Your mother is a renowned social worker. She has neither contested nor won any election to the Rajya Sabha. But she has recently become a member of the Rajya Sabha. How is this possible?

1. She is appointed by the Chief Justice of India
2. She is nominated by the President
3. She is appointed by the Prime Minister
4. She is nominated by the State Governor.

Read the excerpt given below:

Amid vociferous protests by the Opposition members, the Union government introduced a contentious Bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Ordinance over control of Delhi services.

— The Hindu, August 2, 2023

The Government introduced the Ordinance in the Lok Sabha because in order to become a law every ordinance

1. needs the approval of the Lok Sabha only.
2. needs the approval of the Opposition.
3. needs to be approved by both Houses of the Parliament.
4. does not need the approval of the Rajya Sabha.

It is the function of Parliament to exercise control over the Executive and to ensure parliamentary surveillance of administration. Mention any three ways in which the Parliament adheres to the above function.

(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.

1. (A) is true, but (R) is false
2. (A) is false, but (R) is true
3. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.