1. Which House is known as ' House of Elders'?
Ans: Rajya Sabha
2. Members of Rajya Sabha are elected for the period of:
Ans: 6 years
3. Salaries and Allowances of the President, Vice president, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Judges of Supreme Court, High Court is Charged from:
Ans: Consolidated Fund of India
4. Name the fund, which is used for the purpose of meeting unforeseen expenditure:
Ans: Contingency Fund of India
F Compared to Lok Sabha , Rajya Sabha has exclusive powers to give the union parliament the power to make laws on matters including the State List, Creation of All India Services.
F Article 312 relates to All India Services.
5. Joint Session of Parliament is presided by:
Ans: The Speaker of Lok Sabha
F Speaker has the power to adjourn the House or suspend its meeting if there is no quorum.
F If any member of the house resigns his office he/she should give resignation letter to the Speaker.
F He has the power to use Casting Vote.
F Speaker certifies whether a bill is money bill or not.
F The idea of Speaker is modeled from Britain.
6. The Speaker should give his resignation letter to:
Ans: Deputy Speaker
7. The present Speaker of Loksabha:
Ans: Sumtira Mahajan
8. Name the person who is elected as the President of India after performing the role of Lok Sabha Speaker:
Ans: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
9. Present Deptuy Speaker of Lok Sabha:
Ans: Thambi Durai
10. Present Speaker of Kerala:
Ans: N Sakthan
11. Who has the power to advise the union Govt. in legal matters as well as to perform the duties of legal character?
Ans: Attorney General of India
F Present Attorney General of India is Mukul Rohatgi.
F He has the power to participate in the affairs of Parliament without the power to Vote. The same function is done by the Advocate General in the States.
F The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, established by the Constitution under Chapter V
12. Who audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and State Governments, including those bodies and authorities of substantially financed by the Government?
Ans: The Comptroller and Auditor General.
F Article 148 deals with CAG of India. Shasikant Sarnia is the present CAG of India
F The CAG report is taken into consideration by Public Accounts Committee
13. 15 point programme for the welfare of minorities initiated by:
Ans: Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2005
14. Name the comprehensive scheme for prevention of Trafficking and. Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of victims of trafficking commercial sexual exploitation:
Ans: Ujwala, Govt. of Kerala
15. From which year onwards OpenBallot system was introduced in election to the Council of States (Rajyas Saba)?
Ans: 2003
16. Election to Rajya Saba is based on which system?
Ans: Proportional Representation
17. Chairman of 10th Pay Commission, Kerala:
Ans: Justice C N Ramachandran Nair
18. Who is the present Chief Justice of Kerala:
Ans: Ashok Bhushan
19. Name the Former Indian President who wrote the book ' Governance for Growth in India':
Ans: A P J Abdul Kalam
20. In India, how many amendments are made so far:
Ans: 100
