Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Members of Lok Sabha
The correct answer is Members of Lok Sabha. - Speaker of Lok Sabha is elected by Members of Lok Sabha.
- He is elected by members of Lok Sabha from amongst its members, as soon as, after the first meeting.
- He remains in his office during the life of the Lok Sabha. He vacates office earlier in any of the following cases:
- If he ceases to be a member of Lok Sabha;
- If he resigns by writing to the Deputy Speaker; and
- If he is removed by a resolution passed by a majority of all the members of the Lok Sabha.
- Such a resolution can be moved only after giving 14 days' advance notice.
- He maintains order and decorum in the House for conducting its business.
- He adjourns the House to suspend the meeting in the absence of a quorum (presence of only 1-10th of the total strength of the House).
- He does not vote in the first instance, but he can exercise a casting vote in the case of a tie (deadlock)
- The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha can be 552 members.
- Out of these 552 members, 530 members are elected from the States, and 20 members are elected from the Union Territories.
- President has the power to summon or prorogue the Houses of Parliament and to dissolve the Lok Sabha.
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