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Test-6
Q 33 Emergency provisions in the Constitution represent unitary feature.

Why is the statement incorrect?

@Karam It indeed represents the unitary feature. The answer key also reflects the same. A correct statement has been asked in the question. Hence answer shall beB.

ArchAngel96 .

If President elections are held Todayit would have elected memebers of the legislative assemblies of UT

of Delhi, Puducherry and J&K Right ?

Out of 9 UT now 3 have Legislative assemblies Right ?

@Prakhar96

Article 54 of the Indian Constitution clearly state that 'Election of President The President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States''. As per Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, the 4 sitting MPs in RS and 5 sitting MPs in Lok Sabhafrom the State of Jammu and Kashmir will deem to be elected members from the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hence elected members from Jammu and Kashmir will vote in Presidential elections. And yes now 3 UTs will have legislative Assemblies.

ArchAngel96,Abhi170

Anyone clarify whether to study/not chapter 36 from laxmikanth i.e special status of J&K.

Aks07,Anshhhhand1 otherslike this

@Patrick_jane Given the uncertainty of UPSC it's better to be prepared for all. Since it's December and the chapter is hardly of few pages you can go through it once. It will help in comparative analysis of the ground-level situation pre and post-Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019.

ArchAngel96,Patrick_jane

Anshhhh .

But the content are outdated ryt?? It may be important for mains but for pre are he provisons still valid??

Patrick_jane,

BASSICK .

Please clarify: Q)18

Q.20)

@troae

Q18) The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act provided that - "a transitional area,'' "a smaller urban area" or "a larger urban area" means any area that the Governor may specify after taking into consideration the following:

the population of the area
the density of the population therein,
the revenue generated for local administration,
the percentage of employment innon-agricultural activities,
the economic importance or
such other factors as he may deem fit, specify by public notification for the purposes of this Part.

Q20) Verbatim previous year question and answer is per official key - Grass-roots democracy was established in India not to ensure any political accountability, but to ensure citizen’s participation in governance leading to democratic decentralization. So, the term “democratic decentralization” is an appropriate replacement for the term “political accountability”. Moreover, political accountability already existed in the villages by way of elections to State legislatures.

Anshhhh .

What do we mean exactly when we say Proportional representation eliminates contacts between voters and representatives?

Again how does it decrease the value of vorer?

Page 22.4 chapter Parliament.. Plz clarify

ArchAngel96 .

For the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker does it require Effective majority or absolute majority

Just double checking ? In the book it was written Absolute majority similar to the vice president ; last time it was wrong.

@Prakhar96 For both speaker n vice prez it isEffective majority (50% of effective strength of house)

ArchAngel96,

Anshhhh .

@neyawn

TH14 .

@Anshhhh In proportional representation all parties which stand in election get seats in proportion to their votes.

Parties don't show individual candidates, rather there is a roster of 10-20 candidates from each party, for let's say 20 seats.

For example, there is roster of candidates which include Rahul Gandhi, Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Kamal Nath, Captain Amarinder Singh etc. Now congress receives 1/5th of the total votes, so they get 4 seats. In those 4 seats, congress can install any of their 4 candidates. 4 seats go to Amarinder Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. It doesn't matter if people had voted with Scindia or Pilot in mind.

In this manner, the party takes precedence over needs of the voter. I hope you understood.

ArchAngel96,Anshhhh

_Rana_ .

w.r.t Question no 32 of test 8..

in statement 1.. i.e "President of India can give Special address to both the houses of the parliament under article 86 of the constitution" is marked as incorrect in answer key.

According to Article 86..

Article 86(1) of the Constitution provides that the President "may" address either House of Parliament or both Houses assembled together.

so why has it been marked incorrect since the word "Can" has been used in the statement and as such the it is a general statement. And the statement 1 can be interpreted as a sub set of the above provision unless mentioned otherwise specifically.

Plz clarify..

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also w.r.t Question no. 37...

Option 1 states that " The question hour is mentioned in the Rules of procedure of the lok sabha." which is deemed incorrect as per answer key.

However "Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business" is in itself a Same document as published by Lok Sabha.. and as such mention of the Question hour can be found in both sections of the document.

and laxmikanth writes in "zero hour" that unlike question hour,the zero hour is not mentioned in Rules of procedure.. and it does not automatically imply that Question hour is not mentioned in conduct of business.

clarify this too..

_Rana_,Dpk_25and1 otherslike this

Chanakya .

Test no. 8 ->

Q18.qualifications to be chosen as a member of Rajya Sabha.

ANSWER GIVEN IS D. None of the above.

I think it should be C) 2 only->should be registered as an elector of a parliamentary constituency.( As per RPA 1951, qualifications for membership of parliament Laxmikant

Q23. Answer given is c) 2,3&4 are correct, it should be D) 1,2,3&4as per me, since option 1 is a registered voter in Delhi can contest an election for lok sabha from Sikkim, which is also true

@Chanakya for question 18) it is asked regarding constitutional qualifications but those options are mentioned under rpa act.

Constitutional qualifications are

Citizen

Age 30

Oath.

So D is crct key

_Rana_,

_Rana_ .

@Chanakya answer 23 is previous year question and a voter registered in delhi cannot contest election for lok sabha from sikkim,Assam and lakshadeep

anD w.r.t Question no 18.. the Question is asking specifically "mentioned in the Constitution" and that option 2 is as per RPA 1951.So answer given is correct i.e D

@Chanakya regarding 23,read 225 question from this

TwoFace,Steve

_Rana_ .