{"id":91426,"date":"2025-06-01T10:56:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91426"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:22","slug":"with-reference-to-the-parliament-of-india-consider-the-following-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-the-parliament-of-india-consider-the-following-stat\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following stat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. A private member&#8217;s bill is a bill presented by a Member of Parliament who is not elected but only nominated by the President of India.<\/li>\n<li>2. Recently, a private member&#8217;s bill has been passed in the Parliament of India for the first time in its history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option4&#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 IAS &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is D) Neither 1 nor 2.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement 1 is incorrect. A private member&#8217;s bill is a bill introduced by any Member of Parliament (MP) who is not a Minister. This includes both elected and nominated MPs, but the defining characteristic is that they are not part of the executive (Council of Ministers).<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 2 is incorrect. While it is true that passing a private member&#8217;s bill is rare, it is not unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament. Several private member bills have been passed by Parliament since independence, though none have been passed since 1970. Therefore, it is incorrect to state that one has been passed &#8220;for the first time in its history&#8221; recently.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nBills introduced by Ministers are called government bills. Government bills have a higher chance of being passed as they are backed by the government&#8217;s majority in Parliament. Private member bills can be introduced in either House of Parliament. Their admissibility is decided by the respective presiding officer (Speaker in Lok Sabha, Chairman in Rajya Sabha).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements: 1. A private member&#8217;s bill is a bill presented by a Member of Parliament who is not elected but only nominated by the President of India. 2. Recently, a private member&#8217;s bill has been passed in the Parliament of India for the first time &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following stat\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-the-parliament-of-india-consider-the-following-stat\/#more-91426\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following stat<\/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":[1092],"tags":[1101,1099,1111],"class_list":["post-91426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1101","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-the-parliament","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>With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following stat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is D) Neither 1 nor 2. - Statement 1 is incorrect. A private member&#039;s bill is a bill introduced by any Member of Parliament (MP) who is not a Minister. This includes both elected and nominated MPs, but the defining characteristic is that they are not part of the executive (Council of Ministers). - Statement 2 is incorrect. While it is true that passing a private member&#039;s bill is rare, it is not unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament. Several private member bills have been passed by Parliament since independence, though none have been passed since 1970. 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