CBSE Term II Political Science Class 11th
Ans. (b) Both the statements are correct and reason is not the
correct explanation of assertion. Assertion is talking about
the financial resource for the implementation of the
welfare scheme for the betterment of people whereas
Reason is about presentation of budget so that it can get
approve from the Parliament.
17. Assertion (A) Anti-defection law, means that a
legislator who is elected on one party’s ticket is
restricted from defecting to another party.
Reason (R) Anti-defection law is mention in the
Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
Ans. (d) Ways to control the behaviour of the member by the
presiding officer is anti-defection law, which means that a
legislator who is elected on one party’s ticket is restricted
from defecting to another party.
Anti-defection law is mention in the tenth schedule of the
Constitution. It was inserted by the 52nd Constitutional
Amendment Act. Hence, reason is not correct.
18. Assertion (A) If a confidence motion against the
government is passed, the government loses majority.
Reason (R) The Parliament can effectively control
the executive and ensures a more responsive
government.
Ans. (c) If a no-confidence motion against the government is
passed, the government loses majority. Hence, assertion is
incorrect.
The Parliament can effectively control the executive and
ensures a more responsive government.
19. Assertion (A) No action can be initiated against a
member of Parliament for whatever said in the
legislature.
Reason (R) The members have parliamentary
privileges.
Ans. (a) No action can be initiated against a member of
Parliament for whatever said in the legislature because
the members have parliamentary privileges. This is
known as parliamentary privileges. Hence both A and R
are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
20. Assertion (A) The Rajya Sabha is elected by MLAs
rather than the general public. As a result, the
Rajya Sabha was not given certain powers under
the constitution.
Reason (R) The Rajya Sabha can criticise the
government but not overthrow it.
Ans. (a) The Rajya Sabha is elected by MLAs rather than the
general public. As a result, the Rajya Sabha was not given
certain powers under the Constitution.
Rajya Sabha can criticise but can’t overthrow government
because they are elected by the MLAs.
The people are the final authority in a democratic
government, as defined by our Constitution. According to
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this argument, representatives who are directly elected
by the people should have the right to remove a
government and oversee its finances. Hence, both A and
R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
l Case Based MCQs
1. Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow.
The committee system has reduced the burden on
the Parliament. Many important bills have been
referred to committees. The Parliament has merely
approved the work done in the committees with
few occasional alterations. Of course, legally
speaking, no bill can become law and no budget
will be sanctioned unless approved by the
Parliament. But the Parliament rarely rejects the
suggestions made by the committees. “The nature
of the legislature is such that there are restrictions
only so far as procedure is concerned. But in
substance there is no restriction, no limitation on
the sovereignty of the legislature or Parliament...”.
(i) Name the instruments of Parliament to control the
executive.
(a) No-Confidence Motion (b) Adjournment Motion
(c) Question Hour (d) All of these
Ans. (d) The instruments of Parliament to control the executive
are Adjournment motion, Questions Hour, Zero Hour,
No-Confidence Motion are some of the instruments of
exercising control.
(ii) Which system has reduced the burden on the
Parliament?
(a) Judiciary System (b) Committee System
(c) Legislation (d) None of these
Ans. (b) The committee system has reduced the burden on the
Parliament. Many important bills have been referred to
committees.
(iii) The word procedure in the above passage refers to
.......... .
(a) Working of the Parliament
(b) Execution of Parliament
(c) Legislation
(d) Judiciary
Ans. (a) The word procedure in the above passage refers to the
working of the Parliament.
(iv) The .......... of the legislature is the final authority
in matters of regulating the business of the
legislature.
(a) Presiding Officer (b) President
(c) Speaker (d) Both (a) and (c)
Ans. (d) The Speaker/Presiding officer has the final authority
in matter relating to the business in the house.