UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ready for discussion on protests, says govt.
Q1. In the Lok Sabha, the members of the Business Advisory Committee are nominated by which one of the following?
- A. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- B. The Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha
- C. The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- D. The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Q2. With reference to the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha, consider the following statements:
1. It has a fixed term of one year, on the expiry of which it stands automatically dissolved.
2. It consists of fifteen members.
3. It is classified among the standing committees of the House and not as an ad hoc committee.
4. It recommends the time to be allotted for the discussion of Government Bills and other business referred to it.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- It has a fixed term of one year, on the expiry of which it stands automatically dissolved.
- It consists of fifteen members.
- It is classified among the standing committees of the House and not as an ad hoc committee.
- It recommends the time to be allotted for the discussion of Government Bills and other business referred to it.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1 and 4 only
Q3. Which one of the following is a procedural precondition for an adjournment motion being moved in the Lok Sabha?
- A. The prior concurrence of the Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha
- B. The prior approval of the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- C. The consent of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- D. The prior allotment of time for it by the Business Advisory Committee
Q4. In the entire term of the 16th Lok Sabha, how many adjournment motions were taken up for discussion?
- A. None
- B. One
- C. Four
- D. Nine
Q5. When a calling attention notice is admitted in the Lok Sabha, the brief statement in the House on the matter so raised is made by which one of the following?
- A. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, from the Chair
- B. The Minister in charge of the subject to which the notice relates
- C. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, on behalf of the Council of Ministers
- D. The member of the House who has given the notice
Q6. Which one of the following best describes the 'Zero Hour' as it actually operates in the Lok Sabha?
- A. A full hour formally reserved by the Rules of Procedure in which every notice received must compulsorily be taken up
- B. A period preceding Question Hour in which ministers exclusively make suo motu statements on government policy
- C. A discussion on a definite matter of urgent public importance which invariably concludes with a vote of the House
- D. A period in which members raise matters on notice given the same morning, a limited number being taken up by ballot
Q7. The Rapid Action Force functions as a specialised unit raised within which one of the following forces?
- A. The Border Security Force, guarding the land borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh
- B. The Central Reserve Police Force, deployed for internal security and public order duties
- C. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police, deployed along the India-China frontier
- D. The Sashastra Seema Bal, deployed along the India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders
Q8. The Rapid Action Force sector, comprising its fifteen battalions, is headed by an officer of which one of the following ranks?
- A. Director General, who also commands the parent force as a whole
- B. Additional Director General, holding independent charge of the sector
- C. Inspector General, holding charge of the sector
- D. Deputy Inspector General, holding charge of the sector
Q9. Consider the following statements comparing pellet guns with the less-lethal munitions proposed to replace them in India:
1. Pellet shotguns were first used by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in August 2010 at Sopore, following unrest in the State.
2. PAVA shells contain an organic compound found in chilli pepper and were tested over more than a year at a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratory at Lucknow.
3. Under the standard operating procedure on use of force, pellet guns are to be resorted to before rubber or plastic bullets in the escalation of force.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Pellet shotguns were first used by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in August 2010 at Sopore, following unrest in the State.
- PAVA shells contain an organic compound found in chilli pepper and were tested over more than a year at a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratory at Lucknow.
- Under the standard operating procedure on use of force, pellet guns are to be resorted to before rubber or plastic bullets in the escalation of force.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q10. With reference to the Monsoon Session, 2026 of Parliament and the stand-off over police action on student protesters, consider the following:
1. The session commenced on 20 July 2026.
2. The government's readiness for a full discussion was conveyed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs following a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee.
3. The government designated the Prime Minister to reply to the proposed discussion on behalf of the Treasury benches.
4. Among the Opposition's demands during the logjam was a statement on the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple at Ayodhya.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- The session commenced on 20 July 2026.
- The government's readiness for a full discussion was conveyed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs following a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee.
- The government designated the Prime Minister to reply to the proposed discussion on behalf of the Treasury benches.
- Among the Opposition's demands during the logjam was a statement on the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple at Ayodhya.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1, 2 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1 and 3 only
Q11. Which one of the following correctly describes the accountability of the Union Council of Ministers in the Indian parliamentary system?
- A. Ministers are individually accountable only to the House to which they belong, and exclusively for their own ministry
- B. Ministers are accountable solely to the President, who alone may call them to account for failures of policy
- C. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Parliament, and ministers answer for policy in both Houses
- D. The Council of Ministers is answerable exclusively to the Rajya Sabha, which alone may scrutinise policy implementation
Q12. Article 19(1) of the Constitution of India, as it stands at present, guarantees to all citizens how many specific freedoms?
- A. Five
- B. Six
- C. Seven
- D. Eight