17. UPSC Previous Years’ Questions

1. Individual Parliamentarian’s role as the national law maker is on a decline, which in turn,

has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcomes. Discuss. (2019)

2. "Simultaneous election to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies will limit the amount of time and money spent in electioneering but it will reduce the government's accountability to the people." Discuss. (2017)

3. The role of individual MPs (Members of Parliament) has diminished over the years and as a result healthy constructive debates on policy issues are not usually witnessed. How far can this be attributed to the anti-defection law which was legislated but with a different intention? (2013)

4. Bring out the powers and responsibilities attached to the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. (2010)

5. What are the grounds of disqualification of a Member of Parliament from either House? Quote relevant provisions in your answer. (2010)

6. The ‘Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and its members’ as envisaged in Article 105 of the Constitution leave room for a large number of un-enumerated privileges’. How can this problem be addressed? (2014)

7. Discuss the role of Public Accounts Committee in establishing accountability of the government to the people. (2017)

8. The Indian Constitution has provisions for holding joint session of the two Houses of the Parliament. Enumerate the occasions when this would normally happen and also the occasions when it cannot, with reason thereof.(2017)

9. Why do you think the committees are considered to be useful for parliamentary work? Discuss, in this context, the role of the Estimates Committee. (2018)

10. Individual Parliamentarian’s role as the national law maker is on a decline, which in turn,

has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcomes. Discuss. (2019)