The Two Houses

Q.

The quorum of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is _________ of the total membership of each house.

Q.

Who Presides Over the Meeting of a Rajya Sabha in the Absence of the Vice–President of India?

Q. Select the ‘co-equal’ powers of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha from the following.

1. Initiating an Ordinary Bill
2. Questioning ministers
3. Impeachment and election
4. Initiating money bills

Q.

Who among the following can be rightly called the guardian of the public purse in India?

1. President of India

2. Comptroller and Auditor General of India

3. Prime minister of India

4. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Q. Match the following.
LS= Lok Sabha
RS= Rajya Sabha

1. 25 years
2. 250
3. 552
4. 30 years

Q. The Chairman of Rajya Sabha is theof India.

1. Vice President
2. President
3. Prime Minister

Q. The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of _____ members.

1. 550
2. 250
3. 400
4. 100

Q. The Lok Sabha has a fixed term of how many years?

1. Three
2. Four
3. Five
4. Six

Q. Which of the following statements talk about the Rajya Sabha?

1. It consists of directly elected members from different states.
2. Its maximum strength is 550.
3. To become its member, the minimum age of a person should be 30 years.
4. Its chairman is the Vice President of India.

Q. The Rajya Sabha has a life of _____________.

1. 2 years
2. 6 years
3. 7 years
4. Permanency

Q. Lok Sabha has the power to remove the Council by passing a .

1. No Confidence Motion
2. Privilege Motion
3. Adjournment Motion

Q. __________ is the Ex-officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.

Q. What is the quorum to hold the meetings of the Lok Sabha?

Q. The President of India can nominate _____________.

1. 10 members to Rajya Sabha
2. 10 members to Lok Sabha
3. 12 members to Rajya Sabha
4. 1/4th of the members of Rajya Sabha

Q. Ram says If an emergency has been declared, then the term of Lok Sabha can be extended for two years at a time through Parliament’s approval. Deepa says If an emergency has been declared, the term of Lok Sabha is reduced by a year.

Who do you think is right?

1. Ram is right.
2. Both are right.
3. Deepa is right.
4. Both are wrong.

Q. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Prime Minister
4. Chief Justice of India

Q. The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha is _________ with ________ indirectly elected members.

1. 250, 233
2. 245, 234
3. 245, 233
4. 250, 234

Q. Which of the following statements talk about the Rajya Sabha?

1. It consists of directly elected members from different states.
2. Its maximum strength is 550.
3. To become its member, the minimum age of a person should be 30 years.
4. Its chairman is the Vice President of India.

Q. Lok Sabha is the House of People while the Rajya Sabha is House of Elders.

1. True
2. False

Q. The Lok Sabha has more powers than the Rajya Sabha since it is a directly elected body.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is a permanent body?

1. Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
2. Neither Rajya Sabha nor Lok Sabha
3. Rajya Sabha
4. Lok Sabha