UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Delay in prorogation of Parliament leading to suspicion: Ramesh

Q1. Both Houses having been adjourned sine die, the session in law continues to subsist until an order to the contrary is made by which one of the following functionaries?

  • A. The President of India
  • B. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, acting with the concurrence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  • C. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, on a report made to him by the Business Advisory Committee
  • D. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, by a notification published in the Official Gazette

Q2. In the recorded practice of the Rajya Sabha, the time-lag between the adjournment of the House sine die and its prorogation has ordinarily varied within which one of the following ranges?

  • A. Between 2 and 10 days, there being instances of prorogation on the same or the next day
  • B. Between 20 and 28 days, there being instances of prorogation on the thirtieth day
  • C. Between 30 and 45 days, prorogation never being ordered within a fortnight
  • D. Between 3 and 6 months, the outer limit being fixed by Article 85(1)

Q3. Article 85 of the Constitution imposes which one of the following outer limits on the meeting of Parliament?

  • A. Six months shall not intervene between the last sitting in one session and the first sitting of the next
  • B. Each House shall sit for not fewer than one hundred days in every calendar year
  • C. Each House shall be summoned thrice every year, for the Budget, Monsoon and Winter Sessions respectively
  • D. No session shall be permitted to continue for more than six months without being prorogued

Q4. On the prorogation of a House of Parliament, how many of the following lapse: (i) Bills pending in the House; (ii) business pending before a Parliamentary Committee; (iii) motions pending in the House; (iv) resolutions pending in the House?

  • A. None
  • B. Only one
  • C. Only two
  • D. All four

Q5. Which one of the following most precisely describes what prorogation, as distinguished from dissolution, accomplishes?

  • A. It terminates a session without interrupting the continuity of the House
  • B. It terminates the life of the House and extinguishes every item of business then pending before it
  • C. It suspends the sittings of the House indefinitely, the session being revived whenever the Presiding Officer re-convenes it
  • D. It brings a session to a close and simultaneously vacates all Committees constituted during that session

Q6. The coordination of Government Business between the two Houses, and the issue of official statements on the commencement and conclusion of a session such as the Monsoon Session, 2026, is the responsibility of which one of the following?

  • A. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • B. The Legislative Department of the Ministry of Law and Justice
  • C. The Parliament Unit of the Cabinet Secretariat
  • D. The Legislative Section of the Lok Sabha Secretariat

Q7. Under the Delimitation Bill, 2026, the Delimitation Commission was to be headed by whom?

  • A. A serving or retired Judge of the Supreme Court, appointed by the central government
  • B. The Chief Election Commissioner, or an Election Commissioner nominated by him
  • C. A retired Chief Justice of a High Court, nominated by the Chief Justice of India
  • D. A serving Judge of the Supreme Court, nominated by a collegium of the Chief Justice of India and two senior-most Judges

Q8. The decision as to when Parliament is to be convened for a session is taken by which one of the following?

  • A. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs
  • B. The Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha, presided over by the Speaker
  • C. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, presided over by the Prime Minister
  • D. The General Purposes Committee of the Rajya Sabha, presided over by the Chairman