PARLIMENT (ARTICLE - 79)

*The term 'parliament' is originated from the French word
Ans : 'Parler' which means to discuss or to talk
*In India the Union Legislature is known as 
Ans : The Parliament
*The legislative body of India is 
Ans : The Parliament
*Article 79 of the constitution deals with 
Ans : The Parliament
*The articles which allow the Parliament the power of law making
Ans : Article 245 & 246 
*The Parliament of India consists of 
Ans : Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and The President of India 
*The Indian parliament is
Ans : Bicameral (Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha)
*Indian Parliament observed the diamond Jubilee in
Ans : May 13, 2012
*Total number of members in Indian, Parliament
Ans : 790 (Lok Sabha 545 Rajya Sabha 245)
*The article which deals with the oath of office of the members of the Parliament
Ans : Article 99
*The disqualification of the members of the Parliament is dealt with
Ans : Article 102
The Parliament sessions are called by 
Ans : The President
*Parliament building is situated in 
Ans : New Delhi
*The Parliament building was desinged by
Ans : Edwin Leutins and Herbert Baker
*The stone for Parliament building was laid on
Ans : February 12,1921 
*The Parliament was inaugurated on 
Ans : January 18,1927 
*The Parliament building was inaugurated by 
Ans : Lord Irwin
*The house of Parliament located in New Delhi
Ans : Sansad Bhavan
*The shape of the central hall of Indian Parliament building 
Ans : Circular
*The shape of Parliament building 
Ans : Oval
*The interval between the two sessions of Parliament
Ans : 6 months
*The quorum of members need to meet the Parliament
Ans : One tenth of the total Members
*The Article which deals with the Meetings of the Parliament
Ans : Article 85
*The members who are sitting on the left side of the Parliament
Ans : Opposition Parties
*The members who are sitting on the right side of the Parliament
Ans : Ruling Parties
*The only official who has the power to be present in the Parliament
Ans : Attorney General (no voting right)

PARLIAMENT SESSIONS

*Lok Sabha usually meets 3 times in a year
*Budget Session
Ans : February-May
*Monsoon Session
Ans : July-August
*Winter Session
Ans : November - December
*The joint session of the Parliament is addressed by
Ans : The President
*The joint session is presided by
Ans : Lok Sabha Speaker

INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY GROUP

*The group of existing and former Members of the Parliament is called
Ans : Indian Parliamentary Group (1949)
*The Best Parliamentarian Award is instituted by
Ans : The Indian Parliament
*First person to receive the Best Parliamentarian Award
Ans : S.Chandra Sekhar (1995)

PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS

1.QUESTION HOUR

*Parliament proceedings are started with
Ans : Question Hour
*The time given to the members to ask questions to the Ministers is
Ans : Question Hour
*First hour of each sitting of the Parliament is called
Ans : Question Hour
*Three type of questions are
Ans : Starred Questions, Unstarred Questions and Short Notice Questions

STARRED QUESTIONS

These type of questions contain asterisk marks; The Minister has to give the reply orally to the Member; Supplementary questions can also be raised

UNSTARRED QUESTIONS

A written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed.

SHORT NOTICE QUESTIONS

The questions which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.

2. ZERO HOUR

*It is an Indian innovation and has been in existence since
Ans : 1962
*It starts immediately after the question hour
and lasts until the agenda for the day is taken up
*There is no specific time limit fixed for the Zero Hour
*Zero hour is not mentioned in the rules of procedure
*Maximum limit of matters to be raised during the Zero Hour is
Ans : 20

3. PROROGATION

*The termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President
Ans : Prorogation
*Prorogation is ordered by
Ans : The President
*The article deals with Prorogation is
Ans : 85(2)(a)
*Usually, prorogation follows the adjournment of the sitting of the House sine die

4. MOTIONS

CLOSURE MOTION

* A motion moved by a member to cut short the debate on a matter
Ans : Closure Motion
* If adopted, the matter is immediately put to vote

