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UNION GOVERNMENT [LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE] MCQs

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Question 61. The minimum age required for becoming the Prime Minister of India is :
  1.    25 years
  2.    40 years
  3.    30 years
  4.    35 years
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 25 years
Answer: (a)
Question 62. Zero hour is at the discretion of
  1.    President
  2.    Opposition leader
  3.    Prime Minister
  4.    Speaker
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Speaker
Answer: (d)In 'Zero Hour' members can raise questions without prior notice to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The order in which the matters will be raised is decided by the Speaker at his/her discretion.
Question 63. The salaries and allowances payable to the Members of the Parliament are decided by the
  1.    Finance Commission
  2.    Parliament
  3.    President
  4.    Cabinet
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Parliament
Answer: (b)
After the election to Parliament, the members become entitled to certain amenities. These amenities are provided to members with a view to enable them to function effectively as Members of Parliament.
Broadly speaking, the amenities provided to the members relate to salaries and allowances, travelling facilities, medical facilities, accommodation, telephones, etc.
These are governed by the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 and the Rules made thereunder.
Question 64. The Union Executive of India consists of:
  1.    The President, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Prime Minister
  2.    The President; Vice-President, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Council of Ministers
  3.    The President and the Council of Ministers only
  4.    The President, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The President and the Council of Ministers only
Answer: (c) The Union Executive of India, as in parliamentary type of government, consist of president and the council of ministers.
Question 65. In a Parliamentary form of Government
  1.    The Judiciary is responsible to the Legislature
  2.    The Legislature is responsible to the Executive
  3.    The Legislature is responsible to the Judiciary
  4.    The Executive is responsible to the Legislature
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> The Executive is responsible to the Legislature
Answer: (d)
A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from the legislature (Parliament) and is also held accountable to that legislature.
In a parliamentary form of government, the head of government is the prime minister. India has a parliamentary form of government.
Question 66. The privileges enjoyed by members of a parliament are:

  1. Freedom from arrest with certain riders.

  2. Exemption from attendance as jurors and witnesses.

  3. Freedom of Speech.


  1.    I and III
  2.    I and II
  3.    Only III
  4.    I, II and III
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> I, II and III
Answer: (d)
The privileges enjoyed by members of a parliament are
Freedom from arrest with certain riders
Exemption from attendance
Freedom of speech.
Question 67. The Parliamentary Committee which scrutinizes the report of the CAG of India is
  1.    Select Committee
  2.    Estimates Committee
  3.    Public Accounts Committee
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Public Accounts Committee
Answer: (c)
The parliamentary committee which scrutinizes the report of the CAG is the public accounts committee.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is an authority, established by the Constitution of India under Chapter V, which audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government and the state governments, including those bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government.
Question 68. Who among the following was never the Lok Sabha Speaker?
  1.    K.V.K. Sundaram
  2.    Balirarn Bhagat
  3.    G.S. Dhillon
  4.    Hukarn Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> K.V.K. Sundaram
Answer: (a)
Question 69. Rajya Sabha enjoys more powers than the Lok Sabha in the case of 
  1.    Amendment of the Constitution
  2.    Setting up of new All-India Services
  3.    Money Bills
  4.    Non-money bills
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Setting up of new All-India Services
Answer: (b)
Under the Constitution, the Rajya Sabha is granted some powers exclusively. The Rajya Sabha, under Article 249, may by a special majority of two-thirds votes adopt a resolution asking the Parliament to make laws on subjects of the State list, in the national interest.
Secondly, Rajya Sabha can take steps to create All India Services by adopting resolutions supported by a special majority in the national interest.
If the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest, to create one or more all- India services, Parliament by law may provide for such services.
Thirdly, Rajya Sabha has the exclusive right to initiate a resolution for the removal of the VicePresident.
Question 70. Which of the following are true of the presidential system of government?

  1. President is both the Head of the State and the Head of the Government.

  2. It is based on the separation of powers.

  3. The President’s term of office is fixed.

  4. Secretaries are responsible to the President as well as to the Senate.


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1.    (a), (b), (c), and (d)
  2.    (a), (b), and (d)
  3.    (a), (b) and (c)
  4.    (a), (c), and (d)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> (a), (b) and (c)
Answer: (c)
A presidential system of government is a system of government where an executive branch is led by a president who serves as both head of state and head of government.
America is an ideal example of the presidential form of government.

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