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1
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Who are the 2 Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha as of now?

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  1. George Baker. Actor from West Bengal

2. Richard Hay. Professor of Economics from Kerala

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Total No. of seats in Lok Sabha?

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There a 545 seats in Lok Sabha. Of which 530 are people representatives from our twenty nine states, 13 from seven Union Territories and 2 Anglo Indians are directly appointed by the President. 530 + 13 + 2 = 545.

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Total No. Of. Seats in Rajya Sabha?

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There are 250 seats in Rajya Sabha. Of which 238 members are from States and Union Territories and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.

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Indian Parliament follows which system?

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Westminster system. It’s a model developed by the British. And their parliament is located in a placed called Westminster. So that’s why it’s called as Westminster system.

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Other Names for Rajya Sabha.

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Upper house, Council of states. In UK, it’s called as the House of Lords.

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Other Names for Lok Sabha.

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Lower House, House of People. In UK, it’s called as the House of commons.

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In US Parliament system, Rajya Sabha is similar to

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Senate.

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In US Parliament system Lok Sabha is similar to

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House of representatives.

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The seats in Rajya Sabha are allocated to States as per?

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Population. Uttar Pradesh (31) highest. Tripura(1) lowest. Whereas in US it’s a Federal System so all the fifty states have 2 seats each in the Senate (Rajya Sabha) which makes a total of 100 seats.

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What is the Maximum and Present strength in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively?

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LOK SABHA - 552 (Max), 545 (current) RAJYA SABHA - 250 (Max), 245 (current)

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Until which year the reservation for Anglo Indians will be there in Parliament?

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  1. As per Article 334 Reservations for SC’s, ST’s and Anglo Indians should have ended by 1960. But political parties kept on amending the article and extended the reservation by 10 years. The latest amendment made in the year 2009*to article 334 was the 95th which extended the reservation till 2020. Expecting further extensions after 2020. Reservations are for vote Bank politics.
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Maximum Tenure of Rajya Sabha Member?

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Six years. Every 2 years 1/3 rd of the Rajya Sabha members Tenure ends and new members will be elected by the state legislative. That’s why it’s called as the permanent house.

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If a member of Parliament doesn’t attend for these many days without informing the speaker (Lok Sabha) / chairman(Rajya Sabha) then he/she will be sacked.

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60 days.

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Even if the Lok Sabha house dissolves, one member will still keep his job until the next Lok Sabha forms?

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Speaker

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Even if the Lok Sabha house dissolves, one member will still keep his job until the next Lok Sabha forms?

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Speaker

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If the Lok Sabha Speaker wants to resign, to whom will he submit his resignation?

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Deputy Speaker. Vice versa.

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Head of the house (Lok Sabha)

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Speaker. Leader of the house: PM

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Leader of the opposition

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No one. Because opposition leader’s party need to get at least 10% (54) of the total seats but congress got only around 44.

19
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In order to start the proceedings in the house, at least how much fraction of the total members should be in attendance, otherwise the speaker can cancel proceedings for that day.

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1/10th.. This is called Quorum.

20
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The speaker of Lok Sabha generally doesn’t vote but In case of a tie, his vote will be the deciding vote. What is this vote called?

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Casting vote

21
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Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?

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Sumitra Mahajan and Munisamy Thambidurai

22
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Which article deals with joint sitting of both houses?

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Article 108

23
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The joint sitting of parliament is called by?

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President

24
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Who presides over the joint sitting?

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Joint sitting is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Chairman doesn’t preside over the joint session at any cost. If any of the above officers are not present then any other member of the Parliament can preside by consensus of both the House.

25
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Joint Sitting cannot be called for the following 2 bills?

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Money Bill and Constitution Amendment Bill.

26
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Money Bill requires approval only from one house. Which house is it?

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Lok Sabha. Rajya Sabha can only make recommendations. Even if Rajya Sabha doesn’t pass a money bill within 14 days, it is deemed to have been passed by both the Houses of Parliament after expiry of the above period.

27
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In order to remove a speaker, what kind of majority is required?

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Absolute Majority. More than half of the house should vote in favour of the removal. Let’s say 545/2 = 273 (approximately)

28
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Until which Lok Sabha both Speaker and Deputy speaker are from the ruling party?

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Until 10th Lok Sabha. From 11th Lok Sabha (1996) onwards the Deputy speaker is from the opposition.

29
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First speaker of Independent India?

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Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar.

30
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First Deputy speaker of Independent India?

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Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (M.A. Ayyangar)

31
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The temporary speaker who presides over the first meeting after the election is called as.

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Pro-tem Speaker

32
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Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha

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Harivansh Narayan Singh

33
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Leader of the house in Rajya Sabha is appointed by?

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Prime Minister. Arun jaitley is the house leader in Rajya Sabha.

34
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Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha

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Ghulam Nabi Azad

35
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Lok Sabha timings?

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11 AM - 6 PM.

For Rajya Sabha. It’s 11 AM - 5 PM

36
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Parliament Sessions

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  1. Budget Session (Feb - May)
  2. Monsoon Session (July - Sep)
  3. Winter Session (Nov - Dec)
37
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Question hour timing

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11 AM - 12 PM.

38
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Zero hour timing

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12 PM - 1 PM. Unplanned current issues can be raised and discussed. It was introduced by India.

39
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What is whip?

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Whip is something which is not mentioned in the constitution or the parliament rule book. It’s just a convention which is being followed.

For example leader of the house can use whip to make sure everyone attends for an important discussion in the parliament or else they’ll face consequences.

40
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There should not be more than how many months gap between two parliament sessions?

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6 months

41
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Adjournment vs Adjournment sine die?

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Adjournment: Speaker can adjourn the sitting for a specified time period.

Adjournment Sine die: Specific time period is not mentioned here. Speaker will call back whenever he feels like.

42
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Adjournment vs Prorogation

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Adjournment can adjourn sittings whereas prorogation can adjourn both sittings as well as the session(BMW). This power is in the hands of the President whereas adjournment is in the hands of the Presiding officer.

43
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Based on which ACT English is still being used in Parliament?

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Parliament enacted the Official Languages Act, 1963, which provided for the continued use of English for official purposes along with Hindi, even after 1965.

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