PRIVILEGE MOTION

*A motion moved by a member when a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the house by withholding facts and information or by giving wrong information
Ans : Privilege Motion
*A Privilege Motion is usually moved by a member from
Ans : Opposition

ADJOURNMENT MOTION

*A motion introduced in the parliament to draw attention into a definite matter of urgent public importance
Ans : Adjournment Motion
*The Adjournment Motion needs the support of
Ans : 50 members to be admitted 
*The house of the Parliament which is not permitted to use the adjournment motion
Ans : RajyaSabha

CALLING ATTENTION MOTION

*The motion moved by a member to call the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance and to seek an authoritative statement from him
Ans : Calling Attention Motion
*Calling Attention Motion is an innovative of
Ans : India
*Calling Attention Motion has been in use in the Rules of Procedure since
Ans : 1954
*The house of the Parliament which is not permitted to use the Calling Attention motion
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*Instead of Calling Attention, the motion existing in Rajya Sabha
Ans : Motion for papers

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION

*The motion by which the Lok Sabha can remove the ministry from office
Ans : No-confidence Motion
*The quorum required to support the no-confidence motion
Ans : 50 members
*The majority needed to pass a no -confidence motion
Ans : Simple Majority
*No-Confidence can be introduced only against
Ans : The Council of Ministers
*First person who moved the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha in August 1963 against Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans : J.B. Kripalani
*First Prime Minister who resigned due to no-confidence motion
Ans : V.P. Singh
*First Chief Minister of Kerala who resigned due to no-confidence motion
Ans : R.Sankar

MOTION OF CONFIDENCE

*The motion used by the Government to demonstrate its strength on the floor of the house
Ans : Motion of Confidence
*The Motion of Confidence is presented in the Parliament
Ans : The Prime Minister 
*The No-Confidence Motion is presented in the Parliament
Ans : Opposition

CENSURE MOTION

*The motion moved against the ruling government or against any minister for failure to act in certain matters
Ans : Censure Motion
*A Censure Motion can only be moved in
Ans : Lok Sabha / State Assembly 
*If the censure motion is passed against a Government, council of ministers shall pass a
Ans : Confidence Motion
*There is no limit on the number of censure motions that can be introduced in a session
*If the censure motion is passed, the government does not need to resign

MOTION OF THANKS

*Whenever the President addresses the session of the parliament, his speech is discussed in both the house of Parliament on a motion. This motion is called
Ans : Motion of Thanks
*The last session of the existing Lok Sabha after a new Lok Sabha has been elected
Ans : Lame —Duck Session  
*Lame Ducks are the members of the existing Lok Sabha who could not get  re-elected to the new Lok Sabha.

SCORING MACHINE

*When no single political party (or bloc of allied parties) gets an absolute majority of seats in the parliament is called 
Ans : Hung Parliament
*An extra vote cast by the Speaker to decide an issue when the votes on each side are. equal
Ans : Casting Vote
*The cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate, reducing the dominance of any one party 
Ans : Coalition Government
*Manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency by the ruling party so as to favour them to get re-elected A
ns : Gerrymandering
*The parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a proposal 
Ans : Filibuster
*An official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates 
Ans : Whip
*The election conducted to fill the elected offices that become vacant between general elections due to the demise/resignation of a member of a Legislature 
Ans : By Election
*The election conducted when the Lok Sabha / State Legislature is dismissed before the expiry of the term 
Ans : Mid Term Election
*First person to become a member of Lok Sabha through By Election
Ans : Purushottam Das Tandon 
*The end of the life of the Lok Sabha either by an order made by the President under article 85 (2) (b) of the Constitution or on the expiration of the period of five years from the date appointed for its first meeting is called 
Ans : Dissolution
*The power of the President to keep pending a bill without giving assent/action for an indefinite period is called 
Ans : Pocket Veto
*Veto power of the President deals in 
Ans : Article 111

RAJYA SABHA (ARTICLE 80)

