Category: Constitution

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാർട്ടികൾ, നോട്ട, സംസ്ഥാന ഇലക്ഷൻ കമ്മീഷൻ, പബ്ലിക് സർവീസ് കമ്മീഷൻ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• No of national parties in India

7 (INC, CPI, CPM, BJP, BSP, NCP, Trinamool Congress)

 

• Last political party which got recognition as a national party

Thrinamool Congress (1998)

 

• Criteria for getting national party status

6% of the total polled vote in at least 4 states in last held general election

 

• Trinamool Congress             : Grass and two flowers

• Bahujan Samaj Party              : Elephant

• Constituencies of Narendra Modi in 16th Lok Sabha election

Varanasi and Vadodara (Resigned from Vadodara later)

 

• Constituencies of Mulayam Sing Yadav in 16th Lok Sabha election

Azamgarh and Mainpuri (Resigned from Mainpuri later)

 

• Largest constituency in India

Ladakh

 

• Smallest constituency in India

Chandni Chauk (Delhi)

 

• Constituency having largest number of voters

Malkaj Giri (Telangana)

 

• Constituency having shortest number of voters

Lakshadweep

 

• Political party formed by Irom Sharmila

PRJA (Peoples Resurgance and Justice Alliance)

 

• BJP/Jan Samkh             : Shyamaprasad Mukharjee

• CPI                                : MN Roy

ഹൈക്കോടതി, ഇലക്ഷൻ കമ്മീഷൻ, ചീഫ് ഇലക്ഷൻ കമ്മീഷണർ എന്നിവരുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• Indian High court Act was passed in

1861 (Lord Canning)

 

• First High court in India was inaugurated during the period of

John Lawrence (1862, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras)

 

• Article deling with High court

Article 214

 

• High court judges are removed by

President (Same ground and manner of SC judge removal)

 

• Oath of High court judges are administrated by

Governor of the state

 

• Retirement age of High court judges

62

 

• Salaries and allowances of High court judges are charged upon

Consolidated fund of the state

 

• Pension of High court judges are charged upon

Consolidated fund of the India

 

• Highest court of appeal in the state

High Court

 

• As per Article 226, writs of the High court is

Wider than that of Supreme court as it also for other purposes than fundamental rights

 

• No of High courts in India

24

 

• Only Union territory having its own High court

Delhi

 

• High court having most no of states under that

Guwahati (4 states)

 

• Andaman Nicobar islands are under the jurisdiction of

Kolkatta High court

 

• Oldest high court in India

Kolkatta High court (1862)

 

• High court having most number of judges

Allahabad High court

 

• First woman chief justice of High court

Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh)

 

• First woman to become judge of a High court

Anna Chandi (Kerala) (First woman judge in Commonwealth countries)

 

• First woman Magistrate in India

Omana Kunjamma

 

• First woman advocate in India

Cornelia Sorabji

 

• First Indian to become judge of High court

Sambhunath Pandit (1863, Calcutta)

 

• First Indian to become chief justice of High court

PB Chakravarthi (1863, Calcutta)

 

• First Indian court to be powered by Solar energy

Kunti District court (Jharkhand)

 

• First cyber forensic laboratory in India was set up in

Tripura High Court (2013)

 

• Kerala High court started on

1956 November 1 (At Eranakulam)

 

• Union territory which comes under Kerala High court

Lakshadweep

 

• Present chief justice of Kerala High court

Antony Dominic (2018 Feb 9 onwards)

 

• First chief justice of Kerala High court

K T Koshi

 

• First woman chief justice of Kerala High court

Sujatha Manohar

 

• First Malayalee woman chief justice of Kerala High court

KK Usha

 

• First judge of Kerala High court to resign from office

V Giri

 

• Chancellor of National University of Advanced Legal Studies

Kerala High Court Cheif Justice

 

• Last formed High courts in India

Manipur, Mekhalaya (25 March 2013), Thripura (26 March 2013)

 

