{"id":2219,"date":"2024-04-26T03:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:42:41","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-108","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the\u00a0Swatantra Party<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In the Lok Sabha, a \u201cLeader of the Opposition\u201d was recognised for the\u00a0first time in 1969<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a\u00a0minimum of 75 members<\/strong>, its leader cannot be recognised as the Leader of the Opposition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • The\u00a0Indian general election of\u00a01951\u201352<\/strong>, held from\u00a025 October 1951\u00a0to\u00a021 February 1952,\u00a0was the\u00a0first election to the Lok Sabha<\/strong>\u00a0since India became independent in\u00a0August 1947.\n
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        • The\u00a0Indian National Congress\u00a0(INC)<\/strong>\u00a0won a landslide victory,\u00a0winning 364 of the 489 seats<\/strong>\u00a0and 45% of the total votes polled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Jawaharlal Nehru\u00a0became the first democratically elected\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The\u00a0Communist Party of India\u00a0(CPI)\u00a0<\/strong>came\u00a0second<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a016 seats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • In\u00a01969<\/strong>, an official\u00a0leader of the opposition<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0recognized for the first time<\/strong>. However, it was given\u00a0statutory recognition in 1977<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The\u00a0leader of the largest opposition party having not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House<\/strong>\u00a0is recognized as the\u00a0leader of Opposition in that House.<\/strong>\n
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          • The 10% of the total strength of the House is\u00a055 seats<\/strong>\u00a0in the Lok Sabha. This is as per the\u00a0Mavalakar Rule<\/strong>. G V Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Leader of Opposition is a\u00a0statutory position<\/strong>\u00a0that is defined in the 1977 Salaries and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            Significance of Leader Of Opposition:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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            • The \u201cshadow prime minister\u201d or the \u201calternative prime minister<\/strong>\u201d are terms used to describe him. If the current administration is toppled or is unable to get a majority in the house of\u00a0parliament, he also offers a backup administration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The\u00a0absence of such a Leader of the Opposition will weaken the democratic spirit since the opposition<\/strong>\u00a0will be unable to present a united front in opposition to the ruling party.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • By offering the administration constructive critique, he also contributes significantly to the government\u2019s functioning in terms of\u00a0policy and legislative actions.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • He also offers a different perspective and aids in the representation of one that differs from the government\u2019s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The opposition leader, among other things, also\u00a0keeps an eye out for violations of minorities\u2019 rights and calls for debates<\/strong>\u00a0when the government tries to evade parliamentary scrutiny.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • He is essential in\u00a0ensuring impartiality and bipartisanship<\/strong>\u00a0in the nominations made to institutions that promote accountability and openness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only Notes: Significance of Leader Of Opposition:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-2219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}