced by minister in any house of the parliament.
Answer: Option A. -> a re-passage of the bill by a majority will make him give an assent
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option B. -> Legislature
Answer: (b)The idea of legislature as the custodian of national purse was for the first time mooted by the Government of India Act, 1909. It is considered as the custodian as it is the primary and most often the exclusive arbiter of federal fiscal affairs.
Answer: (b)The idea of legislature as the custodian of national purse was for the first time mooted by the Government of India Act, 1909. It is considered as the custodian as it is the primary and most often the exclusive arbiter of federal fiscal affairs.
Question 1129. Consider the following statements
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The total elective membership of the Lok Sabha is distributed among the States on the basis of the population and the area of the State.
- The 84th Amendment Act of the Constitution of India lifted the freeze on the delimitation of constituencies imposed by the 42nd Amendment.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option B. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (b)
The total elective membership of the Lok Sabha is distributed among States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, as far as practicable, the same for all States.
The 84th Amendment to the Constitution (which was numbered as the 91st Amendment Bill before it was passed in Parliament) lifted the freeze on the delimitation of constituencies, as stipulated by the 42nd Constitution amendment of 1976, and allowed delimitation within States on the basis of the 1991 Census.
Answer: (b)
The total elective membership of the Lok Sabha is distributed among States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, as far as practicable, the same for all States.
The 84th Amendment to the Constitution (which was numbered as the 91st Amendment Bill before it was passed in Parliament) lifted the freeze on the delimitation of constituencies, as stipulated by the 42nd Constitution amendment of 1976, and allowed delimitation within States on the basis of the 1991 Census.
Answer: Option C. -> Calling attention motion
Answer: (c)Calling attention is a type of motion introduced by a member to call the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance.
Answer: (c)Calling attention is a type of motion introduced by a member to call the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance.