History & Civics
(A) The President uses discretionary judgement to appoint the Prime Minister when no party has a clear majority in the Parliament.
(R) The President cannot appoint a new Prime Minister on the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, who may have lost the election or the support of the House.
- (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
Answer
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Explanation: The President uses discretionary judgement to appoint the Prime Minister when no party has a clear majority in the Lok Sabha (not the Parliament). Parliament = President + Rajya Sabha + Lok Sabha
Hence, Assertion (A) is inaccurate as the Rajya Sabha has no role in the appointment of the Prime Minister.
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(R) The Vice-President gets the salary in the capacity of the Vice-President only and not as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- (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)
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(R) The President of India has the power to summon both the Houses of Parliament after a gap of more than six months.
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- (A) is false, but (R) is true
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