Consider the following statements regarding the limit of number of starred questions in the House of the People :
- 1. Not more than one question distinguished by an asterisk by the same member and not more than twenty questions in all shall be placed on the list of questions for oral answer on any one day.
- 2. When a question is postponed or transferred from one list of questions for oral answer to another, more than one question may stand in the name of one member and the total number of questions may exceed by such postponed or transferred question.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC SO-Steno – 2018
Statement 2 is correct. Rule 33(2) states: “Where a question is postponed or transferred from one list of questions for oral answer to another, the question so postponed or transferred shall not be included in the quota referred to in sub-rule (1), but shall be in addition to the number of questions referred to in that sub-rule.” This means the total number of starred questions on a given day’s list can exceed twenty if postponed/transferred questions are added. It also implies a member might have more than one starred question on the list if one is a postponed/transferred question, notwithstanding the daily limit of one *original* starred question per member.