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 ?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 85 lets the President summon each House 'at such time and place as he thinks fit'. Statement 2 is wrong: the Constitution does not provide for three sessions; the budget, monsoon and winter sessions are a convention. Statement 3 is correct: there is no minimum number of sitting days; only the gap between sessions must be under six months. So 1 and 3.
Watch for: Students confuse the six-month gap rule with a minimum number of days.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because statement 3 is also correct.
- B. Wrong because the three-session pattern is a convention, not in the Constitution.
- D. Wrong because statement 2 is false.
Source to check: Constitution of India, Article 85; PRS Legislative Research (prsindia.org) on parliamentary sittings
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