*The upper house of Parliament 
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*The Article deals with Rajya Sabha 
Ans : Article 80
*The allocation of seats in Rajya Sabha to States and Union Territories is specified in the
Ans : Fourth schedule of the constitution
*The permanent body of Parliament that cannot be subjected to dissolution 
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*Maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is fixed at 
Ans : 250
*The number of members of Rajya Sabha representing the States and Union Territories 
Ans : 238
*The number of members nominated by the President in Rajya Sabha 
Ans : 12
*Rajya Sabha was constituted on  
Ans : 3 rd April
*Lok Sabha was constituted on 
Ans : 17th April 1952
*The first meeting of Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha
Ans : 13th May 1952
*Tenure of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : No fixed tenure 
*Tenure of Rajya Sabha Member 
Ans : 6 years 
*Tenure of Lok Sabha 
Ans : 5 years
*Tenure of Lok Sabha member 
Ans : 5 years
*The number of total members in Rajya Sabha at present
Ans : 245 members
*Members from states
Ans : 229
*From Union Territories
Ans : 4
*Nominated by the President
Ans : 12
*One third of the members of Rajya Sabha retire every
Ans : Two years
*The term of office of a Rajya Sabha member is
Ans : Six years
*Father of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

CHAIRPERSONS OF RAJYA SABHA

*Violet Alva
*Najma Heptulla
*Pratibha Patil
*Rajya Sabha was constituted on 
Ans : April 3,1952 
*Hindi name of Rajya Sabha was adopted by the Council of States on 
Ans : August 23,1954
*The only two Union Territories having representation in the Rajya Sabha 
Ans : Delhi and Puducherry 
*Uttar Pradesh has the largest representation in Rajya Sabha 
Ans : 31 members 
*Number of members in Rajya Sabha from Kerala
Ans : 9
*The Deputy Chairman may resign his office by writing resignation letter to 
Ans : The Chairman
*First Secretary General of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : S.N.Mukherjee
*First Woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
Ans : V.S.Remadevi 
*The longest serving Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
Ans : B.N.Banerjee
*Present Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Shumsher.K.Sheriff
*Article deals with salaries and allowances of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Ans : Article 97 
*The House of Elders 
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*The seats of Rajya Sabha is arranged in the shape of
Ans : Semi Circle
*First Malayalee to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : Sardar K.M. Panicker 
*First Malayalee to become the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : M.M.Jacob
*Second Malayalee to become the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : P.J.Kurian
*The Malayalee Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha who got Cabinet Rank 
Ans : P.J.Kurian
*First Malayalee woman to become a member of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Lakshmi.N.Menon (1952) 
*The only Malayalee who became the Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : K.R. Narayanan
*First Malayalee poet who was nominated to Rajya Sabha 
Ans : G.Sankara Kurup 
*First Malayalee cartoonist who was nominated to Rajya Sabha.
Ans : Abu Abraham
*First Malayalee actor to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : SureshGopi
*The colour of carpet in Rajya Sabha is 
Ans : Red
*The television channel of 
Ans : Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha TV
*The Indian house of Parliament which is equivalent to House of Lords of Britain
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*The age limit prescribed to become a member of Rajya Sabha
Ans : 30 years
*The members of Rajya Sabha are elected by
Ans : The elected members of State Assembly
*The number of representatives to the Rajya Sabha from a State is determined by
Ans : The population
*The house of Parliament in which a non member is presiding
Ans : Rajya Sabha
*The Rajya Sabha can hold a Money Bill upto a maximum period of
Ans : 14 days
*First woman Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Smt. Violet Alva
*Chairperson who served most number of times as the Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Najma Heptulla
*Chairperson who served for longest period as the Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
Ans : Najma Heptulla
*Shortest serving Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Ans : M.M.Jacob
*First Opposition Leader of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : S.N.Mishra
*First Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : S.V.Krishnamoorthy Rao 
*Longest serving Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : Dr.S.Radhakrishnan 
*Shortest serving Chairman of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : V.V.Giri
*Longest serving Member of Rajya Sabha 
Ans : Pranab Kumar Mukherjee 
*First person to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : Alladi Krishna Swami 
*First woman to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : Rugmini Devi Arundale 
*First film actress to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : Nargis Dutt
*First film actor to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : Prithviraj Kapur
*First scientist who was nominated to Rajya Sabha
SAns : atyendra Nath Bose 
*First Space Scientist to be nominated to Rajya Sabha
Ans : K. Kasturirangan
*First person who was nominated to Rajya Sabha and later became the President of India
Ans : Dr.Zakir Hussain
*The only person who served as the opposition leader in Rajya Sabha and later became the Prime Minister 
Ans : Man Mohan Singh
*First person who served as Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha and later became the President of India 
Ans : Prathibha Patil

