{"id":89714,"date":"2025-06-01T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=89714"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:11:13","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-impeachment-procedu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-impeachment-procedu\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n \n Statement I: Impeachment procedu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statement I: Impeachment procedure is a quasi-judicial procedure and the President of India can be impeached only on the grounds of violation of the Constitution<\/li>\n<li>Statement II: The impeachment procedure can be initiated in either House of the Parliament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I&#8221; option2=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I&#8221; option3=&#8221;Statement I is true but Statement II is false&#8221; option4=&#8221;Statement I is false but Statement II is true&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2014\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nBoth statements are individually true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement I is true. The impeachment procedure for the President of India, as outlined in Article 61 of the Constitution, is a quasi-judicial process involving investigation of charges and voting by Parliament. The only ground specified for impeachment is &#8220;violation of the Constitution&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement II is true. Article 61(2) states that the charge for impeachment &#8220;may be preferred by either House of Parliament&#8221;. The process can begin in either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement I describes the *nature* of the impeachment process (quasi-judicial) and the *grounds* for it (violation of the Constitution). Statement II describes *where* the process can be initiated (either House). The fact that the process can start in either House does not explain why it is quasi-judicial or why the ground is violation of the Constitution. They are distinct facts about the procedure.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\n&#8211; No President of India has been impeached to date.<br \/>\n&#8211; The procedure involves a notice signed by a minimum number of members, investigation of the charges by the other House, and passage of a resolution by a special majority in both Houses.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: Statement I: Impeachment procedure is a quasi-judicial procedure and the President of India can be impeached only on the grounds of violation of the Constitution Statement II: The impeachment procedure can be initiated in either House of the Parliament [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n \n Statement I: Impeachment procedu\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-impeachment-procedu\/#more-89714\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<p> Statement I: Impeachment procedu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085],"tags":[1468,1099,1175],"class_list":["post-89714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-capf","tag-1468","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-the-president","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements:  Statement I: Impeachment procedu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Both statements are individually true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I. - Statement I is true. 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