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Parliament wants to move a subject from the State List to the Union List. Whose approval is needed?Read the answer and worked solution →An MP who is not a minister introduces a bill. What is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →A money bill can be introduced only in which House?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajya Sabha sits on a money bill without acting. After how many days is it deemed passed?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are parliamentary committees called miniature legislatures?Read the answer and worked solution →The two Houses deadlock over a non-money bill. How is the dispute resolved?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Parliament wants to move a subject from the State List to the Union List. Whose approval is needed?

  1. All State Governors
  2. The Prime Minister
  3. The Rajya Sabha
  4. The Supreme Court
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Correct answer: C. The Rajya Sabha

1. The Rajya Sabha protects the powers of the States. 2. Moving a State List matter needs its approval. 3. This adds to its strength. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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An MP who is not a minister introduces a bill. What is it called?

  1. Government bill
  2. Money bill draft
  3. Ordinance drafted
  4. Private member's bill
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Correct answer: D. Private member's bill

1. A bill by a minister is a Government Bill. 2. A bill by a non-minister is a private member's bill. 3. Such bills rarely pass without government support. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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A money bill can be introduced only in which House?

  1. Lok Sabha
  2. Rajya Sabha
  3. Either House
  4. Joint sitting
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Correct answer: A. Lok Sabha

1. Money bills start in the Lok Sabha. 2. After passing there they go to the Rajya Sabha. 3. The Rajya Sabha has 14 days to act. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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