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UNION GOVERNMENT [LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE] MCQs

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Question 1121. The first President of independent India was:
  1.    Dr Rajendra Prasad
  2.    Sardar Patel
  3.    Dr S. Radha Krishnan
  4.    J.L. Nehru
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 1122. A Member of Parliament can claim immunity:
  1.    both from civil as well as criminal cases
  2.    from criminal cases only
  3.    from civil cases only
  4.    cannot claim immunity either from civil or from criminal cases
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> from civil cases only
Answer: (c)
Question 1123. The President is empowered with the powers to grant pardons if :

  1. Punishment is for an offence against Union law

  2. Punishment is by a military court

  3. Punishment is a death sentence


Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    1 and 2 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    2 and 3 only
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 1124. Which of the following actions are not performed by the President?
  1.    Proroguing Parliament
  2.    Dissolving the Rajya Sabha
  3.    Convening a joint sitting if requested
  4.    Causing the Budget to be laid before Parliament
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Dissolving the Rajya Sabha
Answer: (b)
Question 1125. In case the President wishes to resign, to whom he is to address his resignation letter ?
  1.    Prime Minister
  2.    Vice-President
  3.    Chief Justice of India
  4.    Secretary of Lok Sabha
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 1126. The Government Bill means a bill introduced by a
  1.    Member of the Parliament who is not a Minister
  2.    Minister in the Lok Sabha
  3.    Member of the Treasury bench in the Lok Sabha
  4.    Minister in any House of the Parliament.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Minister in any House of the Parliament.
Answer: (d)
Government bill can introduced by minister in any house of the parliament.
Question 1127. If the President returns a bill to the legislature for reconsideration:
  1.    a re-passage of the bill by a majority will make him give an assent
  2.    a re-passage of the bill by two-thirds majority forces him to give his assent
  3.    joint sitting of the parliament is needed to pass the bill.
  4.    legislature must accept the amendments proposed by the President
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a re-passage of the bill by a majority will make him give an assent
Answer: (a)
Question 1128. Which organ is the custodian of the National Purse ?
  1.    Civil Servants
  2.    Legislature
  3.    Executive
  4.    Judiciary
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 1129. Consider the following statements

  1. 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.

  2. 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?
  1.    Only 2
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    Only 1
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 1130. Which of the following is the most appropriate tool to raise the issue of Naxalism activities in the Lok Sabha?
  1.    Discussion under Rule 377
  2.    Censure motion
  3.    Calling attention motion
  4.    Short duration discussion
 Discuss Question
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.

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