Indian Constitution Quiz 2

A registered party is recognised as a National Party only if it fulfils any one of the following three conditions: 1. The party wins 2 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 different States. 2. The party received 6% of the total votes polled in four or more States and, it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats from any state or states. 3. Party gets recognition as State Party in four or more States.

The President of India has the power to summon and prorogue either of the two Houses of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha.

The Fundamental Duty, given in Article 51A of the Indian Constitution clearly mentions the duty of the citizen to protect the environment. As of now, there are 11 Fundamental duties.

Kerala was the first state where Non-Congress Government was set up in independent India. After the first-ever elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, the Communist Party of India emerged as the single largest party. EMS Namboodiripad formed the first elected government with the support of 5 independent legislators.

The Supreme Court of India, in several judgments, that have clearly established the relation between the right to housing and the right to life, as guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

Though Article 16 prohibits discrimination in public employment on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, it allows the state to make provisions for reservation for weaker sections of society, if in the opinion of the state they are not adequately represented.

A member of either House of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from sessions without permission of the House for 60 days.

On 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special constitutional status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

As per Article 118(4), the Speaker of the Lok Sabha presides over the joint sitting of the two Houses. The Speaker casts vote in the event of a tie.

Statutory grants-in-aid of the revenues of States are dealt with in Article 275 of the Constitution of India. It is done on the basis of the recommendation of the Finance Commission of India. Resources transferred from the Government of India to States are termed 'Statutory' if they are made on the recommendations of the Finance Commission.