UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

Consider the following statements: 1. The President of India can summon a session of the Parliament at such place as he/she thinks fit. 2. The Constitution of India provides for three sessions of the Parliament in a year, but it is not mandatory to conduct all three sessions. 3. There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 2 and 3 only

Answer

Correct Answer

1 and 3 only

Explanation

Article 85 empowers the President to summon each House at such time and place as he thinks fit (statement 1 correct). The Constitution only says that six months must not intervene between two sessions. It does not provide for three sessions, so statement 2 is wrong. It fixes no minimum number of sitting days, so statement 3 is correct.

Topics: parliamentary sessions, polity & governance, summoning of parliament (article 85), union legislature (parliament)