Static Quiz 11 September 2023 (Polity)

Ans-b
The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making, like:
Union Powers Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru. Hence pair 1 is correctly matched.
Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru.
Provincial Constitution Committee – Sardar Patel.
Drafting Committee – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas – Sardar Patel. This committee had the following five sub-committees:
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J.B. Kripalani
Minorities Sub-Committee – H.C. Mukherjee
North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee -Gopinath Bardoloi
Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee – A.V. Thakkar
North-West Frontier Tribal Areas Sub-Committee
Rules of Procedure Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Hence pair 3 is correctly matched.
States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) – Jawaharlal Nehru.
Steering Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Hence pair 2 is not correctly matched.
Hence option (b) is the correct answer.

Ans-a
President of India is vested with three absolute veto, suspensive veto and pocket veto. There is no qualified veto in the case of Indian President; it is possessed by the American President.
The President exercises this veto when he returns a bill for reconsideration of the Parliament. However, if the bill is passed again by the Parliament with or without amendments and again presented to the President, it is obligatory for the President to give his assent to the bill. This means that the presidential veto is overridden by a re passage of the bill by the same ordinary majority (and not a higher majority as required in USA).
The President does not possess this veto in the case of money bills. The President can either give his assent to a money bill or withhold his assent to a money bill but cannot return it for the reconsideration of the Parliament. He/She is also bound to give assent to the constitutional amendment bill.

Ans-d
Collective responsibility is the convention under which individual members of government are held accountable for the acts and decisions of the government as a whole.
Under the Constitution of India, Article 75(3) deals with Collective Responsibility at the Centre (The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People), while Article 164(3) deals with state governments. Hence, statements 1 and 2 are not correct.

Ans-a
The Constitution of India does not explicitly mention a No-Confidence motion. However, Article 75 of the Constitution states that the council of ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. This implies that the ministry remains in power as long as it has the support and confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members. In simpler terms, only the Lok Sabha has the authority to remove the ministry from power through the passage of a no-confidence motion. To admit such a motion, the support of 50 members is required. Therefore, only statement 1 is accurate.

Ans-b
Federal features of Indian constitution: Dual Polity
Written Constitution
Division of Powers
Supremacy of the Constitution
Rigid Constitution
Independent Judiciary
Bicameralism
Integrated Judiciary
Hence option (b) is the correct answer.