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14 questions
  1. Which statement about the Lok Sabha Speaker is NOT correct?
    1. He can be removed by an ordinary majority of members present
    2. His pay is a charged item on India’s Consolidated Fund
    3. His regulation of the House cannot be questioned in court
    4. He votes only to break a tie
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    Answer: (A) He can be removed by an ordinary majority of members present

    Removal needs a majority of all the then members (effective majority), with 14 days’ notice.

  2. Which are correct? 1. A starred question gets an oral answer, so supplementaries follow. 2. An unstarred question gets a written answer, so no supplementaries. 3. A short-notice question is asked at less than 10 days’ notice and answered orally.
    1. 1 and 2 only
    2. 3 only
    3. 2 and 3 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    All three describe the types correctly.

  3. Which of these is NOT a charged expenditure of the Union?
    1. Salaries of Supreme Court judges
    2. Pensions of High Court judges
    3. Salaries and allowances of MPs
    4. Salaries of the UPSC chairman and members
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    Answer: (C) Salaries and allowances of MPs

    MPs’ pay is voted, not charged.

  4. A bill referred to a joint sitting is passed by — (IAS 2015)
    1. a simple majority of members present and voting
    2. three-fourths of members present and voting
    3. two-thirds of the Houses
    4. an absolute majority of the Houses
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    Answer: (A) a simple majority of members present and voting

    Article 108(4): a majority of the combined members of the two Houses present and voting.

  5. Which are correct? 1. The Department of Revenue prepares the Union budget. 2. Parliament must authorise every withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund. 3. Payments from the Public Account also need Parliament’s authorisation. (IAS 2015)
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 2 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 2 only

    The Department of Economic Affairs prepares the budget; Public Account payments need no vote.

  6. Which are correct? 1. The Rajya Sabha cannot reject or amend a money bill. 2. It cannot vote on demands for grants. 3. It cannot discuss the Annual Financial Statement. (IAS 2015)
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 1 and 2

    It can discuss the budget — it just cannot vote the demands.

  7. About a no-confidence motion: 1. The Constitution does not mention it. 2. It can be moved only in the Lok Sabha. (IAS 2014)
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither
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    Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

    It comes from Rule 198 of the Lok Sabha rules.

  8. The largest committee of Parliament is — (IAS 2014)
    1. Public Accounts Committee
    2. Estimates Committee
    3. Committee on Public Undertakings
    4. Committee on Petitions
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    Answer: (B) Estimates Committee

    Estimates: 30 members, all from the Lok Sabha.

  9. Which Schedule holds the anti-defection provisions? (IAS 2014)
    1. Second
    2. Fifth
    3. Eighth
    4. Tenth
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    Answer: (D) Tenth

    Added by the 52nd Amendment, 1985.

  10. Which bill does NOT lapse when the Lok Sabha is dissolved?
    1. A bill passed by the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha
    2. A bill pending in the Lok Sabha
    3. A bill for which the President notified a joint sitting before dissolution
    4. A Rajya Sabha bill passed by it and pending in the Lok Sabha
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    Answer: (C) A bill for which the President notified a joint sitting before dissolution

    Bills pending in or passed by the Lok Sabha lapse; a notified joint sitting saves the bill.

  1. Which is NOT a ground for disqualification under the Tenth Schedule?
    1. Voluntarily giving up party membership
    2. Voting against the party whip
    3. A nominated member joining a party seven months after taking the seat
    4. Being expelled by one’s party
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    Answer: (D) Being expelled by one’s party

    Expulsion is not voluntary; the member is treated as unattached.

  2. A resolution to remove the Vice-President starts in —
    1. a joint sitting
    2. the Rajya Sabha
    3. the Lok Sabha
    4. either House
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    Answer: (B) the Rajya Sabha

    Rajya Sabha by effective majority, then the Lok Sabha agrees.

  3. Which is TRUE of Zero Hour?
    1. It is the first hour of every sitting
    2. It is laid down in the Rules of Procedure
    3. It follows Question Hour and is an Indian innovation
    4. Matters are raised only with a week’s notice
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    Answer: (C) It follows Question Hour and is an Indian innovation

    Notice is given the same morning by 10 a.m.; the Rules do not mention it.

  4. Under Article 249 the Rajya Sabha can let Parliament legislate on a State List subject by a resolution passed by —
    1. a simple majority
    2. two-thirds of members present and voting
    3. a majority of total membership
    4. three-fourths of members
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    Answer: (B) two-thirds of members present and voting

    The resolution lasts up to a year and can be renewed.

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