Q90. About Rajya Sabha, identify the correct statements:
(1) permanent House,
(2) one-third retire every two years,
(3) Vice-President is its ex-officio Chairman,
(4) President can dissolve it during Emergency.
[OPSC Odisha Civil Services Prelims, 12 October 2025]
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 4 only
(D) All four
Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3 only
Explanation: The Council of States is a continuing chamber, with roughly one-third retiring every second year. Its ex-officio Chairman is the Vice-President. The Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved, even during a National Emergency, making the fourth assertion incorrect.
Q89. Which constitutional provision describes removal of the Vice-President?
[IB ACIO Grade-II Executive, 17 September 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Article 61
(B) Article 70(c)
(C) Article 64(b)
(D) Article 67(b)
Answer: (D) Article 67(b)
Explanation: Article 67(b) governs removal of the Vice-President, specifying initiation and voting in the Rajya Sabha followed by agreement from Lok Sabha. Article 61 concerns impeachment of the President, an entirely different constitutional removal mechanism.
Q88. Who was the first Vice-President of India?
[DSSSB TGT Natural Science, 7 September 2025, Shift 1]
(A) V. V. Giri
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Zakir Hussain
(D) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Answer: (D) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Explanation: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became India’s first Vice-President in May 1952 and held the office for two terms until 1962. He subsequently served as the second President of India. Rajendra Prasad, in contrast, was India’s first President.
Q87. Which constitutional office-holder is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
[UPSSSC PET, 6 September 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Vice-President
(B) President
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Governor
(E) None of these
Answer: (A) Vice-President
Explanation: The office of Vice-President carries the Rajya Sabha chairmanship automatically under Article 64. As presiding officer, the Chairman regulates discussion and parliamentary procedure and can cast a deciding vote if voting on a question is tied.
Q86. Match Vice-Presidents with terms:
A. M. Hidayatullah,
B. K. R. Narayanan,
C. Shankar Dayal Sharma;
1. 1987–92,
2. 1979–84,
3. 1992–97.
[Andhra Pradesh High Court Common Recruitment, 23 August 2025, Shift 3]
(A) A-3, B-2, C-1
(B) A-2, B-1, C-3
(C) A-1, B-2, C-3
(D) A-2, B-3, C-1
Answer: (D) A-2, B-3, C-1
Explanation: M. Hidayatullah was Vice-President from 1979 to 1984; Shankar Dayal Sharma served from 1987 to 1992; and K. R. Narayanan from 1992 to 1997. Accordingly, the correct chronology maps A to 2, B to 3, and C to 1.
Q85. The Vice-President of India belongs to which branches of government?
[SSC Stenographer, 6 August 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Legislative only
(B) Executive only
(C) Judicial only
(D) Both Executive and Legislative
Answer: (D) Both Executive and Legislative
Explanation: The Vice-President forms part of the Union Executive, while serving as ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha within Parliament. The office therefore has an executive constitutional identity and a legislative presiding function, but is not part of the judiciary.
Q84. Who among the following was elected unopposed as Vice-President of India?
[BPSC District Statistical Officer, 3 August 2025]
(A) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(B) V. V. Giri
(C) K. R. Narayanan
(D) Mohammad Hidayatullah
Answer: (D) Mohammad Hidayatullah
Explanation: Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed as India’s sixth Vice-President in 1979 and served until 1984. He had previously been Chief Justice of India and briefly Acting President in 1969, before becoming Vice-President.
Q83. Who was the Vice-President of India when the May 2025 paper was held?
[BSSC Group D, 11 May 2025]
(A) Om Birla
(B) Mallikarjun Kharge
(C) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(D) J. P. Nadda
Answer: (C) Jagdeep Dhankhar
Explanation: Jagdeep Dhankhar became the fourteenth Vice-President on 11 August 2022 and was serving at the time of the May 2025 paper. He had earlier been Governor of West Bengal. His successor, C. P. Radhakrishnan, took office later in 2025.
Q82. What constitutes the electoral college for election of India’s Vice-President?
[OSSC Combined Graduate Level Mains, 30 March 2025]
(A) All Lok Sabha members only
(B) All members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(C) Parliament and State Assembly members
(D) Only elected Lok Sabha members
Answer: (B) All members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Explanation: Under Article 66, the electoral college consists of both elected and nominated members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. State legislative members have no vote in this election. The arrangement differs from the college used to elect the President of India.
Q81. Who conducts the election for the Vice-President of India?
[RPF Constable 2024 recruitment paper, held 2 March 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Election Commission of India
(B) Parliament of India
(C) State Legislative Councils
(D) State Legislative Assemblies
Answer: (A) Election Commission of India
Explanation: The Election Commission supervises the vice-presidential election under the Constitution and relevant election laws. Parliamentarians constitute the voting electoral college, but they do not independently administer the poll. Voting follows the secret-ballot and single-transferable-vote method.
