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Consider the following statements on Financial Bill and say which is/are correct?
1. It is the sameasa Money Bill.
2. It can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha.
3. It can be amended in the Rajya Sabha.
4. It cannot be introduced except on the recommendation of the President.

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  1. I only

  2. II and IV

  3. II, III and IV

  4. III and IV

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Finance Bill is a Money Bill as defined in Article 110 of the Constitution. A money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha with prior permission by the President of India. Money bill cannot be returned by the President to the parliament for its reconsideration, as it is presented in the Lok Sabha with his permission.

The time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed ________________.

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  1. 3 months

  2. 6 months

  3. 9 months

  4. 1 year

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option B is the correct answer. 

The period during which the House of the Parliament meets to conduct its business is called a session. A session lasts from the beginning of the normal term of house sitting to its end. The maximum gap between two sittings should not be more than six months. This means the parliament should meet at least twice a year.  In India, the parliament conducts three sessions each year:
• Budget session: February to May

• Monsoon session: July to September
• Winter session: November to December

Which of the following statements is correct?

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  1. No member of Parliament can be proceeded in a court of law for any disclosure he makes in Parliament

  2. A member of Parliament is protected for any defamatory speech he makes in the Parliament and then circulates its copies to the public

  3. A member of Parliament is protected for any speech he makes in the Parliament

  4. A member of Parliament has absolute freedom of speech

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Members of Parliament have freedom of speech in Parliament. No member is liable to any proceedings in any court for anything said or any vote given by him in Parliament or its committees.

Which of the following is incorrect?

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  1. Prorogation of the House has the effect of wiping out the pending business

  2. Adjournment of the House does not affect the pending business and the same may be taken up in the next sitting

  3. The power of summoning and prorogation of the House is vested in the President, though it is exercised on the aid and advice of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

  4. Dissolution of Lok Sabha means that pending business is wiped out

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Prorogation is a notification issued by the President which terminates the sitting and session of the House. It does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House and the same can be resumed when the House meets again. Same happens when the house is adjourned. When Lok Sabha is dissolved all of its pending business, motion lapse.

Which of the following is true regarding the 'No Confidence Motion' in the Parliament?
1. There is no mention of it in the Constitution.
2. A period of 6, months must lapse between the introduction of one No Confidence Motion and another.
3. At least 100 persons must support such motion before it is introduced in the House.
4. It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only

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  1. 2 and 4

  2. 1, 2, 3, and 4

  3. 1, 2, and 3

  4. 1 and 4

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Constitution states that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. It means that ministers stay in office so long they enjoy the confidence of the majority of the members of Lok Sabha. Lol Sabha cab removes the council of ministers from office by passing a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. It needs the support of 50 members to be admitted. The time lapse between passing one no confidence motion and other one is 6 months at least.

The first no confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence was in the year ____________.

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  1. 1954

  2. 1960

  3. 1963

  4. 1975

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first No Confidence motion was moved during the third Lok Sabha in 1963 when J.N Nehru was the Prime Minister. It was moved by a minister Acharya J.B Kriplani and was backed by 40 MPs. The motion however, was defeated.

A joint sitting may be called:
I. Only in case of national emergency.
II. To enable a Constitutional Amendment to be passed in a hurry.
III. When taxes approved by one House are rejected by the other.

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  1. I and III

  2. II and III

  3. I, II and III

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Joint sitting is an extraordinary provision provided by the constitution to resolve a deadlock between the two Houses over a bill. Deadlock occurs if a bill is passed by one house and transmitted to others and it has rejected by the other house, or there are disagreements or if more than 6 months have passed without passing of bill.

A quorum to constitute a meeting of either House of Parliament as per Article 100 of the Constitution of India shall be ___________________.

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  1. 1/10 th of the total members of the House

  2. 1/15 th of the total members of the House

  3. 1/20 th of the total members of the House

  4. 1/25 th of the total members of the House

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Under Article 100 of the Constitution of India, the quorum to constitute a meeting of either House of the Parliament shall be one tenth of the total number of members of that House.

The extent of executive power of the Union as per provisions of Article $73$ of Constitution extends to.

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  1. Matters with respect to which the Parliament has power to make laws

  2. Exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the Government of India by virtue of any International Treaty or Agreement

  3. Either (a) or (b)

  4. Both (a) and (b)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to Article 73 the executive power of the union extends to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws and to the exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the government of India by virtue of any treaty or agreement. 

___________ is an Indian innovation in the field of parliamentary procedures and has been in existence since 1962.

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  1. Question hour

  2. Starred question

  3. Zero hour

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Zero hours is neither mentioned in the Constitution nor the Rules of Procedure of the Houses. It is an Indian innovation in the field of parliamentary procedures and has been in existence since 1962. It is an informal device available to the members of the Parliament to raise matters without any prior notice.