This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Legislature > Union > Union Legislature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Union Legislature Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The maximum strength of the nominated members in both the Houses of Parliament can be: A) 14. B) 10. C) 20. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 2. Who presides over the Lok Sabha if neither the Speaker nor the Deputy Speaker is available? [Asstt Grade 1992] A) The senior most member of the Rajya Sabha. B) A member of the House of People appointed by the President. C) The senior most member of the Lok Sabha. D) A member chosen by Council of Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The senior most member of the Lok Sabha. 3. The supreme law making institution is the ..... A) Lokh sabha. B) Parliament. C) Rajya sabha. D) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 4. There are over ..... Parliament committees A) 25. B) 22. C) 24. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 5. The Union Territories get representation in: [Asstt Grade 1991] A) Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha. C) Both Houses of Parliament. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Houses of Parliament. 6. Who is the link between the President and the council of ministers? A) Prime minister. B) Governor. C) Cabinet. D) Chief minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime minister. 7. If a member of Parliament voluntarily acquires the citizenship of a foreign country: A) He will be disqualified from membership. B) He will continue to be a member of Parliament. C) He will have a choice of renouncing either. D) He will be penalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He will be disqualified from membership. 8. The Lok Sabha is elected for ..... years. A) 1. B) 5. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 9. What is the structure of the Union government? A) Judiciary, 2) Legislature, 3) Executive. B) Judiciary, 2) Executive, 3) Legislature. C) Legislature, 2) Executive, 3) Judiciary. D) Executive, 2) Legislature, 3) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislature, 2) Executive, 3) Judiciary. 10. Which one of the following is the largest (area wise) Lok Sabha constituency? [IAS 2008] A) Kachchh. B) Kangra. C) Ladakh. D) Bhilwara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kachchh. 11. What matters does union list includes? A) It includes matters of national importance such as defence, banking, etc. B) It includes matters that are important to both the union and the states . C) It includes matters of importance to the states such as public order . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It includes matters of national importance such as defence, banking, etc. 12. Who among the following has the final power to maintain order within the House of People? A) Marshal of the House. B) Prime Minister. C) Speaker. D) Chief of Security Staff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker. 13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Parliamentary Standing Committee Chaired by A) Public Accounts Committee - Member of Opposition. B) Committee on Public Undertakings - Lok Sabha member. C) Committee on Private Member's Bill and Resolutions - Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. D) Business Advisory Committee - Finance Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Business Advisory Committee - Finance Minister. 14. "I" show the income and the expenditure of the government. Who am I? A) Budget. B) Executive. C) Majority. D) Money Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Budget. 15. Who calls for the joint sitting of the Parliament when deadlock arise; A) Vice President. B) Speaker. C) Prime Minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President. 16. The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British parliamentary system in that India has: [IAS 1998] A) Both a real and a nominal executive. B) A system of collective responsibility. C) Bicameral legislature. D) The system of judicial review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The system of judicial review. 17. Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected according to: [Delhi Police 1994] A) Cumulative Vote System. B) Single Non-transferable Vote System. C) Single Transferable Vote System. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single Transferable Vote System. 18. Meaning of impeachment A) To remove from office especially for misconduct. B) By virtue of one's position or status. C) To officially undo a law. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To remove from office especially for misconduct. 19. The quorum of the Lok Sabha required ; A) 1/12th. B) 1/10th. C) 1/9th. D) 1/11th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/10th. 20. With reference to the conduct of government business in the Parliament of India, the term 'closure' refers to [CDS 2011] A) A rule of legislative procedure under which further debate on a motion can be halted. B) Refusal on the part of the government to have the opposition look at important document. C) The termination of a parliamentary session. D) Suspension of debate at the termination of a day's sitting of the Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rule of legislative procedure under which further debate on a motion can be halted. 21. THE UNION PARLIAMENT HAS TWO-HOUSES: A) JUDICIARY AND RAJYA SABHA. B) RAJYA SABHA AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. C) EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE. D) LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA. 22. The composition of Parliament include ; A) President, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha. B) Rajya Sabha-Lok Sabha and vice-president. C) Rajya Sabha-Lok Sabha-President. D) Prime Minister-Union parliament and State Legislature Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha. 23. For the purpose of elections, the country is divided into several constituencies on the basis of- A) Age. B) Caste. C) Population. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 24. For a session or meeting to take place, at least ..... of the total membership has to be present. A) 20%. B) 15%. C) 10%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10%. 25. Maximum strength of Rajya Sabha should be A) 100. B) 300. C) 150. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 250. 26. Who is the Constitutional head of the Government of India? A) President. B) Council of Minister. C) Vice-President. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 27. Who is the Head of the state or Chief Executive in the government? A) The President. B) The Speaker. C) The Council of Ministers. D) The Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The President. 28. SUBJECTS FOR LEGISLATION ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE LISTS-THE ..... LIST, THE ..... LIST, AND THE ..... LIST. A) LEGISLATURE, UNION AND STATE. B) LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIARY AND EXECUTIVE. C) UNION, STATE AND CONCURRENT. D) LOK SABHA, RAJYA SABHA AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UNION, STATE AND CONCURRENT. 29. Which of the following is not a part of the Union Parliament? A) Rajya Sabha. B) Vidhan Sabha. C) Lok Sabha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vidhan Sabha. 30. A Bill for alteration of boundaries of States shall not be introduced in the Parliament. without the recommendation of: [Central Excise 1993] A) The presiding officers of both Houses of Parliament. B) The legislatures of the States concerned. C) Supreme Court. