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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 →The Supreme Court strikes down a law that clashes with the Constitution. What is this power called?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the term judicial review written anywhere in the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →

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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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Which report helps the Lok Sabha probe misuse of public funds?

  1. Election Commission of India
  2. Finance Commission of India
  3. Law Commission of India
  4. Comptroller and Auditor General
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Correct answer: D. Comptroller and Auditor General

1. The budget lets the House control the purse. 2. Misuse is examined via the CAG report. 3. The Public Accounts Committee assists. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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Catch the Lok Sabha powers

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Start money bill
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Veto money bill
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Remove the govt
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    No confidence
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Amend money bill
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Elect President
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Amend the Const.
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Impeach the Pres
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Pass other bills
Category
Lok Sabha only
Instructions
Catch the powers only the Lok Sabha has. Let the shared ones fall.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5, Legislature._

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