Polity Parliament Test 14 Welcome to your Polity Parliament Test 14 Name Email 1.Who has to resign when the No-Confidence Motion is passed in the Lok Sabha ? (a) Lok Sabha Speaker (b) The leader of Opposition (c) Council of Ministers (d) President None 2. The Upper House of the Indian Parliament is also known as _____. (a) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha (c) Vidhan Parishad (d) Vidhan Sabha None 3. Who among the following takes part in the election of the President of India? (a) Elected Members of both the houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the states. (b) Elected and nominated members of both the houses of Parliament. (c) Elected members of both the houses of Parliament only. . (d) Elected and nominated members of both the houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the states None 4.As per Article 274 of constitution, whose prior recommendation is required to the Bills affecting taxation ? (a) Chairman of Rajya Sabha (b) Union Finance Minister (c) President (d) Prime MInister None 5.Who among the following has the power to promulgate ordinance ? (a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (d) Defence Minister None 6.When was the first Lok Sabha constituted ? (a)1950 (b)1948 (c)1952 (d)1951 None 7.Which of the following statements regarding the Lok sabha is NOT correct ? (a) Central council of ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha (b) Whether the bill is a money bill or not, the final decision will be taken by the leader of the opposition. (c) Money bill can be presented only in the Lok Sabha (d) The No-confidence motion against the council of ministers can be presented only in the Lok Sabha None 8.Who among the following became the country’s Vice President twice ? (a) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (b) Mohammad Hidayatullah (c) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (d) K R Narayanan None 9. Who appoints the chief justice of India ? (a)Prime Minister (b)Loksabha Speaker (c)Vice-President (d)President None 10. ____was the Chief Justice of India from January 1950 to November1951. (a) Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (b) Harilal Jekisundas Kania (c) Mehr Chand Mahajan (d) Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha None 11.After 1994, how many sessions of the Rajya Sabha are usually held in a year? (a) four (b) two (c) three (d) six None 12.Matters, which are not points of order, can be raised by way of Special Mentions under Rule ________ of Lok Sabha. (a) 377 (b) 302 (c) 223 (d) 214 None 13. In Parliamentary proceedings, how many matters per day as per their priority in the ballot are allowed to be raised during 'Zero Hour'? (a) 21 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20 None 14.Who decides the admissibility of Questions in Lok Sabha? (a) Speaker (b) Prime Minister (c) Deputy Speaker (d) Vice President None 15.The first session of the first Lok Sabha commenced on ________. (a) 26th January 1950 (b) 15th August 1947 (c) 15th August 1951 (d) 13th May 1952 None 16.The quorum to constitute a sitting of the Lok Sabha is_____of the total number of Members of the House under article 100(3) of the Constitution of India. (a) one-tenth (b) one-fifth (c) one-third (d) half None 17.Who presides over the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament? (a) Prime Minister (b) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (c) The Vice President (d) President None 18.The power to enquire into and decide all the doubts and disputes arising out of election of the president is vested in: (a) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha (b) The Prime Minister of India (c) The Supreme Court (d) The Election Commission None 19.Which of the following is called the ‘popular chamber’? (a) State Assembly (b) Rajya Sabha (c) Lok Sabha (d) Gram Sabha None 20.The Parliament of India consists of __________. (a) President, House of the People and Council of States (b) House of the People (c) House of the People and Council of States (d) Council of States None 21.The power to summon the Houses of Parliament is vested with the _______. (a) Prime Minister (b) Speaker (c) Vice President (d) President None 22.The maximum number of nominated members to Lok Sabha is: (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2 None 23.Who was the prime minister of India during “the Emergency” between the years 1975 to 1977? (a) Indira Gandhi (b) Rajiv Gandhi (c) Morarji Desai (d) Charan Singh None 24.In case the President of India wants to resign, he would address his resignation to the _____________. (a) Chief Justice of India (b) Vice President of India (c) Chief Election Commissioner of India (d) Prime Minister of India None 25.In case of death of the President and the Vice President of India, the ____________ will act as the President of India. (a) Parliament chosen candidate (b) Prime Minister of India (c) Chief Justice of India (d) Attorney General of India None 26. Name the first ever judge of the Supreme Court against whom the motion of impeachment was introduced into Parliament in Independent India. (a) Justice Viraswami (b) Justice Ramaswami (c) Justice Mahajan (d) Justice Subba Rao None Time's up
