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Q83·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2026

Parliamentary Question Rules

PolityParliament & LegislatureStatement-basedEasyStatic

Question

Consider the following statements in respect of questions asked by the Members in the Parliament of India:

1Unstarred questions are those to which a Member desires an oral answer in the House.
2Starred questions are those to which a Member desires a written answer.
3No supplementary question can be asked on an unstarred question .

Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct? (a) All the three statements are correct . (b) There are two correct statements, that include statement 2 . (c) There is only one correct statement . (d) There is no correct statement.

Options

a

All the three statements are correct.

b

There are two correct statements, that include statement 2.

c

There is only one correct statement.

Answer
d

There is no correct statement.

Explanation

The correct answer is (c), meaning only statement 3 is correct. Because unstarred questions receive written replies, there is no opportunity to ask immediate follow-up or supplementary questions on the floor, validating statement 3. Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect because their definitions are swapped: starred questions require an oral response on the floor, while unstarred questions receive a written reply.

Starred questions require oral answers and allow follow-up questions, whereas unstarred questions receive written replies and do not permit supplementary questions.

Question details

Year

2026

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q83

Subject

Polity

Sub-topic

Parliament & Legislature

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Easy

Nature

Static

Source hint

M. Laxmikanth Indian Polity Ch.22 Parliament

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