UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 34

UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 34

331) Which of the following is the correct sequence of the grades of officers in the Central Secretariat?
1. Secretary
2. Additional Secretary
3. Joint Secretary
4. Deputy Secretary
5. Under Secretary
6. Director
A) 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 5
B) 2, 1, 3, 5. 4, 6
C) 6, 4, 3, 5, 2,1
D) 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 3
Answer:  1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 5
   
332) Which of the following committees does not consist of any member from the Rajya Sabha?
A) Public Grievances Committee
B) Committee on Public Undertakings
C) Public Accounts Committee
D) Estimates Committee
Answer:  Estimates Committee
   
333) The Chairman of Public Accounts Committee is :
A) elected by Union Cabinet
B) appointed by Speaker
C) appointed by President
D) elected by members of PAC
Answer:  appointed by Speaker
   
334) Match the following:
Parliamentary Committees       Major Functions
A. Business Advisory Committee       1. Looks into the mode of public expenditure
B. Select Committee       2. Examines the veracity of budget estimates
C. Estimates Committee      3. Considers a bill and submits to the House a report on it
D. Public Accounts Committee      4. Prepares time table for the whole session
Below codes are given in A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 4 1
C) 3 1 2 4
D) 4 3 2 1
Answer:  4 3 2 1
   
335) The largest committee of Parliament of India is:
A) Estimates Committee
B) Public Accounts Committee
C) Committee on Public Undertakings
D) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Answer:  Estimates Committee

336) Which of the following Parliamentary Committees in India acts as 'watch-dog' on departmental expenditure and irregularities?
A) Estimates Committee
B) Committee on Public Undertakings
C) Public Accounts Committee
D) Committee of Public Assurances
Answer:  Public Accounts Committee
   
337) Which of the following is termed as the custodian of public money in India whose function is to see that a not a single paisa is not spent without authority of Parliament?
A) Estimate Committee
B) Comptroller and Auditor General
C) Public Accounts Committee
D) Reserve Bank of India
Answer:  Comptroller and Auditor General
   
338) Which of the following committees exist only in the Lok Sabha?
I. Business Advisory Committee.
II. Committee on Private Members Bill and Resolutions.
III. Committee on Petitions.
IV. Committee on Assurances.
V. Estimates Committee.
A) I, II and III
B) III and IV
C) II and V
D) II, IV and V
Answer:  II and V
   
339) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Parliamentar Standing Committee : Chaired by
A) Public Accounts Committee : Member of Opposition
B) Committee on Public Undertakings : Lok Sabha member
C) Business Advisory Committee : Finance Minister
D) Committee on Private Member's Bill and Resolutions : Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Answer:  Business Advisory Committee : Finance Minister
   
340) Which of the following statements regarding the Estimates Committee are correct?
I. Members of the Rajya Sabha are associated with it.
II. It has thirty members.
III. Its members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation for a period of one year.
IV. The Speaker nominates one of its members to be its Chairman.
A) I, II and III
B) I, III and IV
C) II, and IV
D) II, III and IV
Answer:  II, III and IV