LOK SABHA (ARTICLE 81)

*Lower house of the Parliament 
Ans : Lok Sabha
*Article deals with the Lok Sabha 
Ans : Article 81
*The strength of first Lok Sabha was 
Ans : 499
*The constitutional amendment which raised the strength of Lok Sabha to 545 
Ans : 31st Amendment 1973
*The Lok Sabha which has the most number of women members
Ans : 16th
*The number of Lok Sabha members at present 
Ans : 66
*First woman who was elected to Lok Sabha unopposed
Ans : Dimple Yadav 
*The Member who got the highest majority in the history of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Pritam Munde
*Lok Sabha was constituted on 
Ans : 17th April 1952
*First meeting of Lok Sabha was held in
Ans : May 13,1952
*Hindi name of Lok Sabha was adopted by the House of the People on
Ans : May 14,1954
*Maximum strength of the Lok Sabha Is fixed to 
Ans : 552
*The number of Members representing States In the Lok Sabha 
Ans : 530
*The number of Members representing Union Territories In the Lok Sabha 
Ans : 20
*The number of Members nominated from the Anglo Indian community by the President 
Ans : 2
*The present strength (552), shall be continued upto 
Ans : 2026
*Term of Lok Sabha from the date of its first meeting after the general election 
Ans : 5 years
*The minimum age prescribed to become the member of Lok Sabha
Ans : 25 years
*The first Malayalee to be nominated to the Lok Sabha
Ans : Charles Dias
*The first Malayalee to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha
Ans : Sardar K.M. Panlcker
*The first Malayalee woman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha 
Ans : Bharathi Udayabhanu
*First woman to be nominated to the Lok Sabha
Ans : Majorio Godfrey
*Present Anglo Indian nominee in Lok Sabha
Richard Hay (Kerala)
Ans : George Baker (West Bengal)
*Longest Lok Sabha
Ans : 5th Lok Sabha (1971 - 1977)  
*Shortest Lok Sabha
Ans : 12th Lok Sabha (1998 - 99) (13months)
*The presiding officer of Lok Sabha
Ans : Speaker
*Article deals with Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Ans : Article 93
*Article deals with the salary and allowances of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Ans : Article 97
*While a proclamation of National Emergency is in operation, the life of the Lok Sabha may be extended beyond its normal term (five years) by a law of Parliament for
Ans : One year at a time
*The power of convening or dissolving Lok Sabha is vest with
Ans : The President
*Minimum quorum to meet the Lok Sabha is
Ans : One tenth of the total members
*Lok Sabha members are elected directly by
Ans : The people
*First Secretary General of Lok Sabha
Ans : M.N.Kaul
*The television channel of Lok Sabha
Ans : Lok Sabha TV
*The woman who led the Lok Sabha
Ans : Indira Gandhi
*The state having the maximum number of Lok Sabha constituencies
Ans : Uttar Pradesh (80)
*The number of Lok Sabha constituencies 
Ans : 20
*Father of Lok Sabha
Ans : G.V. Mavlankar
*The seats of Lok Sabha is arranged in the  shape of
Ans : Horse Shoe
*The colour of carpet in the Lok Sabha is
Ans : Green