• Article deling with Election Commission

Article 324

 

• Study and scientific analysis of Elections is called

Psephology

 

• Father of India Psephology

Pranoy Roy

 

• Election Commission is a

Constitutional body

 

• Responsiblities of Election Commission

Conducting elections to Parliament, State assemblies and to the offices of President and Vice president

 

• Election Commission came into force on

25th January 1950

 

• National voters day

25th January (2011 onwards)

 

• Election Commission consists of

Chief election commissioner and two election commissioners

 

• Tenure of Election Commissioners

6 years or 65 years of age

 

• General Election to the first Lok Sabha was held in India between

25th October 1951 and 21st February 1952

 

• First voting in the first general election was at

Chini Taluk of Himachal Pradesh

 

• First voter in independent India

Shyam Saran Negi

 

• For how many seats India’s first Lok Sabha election conducted

489 (INC won 364 seats)

 

• Only one regional party to become main opposition party in Lok Sabha

Telugu Desam Party

 

• Present (21st) Chief Election Commissioner of India

Achal Kumar Jyoti

 

• Salary of Election Commissioners are equal to that of

Judge of SC

 

• Who is responsible for issuing Voters list and giving accreditation to political parties

Election Commission of India

 

• Right to vote in India based on

Universal adult franchise

 

• Article dealing with Universal adult franchise

Article 326

 

• First state to issue election identity cards to all voters

Haryana

 

• First state to computerize all voters list

Haryana

 

• First Chief election commissioner of India

Sukumar Sen

 

• First Malayalee to become Chief election commissioner of India

T N Seshan

 

• First woman chief election commissioner of India

V S Ramadevi

 

• Shortest serving chief election commissioner of India

V S Ramadevi

 

• Longest serving chief election commissioner of India

KVK Sundaram

 

• Only Muslim chief election commissioner of India

S Y Khureshi

 

• Voting age reduced to 18 from 21 by

61st Constitution amendment act 1988

 

• Prime minister who reduced the voting age to 18

Rajiv Gandhi

 

• Right to vote is a

Legal right

 

• Election campaign should be stop

48 Hrs before the poling

 

• Generally, polling starts at

7 am

 

• In charge of a polling booth is called

Presiding officer

 

• Minimum vote required to get the deposit money back is

1/6th of the total vote

 

• Candidates submitting the nomination to

Returning officer

 

• Present chief electoral officer of Kerala

E K Majhi

 

• Chief election commissioner who introduced Photo identity cards

T N Sheshan

 

• Voter verified paper audit trial introduced as experimental in

Nagaland Constituent assembly election 2013, Nokasen constituency

 

• Maximum possible constituencies from which a candidate can compete in an election

Two

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പ്രതിപക്ഷ നേതാക്കൾ, സുപ്രീം കോടതി, ജഡ്‌ജിമാരുടെ നിയമനം, വേതനം എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• Only Malayalee to become official leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

C M Stephan

 

• Second woman to become the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

Sushma Swaraj

 

 

• First recognized leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

Dr Ram Subhag Singh

 

 

• First recognized leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha

S N Mishra

 

 

• First Lok Sabha leader of the opposition to get cabinet rank

Y B Chawan

 

 

• First Rajya Sabha leader of the opposition to get cabinet rank

Kamalapathi Thripadi

 

 

• Article dealing with establishment and constitution of Supreme court

Article 124

 

 

• Supreme court of India established on

28th January 1950

 

 

• A Federal court established as per Govt of India act 1935 in

1937 at New Delhi (Considered as the predecessor of SC)

 

 

• Which is considered as the guardian of Indian constitution

Supreme court

 

 

• From 1937 to 1950, Supreme court was functioning in

Chamber of rinses in Parliament

 

• Current building of Supreme court start functioning in

1958

 

• No of judges in Supreme court

Chief Justice and 30 other judges

 

• No of judges in Supreme court in the beginning

Chief Justice and 7 other judges

 

