Arrange the following in their correct order of conduct:
holding general elections, dividing the country into constituencies, appointing the Prime Minister, forming the Lok Sabha, appointing Council of Ministers
Answers
Answer:
Question 1.
No. of MPs in Seventeenth Lok Sabha
Answer.
542 (3 Seats vacant)
Question 2.
No. of MPs in each party
Answer.
List enclosed (Annexure I)
Question 3.
No. of male MPs
Answer.
461
Question 4.
No. of woman MPs
Answer.
81
Question 5.
Oldest MP
Answer.
Shri Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Age- 91 (D.O.B. - 11-07-1930)
Question 6.
Youngest MP
Answer.
Ms. Chandrani Murmu, Age- 28 (D.O.B. - 16-06-1993)
ABOUT LOK SABHA AND ITS HISTORY
Question 7. When was the Lok Sabha (the House of the People) first constituted?
Answer. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) was duly constituted for the first time on 17 April 1952 after the first General Elections held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952.
Question 8. When was the first Session of the Lok Sabha held?
Answer. The first Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952.
Question 9. Why is the Lok Sabha called the popular chamber?
Answer. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage. That is why it is called the popular chamber.
Question 10. How many General Elections to the Lok Sabha have been held till date?
Answer. As many as seventeen General Elections[1][1] to the Lok Sabha have been held till date. The first General Elections were held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952; the second from 24 February to 14 March 1957; the third from 19 to 25 February 1962; the fourth from 17 to 21 February 1967; the fifth from 1 to 10 March 1971; the sixth from 16 to 20 March 1977; the seventh from 3 to 6 January 1980; the eighth from 24 to 28 December 1984; the ninth from 22 to 26 November 1989; the tenth from 20 May to 15 June 1991; the eleventh from 27 April to 30 May 1996; the twelfth from 16 to 23 February 1998; the thirteenth from 5 September to 6 October 1999; the fourteenth from 20 April to 10 May 2004; the fifteenth from 16 April to 13 May 2009 and the sixteenth General Elections from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014; and the seventeenth General Elections from 11 April to 19 May 2019.
Question 11.Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha
Answer. Shri G.V. Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
Question 12.Who was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?
Answer. Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha (30 May 1952-7 March 1956).
QUESTIONS ON THE COMPOSITION OF LOK SABHA
Question 13.What is the strength of the Lok Sabha as prescribed in the Constitution?
Answer. The Lok Sabha, as per the Constitution, consists of not more than five hundred and thirty Members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, not more than twenty Members to represent the Union Territories [Article 81] and not more than two Members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the President, if he/she is of the opinion that the Anglo-Indian Community is not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha [Article 331]. The limit on the maximum number of Members chosen directly from territorial constituencies in States may be exceeded if such an increase is incidental to the reorganisation of States by an Act of Parliament.
Question 14.What is the life of the Lok Sabha?
Answer. Unless sooner dissolved by the President, the Lok Sabha continues for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, as the expiration of the period of five years operates as a dissolution of the House. However, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not exceeding in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.
Question 15. What is the quorum to constitute a sitting of the Lok Sabha?
Answer. The quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one-tenth of the total number of Members of the House under article 100(3) of the Constitution.
Question 16. Which is the party having the the largest number of Members in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha?
Answer. The Bharatiya Janata Party having 301 Members is the largest party in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha followed by the Indian National Congress having 53 Members.
QUESTIONS ON THE OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA
Question 17. Who is the Presiding Officer of the Lok Sabha?
Answer. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are the Presiding Officers of the Lok Sabha.