[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2022: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 19 January 2022 – Polity – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

• The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India’s first general election.
• The Indian Independence Act 1947 merely converted India into a British dominion. It ceased to be dominion only after 26^th January 1950.
• Till 1952, the Constituent assembly itself functioned as the law-making body.
• It was only after the first general elections that Lok Sabha was constituted and the assembly was relived of its responsibility of acting as a dual body.

Solution: b)

The provision of joint sitting is applicable to ordinary bills or financial bills only and not to money bills or Constitutional amendment bills.

In the case of a money bill, the Lok Sabha has overriding powers, while a Constitutional amendment bill must be passed by each House separately.

Solution: d)

Adjournment only terminates a sitting and not a session of the House. Prorogation not only terminates a sitting but also a session of the House.

Adjournment is done by presiding officer of the House; whereas Prorogation is done by the president of India.

Adjournment does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House; whereas Prorogation also does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House.

However, all pending notices (other than those for introducing bills) lapse on prorogation and fresh notices have to be given for the next session.

Solution: b)

Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall in no case be less than forty, until Parliament by law otherwise provides, the composition of the Legislative Council of a State shall be as provided in clause (3) of Article 171.

Solution: b)

Under Article 323 B, the Parliament and the state legislatures are authorized to provide for the establishment of tribunals for the adjudication of disputes relating to the following matters:

(a) Taxation

(b) Foreign exchange, import and export

(c) Industrial and labour

(d) Land reforms

(e) Ceiling on urban property

(f) Elections to Parliament and state legislatures

(g) Food stuffs

(h) Rent and tenancy rights

Articles 323 A and 323 B differs in the following three aspects:

1. While Article 323 A contemplates establishment of tribunals for public service matters only, Article 323 B contemplates establishment of tribunals for certain other matters (mentioned above).