The Parliament (Part-II)

Total Questions: 44

11. 9th Lok Sabha was dissolved on- [42th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

(a) 13 march, 1991
(b) June, 1996
(c) April, 1997
(d) February, 1998

Correct Answer: (a) 13 march, 1991

Solution:The 9th Lok Sabha was constituted on 2 December, 1989 and dissolved on 13 March, 1991.

12. The election for 12 Lok Sabha of India was held in- [42th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

(a) April, 1996
(b) June, 1996
(c) April, 1997
(d) February, 1998

Correct Answer: (d) February, 1998

Solution:The elections for the 12th Lok Sabha were held in February, 1998 and 12th Lok Sabha was constituted on 10th March, 1998 and was dissolved on 26th April, 1999.

13. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched? Lok Sabha- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2022]

Lok Sabha	Election Year
(a) 11th	1996
(b) 7th	1982
(c) 13th	1999
(c) 9th	1989

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The 7th Lok Sabha election was held in 1980. The remaining options are correct.

14. Who is the leader of the Lok Sabha? [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995]

(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Speaker
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (b) Prime Minister

Solution:According to Article 75(1), the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the president. He is the head of Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha. If the prime Minister is not a member of the lower House of Parliament, then the can nominate another minister as the leader of that House. For example, during the 14th Lok Sabha, Manmohan Singh, them a member of the Rajya Sabha was the Prime Minister of India, but leader of the House of the people (Lok Sabha was) was Pranab Mukherjee.

15. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2017]

1. In the election for Lok Sabha or State Assembly, the winning candidate must get at least 50 percent of the votes polled, to be declared elected.

2. According to the provisions laid down in the Constitution of India, in Lok Sabha, the Speaker's post goes to the majority party and the Deputy Speaker's to the Opposition.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution:The election for Lok Sabha or state Assembly in India is conducted on the principle of First past the Post System. In this method, the candidate with the highest number (but not necessarily a majority) of votes is elected. Thus, statement is incorrect. According to Article 93 of the Constitution, the House of the people shall as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively speaker and Deputy Speaker. Traditionally the speaker's post goes to the majority and the Deputy speaker to the Opposition. However there is no such provision in the constitution. Therefore, statement 2 is also wrong.

16. In India Lok Sabha Speaker is- [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

(a) Nominated
(b) Chosen
(c) Elected
(d) Appointed

Correct Answer: (b) Chosen

Solution:According to Article 93, the House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker there of, and so often as the office becomes vacant, the House shall choose another member to be the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.

17. Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by - [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

(a) All members of parliament
(b) Public directly
(c) All members of Lok Sabha
(d) The members of parties in majority 39th

Correct Answer: (c) All members of Lok Sabha

Solution:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is chosen by all the members of the Lok Sabha.

18. Which of the following doesn't take the oath of the office? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

(a) President
(b) Vice President
(c) Speaker
(d) Prime Minister
(e) Members of Council of Ministers

Correct Answer: (c) Speaker

Solution:The oath to the office of the President is administered by the Chief Justice of India.
The oath to the Office of the Vice-President is administered by the President of India.
The oath to the Prime Minister is administered by the President of India.
the president administered the oath to the members of the Council of Ministers.
The Speaker does not take the Oath of the office.

19. Who among the following doesn't take oath of the office? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) President
(b) Vice President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Speaker
(e) Judges of Supreme Court

Correct Answer: (d) Speaker

Solution:The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha do no take oath of the office. Article 93 of the Constitution mentions about the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Article 94 deals with vacation, resignation and removal from, the offices of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Article 95 describes the powers of the Speaker. Whereas, the President (as per article 6o); Vice president (as per Article 69); the Council of Minister (including Prime Minister as per Article 75(4) and the Judges of the Supreme Court as per Article 124 (6)) take the oath of office.

20. Who does the Speaker of the Lok Sabha submits his resignation to? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Attorney General of India
(b) The President of India
(c) The Deputy Speaker
(d) The Chief Justice of India

Correct Answer: (c) The Deputy Speaker

Solution:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha may at any time, by writing under his hand addressed to the Deputy Speaker, resign from his office. This provision has been made in Article 94, which deals with vacation resignation, and the Deputy Speaker.

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