• Who is responsible to change the no of judges in Supreme court

Parliament

 

• What is the criteria for selecting a judge as Supreme court chief justice

Seniority

 

• 45th Chief Justice of India

Dipak Mishra

 

• The permanent seat of Supreme court is at

New Delhi

 

• Oath of judges in Supreme court administrated by

President

 

• Retirement age of judges in Suprem court

65

 

• Article dealing with the power of president to consult SC

Article 143

 

• Least no of judges needed for presidential reference as per article 143

5

 

• PIN code of Supreme court

110201

 

• First customized PIN code in India

110201 (PIN of SC, 2013 September)

 

• Resignation letters of Supreme court judges are addressed to

The President

 

• Salary and allowances of Supreme court judges are charged upon

Consolidated Fund of India

 

• Article dealing with removal of Supreme court Judges by the president

Article 124 (4)

 

• Reasons for the removal of Supreme court Judges

Proved misbehavior or incapacity

 

• No.of signs needed to present a motion to remove SC Judge

100 in Lok Sabha and 50 in Rajya Sabha

 

• Majority needed to pass a motion of remove SC Judge in each house of the parliament is

2/3rd of the members of the house present

 

• SC bench dealing with Social justice

Social justice bench

 

• Social justice bench started by

HL Dutt (2014 December 12)

 

• First person to appear before Social justice bench

Medha Patkar

 

• Social justice bench canceled by

T S Dakkoor (2016)

 

• Social justice bench restarted by

J S Khehar

 

• First judge to face impeachment in Lok Sabha

V Rama swami (1993)

 

• First judge to face impeachment in Rajya Sabha

Soumitra Sen (2011)

 

• First judge to resign after impeachment in Lok Sabha

Soumitra Sen (Due to corruption)

 

• First person to become governor after becoming Chief justice of India

P Sadasivam (Kerala)

 

• First person to become vice president after becoming Chief justice of India

M Hidayathullah

 

• First person to become speaker after becoming SC justice

K S Hegde

 

• First governor to vote in Kerala legislative assembly election

P Sadasivam

 

• Article deals with the original jurisdiction of SC

Article 131

 

• Highest appellate court in India

Supreme Court

 

• Article deals judicial review

Article 13

 

• Article deals with the advisory jurisdiction of SC

Article 143

 

• Which is known as the court of record under article 129

Supreme court

 

• First chief justice of India

H J Kania

 

• Longest serving chief justice of India

Y V Chandrachood

 

• Shortest serving chief justice of India

Kamal Narayan Singh

 

• First Malayalee to become SC Judge

P Govinda Menon

 

• First Malayalee to become SC chief Judge

KG Balakrishnan (37th)

 

• First woman to become SC Judge

Fathima Beevi (Malayalee)

 

• SC ordered to disqualify parliamentary members who punished in criminal cases on

2013 July 10

 

• First Rajya Sabha\Parliament member to disqualify as per the SC order on 2013 July 10

Rasheed Masood

 

• Lok Sabha member to disqualify as per the SC order on 2013 July 10

Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagadish Sharma

 

• Monthly salary of Indian President

₹500,000

 

• Monthly salary of Vice President

₹400,000

 

• Monthly salary of Governor

₹350,000

 

• Monthly salary of Chief justice of SC

₹280,000

 

• Monthly salary of judges of SC and Chief justice of High court

₹250,000

 

• Monthly salary of judges of High court

₹225,000

 

• Father of modern legal education in India

NR Madhava Menon

 

• National Judicial Academy is at

Bhopal

 

• First all-women court in India

Malda (West Bengal)

 

• First high court to establish Green bench in India

Calcutta High Court (1996)

 

• First state to start mobile court in India

Haryana

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വോട്ട് ഓൺ അക്കൗണ്ട്, കേരള ബജറ്റ്, ക്വസ്റ്റിൻ അവർ, ശൂന്യവേള, അവിശ്വാസ പ്രമേയം, വിശ്വാസപ്രമേയം, പാർലമെൻറ് കമ്മറ്റികൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• Article dealing with Vote on Account

