The Parliament of India exercises control over the functions of the Council of Ministers through 1. Adjournment motion 2. Question hour 3. Supplementary questions Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Parliament holds the Council of Ministers accountable through several devices.
• Question Hour (2) and supplementary questions (3) compel ministers to answer for their departments daily.
• An adjournment motion (1), admitted in Lok Sabha on a matter of urgent public importance, sets aside normal business and amounts to censure of the Government if passed.
• Other tools include no-confidence motions, budget debates and committees.
• Hence 1, 2 and 3, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Question Hour and supplementaries are also control devices.
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- Adjournment motion is also a control device.
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- Question Hour is also a control device.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2017, held on 18 June 2017. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.