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

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A Financial Bill deals with all those matters which are dealt with by a Money Bill but it includes other matters also. Give correct response _________________________.

  1. A Financial Bill cannot be rejected by the Upper House

  2. The President cannot withhold his assent to a Financial Bill

  3. The Financial Bill can be presented in either House

  4. A Financial Bill must be passed by both the Houses and in case of differences between two Houses, the same would be resolved by joint sitting of both the Houses
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Financial Bills are those bills which deal with fiscal matters. Thus, Money bills are financial bills but all financial bills are not necessarily money bills. Financial bills like money bills can only be introduced in the lok sabha only on the recommendation of the president but it can either be rejected or amended by the Rajya Sabha and must be passed by both the  Houses. In case of disagreement between both the houses the President can summon the joint sitting of both the Houses to resolve the deadlock.

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Rajya Sabha can withhold Money Bills for a period of _____________.

  1. 14 days

  2. 3 months

  3. 6 months

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha and that too on the recommendation of the President. The Rajya Sabha has limited powers with regard to money bill. It cannot reject or amend a money bill but can provide recommendations. 

It must return the bill to the Lok Sabha within 14 days whether with or without recommendation and if it does not return within the stipulated time the bill is considered to have passed by both the Houses.
 The President can give his assent or withhold his assent on money bill but he cannot return the bill for reconsideration Generally the president gives his assent to the bill as it was introduced with his prior permission.

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Money Bills can be _______________.

  1. Invalid by Rajya Sabha

  2. Invalid by both the Houses

  3. Rajya Sabha can reject the money bills

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha and that too on the recommendation of the President. The Rajya Sabha has limited powers with regard to money bill. It cannot reject or amend a money bill but can provide recommendations.

 The President can give his assent or withhold his assent on money bill but he cannot return the bill for reconsideration Generally the president gives his assent to the bill as it was introduced with his prior permission.

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The quorum to constitute a meeting of the House of Parliament shall be ____________________.

  1. 1/10 th of total number of members

  2. 2/3 rd of total number of members

  3. 1/3 rd of total number of members

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The quorum to constitute a meeting of the House is one tenth of the total strength of the House. It means that 55 members of the Lok sabha and 25 members of the Rajya Sabha including the presiding officer of each house must be present for the meeting to take place.

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A member of either House of Parliament shall be disqualified if _____________________.

  1. He is an undischarged insolvent

  2. He is disqualified by any law made by Parliament

  3. He is disqualified under any law made by Parliament

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Constitution lays down certain disqualification under which a person cannot be elected as a member of Parliament.

1) If he is an undischarged insolvent.
2) If he is so disqualified by or under any law made by the parliament.
3)If he holds any office of profit under the Union or State government.
4)If he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by the Court.
5) If he is not a citizen of India or has voluntary acquired  the citizenship of a foreign state.

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Propagation of the House means __________________.

  1. A House has been brought in Session

  2. The Session of the House has been terminated

  3. The House itself stands terminated

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Prorogation means the termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President under article 85(2)(a) of the Constitution. Prorogation terminates both the sitting and session of the House.

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When a resolution for his removal is under consideration, the Speaker :-
I. Does not take part in the proceedings of the House
II. Has no right to vote
III. Has a right to speak in the House even though he shall not preside

  1. I

  2. I & II

  3. II

  4. III
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha. When a resolution for the removal of the Speaker in under consideration of the House, he cannot preside at the sittings of the House, though he may be present. He can speak and take part in proceedings of the House at such a time and vote in the first instance, though not in the case of equality of votes.

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Give correct response to
I. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in Rajya Sabha
II. All Financial Bills are not Money Bills
III. A Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha on the recommendation of the President
IV. Rajya Sabha is fully empowered to reject or amend a Financial Bill as it does in the case of ordinary bill ___________.

  1. I and IV

  2. I, II, III and IV

  3. I and III

  4. II, III and IV
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Constitution lays down special procedure for the money bill. A money bill is exclusively defined under the Constitution. Financial bills are those bills that deal with the fiscal matters i.e., revenue or expenditure. A money bill is a financial bill but all financial bills are not necessarily money bills. A money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha and that too on the recommendation of the President. The Rajya Sabha has restricted power regarding the money bill. It cannot reject or amend the money bill but can only make recommendations however with regard to financial bill other than a money bill Rajya sabha can reject,amend or detain any bill. Like that of an ordinary bill.