Article 116

 

• As per Vote on account, the amount of money for the expenditure of government till the bill is passed is taken from

Consolidated Fund of India

 

• Vote on Account is valid for

Two months (1/6th of the amount is generally granting)

 

• First Kerala budget was presented by

C Achutha Menon (7th June 1957)

 

• Who is holding the record of presenting maximum number of budgets

K M Mani (13 Budgets)

 

• Which university started KM Mani centre for budget studies

CUSAT (Cochin University)

 

• KM Mani centre for budget studies inaugurated by

Hamid Ansari (2013 February 17)

 

• Who is holding the record of longest budget speech

Thomas Issac (2 Hr 56 Min) (second Oommen Chandi)

 

• Who is holding the record of shortest budget speech

EK Nayanar (in 1987, Six minutes)

 

• Part of budget which consists all the revenues and deposits of government account

Public account

 

• First budget of the Republic of India was presented by

John Mathai (28th February 1950)

 

• First finance minister to present a budget in Lok Sabha

CD Deshmukh (1952)

 

• First budget in India was presented by

James Wilson (1860 under Lord Canning)

 

• Father of Indian budget

P C Mahalanobis

 

• Only woman to present a budget in Lok Sabha

Indira Gandhi

 

• First Prime minister to present a budget during the finance ministership

Jawaharlal Nehru

 

• Which budget was called as Black budget

1973-74 (Due to budget deficit)

 

• Question hour is

First hour of every parliamentary sitting

 

• Questions in parliament which requires Oral answers is called

Starred questions

 

• Number of Oral questions allowed per day

20 (One member can ask only one question per day)

 

• Questions in parliament which requires written answers is called

Unstarred questions

 

• Short notice questions can be answered within

Ten days

 

• Question Hour in Rajya Sabha starting at

12 pm (2014 onwards)

 

• An Indian innovation to the parliamentary system in which a member to raise matters without any prior notice

Zero hour

 

• Timing of Zero hours in Parliament

12 to 1 pm (In Rajya Sabha 11 am to 12 pm from 2014 onwards)

 

• No confidence motion can be introduced only in

Lok Sabha

 

• No confidence motion can be introduced by

Opposition Party

 

• No confidence motion can be introduced against

Council of ministers

 

• Minimum number of support needed to present No confidence motion in Lok Sabha

50

 

• No confidence motion can be introduced by

Opposition Party

 

• First person to present No confidence motion

JB Kripalani (1963 against Jawaharlal Nehru)

 

• PM who faced the most number of No confidence motion

Indira Gandhi

 

• First PM who faced after failing in No confidence motion

V P Singh

 

• Confidence motion introduced by

Prime Minister

 

• Majority needed to pass No confidence motion

Simple majority

 

• An Indian innovation to the parliamentary system to call the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public interest by a member

Calling attention motion

 

• Counter part of calling attention in Rajya Sabha

Motion of papers

 

• Motion moved by a member when a minister committed a breach of privileges of the House

Privilege motion

 

• Motion introduced in Lok Sabha to draw the attention to a matter of urgent public importance

Adjournment motion

 

• Motion discussing the speech of President address in Parliament

Motion of Thanks

 

• Parliamentary committees which is permanent in nature is called

Standing committees

 

• Parliamentary committees which is constituted for a specific purpose is called

Adhoc committees

 

• No of members in Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

22 (15 from Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha)

 

• Chairman of Public Accounts Committee is from

Lok Sabha and the Opposition party (Appointed by Speaker)

 

• Present Chairman of Public Accounts Committee

Mallikarjun Kharge

 

• Term of office of a member of Public Accounts Committee and Estimate committee is

One year

 

• Committee which examines the audit reports of CAG

Public Accounts Committee

 

• Public Accounts Committee submits its report to

Speaker of Lok Sabha

 

