Parliament — Set 3

Correct Answer: C. Termination of a sitting without naming a day for reassembly

• **Adjournment Sine Die** = ending a sitting without naming a reassembly date. • **Presiding Officer power** — declared by Speaker/Chairman at session end. • 💡 Termination of a session is 'prorogation'; 'dissolution' ends the House itself; fixed-time termination is 'adjournment', not sine die.

Correct Answer: C. President of India

• **Prorogation power** = belongs to the President of India. • **Article 85** — President summons, prorogues, and dissolves Parliament. • 💡 Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Speaker can only adjourn sittings; PM merely advises President — does not prorogue directly.

Correct Answer: B. A bill pending in Lok Sabha

• **Bill pending in Lok Sabha** = lapses on Lok Sabha dissolution. • **Article 107** — bill passed by LS but pending in RS does lapse; bill pending in RS alone does NOT lapse. • 💡 Bills pending only in Rajya Sabha do not lapse; Bills awaiting Presidential assent do not lapse; Bill passed by LS but pending in RS also lapses (alt-correct but here the question tests Lok-Sabha-pending case).

Correct Answer: D. One-tenth of total members

• **Quorum** = one-tenth of total House membership. • **Article 100** — includes presiding officer; below this, House is adjourned. • 💡 1/5th and 1/3rd are higher, non-constitutional figures; '50 members' is a threshold for Adjournment Motion, not quorum.

Correct Answer: C. Zero Hour

• **Zero Hour** = Indian innovation for raising issues without prior notice. • **Post-Question Hour** — starts at 12 noon; not in Rules of Procedure. • 💡 Half-an-Hour Discussion requires notice and relates to a recent question; Calling Attention Motion needs prior notice; Question Hour is scheduled.

Correct Answer: D. Oral answer

• **Starred Question** = demands oral answer on floor of the House. • **Asterisk mark + supplementary** — marked with '*'; supplementaries allowed. • 💡 Written answer = Unstarred; 'no answer' and 'after session' are not parliamentary categories.

Correct Answer: C. White

• **Unstarred Questions** = printed on white paper. • **Colour code** — starred=green, short notice=light pink, questions to private members=yellow. • 💡 Yellow = private member questions; Pink = short notice; Green = starred — not unstarred.

Correct Answer: A. 10 days

• **Short Notice Question** = notice period less than 10 days. • **Urgent public importance** — answered orally like starred questions. • 💡 14/21 days exceeds notice window; 7 days is not the threshold — 10 days is the cut-off.

Correct Answer: D. Draw attention to a definite matter of urgent public importance

• **Adjournment Motion** = focuses House on urgent public importance. • **50 members + censure element** — admitted with 50 MPs' support; carries implicit censure. • 💡 Delaying a bill uses Closure/dilatory motions; censuring a minister uses Censure Motion; cutting budget uses Cut Motions.

Correct Answer: A. Lok Sabha only

• **No-Confidence Motion** = moveable only in Lok Sabha. • **Article 75(3)** — Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha. • 💡 Rajya Sabha cannot move it as Cabinet is not answerable to it; Joint Sitting has no such motion; Both Houses together is incorrect.