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An MP cannot be prosecuted for anything said inside the House. What is this protection called?Read the answer and worked solution →Every sitting day ministers must answer searching questions from MPs. What is this session called?Read the answer and worked solution →An MP raises an urgent matter without notice and the minister is not bound to reply. Which device is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Which report helps the Lok Sabha probe misuse of public funds?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Lok Sabha powersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the control toolsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Parliament wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Lok Sabha or Rajya SabhaRead the answer and worked solution →Stages of a billRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Parliament bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A judge stays in office until retirement age and can be removed only in rare cases. What does this protect?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are the salaries of judges kept outside the approval of the legislature?Read the answer and worked solution →A newspaper editor is punished for insulting a court ruling. Which power did the court use?Read the answer and worked solution →By convention the senior-most Supreme Court judge becomes Chief Justice. When was this first broken?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chief Justice recommends new judges after consulting four senior-most judges. What is this principle called?Read the answer and worked solution →On what grounds alone can a Supreme Court or High Court judge be removed?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991 the first motion to remove a Supreme Court judge was signed by how many MPs?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike some federations, India has no separate State courts. What is this feature called?Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab and Haryana dispute river water. Under which jurisdiction does the Supreme Court hear it directly?Read the answer and worked solution →A person loses in the High Court and takes the case higher. Which jurisdiction is this?Read the answer and worked solution →The President asks the Supreme Court for its opinion on a constitutional question. Which jurisdiction is used?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the President bound to accept the Supreme Court's advice on a reference?Read the answer and worked solution →A district court gives a ruling that contradicts a Supreme Court judgment. Which prevails?Read the answer and worked solution →A lawyer files a case on behalf of poor prisoners who cannot approach the court themselves. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Undertrials in Bihar had spent longer in jail than their possible sentence. Which early PIL arose from this?Read the answer and worked solution →A Tihar prisoner's scribbled note on torture was turned into a petition by which judge?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article can a citizen move the Supreme Court for writs like habeas corpus?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article do High Courts issue writs?Read the answer and worked solution →

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An MP cannot be prosecuted for anything said inside the House. What is this protection called?

  1. Parliamentary privilege
  2. Judicial immunity
  3. Executive pardon
  4. Quorum-based protection
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Correct answer: A. Parliamentary privilege

1. No action lies against a member for words in the legislature. 2. This is parliamentary privilege. 3. The presiding officer decides breaches. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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Every sitting day ministers must answer searching questions from MPs. What is this session called?

  1. Budget Hour
  2. Question Hour
  3. Zero Hour
  4. Adjournment
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Correct answer: B. Question Hour

1. Question Hour is held daily during sessions. 2. Ministers must respond. 3. It is the most effective check on the executive. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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An MP raises an urgent matter without notice and the minister is not bound to reply. Which device is this?

  1. No confidence
  2. Money bill
  3. Zero Hour
  4. Question Hour
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Correct answer: C. Zero Hour

1. Zero Hour lets members raise any matter. 2. Ministers are not bound to reply. 3. Question Hour, by contrast, requires answers. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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