SPEAKER And deputy SPEAKER (ARTICLE 93)

SPEAKER

*Presiding officer of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Speaker
*The idea of Speaker was borrowed from
Ans : Britain
*Speaker and Deputy Speaker are elected by
Ans : The members of Lok Sabha
*Speaker has the responsibility to uphold the dignity and privileges of the
Ans : Lok Sabha
*The constitutional head who certifies a bill is a money bill or not 
Ans : Speaker
*The joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament is presided by 
Ans : Speaker
*The date of election of Speaker is fixed by 
Ans : The President
*The date of election of deputy speaker is fixed by
Ans : The Speaker 
*The Speaker does not vote in first instance but can exercise
Ans : A casting vote in case of a tie 
*An adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha should compulsorily be permitted by 
Ans : The Speaker 
*Speaker is also the ex-officio Chairman of certain committees of the parliament The Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees are appointed by the 
Ans : Speaker
*First Speaker to Lok Sabha 
Ans : G.V. Mavlankar
*First Speaker to Lok Sabha, who died in harness
Ans : G.V. Mavlankar
*Second Speaker of Lok Sabha who died in harness 
Ans : G.M.C. Balayogi
*The Speaker who died in Helicopter crash 
Ans : G.M.C. Balayogi
*First Dalit to become the Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : G.M.C. Balayogi
*Longest serving Speaker of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Balram Jhaker
*First Speaker who served full term in two Lok Sabhas
Ans : Balram Jhaker
*First woman to become the Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : Meira Kumar
*Second woman to become the Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : Sumitra Mahajan 
*The Lok Sabha constituency represented by Sumitra Mahajan 
Ans : Indore, Madhya Pradesh (since 1989)
*Longest serving woman member of Lok Sabha
Ans : Sumitra Mahajan 
*The oldest and senior most among woman Members of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha
Ans : Sumitra Mahajan
*Shortest serving Speaker of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Balram Bhagat 
*Second Speaker of Lok.Sabha
Ans : M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 
*First Speaker to complete the tenure
Ans : M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 
*The person who became Deputy Speaker twice
Ans : Thampi Durai
*The Lok Sabha Speaker who later became the President of India
Ans : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 
*First non-Congress Speaker of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 
*First Communist to become the Speaker of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Somnath Chatterjee 
*'Keeping the Faith' is the book written by 
Ans : Somnath Chatterjee

ARTICLES RELATING TO SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER

*Article 93 - The Speaker of Lok Sabha and Deputy Speaker 
*Article 178 -The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
*Article 179 - Resignation or removal from the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
*Article 180 - Power of the Deputy Speaker or other person to perform the duties of the office, or to act as Speaker
*Article 181 - The Speaker or the Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration

CURRENT SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER

*The speaker of 16th Loksabha
Ans : Sumitra Mahajan
*The Deputy Speaker of 16th Loksabha
Ans : Thampi Durai

DEPUTY SPEAKER

*The Vice presiding Officer of Lok Sabha 
Ans : Deputy Speaker
*In the absence of the Speaker, Lok Sabha is presided by the
Ans : Deputy Speaker
*In the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha is presided by the 
Ans : A member from the panel prepared by the Speaker

JOINT SITTING OF THE PARLIAMENT (ARTICLE-108)

*The idea of Joint sitting is borrowed from
Ans : Australia
*The Joint sitting is dealt with in
Ans : Article 108
*A constitutional way to break the dead lock caused by a categorical disagreement between the two Houses
Ans : Joint sitting
*A Joint sitting is summoned by
Ans : The President
*Joint sitting is presided over by
Ans : The Lok Sabha Speaker
*In the absence of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, the Joint sitting is presided over by
Ans : Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
*Joint Sitting is applicable to
Ans : Ordinary bills and finance bills only
*The majority required to pass a bill in the Joint sitting
Ans : Simple Majority (1/10th of both houses)

