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The correct answer is Six years.

Key PointsRajya Sabha:

• Article 80 of the constitution prescribes a maximum strength of 250 members of the Rajya Sabha,
• Of which 12 members are nominated by the President and 238 are the representatives of the Member States and the Union Territories.
• The members nominated by the President shall be persons who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of subjects such as literature, science, arts, and social service.
• The current strength of Rajya Sabha is 245, out of which 233 are representatives of Member States and Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry, and 12 are nominated by the President.
• Rajya members are elected for a term of 6 years.
• The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides for the allocation of seats to the States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha.

• The allocation of places is done on the basis of the population of each state.
• Representatives of States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the indirect electoral system.
• The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house and does not dissolve.
• However, one-third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire after every two years.
• The Second House in India began with the 1919 Montague-Chelmsford Report.

​Thus, the members of Rajya Sabha an elected for the term of 6 years.

Additional Information 

• The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
• The Deputy Chairman is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.
• The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who presides over its sessions.

The correct answer is Parliament

Key Points

• Parliament
  • ​The Republic of India's highest legislative body is the Indian Parliament.
  • The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha are the two houses that make up India's bicameral legislature (House of the People).
  • The president has full authority to call a session of either house of Parliament, prorogue it, or dissolve the Lok Sabha in his capacity as head of the legislature.
  • Only on the advice of the prime minister and his Union Council of Ministers can the president utilise these powers.

Additional Information

• The members of the Rajya Sabha are chosen by the members of all state legislative assemblies via proportional representation, whereas the members of the Lok Sabha are chosen by the Indian population directly through voting in single-member districts.
• The authorised membership of the Parliament is 543 in the Lok Sabha and 245 in the Rajya Sabha, including 12 candidates with experience in a variety of literary, artistic, scientific, and social service disciplines. In New Delhi's Sansad Bhavan, the Parliament convenes.

The correct answer is Speaker of Lok Sabha.Key Points

• The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the members of the Lok Sabha from amongst themselves.
• They are responsible for the conduct of business of the house, and they have the final say in all parliamentary debates.
• The Speaker ensures the discipline and decorum of the house and has the power to adjourn the house in case of any disturbance.
• Upon election, the Speaker has to remain impartial and renounce all political affiliations.

Additional Information

The correct answer is The Parliament of India.Key Points

• According to Article 114 of the Constitution, the government can only remove funds from the Consolidated Fund with Parliament's consent.
  • ​The Appropriation Bill grants the government the authority to take money out of the Consolidated Fund of India to cover expenses during the fiscal year. 
  • After debates over budget ideas and votes on grant requests, the appropriations bill is presented to the Lok Sabha.
  • A government would resign or call a general election if an appropriations bill was defeated in a vote in parliament.
• The three divisions into which the Indian government's funds are divided are as follows:
  • Consolidated Fund of India
  • Contingency Fund of India
  • Public Accounts of India
• The Consolidated Fund of India is the most crucial.
  • Both direct and indirect taxes replenish this fund, as well as the Indian government's borrowings, and anyone or whatever agency has borrowed the money must return it along with the interest to the government.
  • All of the government's expenses are covered by this fund.
  • To take money out of this fund, the government need parliamentary authorization.
  • In Article 266(1) of the Indian Constitution, this fund is mentioned.
  • Each state is allowed to have a Consolidated Fund of its own with corresponding rules.
  • These funds are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who also provides management information to the appropriate legislatures.

The correct answer is Article 85.

Key Points

• Article 79 to Article 122 in Part V of the constitution deals with the procedures, and powers, of the Parliament.
• Article 85 deals with sessions of Parliament, its prorogation, and dissolution.
• Sessions of the Parliament:
  • ​Summoning: President summons both houses and usually there are three sessions in a year though not compulsory
    • Budget session: February to May
    • Monsoon session: July to September
    • Winter session: November to December
    • The maximum gap between two sessions should not be more than 6 months.
  • Adjournment: Suspends the work for a specific time in a sitting which may be for hours, days or weeks.
  • Adjournment Sine Die: Terminates the sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period.
  • Prorogation: President may not only terminates a session but also a session of the House. It does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the house.
  • Dissolution: Irrevocable process and only Lok Sabha is subjected to it. President decides to dissolve the house.

Additional Information

• Rule 193 (of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha) does not involve a formal motion before the Parliament House, hence no voting can take place after the discussion on matters under this rule.
• Rule 184 allows voting but rule 193 doesn't.
• Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament, while Rajya Sabha is the upper house.

The correct answer is Part III.

Key Points

• Article 32 of the Indian Constitution gives the right to individuals to move to the Supreme Court to seek justice.
• Under Article 32, the parliament can also entrust any other court to exercise the power of the Supreme Court, provided that it is within its Jurisdiction.
• Article 32 is for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
• The nature of the Writ Jurisdiction provided under this Article is discretionary.

• There are five types of Writs as provided under Article 32 of the Constitution:
  • Habeas Corpus.
  • Quo Warranto.
  • Mandamus.
  • Certiorari.
  • Prohibition.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Nomination of Members to Rajya Sabha.

• The procedure for the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha is borrowed from Ireland.

Key Points

• Canadian Constitution: 
  • Advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
  • A federal system with a strong center.
  • Residual powers vest at the center.
  • Appointment of State Governors.

Additional Information

Sources of Indian Constitution

The correct answer is the 86^th amendment.

Key Points

• The 86^th amendment to the Constitution of India in 2002, provided the Right to Education as a Fundamental Right in Part-III of the Constitution.
• The amendment inserted Article 21A which made the Right to Education a fundamental right for children between 6-14 years.
• The 86^th amendment provided for follow-up legislation for Right to Education Bill 2008 and finally Right to Education Act, 2009.

The correct answer is Australia.

Key Points

The following things have been borrowed from the Constitution of Australia:

1. Concurrent List.
2. Freedom of trade.
3. Commerce and intercourse.
4. The joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.

Additional Information

• The other borrowed provisions from different countries and details of those are given in below:

The correct answer is Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Key Points

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime minister in India.
  • He served as the Prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966.
  • He was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
  • His birthday also falls on 2^nd October along with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.
  • The famous slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" was raised by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
  • He signed on Tashkent Declaration along with the then-President of Pakistan Muhammad Ayub Khan on 10^th January 1966.
  • He is the first prime minister to die abroad.
  • He was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1966.
  • He was the first person to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously.
  • The resting place of Lal Bahadur Shastri is called Vijayghat.

Additional Information

• Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-China war in 1962.
• Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
• Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India when the Bhopal gas tragedy took place in 1984.

The correct answer is Kapurthala.

Important Points

• Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory is a coach manufacturing unit for the Indian Railways, located in the state of Punjab.
• It is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur railway line. 
• Established in 1986, RCF has manufactured more than 30,000 passenger coaches of various types, including self-propelled passenger vehicles, making up more than 50% of the total Indian Railway coach population.
• It is a production unit with a per-year target of 1025 coaches.
• This production accounts for over 35 per cent of the total Indian Railway coach population.
• In the financial year 2013-14, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) generated a record number of coaches as it achieved the mark of 1701 coaches against an installed capacity of 1500 per annum.
• RCF manufactured 23 different coach variants for high-speed trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, double-decker, and other trains during the year.
• A highly cost-effective indigenous technology for the treatment of biowaste in coaches was also developed by the factory in association with DRDE.
• In 2013–14, approximately 2096 bio-toilets were installed.
• Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches have already been exported by the factory to Southeast Asian and African countries with Metre Gauge rail networks and the experience of Indian Railways in Meter Gauge rolling stock has proven handy in serving these markets.

                       Railways coach factory, Kapurthala

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The Correct answer is Jaipur.Key Points:

• National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) is a national level institute set up by the Ministry of Agriculture, on 8 August 1988 at Jaipur, Rajasthan, to cater to the needs of agricultural marketing personnel and to offer specialized Training, Research, Consultancy, and Education in Agricultural Marketing in India and Southeast Asian countries.
• The institute is dedicated to Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth prime minister of India from where it derives its full name, "Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing".
• The Union Minister for Agriculture is the President of the General body of NIAM and the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation is the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Additional Information

Major research institutes of India:-

The correct answer is Education.

Key Points

• There are six fundamental rights enshrined in Part III (Articles 12 to 35) of the constitution of India.
• Fundamental rights apply universally to all citizens, irrespective of race, birthplace, religion, caste or gender.
• Article 21A of the Constitution of India provides the Right to Education.
• The RTE Act of the Parliament of India was enacted on 4 August 2009 and came into force on 1 April 2010.
• The Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right.

Additional Information

• The Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution are-

The correct answer is 5.

Important Points

The Right to Equality provides:

• For the equal treatment of everyone before the law
• Prevent discrimination on various grounds
• Treats everybody as equals in matters of public employment  
• Abolish untouchability and titles

The article mentioned under the right to equality