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2012 · Q30Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

Which of the following special powers have been conferred on the Rajya Sabha by the Constitution of India?

  1. (a)To change the existing territory of a State and to change the name of a State
  2. (b)To pass a resolution empowering the Parliament to make laws in the State List and to create one or more All India Services
  3. (c)To amend the election procedure of the President and to determine the pension of the President after his/her retirement
  4. (d)To determine the functions of the Election Commission and to determine the number of Election Commissioners
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Official answer(b) To pass a resolution empowering the Parliament to make laws in the State List and to create one or more All India Services

2026 · Q83Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

Consider the following statements in respect of questions asked by the Members in the Parliament of India : 1. Unstarred questions are those to which a Member desires an oral answer in the House. 2. Starred questions are those to which a Member desires a written answer. 3. No supplementary question can be asked on an unstarred question. Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct ?

  1. (a)All the three statements are correct.
  2. (b)There are two correct statements, that include statement 2.
  3. (c)There is only one correct statement.
  4. (d)There is no correct statement.
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Official answer(c) There is only one correct statement.

2026 · Q84Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

Consider the following statements about the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Parliament of India : 1. Although members of this Committee are elected from both Houses of Parliament, the Chairperson of this Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. 2. Twenty members are elected by the Rajya Sabha and ten members by the Lok Sabha. 3. No Minister, except for the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, is eligible to be a member of this Committee. 4. Members are elected for a fixed term of two years from the date they enter their office. Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct ?

  1. (a)There are four correct statements.
  2. (b)There is only one correct statement, that is statement 2.
  3. (c)There are two correct statements, that include statement 1.
  4. (d)There is no correct statement.
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Official answer(d) There is no correct statement.

2025 · Q87Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

Consider the following statements : I. On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution. II. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign from his/her political party immediately. III. The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days’ notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. (a)I and II only
  2. (b)II and III only
  3. (c)I and III only
  4. (d)I, II and III
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Official answer(c) I and III only

2024 · Q80Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

Which of the following statements about the Ethics Committee in the Lok Sabha are correct ? 1. Initially it was an ad-hoc Committee. 2. Only a Member of the Lok Sabha can make a complaint relating to unethical conduct of a member of the Lok Sabha. 3. This Committee cannot take up any matter which is sub-judice. Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a)1 and 2 only
  2. (b)2 and 3 only
  3. (c)1 and 3 only
  4. (d)1, 2 and 3
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Official answer(c) 1 and 3 only

2024 · Q93Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

With reference to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, consider the following statements : While any resolution for the removal of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is under consideration 1. He/She shall not preside. 2. He/She shall not have the right to speak. 3. He/She shall not be entitled to vote on the resolution in the first instance. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. (a)1 only
  2. (b)1 and 2 only
  3. (c)2 and 3 only
  4. (d)1, 2 and 3
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Official answer(a) 1 only

2024 · Q94Indian PolityParliament & State Legislaturesmoderate

With reference to the Indian Parliament, consider the following statements : 1. A bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on its dissolution. 2. A bill passed by the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha lapses on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha. 3. A bill in regard to which the President of India notified his/her intention to summon the Houses to a joint sitting lapses on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. (a)1 only
  2. (b)1 and 2
  3. (c)2 and 3
  4. (d)3 only
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Official answer(b) 1 and 2