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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
Topic:[GS-II] Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.24 PYQs
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Mains - GS-II
12 shown2026•Mains•GS-II•Q.3
Examine whether the constitutional office of the Lok Sabha Speaker has become vulnerable to partisan politics under the current anti-defection regime. What institutional changes are required to ensure the neutrality of the Lok Sabha Speaker in managing a polarised House?
Polity
2024•Mains•GS-II•Q.3
"The growth of cabinet system has practically resulted in the marginalisation of the parliamentary supremacy." Elucidate.
GS-II
2023•Mains•GS-II•Q.5
Discuss the role of Presiding Officers of state legislatures in maintaining order and impartiality in conducting legislative work and in facilitating best democratic practices.
Polity
2023•Mains•GS-II•Q.16
Explain the structure of the Parliamentary Committee system. How far have the financial committees helped in the institutionalisation of Indian Parliament?
Parliament
2022•Mains•GS-II•Q.4
Discuss the role of the Vice-President of India as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Polity
2021•Mains•GS-II•Q.4
To what extent, in your view, the Parliament is able to ensure accountability of the executive in India?
GS-II
2021•Mains•GS-II•Q.14
Explain the constitutional provisions under which Legislative Councils are established. Review the working and current status of Legislative Councils with suitable illustrations.
GS-II
2021•Mains•GS-II•Q.15
Do Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees keep the administration on its toes and inspire reverence for parliamentary control? Evaluate the working of such committees with suitable examples.
GS-II
2020•Mains•GS-II•Q.5
'Once a Speaker, Always a Speaker'! Do you think this practice should be adopted to impart objectivity to the office of the Speaker of Lok Sabha? What could be its implications for the robust functioning of parliamentary business in India?
GS-II
2020•Mains•GS-II•Q.14
Rajya Sabha has been transformed from a 'useless stepney tyre' to the most useful supporting organ in past few decades. Highlight the factors as well as the areas in which this transformation could be visible.
Parliament and State Legislatures
2019•Mains•GS-II•Q.15
Individual Parliamentarian's role as the national law maker is on a decline, which in turn, has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcome. Discuss.
Polity
2018•Mains•GS-II•Q.4
Why do you think the committees are considered to be useful for parliamentary work? Discuss, in this context, the role of the Estimates Committee.
Polity
Prelims - Paper 1 (GS)
8 shown2026•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.58
Consider the following statements in respect of questions asked by the Members in the Parliament of India:
1
Unstarred questions are those to which a Member desires an oral answer in the House.
2
Starred questions are those to which a Member desires a written answer.
3
No supplementary question can be asked on an unstarred question.
Parliamentary Procedures
2026•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.59
Consider the following statements about the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Parliament of India:
1
Although members of this Committee are elected from both Houses of Parliament, the Chairperson of this Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
2
Twenty members are elected by the Rajya Sabha and ten members by the Lok Sabha.
3
No Minister, except for the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, is eligible to be a member of this Committee.
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Members are elected for a fixed term of two years from the date they enter their office.
Parliamentary Committees
2024•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.68
Which of the following statements are correct in respect of a Money Bill in the Parliament?
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Article 109 mentions special procedure in respect of Money Bills.
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A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States.
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The Rajya Sabha can either approve the Bill or suggest changes but cannot reject it.
4
Amendments to a Money Bill suggested by the Rajya Sabha have to be accepted by the Lok Sabha.
Polity
2019•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.53
With reference to the Legislative Assembly of a State in India, consider the following statements :
1
The Governor makes a customary address to Members of the House at the commencement of the first session of the year.
2
When a State Legislature does not have a rule on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha rule on that matter.
Polity
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.1
Consider the following statements :
1
In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the Swatantra Party.
2
In the Lok Sabha, a "Leader of the Opposition" was recognised for the first time in 1969.
3
In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum of 75 members, its leader cannot be recognised as the Leader of the Opposition.
Polity
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.20
With reference to the Parliament of India, which of the following Parliamentary Committees scrutinizes and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules, by-laws, etc. conferred by the Constitution or delegated by the Parliament are being properly exercised by the Executive within the scope of such delegation ?
Parliament and State Legislatures
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.31
Regarding Money Bill,
which of the following statements is not correct ?
Polity
2018•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.39
Consider the following statements :
1
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall vacate his/her office if he/she ceases to be a member of the Assembly.
2
Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall vacate his/her office immediately.
Polity