■ THREE JOINT SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT

 
* Dowry Prohibition Bill 
Ans : 1961
* Banking Service Commission Bill 
Ans : 1978
* POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) Bill 
Ans : 2002
*To break the dead lock between the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, joint sittings were held for
Ans : 3 times
*First joint sitting of parliament was summoned by
Ans : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
*First Speaker to preside over the Joint Sitting
Ans : M.Ananda Sayanam Ayyankar
*No joint sitting can be convened to pass
Ans : A money bill or constitution amendment bill
*The chairman of Rajya Sabha does not preside over a joint sitting
*There is no provision for a joint sitting to resolve a deadlock between the two houses of
Ans : State Legislature

BILLS

Bills are 4 types:
*Money Bill  
*Ordinary Bill  
*Financial Bill
*Constitutional Amendment Bill
*The bill which is read for three times in the house 
Ans : Ordinary bills
*The Money Bill is introduced only in
Ans : Lok Sabha
*A bill is decided to be a Money bili.or non Money bill by the
Ans : Speaker (Article 110 (1))
*Money Bill is dealt with in 
Ans : Article 110



 *First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
*The only person to become the Deputy Speaker for two times
Ans : Thampi Durai (AIADMK)

PRO-TEM SPEAKER

*The duties of the office of the Speaker from the commencement of the sitting of the new Lok Sabha till the election of the Speaker is done by
Ans : Pro-tem Speaker
*Normally the Pro-tem Speaker will be the oldest member of the house
*The Pro-tem Speaker is appointed by
Ans : The President
*The oath of office to the Pro-tem Speaker is administrated by
Ans : The President
*The first sitting of newly elected Lok Sabha is presided by
Ans : Pro-tem Speaker
*The election of a new Speaker is conducted  by
Ans : Pro-tem Speaker
*The pro-term speaker of 16th Loksabha 
Ans : Kamal Nath

OPPOSITION LEADERS

*First Opposition Leader of Lok Sabha
Ans : A.K.Gopalan
• First recognised Opposition Leader of Lok Sabha
Ans : Dr.Ram Subhag Singh (1969)
*First recognised Opposition Leader of Rajya Sabha
Ans : S.N.Mishra 
*The only recognised Malayalee Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha 
Ans : C.M. Stephen
*First woman Opposition Leader of Lok Sabha
Ans : Sonia Gandhi
*First Lok Sabha Opposition Leader who got Cabinet rank
Ans : Y.B.Chavan
*First Rajya Sabha Opposition Leader who got Cabinet rank
Ans : Kamalapati Tripathi 
*The only opposition leader of Lok Sabha who later became the Prime Minister 
Ans : A.B.Vajpayee
*The only opposition leader of Rajya Sabha who later became the Prime Minister 
Ans : Manmohan Singh
*The rank of opposition leader is equivalent to
Ans : Cabinet rank
*First person who was the Opposition Leader of both houses of Parliament 
Ans : L.K.Advani
*First Opposition Leader who died while in service
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi
*The Opposition Leader of Rajya Sabha who later became the Governor of Kerala Sikander Bakht First regional political party which was a chief opposition in Lok Sabha
Ans : Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
*The term 'Recognised Opposition Leader' came into force in 
Ans : 1969
*Opposition Leader got the statutory rank in 
Ans : 1977

BUDGET(ANNUAL FINANCIAL  STATEMENT) (ARTICLE - 112)

