Consider the following statements:1. The President of India can summon

1.	Consider the following statements:1. The President of India can summon a session of the Parliament at such place as he/she thinks fit.2. The Constitution of India provides for three sessions of the Parliament in a year, but it is not mandatory to conduct all three sessions.3. There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?1. 1 only2. 2 only3. 1 and 3 only4. 2 and 3 only
Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : 1 and 3 only The Correct Answer is 1 and 3 only. Article 85(1) of the Constitution states that the President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session. Hence Statement 1 is Correct. The session of Lok Sabha is called for at least two times a year. Constitution does not state that three sessions of the Parliament should be called in a year. Hence Statement 2 is Not Correct. There is no provision of the minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year. Hence Statement 3 is Correct. India does not have a fixed parliamentary calendar. By convention, Parliament meets for three sessions in a year. The longest, the Budget Session, starts towards the end of January and concludes by the end of April or the first week of May.

Consider the following statements:1. The President of India can summon a session of the Parliament at such place as he/she thinks fit.2. The Constitution of India provides for three sessions of the Parliament in a year, but it is not mandatory to conduct all three sessions.3. There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?1. 1 only2. 2 only3. 1 and 3 only4. 2 and 3 only

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : 1 and 3 only

The Correct Answer is 1 and 3 only.

Article 85(1) of the Constitution states that the President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session. Hence Statement 1 is Correct.
The session of Lok Sabha is called for at least two times a year.
Constitution does not state that three sessions of the Parliament should be called in a year. Hence Statement 2 is Not Correct.
There is no provision of the minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year. Hence Statement 3 is Correct.

India does not have a fixed parliamentary calendar.
By convention, Parliament meets for three sessions in a year.
The longest, the Budget Session, starts towards the end of January and concludes by the end of April or the first week of May.