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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 _________________________.

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  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

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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  1. 14 days

  2. 3 months

  3. 6 months

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
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.

Money Bills can be _______________.

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  1. Invalid by Rajya Sabha

  2. Invalid by both the Houses

  3. Rajya Sabha can reject the money bills

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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  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

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Correct Option: A
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.

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

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  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

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Correct Option: D
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.

Propagation of the House means __________________.

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  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

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Correct Option: B
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.

The Constitution of India provides special procedure for _______________.

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  1. Money Bills

  2. Financial Bills

  3. Both Money Bills and Financial Bills

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Constitution provides for a special procedure for the passing of money bills in the Parliament. A money bill can only be passed in the Lok Sabha and that too on the recommendation of the President. Every such bill is regarded as the government bill and essentially to be introduced by the minister. The Rajya Sabha has restricted power regarding the money bill. It cannot reject or amend the money bills bu can only make recommendations and that are also non binding upon lok Sabha.

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

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  1. I

  2. I & II

  3. II

  4. III

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Correct Option: D
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.

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 ___________.

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  1. I and IV

  2. I, II, III and IV

  3. I and III

  4. II, III and IV

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Correct Option: B
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.

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

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  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

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Correct Option: C
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.