[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2022: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 18 January 2022 – Polity

Solution: b)

The list of the charged expenditure is:

• Emoluments and allowances of the President and other expenditure relating to his office.
• Salaries and allowances of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• Salaries, allowances and pensions of the judges of the Supreme Court.
• Pensions of the judges of high courts.
• Salary, allowances and pension of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Salaries, allowances and pension of the chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission.
• Administrative expenses of the Supreme Court, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Union Public Service Commission including the salaries, allowances and pensions of the persons serving in these offices.
• The debt charges for which the Government of India is liable, including interest, sinking fund charges and redemption charges and other expenditure relating to the raising of loans and the service and redemption of debt.
• Any sum required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or arbitral tribunal.
• Any other expenditure declared by the Parliament to be so charged.

The salaries and allowances of the judges, the salaries, allowances and pensions of the staff as well as the administrative expenses of a high court are charged on the consolidated fund of the state.

Solution: c)

Speaker acts as the ex-officio chairman of the conference of presiding officers of legislative bodies in the country.

He appoints the chairman of all the parliamentary committees of the Lok Sabha and supervises their functioning. He himself is the chairman of the Business Advisory Committee, the Rules Committee and the General Purpose Committee.

When the House sits in secret, no stranger can be present in the chamber, lobby or galleries except with the permission of the Speaker.

Solution: c)

The speaker has the following powers and duties:

• He maintains order and decorum in the House for conducting its business and regulating its proceedings. This is his primary responsibility and he has final power in this regard.
• He is the final interpreter of the provisions of (a) the Constitution of India, (b) the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha, and (c) the parliamentary precedents, within the House.
• He adjourns the House or suspends the meeting in absence of a quorum. The quorum to constitute a meeting of the House is one-tenth of the total strength of the House.

Solution: d)

Article 239B. Power of administrator to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislature.

(1) If at any time, except when the Legislature of the Union territory of Puducherry is in session, the administrator thereof is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate such Ordinances as the circumstances appear to him to require:

Provided that no such Ordinance shall be promulgated by the administrator except after obtaining instructions from the President in that behalf:

Provided further that whenever the said Legislature is dissolved, or its functioning remains suspended on account of any action taken under any such law as is referred to in clause (1) of article 239A, the administrator shall not promulgate any Ordinance during the period of such dissolution or suspension.

Solution: d)

A192. Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members. – (1) If any question arises as to whether a member of a House of the Legislature of a State has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1) of article 191, the question shall be referred for the decision of the Governor and his decision shall be final.

(2) Before giving any decision on any such question, the Governor shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion.