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Indian PolityMediumAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper I

Which one of the following statements regarding Public Accounts Committee is correct ?

  1. A.It consists of fifteen members from Lok Sabha and seven members from Rajya Sabha
  2. B.It consists of twenty members from Lok Sabha and ten members from Rajya Sabha
  3. C.The term of members of Public Accounts Committee is five years
  4. D.Finance Minister is the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee

Correct answer

A. It consists of fifteen members from Lok Sabha and seven members from Rajya Sabha

Explanation

The correct answer is A. The Public Accounts Committee has 22 members: 15 elected by the Lok Sabha and 7 by the Rajya Sabha.

Set up in 1921 under the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, the PAC examines the annual audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General on government spending, checking that money was spent as Parliament allowed. Members are elected every year by proportional representation through the single transferable vote. No minister can be a member, and since 1967 its chairperson has by convention come from the opposition, appointed by the Speaker.

B is wrong because 20 and 10 members do not match the PAC; the Estimates Committee has 30 members, all from the Lok Sabha. C is wrong because members hold office for one year, not five. D is wrong because a minister cannot sit on the committee, let alone chair it; the chairperson is usually an opposition member.

Exam tip: PAC = 22 (15 LS + 7 RS), one-year term; Estimates Committee = 30, all Lok Sabha.

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Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly ?

  1. A.B. R. Ambedkar
  2. B.Rajendra Prasad
  3. C.Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar
  4. D.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Correct answer: B. Rajendra Prasad

Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly on 11 December 1946 and presided over it until the Constitution was adopted.

Q2.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements with regard to the Speaker, Lok Sabha is/are correct ? 1. The election of the Speaker of Lok Sabha is conducted by the Election Commission of India 2. The Speaker on assuming his office is not required to make and subscribe oath or affirmation 3. The Speaker does not exercise a casting vote in case of equality of votes Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.2 only
  2. B.1 and 3
  3. C.1 only
  4. D.2 and 3
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Correct answer: A. 2 only

The Speaker takes no separate oath for the office, while statements 1 and 3 are false.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IHard

Which one of the following statements relating to the power of the President of India to grant pardon is not correct?

  1. A.The President has the power to grant pardon where punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial.
  2. B.The President can grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.
  3. C.The Court's power of judicial review is very limited in relation to the decision of the President on mercy petition.
  4. D.The power to grant pardon by the President is the power that the sovereign never exercises against its own judicial mandate.
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Correct answer: D. The power to grant pardon by the President is the power that the sovereign never exercises against its own judicial mandate.

The pardoning power is exactly the power by which the sovereign, acting through the President, can set aside or soften the result of its own courts' judgment, so saying it is never exercised against the judicial mandate is wrong.

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The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 replaced which earlier law?

  1. A.The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
  2. B.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
  3. C.The Special Marriage Act, 1954
  4. D.The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
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Correct answer: A. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

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The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in which year?

  1. A.1955
  2. B.1976
  3. C.1989
  4. D.1995
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Correct answer: C. 1989

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