Q30. Which of the following statements is correct about presidential resignation?
[SSC CHSL, 15 October 2020, Shift 1]
(A) President submits resignation to Vice-President
(B) President submits resignation to Prime Minister
(C) President submits resignation to Chief Justice
(D) President submits resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker
Answer: (A) President submits resignation to Vice-President
Explanation: The President submits a resignation to the Vice-President, as specified by Article 56(1)(a). It is not addressed to the Prime Minister or judiciary. The Vice-President’s duty to notify the Lok Sabha Speaker follows under Article 56(2).
Q29. Who acts as President during a casual vacancy caused by the President’s death?
[SSC CHSL, 19 March 2020, Shift 1]
(A) Lok Sabha Speaker
(B) Chief Justice of India
(C) Vice-President
(D) Nominated Lok Sabha member
Answer: (C) Vice-President
Explanation: Article 65 provides for the Vice-President to act as President following a vacancy from death, resignation, removal or other causes. A new presidential election is required within six months, so the acting role does not automatically last for the predecessor’s remaining term.
Q28. Who is the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
[WBCS Preliminary Examination 2020]
(A) President
(B) Vice-President
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Home Minister
Answer: (B) Vice-President
Explanation: India’s Vice-President presides over the Rajya Sabha as its ex-officio Chairman. This responsibility arises from Article 64 and is repeated in Article 89(1). Unlike the Deputy Chairman, the Vice-President need not be a Rajya Sabha member.
Q27. Which statements are incorrect? 1 President resigns to CJI; 2 Vice-President resigns to President; 3 CAG removed like President; 4 Supreme Court judge resigns to CJI.
[UPSC CDS General Knowledge, 8 September 2019]
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 3 and 4 only
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 3 and 4
Answer: (D) 1, 3 and 4
Explanation: Statement 2 is correct: the Vice-President resigns to the President under Article 67. The President instead resigns to the Vice-President; the CAG is removed like a Supreme Court judge; and judges submit resignations to the President.
Q26. A resolution for removing the Vice-President can first be moved only in which House?
[APPSC Group-II Prelims, 5 May 2019]
(A) Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha
(C) Either House
(D) Joint sitting
Answer: (B) Rajya Sabha
Explanation: Rajya Sabha alone initiates removal of the Vice-President under Article 67(b). Its resolution must secure a majority of all its then members and then obtain agreement from Lok Sabha. Fourteen days’ notice is required before moving the motion.
Q25. The Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of which body?
[RPF Constable Ancillary 2018 cycle, held 30 March 2019, Shift 2]
(A) Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha
(C) National Development Council
(D) Planning Commission
Answer: (B) Rajya Sabha
Explanation: The Vice-President automatically presides over Rajya Sabha, the Council of States, under Article 64. The term ex-officio indicates that the responsibility is attached to the office rather than derived from a separate election or ministerial appointment.
Q24. Who ranks immediately after the President in India’s Official Warrant of Precedence?
[DSSSB Primary Teacher, 11 November 2018, Shift 3]
(A) Vice-President
(B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Attorney General
Answer: (A) Vice-President
Explanation: India’s official Table of Precedence places the President first and the Vice-President second for ceremonial occasions. The office is the second-highest constitutional position, although actual governmental executive power operates through the parliamentary Council of Ministers.
Q23. Which Vice-Presidents were elected unopposed:
(A) S. Radhakrishnan,
(B) B. D. Jatti,
(C) M. Hidayatullah,
(D) V. V. Giri?
[RPSC Senior Teacher Grade-II General Knowledge, 31 October 2018]
(A) A and B
(B) B and C
(C) A and C
(D) A, B and C
Answer: (C) A and C
Explanation: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hidayatullah were elected Vice-President without opposition. Radhakrishnan was elected in 1952 and re-elected in 1957; Hidayatullah was elected in 1979. B. D. Jatti and V. V. Giri do not complete the given pairing.
Q22. Which Article gives the procedure for removal of the Vice-President?
[SSC Junior Engineer Electrical, 29 January 2018, Evening]
(A) Article 67
(B) Article 56
(C) Article 60
(D) Article 77
Answer: (A) Article 67
Explanation: Article 67(b) permits removal through a Rajya Sabha resolution approved by a majority of all its then members and agreed to by Lok Sabha. The Constitution requires fourteen days’ prior notice; no presidential impeachment process is used.
Q21. Which pair of Vice-Presidents served as Acting Presidents of India?
[Telangana Police SI Mains 2018 Paper-IV]
(A) K. R. Narayanan and Krishan Kant
(B) B. D. Jatti and R. Venkataraman
(C) S. Radhakrishnan and V. V. Giri
(D) V. V. Giri and B. D. Jatti
Answer: (D) V. V. Giri and B. D. Jatti
Explanation: V. V. Giri acted as President after Zakir Hussain’s death in 1969; B. D. Jatti fulfilled presidential duties after Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s death in 1977. Both were Vice-Presidents when these vacancies occurred, as allowed under Article 65.
