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How many members are there in Public Accounts Committee?

(1) 22 members

(2) 28 members

(3) 30 members

(4) 20 members

Who is the only second VicePresident of India to get a second consecutive term after S. Radhakrishnan?

1) K.R. Narayanan

(2) B.S. Shekhawat

(3) M.H. Ansari

(4) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

Who has the right to decide whether a Bill is a money bill or not?

(1) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(2) Prime Minister

(3) President

(4) Finance Minister

The term of office of the VicePresident of India is

(1) 4 years

(2) 5 years

(3) 2 years

(4) 6 years

The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is

(1) Five years

(2) Six years

(3) The same as that of Lok Sabha

(4) Two years

The Prime Minister of India is

(1) Elected by the Lok Sabha

(2) Elected by the Parliament

(3) Appointed by the President

(4) Nominated by the party that has the majority in Lok Sabha

Who among the following was the first ‘Minister of Finance’ in independent India?

(1) R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

(2) Liaquat Ali Khan

(3) John Mathai

(4) Satya Narayan Sinha

Which of the following statements about a Money Bill is not correct?

(1) A Money Bill can be tabled in either House of Parliament.

(2) The Speaker of Lok Sabha is the final authority to decide whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not.

(3) The Rajya Sabha must return a Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha and send it for consideration within 14 days.

(4) The President cannot return a Money Bill to the Lok Sabha for reconsideration.

Who among the following was the first politician to become a Chief Minister of a State and Prime Minister of India?

(1) Mr. Morarji Desai

(2) Mr. Narendra Modi

(3) Mr. H D Deve Gowda

(4) Mr. Charan Singh

Who among the following gave the slogan ‘Garibi Hatao’ and led Congress to win the general elections of 1971?

(1) Indira Gandhi

(2) Morarji Desai

(3) Sitaram Kesri

(4) Jayaprakash Narayan

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution includes the procedure for the impeachment of the President?

(1) Article-59

(2) Article-71

(3) Article-140

(4) Article-61

In the Union Government, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible for the :

(1) President

(2) Prime Minister

(3) Lok Sabha

(4) Parliament

After question hour, a motion moved by a Member of Parliament to draw the attention of Executive for discussing a definite matter of public importance is

(1) Privilege motion

(2) Calling attention Motion

(3) Adjournment motion

(4) No-confidence motion

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament is appointed by the

(1) President of India

(2) Prime Minister of India

(3) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(4) Chairman of Rajya Sabha

From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha?

(1) Sushma Swaraj

(2) Margret Alva

(3) Meira Kumar

(4) Sarojini Naidu

The Residuary powers of legislation under Indian Constitution rests with

1) President

(2) Prime Minister

(3) Parliament

(4) States

Appointments for all India Services are made by

1) UPSC

(2) President

(3) Prime Minister

(4) Parliament

The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of resignation to the

(1) President of India

(2) Prime Minister

(3) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

(4) The Chief Justice of India