{"id":91526,"date":"2025-06-01T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91526"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:59:22","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n  In the first Lok Sabha, the singl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the Swatantra Party.<\/li>\n<li>In the Lok Sabha, a \u201cLeader of the Opposition\u201d was recognised for the first time in 1969.<\/li>\n<li>In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum of 75 members, its leader cannot be recognised as the Leader of the Opposition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 and 3 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; 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 IAS &#8211; 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatement 1 is incorrect. In the first Lok Sabha (1952-1957), the single largest party in the opposition was the Communist Party of India (CPI), not the Swatantra Party, which was formed later in 1959.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct. The post of &#8216;Leader of the Opposition&#8217; was formally recognized in the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1969. It was given statutory recognition later by the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977.<br \/>\nStatement 3 is incorrect. For a party&#8217;s leader to be recognized as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the party must have a strength equal to at least 10% of the total strength of the House. This threshold is 55 members (10% of 545), not 75.<br \/>\nTherefore, only statement 2 is correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Swatantra Party was not the largest opposition in the first Lok Sabha.<br \/>\n&#8211; Leader of the Opposition was officially recognized in 1969.<br \/>\n&#8211; The minimum strength required for a party to have a recognized Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha is 10% of the total strength of the House (55 members).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe absence of a recognized Leader of the Opposition can occur if no opposition party secures the required 10% seats. This happened after the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the Swatantra Party. In the Lok Sabha, a \u201cLeader of the Opposition\u201d was recognised for the first time in 1969. In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum of 75 members, its leader cannot &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n  In the first Lok Sabha, the singl\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/#more-91526\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<br \/>\n  In the first Lok Sabha, the singl<\/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":[1114,1099,1411],"class_list":["post-91526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1114","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-political-parties","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:  In the first Lok Sabha, the singl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statement 1 is incorrect. 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Therefore, only statement 2 is correct. - Swatantra Party was not the largest opposition in the first Lok Sabha. - Leader of the Opposition was officially recognized in 1969. - The minimum strength required for a party to have a recognized Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha is 10% of the total strength of the House (55 members).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consider the following statements:  In the first Lok Sabha, the singl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Statement 1 is incorrect. 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Therefore, only statement 2 is correct. - Swatantra Party was not the largest opposition in the first Lok Sabha. - Leader of the Opposition was officially recognized in 1969. - The minimum strength required for a party to have a recognized Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha is 10% of the total strength of the House (55 members).","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T10:59:22+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-in-the-first-lok-sabha-the-singl\/","name":"Consider the following statements: In the first Lok Sabha, the singl","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T10:59:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T10:59:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"Statement 1 is incorrect. 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