UPSC Prelims 2016 · Question 26 of 98
UPSC Prelims 2016 question on Bills Lapse Parliament
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2016
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicParliament
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. A Bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on its prorogation.
2. A Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha, which has not been passed by the Lok Sabha, shall not lapse on dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer: B. 2 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 only. A Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha and not passed by the Lok Sabha does not lapse, but a Bill does not lapse merely on prorogation.
Analysis
Statement 2 is CORRECT. Because the Rajya Sabha is a permanent House that is never dissolved, a Bill pending there which the Lok Sabha has not passed survives the dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Statement 1 is INCORRECT, and it confuses two different events. Prorogation ends a session but does not affect pending business, whereas dissolution ends the life of the House and causes pending Bills before it to lapse. A Bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on dissolution, not on prorogation.
Source
M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity.
How to crack it
Keep adjournment, prorogation and dissolution on a ladder of severity: adjournment suspends a sitting, prorogation ends a session, dissolution ends the House. Only the last kills pending business, and the whole lapsing table follows from that one idea plus the permanence of the Rajya Sabha. Whenever a statement links a consequence to a parliamentary term, check that the term is the one severe enough to produce it, because substituting a milder term is the standard construction.