History & Civics
Choose the correct option with regard to an Ordinance.
- It is passed in the winter session of the Parliament.
- It must be approved within six weeks of re-assembly of Parliament.
- The President prepares the ordinance.
- It is a permanent law.
Answer
It must be approved within six weeks of re-assembly of Parliament.
Reason — If the Parliament does not approve the Ordinance within six months of its re-assembly, it lapses. If an ordinance is not disapproved, it will automatically cease to operate at the end of six weeks from the date the Parliament re-assembles.
Related Questions
Which feature of collective responsibility of the Cabinet is depicted in the picture given below?

- All the ministers are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
- All the ministers must function as a team and discuss policies.
- The ministers are responsible to the President.
- The Prime Minister is the head of the Cabinet.
How many elected members are there in the Rajya Sabha?
- 235
- 232
- 238
- 245
Read the statements given below and select the option that shows the correct relationship between (A) and (R).
Assertion (A): The Congress accepted the Mountbatten Plan.
Reason (R): The only alternate to Partition was a Federation with a weak centre.
- (A) is true and (R) is false.
- (R) is false but (A) is true.
- Both (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
- (R) is the reason for (A).
Identify the leader in the given picture:

- Bipin Chandra Pal
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Lala Lajpat Rai
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale