Presiding officers of the legislature — UPSC Prelims PYQs
7 questions in this bank come from Presiding officers of the legislature, spanning UPSC Prelims papers from 2012 to 2025. Every question here carries all four options, the correct answer and a full explanation.
It has appeared in 6 of the last 16 papers, most heavily in 2025 with 2 questions. That makes it an occasional area rather than a fixture.
The themes examined most often within it are Speaker's Role and Functions (3), Legislative Privileges and Roles (2), Executive powers of the President (1), Governor's Powers and Constitutional Role (1) and Membership and roles in Rajya Sabha (1). Those counts are of questions in which the theme is examined, not merely mentioned.
Between them they draw on 8 distinct themes, so this is a broader area than a single revision note can cover. That is 0.5% of the 1433 questions in the bank — useful for deciding how much revision time it deserves.
Its weight has held steady, at roughly 0.6 questions a year across the last five papers.
It was not examined in 10 of those papers. Each question below links to its full explanation and to related questions on the same theme from other years, so a weak area can be worked through in one pass rather than hunted for paper by paper.
UPSC Prelims 20252 questions
- Polity & Governance
Consider the following statements: I. On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution. II. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign from his/her political party immediately. III. The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- Polity & Governance
With reference to the Indian polity, consider the following statements: I. The Governor of a State is not answerable to any court for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of his/her office. II. No criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against the Governor during his/her term of office. III. Members of a State Legislature are not liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said within the House. Which of the statements given above are correct?