This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Legislature > Union > Union Legislature – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Union Legislature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who elects the presiding officer or the speaker? A) The members of rajya sabha. B) The citizens. C) Prime minister. D) The members of lok sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The members of lok sabha. 2. Representatives of union Territories in Lok Sabha are chosen by: A) Direct elections. B) Indirect elections. C) Nomination. D) All the above means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct elections. 3. Prorogation of the House means: A) A House has been brought in session. B) The session of the House has been terminated. C) The House itself stands terminated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The session of the House has been terminated. 4. In How many parts constitution has divided the government? A) 4. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 5. Which of the following is correct? [IAS 1994] A) All the members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by State Legislative Assemblies. B) Only a member of the Rajya Sabha can contest for the office of the Vice-President. C) While a candidate to the Lok Sabha can contest from any State in India, a candidate to the Rajya Sabha should ordinarily be a resident of the State from where he is contesting. D) The Constitution explicitly prohibits the appointment of a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha to the post of a Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While a candidate to the Lok Sabha can contest from any State in India, a candidate to the Rajya Sabha should ordinarily be a resident of the State from where he is contesting. 6. The Rajya Sabha held its first sitting on A) 13 MAY 1951. B) 13 APRIL 1952. C) 13 MAY 1952. D) 13 MAY 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13 MAY 1952. 7. The largest committee of Parliament of India is: A) Committee on Public Undertakings. B) Public Accounts Committee. C) Joint Parliamentary Committee. D) Estimates Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estimates Committee. 8. To which of the following Bills the President must accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration? [I. Tax 1992] A) Ordinary Bills. B) Finance Bills. C) Bills passed by both the Houses of the Parliament. D) Bill seeking Amendment to the Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finance Bills. 9. The quorum for Joint Sitting of the Indian Parliament is [CDS 2009] A) One-tenth of the' total number of members of the House. B) One-twelfth of the .total number of members of the House. C) Two-third of the total number of members of the House. D) One-sixth of the total number of members of the House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One-tenth of the' total number of members of the House. 10. Whose function is it to see that no money is spent out of the Consolidated Fund of a State without the authority of the legislature? A) Public Accounts Committee. B) Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. C) Finance Commission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 11. Elections are generally held every ..... years in lok sabha A) 3 years. B) 4 years. C) 6years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 years. 12. People cast their vote through A) Polling booth. B) Secret Ballot. C) None of above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secret Ballot. 13. How many members are nominated in the Rajya Sabha by the President of India A) 12. B) 13. C) 15. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 14. The term of the Lok Sabha is? A) 5 years. B) 7 years. C) 8 years. D) 9 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 years. 15. What are the three legislative list? A) Legislature, Executive, Judiciary. B) Financial control, judicial functions, money bills. C) Union list, Concurrent list, State list. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union list, Concurrent list, State list. 16. Who is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha? A) The president, Chairperson. B) The minister, The speaker. C) The speaker, Chairperson. D) The speaker, The Vice-President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker, The Vice-President. 17. Which of the following is/are correct statement(s) regarding a bill? i. A bill can become an act only after the approval of the President.ii. A bill has to be approved by both the houses of the Parliament.iii. It undergoes four readings in each House of Parliament. A) Only i. B) I & ii. C) I & iii. D) Only iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I & ii. 18. Which of the following is NOT a session of the Lok Sabha. A) The Winter Session. B) The Summer Session. C) The Monsoon Session. D) The Budget Session. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Summer Session. 19. Lok Sabha consists of how many members? A) 550. B) 250. C) 350. D) 552. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 552. 20. Which House is better placed with regard to control over the executive? A) Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha. C) Both are equally placed. D) It depends from which House the Prime Minister comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lok Sabha. 21. Rajya Sabha held its first session on A) 12 May 1952. B) 29 may 1950. C) 3 October 1940. D) 13 May 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13 May 1952. 22. Who among the following fixes the salaries and the allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha? A) Cabinet. B) President. C) Council of Ministers. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament. 23. The ..... is the presiding officerof the Rajya Sabha. A) Vice-President. B) Legislature. C) Prime Minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vice-President. 24. Which of the following committees does not consist of any member from the Rajya Sabha? A) Estimates Committee. B) Committee on Public Undertakings. C) Public Accounts Committee. D) Public Grievances Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estimates Committee. 25. While a proclamation of Emerqency is in operation, the duration of the Lok Sabha can be extended by not exceeding [Asstt Commdt 2011] A) Nine months. B) Two years at a time. C) One year at a time. D) Three months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One year at a time. 26. What is the minimum age for election/appointment as member of the Rajya Sabha? [RRB 1994] A) 25 years. B) 30 years. C) 35 years. D) 40 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30 years. 27. What is 'zero hour'? A) When the proposals of the opposition are considered. B) When matters of utmost importance are raised. C) Interval between the morning- and afternoon sessions. D) When a Money Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When matters of utmost importance are raised. 28. Parliament or a State Legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member absents himself without permission from the sessions for: [IAS 1990] A) 60 days. B) 90 days. C) 30 days. D) 120 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60 days. 29. The Rajya Sabha meetings are presided by A) The Prime Minister. B) The Speaker. C) The Vice-President. D) Both Speaker and the Vice President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vice-President. 30. Parliament is empowered to get all the following removed except: A) Comptroller and Auditor General. B) Supreme Court Judges. C) Chairman of UPSC. D) High Court Judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chairman of UPSC. 31. What is the minimum age requirement for contesting the election to the Lok Sabha? A) 30 years. B) 20 years. C) 25 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25 years. 