History & Civics
Give two reasons to justify how the Lok Sabha is more powerful than the Rajya Sabha.
Answer
The Lok Sabha has special powers which make it more powerful than the Rajya Sabha. These special powers are:
- Motions of No-confidence against the government can only be introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha. If passed by a majority vote, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers resign collectively. The Rajya Sabha has no power over such a motion, and hence no real power over the executive.
- Money bills can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha, and upon being passed, are sent to the Rajya Sabha, where it can be deliberated on for up to 14 days.
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P: Introduces the Money Bill
Q: Passes an ordinary bill
R: Can vote a government out of power
S: Can impeach the President.- P and Q
- R and S
- P and R
- Q and S
(A) In a federal system of government, all the administrative powers are vested in the Central Government.
(R) The State Governments are neither the agents of the Central Government nor do they draw their authority from it.
- (A) is true, but (R) is false
- (A) is false, but (R) is true
- Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are false.
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