*Budget is otherwise known as
Ans : Annual Financial Statement
*Budget is laid before Parliament in the name of
Ans : The President
*The father of Indian budget
Ans : P.C. Mahalanobis
*First budget of Republic of India was presented by John Mathai on
Ans : 28th February 1950
*First Finance Minister to present a budget in the Loksabha
Ans : C.D. Deshmuk (1952)
*The first budget in India was presented by James Wilson in 1860 during the time of
Ans : Lord Canning
*The only woman who presented budget In Loksabha
Ans : Indira Gandhi
*The only woman to hold the post of Finance Minister of India
Ans : Indira Gandhi
*The first Prime minister to present the budget during the Finance Ministership
Ans : Indira Gandhi
*The first budget of free India was presented by R.K.Shanmugham Chetty on
Ans : November 26,1947
*The Finance Minister who presented maximum number of budgets (10 budgets) in Parliament
Ans : Morarji Desai
*The second Finance Minister who presented maximum number of budgets
Ans : P.Chidambaram (9 budgets)
*The Finance Minister who presented maximum number of budgets continuously
Ans : C.D. Deshmukh (7 times)
*The Finance Minister who presented budget on his birthday
Ans : Morarji Desai (2 times)
*Normally Budget is presented on the last working day of February of every year
*The Budget for year 2017-18 was presented on
Ans : February 1, 2017 
The financial year in India is 
Ans : April 1st to March 31st
*Railway budget was separated from the General budget during the time of
Ans : Lord Reading
*Railway budget was separated on the recommendation of the
Ans : Ac Worth Committee (1921)
*Railway budget was separated from the General budget in
Ans : 1924
*150th anniversary of Budget Presentation was celebrated in
Ans : 2010

■ BLACK BUDGET

*The Budget of 1973 - 1974 is known as Black Budget
*It was called thus due to budget deficit
*The Railway budget was again merged to the General Budget in 
Ans : 2017
*The Indian Finance Minister at the time of the merging of Railway and General Budgets in 2017 
Ans : Arun Jaitley
*The Indian Prime Minister at the time of the merging of Railway and General Budgets in 2017
Ans : Narendra Modi
*The first part of the budget deals with the 
Ans : General Economic Survey 
*Second part of the Budget deals with 
Ans : Taxation policy
*The voting on demand for grants is the exclusive privilege of the
Ans : Lok Sabha
*The house of Parliament which has no power of voting on demands
Ans : Rajya Sabha

ENACTMENT OF BUDGET STAGES

(i) Presentation of Budget and Budget speech
(ii)General discussion
(iii)Voting on demands
(iv)Passing of Appropriation Bill
(v)Passing of Finance bill
*The budget of the State under Presidential Rule (Emergency) is presented at
Ans : Lok Sabha
*If a State is under Presidential Rule, the Budget of the State is passed by
Ans : Union Cabinet

■ MARCH RUSH

*The financial grants lapse at the end of Financial year So, it leads to a heavy rush of expenditure towards the close of March 31st. It is called March Rush
The budget consists of three heads:
(i)Consolidated fund (Article 266)
(ii)Contingency fund (Article 267)
(iii)Public account (Article 266 (2))
All the revenue collected, loans raised and the income generated by the Govt, of India shall be kept under
Ans : Consolidated fund
* Fund for emergencies or unexpected economic crises
Ans : Contingency Fund
*The Account consists of all the revenues and deposits of government account
Ans : Public Account

INTERIM BUDGET 

*The word "Interim Budget'was for the first time used by
Ans : R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
*The first Finance Minister to present an interim budget was
Ans : C.D. Deshmukh (1951-52)

KERALA BUDGET

* First Kerala Finance Minister to present the Budget
Ans : C.Achuthamenon (1957)
*Kerala Finance Minister who presented maximum number of Budgets
Ans : K.M.Mani(13 times)
*Kerala Finance Minister who made the longest Budget speech
Ans : Thomas Isaac (2hours 56 minutes) 
*The Shortest Budget Speech was made by 
Ans : E.K.Nayanar (6 minutes)
*The Budget Research Institute started by the Cochin University of Science and Technology
Ans : K.M.Mani Centre for Budget Studies (2013 Februray 17)
*K.M.Mani Centre for Budget Studies was inaugurated by
Ans : Hamid Ansari
*The Chief Ministers who presented Kerala Budget
Ans : R.Sankar, C.Achutha Menon, E.K.Nayanar, Oommen Chandy

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

*The kinds of Parliamentary Committees 
Ans : Adhoc Committees and the Standing Committees 
*The Committee appointed for a specific purpose and they cease to exist when they finish the task assigned to them and submit a report
Ans : Adhoc Committees 
*The Parliamentary Committee permanent in nature
Ans : Standing Committee 
*The three Financial Committees of Parliament are:-
(a)Estimate Committee
(b)Public Accounts Committee
(c)Committee on Public undertaking

ESTIMATE COMMITTEE

*The largest Parliamentary Committee 
Ans : Estimate Committee 
*Total members of the Estimate Committee
 Ans : 30
*The members of the Estimate Committee are elected from
Ans : Lok Sabha only
*The term of the Estimate Committee 
Ans : One year
*The member of the Legislature who is not eggible for election to the Estimate Committee 
Ans : Minister
*The Chairman of the Estimate Committee is from the
Ans : Ruling party
*The Chairman of the Estimate Committee is appointed by the
Ans : Speaker
*Estimate Committee was constituted for the first time in
Ans : 1950
*Estimate Committee was constituted on the recommendation of
Ans : John Mathai



PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
*Total members in Public Accounts Committee
Ans : 22
*Total members to the Public Accounts Committee from Lok Sabha
Ans : 15
*Total members to the Public Accounts Committee from Rajya Sabha
Ans : 7
*The quorum for the meeting of Public Accounts Committee
Ans : 4
*The term of the Public Accounts Committee
Ans : One year
*The main duty of the committee is to ascertain whether the money granted by parliament has been spent by government "within the scope of the demand."
*The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by
Ans : Speaker
*The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee should only be from
Ans : Lok Sabha
*The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is from the 
Ans : Opposition party
*The member of the Legislature who is not eligible for Public Accounts Committee
Ans : Minister
*The PAC examines the audit report of the 
Ans : Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG)
*The PAC submits its report to the 
Ans : Speaker
*The friend, philosopher and guide of the 
Ans : PAC
*Public Accounts Committee -  
Ans : CAG
*The Committee known as postmortem committee
Ans : PAC
*The Public Accounts Committee and Joint Parliamentary Committee are together called as
Ans : Mini Parliament
 *Public Accounts Committee came into being in 1921 in British India.
*The first chairman of this committee was Mr. W.M. Hailey
*The first Indian chairman of this committee was Bupendranath Mitra (1928)

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKING

* Total members in the Committee on Public Undertakings
Ans : 22
*Total members to the Committee on Public Undertakings from Lok Sabha
Ans : 15
*Total members to the Committee on Public Undertakings from Rajya Sabha
Ans : 7
*The term of the Committee on Public Undertakings
Ans : One year
*The member of the Legislature who is not eligible for election to the Committee on Public Undertakings
Ans : Minister
*The chairman of the committee on Public Undertakings is appointed by the 
Ans : Speaker
*The Chairman of the Estimate Committee headed by
Ans : Murali Manohar Joshi  
*The Chairman of the Committee on Public Undertakings headed by 
Ans : Shanta Kumar
*The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is headed by 
Ans : K.V. Thomas
*The Committee on Public Undertaking was constituted in 1964 on the recommendation of
Ans : Krishnamenon Committee
*The Parliamentary Committee which examines the audit report of the Public Sector Undertakings
Ans : Committee on Public Undertaking

■ JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (JPC)

*Joint Parliamentary committee is a type of
Ans : Adhoc Parliamentary Committee
*Number of Joint Parliamentary Committees in India, at present
Ans : 7
*Members of the JPC consists of members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
*The strength of a JPC may be different each time
*First JPC was formed in August 1987 to investigate
Ans : Bofors Scandal 
*The Chairman of the First JPC
Ans : B. Shankaranand
*Allegations of payment of bribes in the acquisition of VVIP helicopters by the Ministry of defence from Agusta Westland are investigated by
Ans : Sixth JPC (February 27,2013)
*The seventh JPC was formed in 2015 to investigate the
Ans : Land Acquisition in India