Top 150+ Solved Union Legislature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Chairman of Public Accounts Committee is : [CDS 1992]
a. elected by Union Cabinet
b. appointed by Speaker
c. appointed by President
d. elected by members of PAC
Q. The largest committee of Parliament of India is:
a. Public Accounts Committee
b. Estimates Committee
c. Committee on Public Undertakings
d. Joint Parliamentary Committee
Q. Which of the following Parliamentary Committees in India acts as 'watch-dog' ondepartmental expenditure and irregularities?
a. Estimates Committee
b. Committee on Public Undertakings
c. Public Accounts Committee
d. Committee of Public Assurances
Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Parliamentary Standing Committee Chaired by
a. Public Accounts Committee - Member of Opposition
b. Committee on Public Undertakings - Lok Sabha member
c. Committee on Private Member's Bill and Resolutions - Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. Business Advisory Committee - Finance Minister
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the Esstimates Committee are correct? 1. No member of the Rajya Sabha is associated with it. 2. It has twenty members. 3. Its members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation for a period of one year. 4. The Speaker nominates one of its members to be its Chairman.
a. I, II and III
b. I, III and IV
c. I, II and IV
d. II, III and IV
Q. Which of the following is concerned with the regularity and economy of expenditure of government?
a. Public Accounts Committee
b. Estimates Committee
c. Business Advisory Committee
d. Committee on Offices on Profit
Q. The Estimates Committee:
a. consists of 30 members appointed by the Speaker
b. consists of 15 members each from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
c. has its members elected according to the system of proportional representation
d. has a Union Minister as its Chairman
Q. Which of the following committees is not created by the Speaker's nomination of members?
a. Committee on Privileges
b. Committee on Petitions
c. Business Advisory Committee
d. Committee on Public Undertakings
Q. Who among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ? [IAS 1995]
a. Elected members to the Lower House of Parliament
b. Elected members of the. Upper House of Parliament
c. Elected members of the Upper House of State Legislature
d. Elected members of the Lower House of State Legislature
Q. Funds belonging to the. Government of India are kept in :
a. Consolidated Fund of India
b. Public Accounts Fund of India
c. Contingency Fund of India
d. All of the above
Q. In normal times, the Union Parliament:
a. can legislate on any item in the State List if the President so desires
b. can legislate on any item in the State List if the Lok Sabha passes a resolution to that effect by 2/3rd majority
c. can legislate on any item in the State List if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution to that effect by 2/3rd majority
d. cannot legislate on any item in the State List
Q. Which of the following is true? [CDS 1992]
a. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman, both are not members of Rajya Sabha
b. In the election of President, nominated members of State Legislative Assembly. do not take part while in the election of Vice-President they take part
c. In the 1992 election of President of India, the members of Union Territories participated for the first time
d. India follows the British convention that the Finance Minister should be a member of Lower House
Q. The representation to States in the Rajya Sabha is given on the basis of:
a. an equal number of seats to each State
b. in proportion to their population
c. in proportion to their size
d. in accordance with their resources
Q. If the Speaker of the Lower House of a State wants to resign, his letter of resignation is to be addressed to the:
a. Chief Minister
b. Deputy Speaker
c. Governor
d. President