• Who is called as the friend, philosopher, and guide of Public Accounts Committee

CAG

 

• Who is considered as the eye and year of Public Accounts Committee

CAG

 

• Which is called as the postmortem Committee

PAC

 

• Quorum of PAC is

Four members

 

• Which Committee is responsible for preventing the over expense of public funds

PAC

 

• Largest parliamentary Committee

Estimate Committee

 

• First Estimate Committee in Independent India was formed in

1950 (Recommended by John Mathai)

 

• No of members in Estimate Committee

30

 

• Committee which consists of only Lok Sabha members

Estimate Committee

 

• Chairman of Estimate Committee is from

Ruling Party (Appointed by Speaker)

 

• Which committee is responsible for scrutinizing the budget estimates

Estimate committee

 

• Committee on public undertaking was created in

1964 (Recommended by Krishna Menon Committee)

 

• No of members in Committee on public undertaking

22 members (15 from Lok Sabha 7 from Rajya Sabha)

 

• Committee which examines the affairs of the public undertakings

Committee on public undertakings

 

• Chairman of Committee on the public undertaking is from

Lok Sabha (Appointed by the Speaker)

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പാർലമെൻറ്ൻറെ ചില സവിശേഷതകൾ, ബജറ്റ് എന്നിവയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• Situation in which no political party has an absolute majority after the election

Hung Parliament

 

• The official of a political party whose responsibility is to ensure discipline in a legislature

Whip

 

• If a legislative member of a political party disobey the Whip issued, he will be disqualified under

Anti Defection Law

 

• The procedure of debating over a proposed piece of legislation in order to delay or prevent the decision being made on that

Filibuster

 

• The process of manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency in favor of the ruling party

Gerry Mandering

 

• The process of terminating the sitting of Parliament is called

Adjournment

 

• Adjournment is done by

The presiding officer of the house

 

• The process of terminating the sitting of the house for an indefinite period is called

Adjournment sine die

 

• The process of terminating the session of Parliament is called

Prorogation

 

• Prorogation is done by

The President

 

• In case of Prorogation

Does not affect pending bills, all notices lapses

 

• The process of ending the life of a house by the President is called

Dissolution

 

• Dissolution is applicable only for

Lok Sabha

 

• All businesses including bills, committees will lapse in case of

Dissolution

 

• The period between the prorogation and reassembly is called as

Recess

 

• Members of the existing Lok Sabha who could not get re-elected to the new Lok Sabha

Lame ducks

 

• Article dealing with Budget

Article 112

 

• The word Budget s derived from

French word Bougette means a small bag

 

• The term used for indicating Budget in the constitution

Annual Financial Statement

 

• Estimate of all anticipated receipts and expenditure of the coming year is called

Budget

 

• Financial year in India

From 1st April to 31st March

 

• Budget laid before the Parliament in the name of

President

 

• Railway Budget separated from the General budget in

1924

 

• Railway Budget separated from the General budget by the recommendation of

Acworth Committee

 

• The first Budget of free India was presented by

RK Shanmugham Chetty

 

• The first Budget of free India was presented on

26th November 1947

 

• Maximum number of Budgets presented after Morarji Desai by

P Chidambaram (9 budgets)

 

• Maximum number of Budgets on a raw presented by

CD Deshmukh (7 budgets)

 

• The decision to merge Railway budget with general Budget was taken on

21 September 2016

 

• Single Budget after the merging of railway budget was presented on

1st February 2017

 

• First finance minister to present Budget on February 1

Arun Jaitley

 

• The word Interim Budget was first used by

RK Shanmukham Chetty

 

• First finance minister to present an Interim Budget was

CD Deshmukh

 

• The annual budget of states undergoing presidential election will be presented at

Parliament

 

• Which part of the Budget is dealing with taxation policy

Second part

 

• The voting on demands for grants is the exclusive privilege of

Lok Sabha

 

• Number of demands in General Budget

109 (103 for civil and 6 for defense)

 

