Indian Constitution Quiz 5

Any member of the UPSC shall hold office for a term of six years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

A secular state is one that does not confer any privilege or favour on any particular religion. In a secular state, no one gets punishment or there is no discrimination against people on the basis of religion s/he follows.

Articles 198 and 199 of the Constitution of India deal with money bills to be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly. As per the article Money Bill can be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly with the prior permission of the Governor of that State.

The Constitution of India does not mention either a Confidence or a No-Confidence Motion. Although, Article 75 does specify that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. A motion of “No Confidence Motion” against the Government can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. No-Confidence Motion can be admitted when a minimum of 50 members, support the motion in the house.

The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted on the basis of the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946. The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation.

Democratic Socialism aims to gradually and peacefully achieve socialism through established political processes rather than social revolution as advocated by revolutionary socialists.

Article 1 of the constitution of India describes India as A Union of States. This article states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a committee of selected members of parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India, for the purpose of auditing the revenue and the expenditure of the Government of India. PAC scrutinizes the report of the CAG.

Under Article 249, Members of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha enjoy special powers and responsibilities with regard to making laws on any subject in the State List; making laws to create All India Services at the national level. Lok Sabha has more powers in monetary matters as the Money Bill cannot be rejected by the Rajya Sabha; it can just delay it by a maximum of 14 days.

Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member is elected for a term of six years. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.