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cot_ainoksaid

Test 3 Q50

WHO has named the disease COVID-19 and the name of the virus is SARS - CoV - 2 .

The question gives the name of the virus as "CONVID-19"

@Thinker please take note.

Noted. Necessary changes will be made.

FCsaid

@Thinker Constitution is amended by 3 ways - (a) simple majority, (b) special majority (c) spl majority with state ratification

Why then Constitutional Amendment Acts list includes only (b) & (c) , despite (a) also being one?

Indian constitution is federal in nature in the sense that it has provided for the dual polity in the country. But ours is not a strict federal polity as it has some unitary traits to make the centre strong in order to preserve the territorial integrity. It is because of this aspect the framers of the constitution provided for two ways of amending the constitution. The first way is a simple majority whereby Parliament has all the power to amend the constitution without taking into consideration the will of the state. for eg. Art 3 and 4 which prohibits states from having any say over territorial integrity. The other way is to amend the constitution via Art 368 which provides for an amendment to the constitution via (a) Special Majority & (b) Special Majority + Ratification by half of the state legislature. This Art 368 covers the important federal provision as well as other rights related provisions. Basically, whenever the provision of simple majority is used to amend the constitution it is not considered as Amendment to the constitution under article 368 & hence simple majority is outside of the ambit of article 368 and hence not called as Constitutional Amendment.

cot_ainoksaid

Test3 Q14

@Thinker can you please elaborate a bit on Essentiality Doctrine that is mentioned in the question. Is it the same as Doctrine of Essential Religious Practises ?

The Fundamental Rights have provided for the Right to religion that includes the right to religious practices. For example, reading Namaz or carrying kirpan etc. However ever since independence, there was a debate in the country regarding what constitutes religious practices. Accordingly, the Supreme Court settled the dispute by proclaiming the Doctrine of Essentiality. It means SC will decide on a case to case basis as to what constitute the essential practices of a particular religion. For example, SC in 1994 verdict said that the Mosque does not form the essential religious practice as Namaz (which is an essential religious practice) can be read anywhere. This doctrine was again evoked by the SC recently in giving Ayudhya case verdict. As Mosque does not constitute essential religious practice it doesnt have protection of FR under the Constitution.

Bishwasaid

@Thinker regarding Q12 of test 4- OPTION 2 IS CORRECT AS PER OFFICIAL WEBSITE. FORMER MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP.

As per Rule 4 of the Rules of Indian Parliamentary Group, on ceasing to be a Member of Parliament, a life member of the Group shall be designated as 'associate life member' and shall be entitled to such facilities only as are available to associate life members under Rule 7.

Hence, former Members of Parliament, are designated as ‘Associate Member’ with limited rights. The link to the rules is:

http://ipg.nic.in/RulesIPG.aspx

For further clarity, one can also refer to the list of Members (includes only current MPs) and the list of Associate Members given on the website.

Raillifesaid

Sc in judicial capacity Can't be treated as state

In administration it can be treated

Thn why it's wrong?

the question is askingcan not be treated as....

Shailaja Jsaid

Test 4 . Isnt 12th questions answer A. Ex Mp's are eligible for membership in IPG

As per Rule 4 of the Rules of Indian Parliamentary Group, on ceasing to be a Member of Parliament, a life member of the Group shall be designated as 'associate life member' and shall be entitled to such facilities only as are available to associate life members under Rule 7.

Hence, former Members of Parliament, are designated as ‘Associate Member’ with limited rights. The link to the rules is:

http://ipg.nic.in/RulesIPG.aspx

For further clarity, one can also refer to the list of Members (includes only current MPs) and the list of Associate Members given on the website.

Anonymous00said

What is the difference between majority of all the members of rajya sabha and majority of all the then members of Rajya Sabha? As far as I understand, the former is thr absolute majority and latter is effective majority. But doesn't the resolution for dty chairman removal require absolute majority? 

Absolute Majority = The majority of the total membership of the house. For example, LS has 545 members so the absolute majority becomes 273.

Effective majority = Majority of all the then members of the house. It means total members minus vacancies (not absentees). For example, LS has 545 members and for some reason 45 seats are vacant (so effectively, the LS has effective strength of 500 members). So effective membership means majority of 500 members.

Chairman (or Vice President) & Deputy Chairman of RS and Speaker & Deputy Speaker all these offices can be removed via effective membership of the respective houses. Plz, refer article 90 and 94 for the same.

@Thinker  test 4, Q21. IRCTC doesn't run trains. There is no operational charge. It's for catering and allied services. Please clarify. Thank you

EXPLANATION FOR MARTIAL LAW QUESTION = HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE CENTRE STATE RELATIONS.

The constitution of India provides for Suspension of FR during Martial Law under article 34.

Now the term Martial law means the military rule and whenever it is implemented the government of the day along with legislature and ordinary law courts stand suspended. However, in the case of India, the Constitution itself provides for Martial law under article 34 by stating that Parliament will dilute the FR during Martial Law. It means the Martial Law in the country can be implemented by the executive i.e. government of the day or President (though he is Supreme Military Commander in the country he shall implement the Martial Law in his Executive capacity). The Martial Law is implemented by executive in a particular area, say for example entire state, then obviously the powers ordinary law court + Legislature and above all the Executive of the day stand diluted as that is the purpose of Martial Law (to give supreme power to the Military over the particular area). These powers fell into the hand of the Military but as the Martial Law is itself implemented by the Executive the actual power of the administration of that area fell into the hand of the executive. Thus, by and large, the provision of Martial Law affect the Centre-State Relation as provided into Constitution as the separation of power is no longer there during Martial Law.

Yashrajsillodkarsaid

@Thinker  test 4, Q21. IRCTC doesn't run trains. There is no operational charge. It's for catering and allied services. Please clarify. Thank you

Indian Railways’ CorporateTrain Model is used by Indian Railways to outsource the running of regular passengers trains to its PSU, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). 

Plz refer to the article. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-does-railways-corporate-train-model-work-6271227/

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Hi I'm a SFG students, I think the program is good , just 51 days yu'll be completing the whole syllabus by following the schedule rigorously.. Remaining days if we revise it again and again we can crack the prelims.. I found some errors in the question paper , they are not providing the answers with explanations.. UPSC questions may also comes from the explanation.  Daily we can't the search the answers and learn thàt  is a tedious one.. On the other hand we hv to study for next-day schedule.. So I request if yu feel the same pls DEMAND ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION...

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Sir .. kindly clarify if minister can vote in the house he is member? C749C6CB-4731-492E-A31F-1CA26740791D.jpeg

@Thinker Why NCERT is not considered a State under Article12?

 In test 4 question no 42 ,how can the parliament abolish legislative council without consent of legislative assembly ? Laxmikant says resolution has to be first passed by the assembly.