Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Politics-GK

Demand for Grants: Earmarking of budgetary allocation for meeting the plan and non-plan expenditure of a Ministry/Department.

Adjournment of Debate: Adjournment on a motion adopted by the House, of the debate on a Motion/Resolution/Bill on which the House is then engaged until a future day or sine die as specified in the motion.

Adjournment of the sitting of the House: Termination of the sitting of the House which meets again at the time appointed for the next sitting.

Adjournment Sine die: Termination of a sitting of the House without any definite date being fixed for the next sitting.

A governor, though he remains in office at the pleasure of the President is an integral part of State Legislature. Governor is an integral part of the State Legislature as the President is in the Parliament. Article 168(1) of the Indian Constitution provides that for every State there shall be a Legislature, which shall consist of the Governor and two Houses or one House as the case may be.

Article 13 and Article 226 of the Constitution of India explicitly confer the power of judicial review on a High Court.

Highest Law officer of India is Attorney General and Highest Law officer of a State in India is Advocate General.

Article 164: The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

The Chairman of Rajya sabha can be removed from his office only if he is removed from the office of Vice-President. The Constitution states that the Vice President can be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by an effective majority (i.e.,majority of all the then member of the house) and agreed by the Lok Sabha with simple majority (Article 67(b)).

The parliamentary form of government as prevalent in India emphasizes the interdependence between the Legislative and Executive Organs.

The constitution of India deals with the organization, composition, duration, officers, procedures, privileges, power of the parliament under Article 79 to 122 in Part V. Article 79 of the Indian constitution says that India will have a parliament for making laws to run the democratic set up of the country. Article 79 to 122 in part V of the constitution of India deal with the organization, privileges, and powers and so on of the parliament.

A lame duck session is conducted after election of new members but before they are installed. Hence, in such a session participants vote for the last time as elected officials because of their failure to get re-elected or because they are retiring voluntarily. In the US, it is a term for a person or legislature that continues to hold office after losing an election. The practice in the US of holding presidential elections in November with the winner taking office only in January means that often there are lame duck Presidents.

Pro-tem speaker is mainly an operating and temporary speaker. To conduct the works in the centre or in state legislatives, pro-tem speaker is appointed for a limited time period. Generally in such a condition when the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies have been elected, but the vote for the speaker and deputy speaker has not taken place, the pro-tem speaker is chosen. Pro-tem speaker is chosen with the agreement of the members of the Lok Sabha and legislative assembly, so that he can carry on the activities till the permanent speaker is not chosen.