UPSC Prelims 2014 · Question 43 of 100
UPSC Prelims 2014 question on No Confidence Motion
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2014
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicParliament
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
Consider the following statements regarding a No-Confidence Motion in India:
1. There is no mention of a No-Confidence Motion in the Constitution of India.
2. A motion of No-Confidence can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Answer: C. Both 1 and 2
Verdict
The answer is both 1 and 2. The Constitution nowhere mentions a No-Confidence Motion, and such a motion can be moved only in the Lok Sabha.
Analysis
Statement 1 is CORRECT. The motion is a creation of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha rather than of the constitutional text, which speaks only of collective responsibility. Statement 2 is CORRECT, and the reason is Article 75(3): the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People. Since the Rajya Sabha cannot remove the government, it cannot entertain a motion whose only function is to remove it.
Source
M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity.
How to crack it
Derive the second statement from the first principle rather than memorising it. Collective responsibility runs to the Lok Sabha alone, so every device that tests the government's survival must live in the Lok Sabha alone. The same reasoning tells you why a money bill can originate only there. Keep a mental line between what the Constitution says, what the Rules of Procedure say, and what convention supplies, because that distinction is itself a recurring question.