Q.1) Answer (c)
Q.2) Answer (d)
Q.3) Answer (d)
Q.4) Answer (a)
Option (a) is wrong. Other options are correct. hence answer is (a)
Q.5) Answer (d)
Bills seeking amendment to the constitution cannot be sent back by the President. This provision had been added by the 24th constitutional amendment act.
Q.6) Answer (a)
The origin of this committee can be traced to the standing financial committee set up in 1921. The first Estimates Committee in the post-independence era was constituted in 1950 on the recommendation of John Mathai, the then finance minister.
All the thirty members are from Lok Sabha only. The Rajya Sabha has no representation in this committee. These members are elected by the Lok Sabha every year from amongst its own members, according to the principles of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
Q.7) Answer (d)
Q.8) Answer (c)
This committee was set up first in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919 and has since been in existence. At present, it consists of 22 members (15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha).
A minister cannot be elected as a member of the committee. The chairman of the committee is appointed from amongst its members by the Speaker. Until 1966 – ‘67, the chairman of the committee belonged to the ruling party. However, since 1967 a convention has developed whereby the chairman of the committee is selected invariably from the Opposition.
Q.9) Answer (c)
The table below explains which bills in what position lapse when Lok Sabha dissolves:
| S.No | Position of the Bill | Lapse of the Bill |
| 1 | A bill pending in the Lok Sabha | Lapses |
| 2 | A bill passed by the Lok Sabha but pending in the Rajya Sabha | Lapses |
| 3 | A bill not passed by the two Houses due to disagreement and if the president has notified the holding of a joint sitting before the dissolution of Lok Sabha | Does not Lapse |
| 4 | A bill pending in the Rajya Sabha but not passed by the Lok Sabha | Does not Lapse |
| 5 | A bill passed by both Houses but pending assent of the president | Does not Lapse |
| 6 | A bill passed by both Houses but returned by the president for reconsideration of Houses | Does not Lapse |
Q.10) Answer (a)
Q.11) Answer (c)
Q.12) Answer (c)
Q.13) Answer (c)
This is the bedrock principle of parliamentary government. The ministers are collectively responsible to the Parliament in general and to the Lok Sabha in particular (Article 75).
The lower house of the Parliament (Lok Sabha) can be dissolved by the President on recommendation of the Prime Minister. In other words, the prime minister can advise the President to dissolve the Lok Sabha before the expiry of its term and hold fresh elections. This means that the executive enjoys the right to get the legislature dissolved in a parliamentary system.
Q.14) Answer. (a)
Statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.
The parliamentary system of government in India is largely based on the British parliamentary system. however, it never became a replica of the British system and differs in the following respects:
Usually, the members of parliament alone are appointed as ministers in Britain. India, a person who is not a member of parliament can also be appointed as minister, but for a maximum period of 6 months.
In Britain, the prime minister should be a member of lower house of the parliament. In India, the prime minister may be a member of any of the two houses of the parliament. For example, three prime ministers, Indira Gandhi (1966), Devegowda (1996), and Manmohan Singh (2004), were members of Rajya Sabha.
Britain has the system of legal responsibility of the minister while India has no such system. Unlike in Britain, the ministers in India are not required to countersign the official acts of the head of the state.
Q.15) Answer (b)
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