UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 26

UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 26

251) Reservation of seats for SCs and STs was started in the year
A) 1950
B) 1951
C) 1952
D) 1960
Answer:  1950
   
252) Consider the following statements
1. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Committee of constitutes Members of both the House of Parliament.
2. The main purpose of these committees is to provide a forum for formal discussion between the Government and Members of Parliament and Programmes of the Government.
Which of the statement(s) given above is /are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer:  Only 1
   
253) Which of the following are the Financial Committees of Parliament in India?
1. Public Accounts Committee
2. Estimate Committee
3. Committee on Public Undertakings Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes
A) Only 1
B) 1 and 2
C) 1 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer:  1, 2 and 3
   
254) Which of the following is not a tool of Parliamentary control over Public expenditures?
A) Public Accounts Committee
B) Attorney General of India
C) Estimates Committee
D) Committee on Public Undertakings
Answer:  Attorney General of India
   
255) Which one of the following is the correct meaning of Budget?
A) Money Bill
B) Statement of expenditure
C) Estimate of expenditure, the ways and means to raise revenue
D) A statement of the economic policy of the country
Answer:  Estimate of expenditure, the ways and means to raise revenue

256) Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Cut motion : demand to reduce allocation of funds
B) Guillotine : bring the debate to an end
C) Division : mode of arriving at a decision
D) Point of order : put an end to the business of the day
Answer:  Point of order : put an end to the business of the day
   
257) Which one of the following is not true?
A) The secretary general of Lok Sabha advises the speaker
B) He is the custodian of Parliamentary conventions
C) He provides secretarial assistance to all the Parliamentary committees
D) He is chosen amongst the members of the house.
Answer:  He is chosen amongst the members of the house.
    
258) Consider the following statements
After a Bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House, the President may notify to the Houses, his intention to summon a joint sitting if
1. the Bill is rejected by the other House
2. the Houses have finally disagreed on the amendments to be made in the Bill
Select the correct answer from the following codes given below.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer:  Both 1 and 2
   
259) Consider the following statements
1. A Bill returned by the President for reconsideration does not lapse on the dissolution of Lok Sabha.
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 under consideration of Lok Sabha lapses when the Lok Sabha is Prorogued.
4. A Bill originating in the Rajya Sabha, which has not been passed by the Lok Sabha and which is still pending in the Rajya Sabha does not lapse.
Select the correct answer from the following codes given below.
A) 2, 3 and 4
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 3 and 4
D) 1, 2 and 4
Answer:  2, 3 and 4
   
260) In which of the following cases the status of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is not equal?
A) Financial Bill
B) Impeachment of the President
C) Passage of amendments
D) Approval of ordinances
Answer:  Financial Bill