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UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of daily subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Each day, we cover one new subject. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Polity and Governance to check your progress. Come back tomorrow to solve the History, Culture, and Social Issues MCQs. Don’t miss checking the answers and explanations at the end of the quiz.
Consider the following statements:
1. The President determines the date and duration of parliamentary sessions.
2. The Constitution specifies that six months should not elapse between two parliamentary sessions and it has been borrowed from the Government of India Act of 1935.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
1. Substantive Motions depend upon or relate to other motions or follow upon some proceedings in the House.
2. Subsidiary Motion is a self-contained, independent proposal submitted for the approval of the House and drafted in such a way as to be capable of expressing a decision of the House.
3. Motions moved in substitution of the original motion for taking into consideration a policy or situation or statement or any other matter are called substitute motions.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
Consider the following statements:
1. Unstarred questions are answered through written replies which are placed on the Table of the House.
2. Starred questions are answered orally on the floor of the House.
3. Short notice questions are in regard to matters of public importance.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides for provision for separation of judiciary from executive?
(a) Article 46
(b) Article 48
(c) Article 51
(d) Article 50
S3WAAS is often heard in the news. It is best described as:
(a) It is a cloud service developed for government entities to generate Secure, Scalable and Sugamya (Accessible) websites.
(b) It is a database created through National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).
(c) It is a tool for Judiciary for effective court management.
(d) It is a national e-governance project for ICT enablement.
FYI:
— India’s Parliament has no fixed calendar of sittings. In 1955, a Lok Sabha committee had proposed a timetable for parliamentary sessions. It recommended that the Budget session of Parliament begin on February 1 and go on till May 7, and the Monsoon session start on July 15 and end on September 15.
— The government determines the date and duration of parliamentary sessions. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs takes this decision. It currently has ten Ministers, including those for Defence, Home, Finance, Agriculture, Tribal Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
— The Constitution specifies that six months should not elapse between two parliamentary sessions. This provision is a colonial legacy. The framers of the Constitution borrowed it from the Government of India Act of 1935. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
— Dr. B R Ambedkar argued that the central parliament was convened solely to collect taxes, and that the once-a-year gathering allowed the government to evade examination by the legislature. The interval between sessions was decreased to six months by the Constituent Assembly.
Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.
FYI:
— Motions can be classified under the following categories, namely:—
(i) Substantive Motions;
(ii) Substitute Motions; and
(iii) Subsidiary Motions.
— A substantive motion is a self-contained, independent proposal submitted for the approval of the House and drafted in such a way as to be capable of expressing a decision of the House, e.g. all resolutions are substantive motions. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
— Motions moved in substitution of the original motion for taking into consideration a policy or situation or statement or any other matter are called substitute motions. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
— Subsidiary Motions depend upon or relate to other motion or follow upon some proceedings in the House. They by themselves have no meaning and are not capable of stating the decision of the House without reference to the original motion or proceedings of the House. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
— Subsidiary motions can be further divided into:—
(1) Ancillary Motions;
(2) Superseding Motions; and
(3) Amendments
Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.
(Source: sansad.in)
FYI:
— Questions are of three kinds, viz., starred, unstarred and short notice questions.
— These are answered orally on the floor of the House and with reference to the reply given; members are entitled to ask supplementary questions. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
Unstarred Questions
— These call for written replies which are placed on the Table of the House and no supplementary are asked in respect of such replies. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
Short Notice Questions
— These may be put only in regard to matters of the public importance of an urgent character at shorter notice than provided for in the Rules of the two Houses and are answered orally as starred questions. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
— The Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha Secretariat gives at least five days’ notice to the Minister concerned to answer a question.
Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
(Source: mpa.gov.in)
FYI:
— Article 50 provides for separation of judiciary from executive.
— The State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.
Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.
(Source: Constitution of India)
FYI:
— S3WaaS is a cloud service developed for government entities to generate Secure, Scalable, and Sugamya (Accessible) websites.
— It enables government entities to choose from various themes for generating websites as well as customizing and managing the content easily, thus empowering them to maintain their online presence.
— Government entities requiring websites that are primarily informational can use the S3WaaS framework to generate and host the website under GOV.IN or NIC.IN domain.
Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.
(Other Source: s3waas.gov.in)
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