301. What is the minimum age for membership to Rajya Sabha?
Correct Answer:-C ( 30 years )
Description:- According to Article 84(b) of Indian constitution, the minimum age for membership to Rajya Sabha is 30 years. The same article adds that the minimum age qualification for Lok Sabha is 25 years. The Rajya Sabha is the permanent house of parliament that is not subject to dissolution.
302. What is the total strength of the Rajya Sabha?
Correct Answer:-A ( 250)
Description:- The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership of Rajya Sabha is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of 250 members, and current laws have provision for 245 members. Members sit for staggered six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years.
303. The largest committee of Parliament of India is
Correct Answer:-B ( Estimates Committee )
Description:- The Estimates Committee is the largest parliamentary committee, consisting of 30 members who are elected by the Lok Sabha every year from amongst its members. It analyses the expenditure and revenue estimates of various departments and suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration.
304. The President can advance money to meet unforeseen expenses from the
Correct Answer:-D ( Contingency Fund )
Description:- The Contingency Fund of India has been placed at the disposal of the President. He can advance money of this fund to meet unforeseen expenses and recover the same after due authorization by the parliament. The fund is held by the finance secretary on behalf of the president. Like the public account of India, it is also operated by executive action.
305. A Unitary form of government is that in which all the powers are concentrated in the hands of
Correct Answer:-B ( Central government )
Description:- Unitary form is a form of government in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government. The central government is supreme, and the administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government has delegated to them.It contrasts with a federal system.
306. Who has the power to prorogue the Lok Sabha ?
Correct Answer:-D ( The President )
Description:- As per Article 85 of Indian constitution, the President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its lasting sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session. The same article adds that he may from time to time – l prorogue the Houses or either House; l dissolve the House of the People
307. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare emergency ?
Correct Answer:-B ( President )
Description:- As per the articles 352, 356 and 360 in the Constitution of India, President of India has been given extraordinary power to declare an emergency to meet any threat to the country. The President can declare three types of emergencies : l National emergency (article 352); l State emergency (article 356); l Financial emergency (article 360).
308. A motion moved by Member of Parliament when he feels a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House by withholding facts of a case is called
Correct Answer:-C ( Privilege motion )
Description:- Privilege Motion is concerned with the breach of parliamentary privileges by a minister. It is moved by a member when he feels that a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House or one or more of its members by withholding facts of a case or by giving wrong or distorted facts. Its purpose is to censure the concerned minister.
309. The President of India is :
Correct Answer:-A ( the Head of State )
Description:- The President of the Republic of India is the Head of State of India and the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. Besides, according to Article 79 of the Constitution of India, the President is part of parliament along with Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and House of the People (Lok Sabha).
310. President of India can be removed from his office by
Correct Answer:-C ( Parliament )
Description:- According to Article 61 of Indian constitution, the President may also be removed before the expiry of the term through impeachment for violating the Constitution of India. The process may start in either of the two houses of the Parliament. The house initiates the process by levelling the charges against the President.
311. Who presides over the sitting of the House of People ?
Correct Answer:-C ( The Speaker )
Description:- Each House of Parliament has its own presiding officer. As per Article 93 of Indian Constitution, the Lok Sabha has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker as its presiding officers. The Speaker is the head of the Lok Sabha and enjoys supreme authority within the House.
