History & Civics
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Adjournment Motion proposes that the House should lay aside all other business and take up the consideration of "a matter of urgent public importance." Such a Motion interrupts the normal business of the House. Therefore, the Speaker applies a rigorous test for the admissibility of Adjournment Motions.
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(A) The allotment of the number of members of Lok Sabha alloted to the various States is made on the basis of the size of the State.
(R) The Rajya Sabha can have a total of 250 members elected from all the States in the Union.
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- (A) is false, but (R) is true
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- Both (A) and (R) are false.
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