32. The time gap between two sessions of the Parliament should not exceed: A) 6 months. B) 3 months. C) 1 year. D) 9 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 months. 33. The term of the Lok Sabha: A) Cannot be extended. B) Can be extended by 1year at a time. C) Can be extended for another full term of 5 years. D) Can be extended for an unlimited period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be extended by 1year at a time. 34. Which authority recommends the principles governing the grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India? [Asstt Grade 1994] A) Finance Commission. B) Union Ministry of Finance. C) Public Accounts Committee. D) Inter State Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finance Commission. 35. What is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha as laid down in the constitution? A) 590. B) 624. C) 552. D) 545. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 552. 36. Which of the following States sends the maximum number of members to the Rajya Sabha? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) West Bengal. D) All equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh. 37. When can the Speaker exercise his right to vote in the House? A) Only in the event of equality of votes. B) Whenever his party directs. C) Whenever he desires. D) Whenever the House desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only in the event of equality of votes. 38. In normal times, the Union Parliament: A) Cannot legislate on any item in the State List. B) Can legislate on any item in the State List if the President so desires. C) Can legislate on any item in the State List if the Lok Sabha passes a resolution to that effect by 2/3rd majority. D) Can legislate on any item in the State List if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution to that effect by 2/3rd majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can legislate on any item in the State List if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution to that effect by 2/3rd majority. 39. Which of the following is incorrect in respect of parliamentary control over the Budget? [IAS 1993] A) Parliament has no power to impose a tax without the President's recommendation. B) Parliament has the power to increase expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund. C) Parliament cannot increase a tax without the President's recommendation. D) Parliament has no say in the preparation of the Budget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament has no say in the preparation of the Budget. 40. By 'charged' expenditure is meant: A) Expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India which is non-votable. B) Expenditure incurred for which payment is pending. C) Expenditure that the President can incur without Parliament's approval. D) The sum required to meet all expenditure proposed to be made from the Consolidated Fund of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India which is non-votable. 41. What fraction of Rajya Sabha Members get retired after 2 years? A) 1/4. B) 2/3. C) 1/3. D) 1/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1/3. 42. Who is considered the guardian of the Public Purse? A) Parliament. B) Comptroller and Auditor General. C) Public Accounts Committee. D) The President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comptroller and Auditor General. 43. Age of voting in India A) Above 18 years. B) 18 years of age and above. C) 25 years of age. D) 30 years of age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18 years of age and above. 44. WHO ELECTS THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT A) THE MEMBER OF RAJYA SABHA. B) THE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA. C) THE PRIME MINISTER. D) THE PRESIDENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA. 45. Which of the following can be abolished, but not dissolved? [IAS 1991] A) Rajya Sabha. B) Municipal Bodies. C) State Legislative Council. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State Legislative Council. 46. Which is a permanent body that cannot be dissolved A) The parliament. B) The Lok Sabha. C) The speaker. D) The Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Rajya Sabha. 47. Current strength of Lok Sabha (17th session) is A) 545. B) 548. C) 543. D) 547. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 543. 48. If the Rajya Sabha rejects a Money Bill, then which of the following is correct? A) Lok Sabha may or may not accept its recommendation. B) Lok Sabha may not consider it at all. C) President calls a joint session for passing of the Bill. D) Bill is sent for further consideration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lok Sabha may or may not accept its recommendation. 49. When the annual Union Budget is not passed by the Lok Sabha? [CSAT2011] A) The Budget is modified and presented again. B) The Budget is referred to the Rajya Sabha for suggestions. C) The Union Finance Minister is asked to resign. D) The Prime Minister submits. The resignation of Council of Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Prime Minister submits. The resignation of Council of Ministers. 50. The council of Minister does not include A) The Cabinet Ministers. B) The President. C) The Deputy Ministers. D) The State Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The President. 51. According to the Constitution of India the maximum number of members representing the Union Territories in the Lok Sabha cannot exceed: [CDS 1992] A) 20. B) 10. C) 25. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 52. When a non-minister proposes a bill, it is called ..... Bill A) Private Member. B) Fundamental. C) Government. D) Public. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private Member. 53. The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabhacan be ..... members. A) 254. B) 252. C) 250. D) 256. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 250. 54. Who is the presiding officer of Lok sabha A) The President. B) The speaker. C) The Prime Minister. D) The Vice President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker. 55. Money Bill is introduced in ; A) Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha Only. C) Lok Sabha Only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lok Sabha Only. 56. In case of emergency the term of Lok Sabha can be extended by A) 2 years. B) 6 months. C) 1 year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 year. 57. The Speaker may be removed: A) By a resolution of a House passed by the majority of total membership of the House. B) By a resolution of the House passed by 2/3rd majority of members present and voting. C) By a resolution of the House moved after 14 days clear notice and passed by majority of all the then members of the House. D) By a resolution moved after 14 days notice and passed by majority of the members present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By a resolution of the House moved after 14 days clear notice and passed by majority of all the then members of the House. 58. The Council of Ministers has ..... ranks. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 59. At a joint sitting of Parliament a bill has to be passed A) By a simple majority of the total number of members of both Houses. B) By a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of both Houses. C) By a simple majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. D) By a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By a simple majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. 60. At present the Rajya Sabha consists of ..... members. A) 245. B) 250. C) 238. D) 240. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 245. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLegislature QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesUnion Legislature Quiz 1Union Legislature Quiz 2Union Legislature Quiz 4Union Legislature Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books