SECTION A: CIVICS — 1. The Union Legislature
Meaning of the federal setup in India.
(i) Lok Sabha - term, composition, qualifications for membership. Parliamentary procedures: a brief idea of sessions, quorum, question hour, types of questions-meaning of starred, unstarred and short notice questions, zero hour, adjournment and no-confidence motion. Anti-Defection Law provisions, Passing of Ordinary and Money Bills. Speaker – election, removal; and functions.
(ii) Rajya Sabha – composition, qualifications for membership, election, term, Presiding Officer. Powers and functions of Union Parliament – (legislative, financial, judicial, electoral, amendment of the Constitution, control over executive). Exclusive powers of the two Houses.