The Objectives Resolution which laid down the main objectives to guide the deliberations of the Assembly was moved by
Answer: B
The Objectives Resolution was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 and adopted on 22 January 1947.
It set out the aims that were later condensed into the Preamble - an independent sovereign republic, with justice, liberty and equality secured to all its people.
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If the offices of both President and Vice President fall vacant, the functions of the President are discharged by
Answer: A
Correct answer: The Chief Justice of India
If both offices are vacant, the Chief Justice of India discharges the functions of the President, and if that office too is vacant, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court available. This is not in the Constitution itself but in the President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969, passed when Zakir Husain died in office and V. V. Giri, then Vice President, resigned to contest the presidential election, leaving both posts vacant. Justice M. Hidayatullah, then Chief Justice, acted as President for about a month in 1969 - the only occasion on which the provision has been used. The ordinary case is simpler. If the President’s office alone falls vacant, the Vice President acts, and an election must be held within six months. V. V. Giri did so on Husain’s death, and B. D. Jatti on Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s in 1977. A vacancy in the Vice President’s office is filled by election as soon as possible, with no acting arrangement, since the Deputy Chairman presides over the Rajya Sabha meanwhile.
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President’s Rule in a state is imposed under which article of the Constitution?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Article 356
Article 356 allows the President, on receipt of a report from the Governor or otherwise, to assume the government of a state where the constitutional machinery has failed. It is commonly called President’s Rule or state emergency. The state assembly is then dissolved or suspended and the state is administered by the Governor on the President’s behalf, with Parliament legislating for it. The proclamation must be approved by both Houses within two months and lasts six months at a time, up to a maximum of three years. It was used very freely - over a hundred times - often to remove opposition governments, until the Supreme Court’s judgment in S. R. Bommai in 1994 made the proclamation subject to judicial review and held that a government’s majority must be tested on the floor of the House, not assessed in the Governor’s report. Its use has been far rarer since. Article 352 covers national emergency, Article 360 financial emergency - never yet declared - and Article 370 the former special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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The president addresses both the Houses of Parliament assembled together
Answer: C
The president addresses both Houses together at the first session after each general election and the first session of each year.
Article 87 requires it. The address is drafted by the government and sets out its policy for the year, and each House then debates it as the Motion of Thanks.
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The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is appointed by the
Answer: B
The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Since 1967 the post has by convention gone to a member of the opposition, which is what allows the committee to scrutinise government spending with real independence. It examines the CAG's reports.
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Who was the Chairman of the Union Power Committee of Constituent Assembly of India
Answer: D
Jawaharlal Nehru chaired the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly.
He also chaired the Union Constitution Committee and the States Committee. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee, Patel the Provincial Constitution Committee and the committee on fundamental rights and minorities.
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The number of members nominated by the president to the Rajya Sabha is Constitutionally limited to
Answer: A
The president nominates 12 members to the Rajya Sabha.
Article 80 allows it for persons with special knowledge or practical experience in literature, science, art and social service. They have the same rights as elected members except that they cannot vote in a presidential election.
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When were the first general elections of Independent India conducted ?
Answer: D
India's first general election was held over the winter of 1951–52, from October to February.
176 million people were eligible to vote, about 85 per cent of them unable to read, so parties were given symbols and separate ballot boxes. Turnout was about 45 per cent, and the Congress won 364 of 489 seats.
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With what subject do Articles 5 to 11 of the Constitution of India deal?
Answer: B
Articles 5 to 11 deal with citizenship.
They settle who was a citizen when the Constitution commenced, including migrants to and from Pakistan, and Article 11 gives Parliament the power to regulate everything since - which it has done through the Citizenship Act of 1955.
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The first session of the Constitutional Assembly was held on
Answer: B
The Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946, in the Constitution Hall at New Delhi.
Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member, presided as temporary chairman. The Muslim League boycotted the session, pressing its demand for a separate state.
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