• Number of demands in Railway Budget

32

 

• Types of Budgets are

Line Item budget, performance budget, programme budget and zero based budget

 

• Which are the heads consists of Budget

Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund, Public account of India

 

• Article dealing with Consolidated fund

Article 266

 

• Article dealing with the Contingency fund

Article 267

 

• Article dealing with Public Account of India

Article 266 (2)

 

• All the revenues collected, loans raised and the income generated by Govt of India kept under

Consolidated fund

 

• Fund reserved for emergencies and unexpected economic crises

Contingency fund

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പാർലമെന്റിലെ ബില്ലുകൾ, മണി ബിൽ, പാർലമെൻറ് സെഷനുകൾ എന്നിവയാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ.

• Most important function of Parliament is

Lawmaking

 

• The legislative procedure is initiated in the form of a

Bill

 

• A bill in Parliament become a law when

Passed by both the houses and assented to by the President

 

• Bills are classified as

Ordinary bills, Money bills, Financial bills, Constitutional amendment bills

 

• Bills which can be recommended only with the recommendation of the President are known as

Government bills

 

• All bills other than Money bill, Financial bill and constitution amendment bill are classified as

Ordinary bills

 

• Ordinary bills can be introduced in

Either house of the Parliament

 

• How many readings are there for an Ordinary bill in Parliament

Three Readings

 

• Article dealing with the Joint sitting of Parliament

Article 108

 

• Situations to call for the Joint sitting of Parliament

Disagreement between the two houses, Or the second house not taking decision on a bill for Six Months

 

• Who is responsible to summon the Joint sitting of Parliament

President

 

• In the absence of Lok Sabha Speaker who will preside the Joint sitting of Parliament

Deputy Speaker

 

• In the absence of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, who will preside over the Joint sitting of Parliament

Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

 

• First President to summon the Joint sitting of Parliament

Dr Rajendra Prasad

 

• First Speaker to preside over the Joint sitting of Parliament

MA Ayyankar

 

• Majority required to pass a bill in the Joint sitting of Parliament

Simple Majority

 

• Which are the bills that cannot be passed in the Joint sitting of Parliament

Money Bill and Constitutional amendment bills

 

• How many times the Joint sitting of Parliament happened

Three times

 

• First Joint sitting of Parliament was for

Dowry Prohibition Bill 1961

 

• Second Joint sitting of Parliament was for

Banking Service Commission Bill 1978

 

• Third and final Joint sitting of Parliament was for

POTA Bill 2002 (Prevention of Terrorism Act)

 

• Article dealing with Money bill

Article 110

 

• What kind of bills are considered as Money bill

Bill dealing with the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax, regulating the borrowing power of states or matters related to consolidated fund and Contingency fund

 

• To introduce a Money bill in Parliament prior recommendation from whom is needed

President

 

• Rajya Sabha should return a Money bill within

14 Days

 

• The executive authority of Money bill

Lok Sabha

 

• The President cannot return

Money Bills

 

• Money bill can be introduced only in

Lok Sabha

 

• Best Parliamentarian award is given by

Indian Parliamentary Group

 

• First member to receive Best Parliamentarian award

Indrajith Gupta

 

• Which is called as First estate

Legislature

 

• Which is called as Second estate

Executive

 

• Which is called as Third estate

Judiciary

 

• Which is called as Fourth estate

Press

 

• Land Acquisition Act came into effect on

2014 January 1

 

• How many sessions are in Parliament

Three

 

• Budget session of the Parliament

February to March

 

• Monsoon session of the Parliament

July to September

 

• Winter session of the Parliament

November to December

 

• Maximum time gap between two sessions of the Parliament

Six Months

 

• Parliament must meet how many times in a year

Twice

 

• Vote by the speaker in case of a tie

Casting vote

 

• Kerala Speaker who did the maximum number of casting votes

AC Jose (8 Times)

 

• If no party can get a clear majority after the election, the government formed by two or more parties together is called

Coalition Government

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