Correct answer: (b) 2 only
Explanation
- A
1 only
Statement 1 only. Prorogation ends a session; it does not kill pending Bills. A Bill lying in the Lok Sabha therefore survives prorogation, so 1 is false and this letter is not the key.
- B
2 only
Statement 2 only. Article 107: a Bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on dissolution, but a Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha that the Lok Sabha has not passed does not lapse. Prorogation never lapses a Bill, so 1 is wrong and 2 is right. That stored letter is the official key.
- C
Both 1 and 2
Both 1 and 2. That would need prorogation to lapse Lok Sabha Bills, which the Constitution does not do. Statement 1 fails, so both cannot be the key.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither 1 nor 2. Statement 2 is the settled rule on Rajya Sabha Bills after dissolution, so ‘neither’ is not the key.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2 only. Prorogation of a House does not lapse pending legislation. Dissolution of the Lok Sabha lapses Bills that are pending there or that have been passed by the Lok Sabha and are pending in the Rajya Sabha (subject to the President’s summons for a joint sitting). A Bill originating in and still pending only in the Rajya Sabha does not lapse. Honour the stored letter (b).
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