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In case of differences between two Houses of Parliament on an ordinary Bill, the issue is resolved by ______________________.

  1. President in consultation with the cabinet

  2. Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Rajya Sabha

  3. Convening a joint sitting of the two Houses

  4. The Supreme Court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Joint sitting is an extra ordinary mechanism provided by the Constitution for resolving the deadlock between both the Houses over the passing of the bill. The President summons joint sitting which is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Basically a deadlock is seem to have occurred in following three situations after a bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House:

1. If the bull is rejected by the other House;
2. If there is disagreement between the Houses regarding amendments to be made in bill;
3. If more than 6 months have passed from the date of receipt of bill by the other House without passing the bill.
The President can summon both the Houses to meet in a joint sitting for discussing , deliberating and voting on the bill to resolve the issue.

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Give correct response regarding the procedure of passing of bills in Parliament ______________________________.

  1. A Bill pending in Parliament shall not lapse because of the prorogation of two Houses of the Parliament

  2. A Bill pending in Rajya Sabha which has not been passed by Lok Sabha shall lapse on its dissolution

  3. A Bill pending in Lok Sabha and pending in Rajya Sabha shall not lapse on dissolution of Lok Sabha

  4. A Bill pending in Rajya Sabha which has been passed by Lok Sabha shall lapse on the adjournment of Rajya Sabha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Prorogation means termination of a session of the House by an order made by President. The prorogation of two Houses of the Parliament  does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House. 
Further, a bill originating in Rajya Sabha which has not been passed by Lok Sabha and which is still pending in Rajya does not lapse. 
A bill passed by Lok Sabha and pending in Rajya Sabha lapses on the dissolution of Lok Sabha.
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A non-Money Bill passed by the Parliament is returned by the President to Parliament for reconsideration. It is passed once again by the Parliament without any change. Now the  ____________________.

  1. President can again withhold his assent

  2. Bill will automatically lapse

  3. Bill will be referred to the Supreme Court

  4. President will give his assent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Every bill (ordinary) after bring passed by both Houses of the Parliament is presented to the president for his assent. The President may either give his assent or he may withhold the assent to the bill. The president can also return the bill for reconsideration of the Houses, However, if it is passed by both the Houses again with or without amendments and presented to the President for his assent, he has to give assent to the bill.

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Which of the following statements is true?

  1. The Chairman of Rajya Sabha is elected by elected members of Rajya Sabha

  2. The Chairman of Rajya Sabha presides over the joint Session of both Houses of Parliament

  3. The electoral college for election of Vice-President is same as that for election of President

  4. The nominated members of both Houses have voting right in the election of Vice-President but not President
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The President is elected not directly by the people but by members of electoral college consisting of :-


1) the elected members of both the Houses of the Parliament;


2) the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the States;

3) the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.

Thus, the nominated members from both the houses of state legislature and Parliament and elected and nominated members of legislative councils do not participate in the election of the President.

While in the election of president both elected and nominated members of the Parliament can participate. However, members of State legislative assemblies do not participate.

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Money Bill can be introduced in _________________.

  1. The House of the People

  2. The Council of States

  3. Either of the two Houses

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Money bill is a bill if it 'only' contains provisions related to to taxation, borrowing of money by the Central Government, expenses from or receipt to the Consolidated Fund of India. Bills that only contain provisions that are incidental to these matters would also be regarded as money bill. A bill may be introduced din either House of Parliament. However, a  money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha which is House of the People and not in the Rajya Sabha ( the Upper house of Parliament). If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker shall be final.

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Every member of either House of Parliament, before taking his seat, makes and subscribe an oath or affirmation according to the form set out in which Schedule?

  1. Second

  2. Third

  3. Fourth

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

Every member of either House of the Parliament, before taking his seat in the House, has to make and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before the President or some person appointed by him for this purpose. The form for the oath is set out in Third Schedule.

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After what time period, the House may declare the seat vacant of any member, when he absents from all meetings without permission of the Lower House of Parliament?

  1. 30 days

  2. 45 days

  3. 60 days

  4. There is no time period
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Lower House can declare the seat of a member vacant if he is absent from all its meetings for a period of Sixty days without its permission. In Computing the period of sixty days, no account shall be taken of any period during which the House is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.