Which of the following powers, the President has in relation to Lok Sabha ? 1.…
2014
Which of the following powers, the President has in relation to Lok Sabha ?
1. Summoning
2. Adjournment – sine die
3. Prorogation
4. Dissolution
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Answer: C. 1, 3 and 4 — ConceptThe Constitution of India splits authority over a House of Parliament into two distinct kinds. Bringing a House into session, ending that session, and…
- A.
1 and 4
- B.
1, 2 and 3
- C.
1, 3 and 4
- D.
1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: C
Concept
The Constitution of India splits authority over a House of Parliament into two distinct kinds. Bringing a House into session, ending that session, and ending the life of the House itself are acts of the President under Article 85: the President summons each House, prorogues either House, and dissolves the House of the People. Regulating a sitting once the House has assembled belongs to the presiding officer, who adjourns the sitting under the House’s own Rules of Procedure.
The three session-related terms are separated by what each act terminates: an adjournment ends a sitting, a prorogation ends a session, and a dissolution ends the life of the House. Adjournment sine die is simply an adjournment for which no date of reassembly is fixed — the qualifier changes the duration, not the authority, so it remains the presiding officer’s act.
Applying it to this question
Map each listed act to the authority that performs it for the Lok Sabha:
Listed act | Authority | Basis |
|---|---|---|
1. Summoning | President | Article 85(1) |
2. Adjournment sine die | Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha |
3. Prorogation | President | Article 85(2)(a) |
4. Dissolution | President | Article 85(2)(b) |
Three of the four listed acts — summoning, prorogation and dissolution — are exercised by the President, while adjournment sine die is exercised by the Speaker. The code that groups exactly summoning, prorogation and dissolution, namely “1, 3 and 4”, is therefore the answer.
Cross-check
A code limited to summoning and dissolution would place prorogation outside the President’s hands, but Article 85(2)(a) names the President expressly as the proroguing authority.
A code carrying summoning, adjournment sine die and prorogation would hand adjournment to the President and take dissolution away from the President, reversing both allocations at once.
A code carrying all four acts would make the President the adjourning authority as well, a role the Rules of Procedure assign to the Speaker.
Practical confirmation: when the Speaker adjourns the House sine die at the end of a session, the session still ends formally only when the President issues the prorogation order — two separate acts by two separate authorities.