Daily Current Affairs Quiz: November 17, 2025

Answer: D [All of the above]
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The Parliament has the power to make laws on any of the subjects enumerated in the Union List (List I) and Concurrent List (List III). The State Legislatures have the power to make laws on any of the subjects enumerated in the State List (List II).

Statement 2 is correct: During a National Emergency (Article 352), the Parliament acquires the power to make laws on subjects that fall under the State List.

Statement 3 is correct: Money Bills can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha has limited powers regarding Money Bills.

Statement 4 is correct: The Parliament has the power to impeach the President and initiate the removal of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts through a process of impeachment.

Answer: D [All of the above]
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Article 324 of the Constitution entrusts the Election Commission of India (ECI) with the superintendence, direction, and control of elections to Parliament, State Legislatures, and the offices of the President and Vice-President.

Statement 2 is correct: The ECI indeed possesses disqualification powers under the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Under Section 10A, the Commission can directly disqualify a candidate for failure to lodge accounts of election expenses. Under Section 8A, relating to “corrupt practices,” the High Court determines guilt, but the President must act according to the binding opinion of the ECI before issuing the final disqualification order. Additionally, Returning Officers functioning under the ECI may reject nominations of candidates already disqualified under Section 8 (criminal convictions). Hence, while the High Court tries the case, the ECI’s role in both initiating and finalising disqualification remains decisive.

Statement 3 is correct: The ECI allots election symbols to recognised political parties and independent candidates under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.

Statement 4 is correct: Delimitation of constituencies is undertaken by an independent Delimitation Commission constituted by the President, but the ECI assists in the process and implements the Commission’s final orders.

Answer: B [The President can grant pardons in all cases where the sentence is given by a Court within India's territory. ]
Explanation:

Statement A is correct: Article 72(1)(a) explicitly includes sentences by a Court Martial within the President’s pardoning power.

Statement B is incorrect: The President’s pardoning power under Article 72 is not all-encompassing. It is limited to cases involving:

1. Punishment or sentence by a Court Martial.
2. Offences against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends.
3. All cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.

It does not cover sentences for offences against state laws (except death sentences), which are under the Governor’s pardoning power (Article 161).

Statement C is correct: Article 72(1) lists the various forms of clemency the President can grant, including pardon, reprieve, respite, remission, suspension, or commutation.

Statement D is correct: The Supreme Court in the Epuru Sudhakar case (2006) affirmed that the President’s pardoning power is subject to judicial review on grounds of arbitrariness, mala fides, or extraneous considerations.

Answer: C [1, 2 and 4 only]
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 substituted ‘armed rebellion’ for ‘internal disturbance’ as a ground for proclaiming a National Emergency.

Statement 2 is correct: The President can proclaim a National Emergency only after receiving a written recommendation from the Cabinet.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The President can revoke a proclamation of Emergency without requiring Parliamentary approval, although a Lok Sabha resolution disapproving its continuation mandates revocation. A proclamation of Emergency must be approved by both Houses of Parliament within one month.

Statement 4 is correct: Once approved, it lasts for six months and requires further Parliamentary approval every six months for continuation.

Answer: B [Only three]
Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: If the election of a person as President is declared void by the Supreme Court, the acts done by him before the date of such declaration are not invalidated. They continue to remain in force.

Statement 2 is correct: According to Article 54, the President is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Statement 3 is correct: When a State Legislative Assembly is dissolved, its members cease to be qualified to vote in the Presidential election, even if fresh elections to the dissolved assembly are not held before the Presidential election.

Statement 4 is correct: The President’s election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a preferential or alternative vote system. Although it uses a single transferable vote, every voter has plural votes, hence it is a preferential or alternative vote system.