Civics Polity

Legislature and Parliament

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Legislature and Parliament topics cover the structure, functions, and legislative procedures of the lawmaking bodies. This collection focuses on the passage of bills, parliamentary committees, and the roles of different houses. These questions are highly relevant for civil services and state public service commission examinations.

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Legislature and Parliament Questions

Multiple choice

A person is disqualified to contest the election of the State Legislature

  1. if he holds an office of profit under the Union or the State Government

  2. if he is not a citizen of India

  3. if he is of unsound mind and is so declared by a Court of Law

  4. in all the above cases
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Disqualification criteria for state legislators include holding an office of profit, lack of citizenship, and being of unsound mind as declared by a court, among other statutory grounds.

Multiple choice

Which one among the following is the correct position regarding the Legislative powers of the President?

  1. Once the cabinet has decided a thing, the President must sign it.

  2. The President can refuse to sign it.

  3. He can send it back for re-consideration once.

  4. He can send it back to the cabinet again till the cabinet is tired.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Under Article 111 of the Indian Constitution, the President can return a non-money bill to Parliament for reconsideration once. If it is passed again, the President must give assent.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not the legislative power of the President?

  1. No bill passed by the two Houses of the Parliament can become law without his assent.

  2. No money bill can be introduced in the Parliament without his previous consent.

  3. No law of a municipal board can be enforced without his assent.

  4. He can dissolve the Parliament.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Enforcing law of a municipal board is not the legislative power of the President, but the houses of parliament.

Multiple choice

According to the Indian Constitution, the money bills can be introduced in

  1. the Lok Sabha only

  2. the Rajya Sabha only

  3. the joint sessions of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha only

  4. the Council of the Ministers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha (the directly elected 'people's house' of the Indian Parliament). Money Bills passed by the Lok Sabha are sent to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament, elected by the state and territorial legislatures or appointed by the president).

Multiple choice

Where is the Money Bill is introduced first?

  1. Lok Sabha

  2. Rajya Sabha

  3. President

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Right- According to Indian Constitution, the Money Bill is first produced in the Lok Sabha for approval then it is sent to the Rajya Sabha.

Multiple choice

Which of the following legislatures is universally acclaimed as the Mother of Parliaments'?

  1. Congress of the United States

  2. British Parliament

  3. Federal Assembly of Switzerland

  4. Canadian Parliament
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The British Parliament is historically referred to as the Mother of Parliaments because it served as the model for many other democratic legislative systems worldwide. The term was popularized by John Bright in 1865.

Multiple choice

The Rajya Sabha is also called as

  1. the Lower House

  2. Council of States

  3. the House of the People

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the Indian Parliament, and it is formally known as the Council of States. The Lok Sabha is the House of the People.

Multiple choice

How is the admission of a state to the membership of the UN made?

  1. By simple majority of the General-Assembly

  2. By unanimous vote of General-Assembly

  3. By the Security Council

  4. By the two-thirds majority of the General-Assembly members present and voting, on the recommendation of the Security-Council.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

According to Article 4 of the UN Charter, admission of new members is effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council, requiring a two-thirds majority.

Multiple choice

The Parliament of Japan is known as

  1. Diet

  2. Nippon

  3. Senate

  4. Key
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Diet is the bicameral legislature of Japan, consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.

Multiple choice

The Rajya Sabha can take initiative in�

  1. Censuring a Central Minister

  2. Creating a new All India Service

  3. Considering Money Bills

  4. Appointing judges
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under Article 312 of the Indian Constitution, the Rajya Sabha has the exclusive power to authorize Parliament to create new All India Services common to both the Union and the States.