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President. 31. Who is the vital link between the Council of Ministers and the President of India A) The Communications minister. B) The Prime Minister. C) The Cabinet ministers. D) The Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Prime Minister. 32. Who among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha? [IAS 1995] A) Elected members to the Lower House of Parliament. B) Elected members of the. Upper House of Parliament. C) Elected members of the Lower House of State Legislature. D) Elected members of the Upper House of State Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elected members of the Lower House of State Legislature. 33. The President nominates 12 members of the Rajya Sabha according to: A) Their performance as office bearers of cultural societies. B) Their role played in political set up of the country. C) The recommendations made by the Vice-President. D) Their distinction in the field of science, art, literature and social service. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their distinction in the field of science, art, literature and social service. 34. THE MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF RAJYA SABHA AND LOK SABHA IS: A) 222, 552. B) 252, 552. C) 252, 550. D) 250, 552. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 250, 552. 35. What is The Union Legislature also called? A) The Parliament. B) The Lok Sabha. C) Legislative council. D) Legislative assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Parliament. 36. The money bill can be introduced by which house? A) Rajya Sabha. B) State List. C) Government. D) Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lok Sabha. 37. The total number of members in a Legislative Council should not exceed that of a Legislative Assembly by: A) 1/4. B) 1/3. C) 1/2. D) 2/3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/3. 38. As a result of prorogation which of the following is not affected? A) Resolutions. B) Motions. C) Notices. D) Bills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bills. 39. The Chairman of the Public. Accounts Committee of the Parliament is appointed by: A) Speaker of Lok Sabha. B) Finance Minister. C) President. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker of Lok Sabha. 40. Lok sabha has ..... members A) 550. B) 552. C) 545. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 545. 41. What type of elections are held after the completion of the term of Lok Sabha? A) General elections. B) Emergency elections. C) By elections. D) Mid term elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General elections. 42. In the general elections of 2014, the election Commission of India set up a polling booth in the Gir forest for only one person A) Guru Bharatdas Darshndas. B) Guru ram Darshndas. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Bharatdas Darshndas. 43. The Centre and State can frame laws from this list A) Concurrent List. B) Union List. C) Residuary Powers. D) State List. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concurrent List. 44. Who is head of the " Legislature" ? A) President. B) Prime Minister. C) Speaker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 45. Who among the following decides whether a particular bill is a Money Bill or not? [Asstt Grade 1994] A) Speaker of Lok Sabha. B) Finance Minister. C) President. D) Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker of Lok Sabha. 46. Amongst the following, for whose removal Parliament's resolution is not needed? A) Chief Election Commissioner. B) Governor of a State. C) Judge of Supreme Court. D) Comptroller and Auditor General. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judge of Supreme Court. 47. Anti-Defection Amendment was made in ..... A) 1999. B) 1979. C) 1985. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1985. 48. The Qualifications for the a candidate to be a President are A) 35 years of age. B) 24 years of age. C) Not an Indian citizen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 35 years of age. 49. The Chairman of Public Accounts Committee is: [CDS 1992] A) Appointed by Speaker. B) Appointed by President. C) Elected by members of PAC. D) Elected by Union Cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appointed by Speaker. 50. The ..... may dissolve the Lok sabha before the expiry of its term if the party inpower loses the support of the majority. A) Legislature. B) President. C) Prime Minister. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 51. How many members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India? A) 13. B) 11. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 52. The Parliament is the supreme authority in the government because it has the final authority to accept or reject the decisions of the ..... A) Lok Sabha. B) Executive. C) Legislature. D) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 53. If a person elected to both the Union Parliament and a State Legislature does not vacate his seat in the State Legislature within the stipulated period then: A) His seat in the State Legislature automatically becomes vacant. B) His seat in the Parliament will become vacant. C) Both the seats will become vacant. D) He may be debarred from contesting elections in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His seat in the Parliament will become vacant. 54. By what process legislature can remove the president? A) No-Confidence motion. B) Impeachment. C) Zero Hour. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impeachment. 55. The Annual Financial Statement is caused to be laid before both Houses of Parliament by the: A) Finance Minister. B) Speaker. C) President. D) Vice-President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President. 56. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha? A) CM. Stephen. B) Y.B. Chavan. C) Bhola Paswan. D) Kamlapati Tripathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kamlapati Tripathi. 57. Which of the following is true? [CDS 1992] A) The Chairman and Deputy Chairman, both are not members of Rajya Sabha. B) In the election of President, nominated members of State Legislative Assembly. do not take part while in the election of Vice-President they take part. C) In the 1992 election of President of India, the members of Union Territories participated for the first time. D) India follows the British convention that the Finance Minister should be a member of Lower House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the 1992 election of President of India, the members of Union Territories participated for the first time. 58. Which of the following statements are true;a. The Lok Sabha along with Rajya Sabha discuss and pass the money Bill.b. The Rajya Sabha members are elected by the members of the both House of the Parliament.c. The Rajya Sabha is the Permanent body .d. The Rajya Sabha along with Lok Sabha impeach the President. A) Only A. B) Both A and B. C) B, C and D. D) Only C and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B, C and D. 59. Parliament's expenditure is controlled by: A) President. B) Finance Commission. C) National Development Council. D) Comptroller and Auditor General. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comptroller and Auditor General. 60. How many members of the Lok Sabha must support a motion of 'no confidence' in the government, before it can be admitted by the Speaker? A) 50. B) 25. C) 20. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLegislature QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesUnion Legislature Quiz 1Union Legislature Quiz 2Union Legislature Quiz 3Union Legislature Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books