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Who presides over the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: A
Correct answer: The Vice President of India
The Vice President of India is ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, under Article 64, and presides over its sittings. This makes the office structurally different from the Lok Sabha’s. The Speaker is elected from among the members of that House; the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is not a member of it at all. In his absence the Deputy Chairman, who is a member and is elected by the House, presides. The Vice President has no other regular function, but acts as President when that office falls vacant, and did so when V. V. Giri stepped in after Zakir Husain’s death in 1969. He is elected by an electoral college of the members of both Houses of Parliament - unlike the President, whose electoral college also includes the state assemblies. He may be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by a majority of all its members and agreed to by the Lok Sabha; while such a resolution is under consideration, he does not preside.
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