UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 41

UNION LEGISLATURE MCQS SET 41

401) A team of men selected by the party in opposition to take over the different portfolios in case the party is able to wrest power is known as:
A) inner Cabinet
B) shadow Cabinet
C) causes
D) prorogation
Answer:  shadow Cabinet
   
402) Under which of the following conditions security deposits of a candidate contesting for a Lok Sabha seat is returned to him/her?
I. The nomination made by the candidate if found to be invalid.
II. The candidate has withdrawn his/her nomination even through it is found valid.
III. The candidate lost the polls but secured 1/6th of the total number of valid votes polled in that election.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
A) I and II
B) I, II and III
C) II and III
D) I only
Answer:  I and II
   
403) Which of the following correctly reflects the position of the Upper House of the State
Legislature as compared to the position of the Upper House of the Parliament?
A) 1/3rd members of Rajya Sabha retire every second year while 1/4th members of Legislative Council retire every 18 months
B) There is no provision for a joint sitting of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council in the States for resolving deadlocks While there is such a provision in the case of the two House of Parliament
C) While no Bill other than a Money Bill can originate in the State Legislative Council, no Bill can originate in the Rajya Sabha
D) While Rajya Sabha has 12 nominated members, the State Legislative Council has none
Answer:  There is no provision for a joint sitting of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council in the States for resolving deadlocks While there is such a provision in the case of the two House of Parliament
   
404) A member of Parliament has immunity from arrest, means:
A) a member of Parliament cannot be arrested and put in prison in a civil action within a period of 40 days before the commencement of the session and 40 days after the termination of the session
B) a member of Parliament cannot be prosecuted in criminal proceedings
C) an MP cannot be detained preventively
D) an MP cannot be arrested for the contempt of court
Answer:  a member of Parliament cannot be arrested and put in prison in a civil action within a period of 40 days before the commencement of the session and 40 days after the termination of the session
   
405) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) A member of Parliament has absolute freedom of speech
B) No member of Parliament can be proceeded in a court of law for any disclosure he makes in Parliament
C) A member of Parliament is protected for any defamatory speech he makes in the Parliament and then circulates its copies to the public
D) A member of Parliament is protected for any speech he makes in the Parliament
Answer:  No member of Parliament can be proceeded in a court of law for any disclosure he makes in Parliament

406) Which of the following is incorrect?
A) Newspapers can publish Parliamentary proceedings
B) Newspapers can publish any part of proceedings with the permission of the Speaker
C) Newspapers have also the freedom to publish expunged portions of the speech of an MP
D) Parliament has freedom to publish its proceedings
Answer:  Newspapers have also the freedom to publish expunged portions of the speech of an MP
   
407) Who among the following may belong to the Rajya Sabha but can speak in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ?
A) Ministers who are members of the Rajya Sabha
B) Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha who may be experts in different fields of knowledge
C) The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
D) Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha
Answer:  Ministers who are members of the Rajya Sabha
   
408) A Member of Parliament can claim immunity:
A) from criminal cases only
B) cannot claim immunity either from civil or from criminal cases
C) both from civil as well as criminal cases
D) from civil cases only
Answer:  from civil cases only
   
409) Which of the following is incorrect?
A) The power of summoning and prorogation of the House is vested in the President, though it is exercised on the aid and advice of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
B) Prorogation of the House has the effect of wiping out the pending business
C) Adjournment of the House does not affect the pending business and the same may be taken up in the next sitting
D) Dissolution of Lok Sabha means that pending business is wiped out
Answer:  Prorogation of the House has the effect of wiping out the pending business
   
410) Which of the following is incorrect?
A) A Money Bill deals with imposition, remission, alteration or regulation of tax
B) A Money Bill deals with regulation borrowing money or giving of any guarantee by the Government
C) A Money Bill deals with the money of the Consolidated Fund
D) A Money Bill is one which provides for the imposition of tines or fees
Answer:  A Money Bill is one which provides for the imposition of tines or fees