CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 79 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. provincial votes on account
B. disqualification on grounds of defection
C. Governor's assent and reconsideration of Provincial Bills
D. custody and operation of federal funds
Correct Answer: D
Law and rules govern custody, payment and withdrawal.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with custody and operation of federal funds?
A. Article 62
B. Article 83
C. Article 95
D. Article 79
Correct Answer: D
Law and rules govern custody, payment and withdrawal.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 78 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. custody and operation of provincial funds
B. custody and operation of federal funds
C. Federal Consolidated Fund and Public Account
D. composition of Majlis-e-Shoora as the President, National Assembly and Senate
Correct Answer: C
The Article creates the principal federal public funds.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with Federal Consolidated Fund and Public Account?
A. Article 78
B. Article 130
C. Article 59
D. Article 81
Correct Answer: A
The Article creates the principal federal public funds.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 77 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. procedure and presiding arrangements at joint sittings
B. Provincial Government consent for specified financial measures
C. levying of taxes only by or under authority of an Act of Parliament
D. voting, casting vote and quorum of the National Assembly
Correct Answer: C
No federal tax may be imposed without legal authority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with levying of taxes only by or under authority of an Act of Parliament?
A. Article 50
B. Article 108
C. Article 74
D. Article 77
Correct Answer: D
No federal tax may be imposed without legal authority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 76 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. non-lapse of Bills on prorogation and specified dissolution situations
B. Governor's addresses and messages to a Provincial Assembly
C. federal votes on account
D. authentication of the provincial schedule of authorized expenditure
Correct Answer: A
Prorogation does not cause a Bill to lapse.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with non-lapse of Bills on prorogation and specified dissolution situations?
A. Article 75
B. Article 76
C. Article 56
D. Article 112
Correct Answer: B
Prorogation does not cause a Bill to lapse.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 75 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. summoning, prorogation, annual sessions and requisitioned sessions of Parliament
B. five-year duration of a Provincial Assembly
C. the President's addresses and messages to Parliament
D. presidential assent and reconsideration of Bills
Correct Answer: D
The President assents or may return a non-Money Bill once for reconsideration.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with presidential assent and reconsideration of Bills?
A. Article 85
B. Article 70
C. Article 75
D. Article 130
Correct Answer: C
The President assents or may return a non-Money Bill once for reconsideration.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 74 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. procedure and presiding arrangements at joint sittings
B. disqualification on grounds of defection
C. composition, allocation and election of National Assembly seats
D. Federal Government consent for specified financial measures
Correct Answer: D
Certain financial proposals cannot proceed without federal consent.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with Federal Government consent for specified financial measures?
A. Article 74
B. Article 117
C. Article 54
D. Article 70
Correct Answer: A
Certain financial proposals cannot proceed without federal consent.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 73 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. vote of no-confidence against a Chief Minister
B. procedure and definition of federal Money Bills
C. election and three-year term of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate
D. composition, allocation and election of National Assembly seats
Correct Answer: B
A Money Bill originates only in the National Assembly; the Senate may recommend within fourteen days.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with procedure and definition of federal Money Bills?
A. Article 112
B. Article 66
C. Article 52
D. Article 73
Correct Answer: D
A Money Bill originates only in the National Assembly; the Senate may recommend within fourteen days.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 72 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. vote of no-confidence against a Chief Minister
B. procedure and presiding arrangements at joint sittings
C. the President's addresses and messages to Parliament
D. non-lapse of Bills on prorogation and specified dissolution situations
Correct Answer: B
The Speaker of the National Assembly ordinarily presides.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with procedure and presiding arrangements at joint sittings?
A. Article 130
B. Article 87
C. Article 72
D. Article 60
Correct Answer: C
The Speaker of the National Assembly ordinarily presides.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 70 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. five-year duration of a Provincial Assembly
B. introduction and passage of ordinary federal Bills
C. procedure relating to provincial Annual Budget Statements
D. oath of members of Parliament
Correct Answer: B
An ordinary Bill may originate in either House and can reach a joint sitting after disagreement.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with introduction and passage of ordinary federal Bills?
A. Article 83
B. Article 70
C. Article 69
D. Article 63
Correct Answer: B
An ordinary Bill may originate in either House and can reach a joint sitting after disagreement.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
What is primarily governed by Article 69 of the Constitution of Pakistan?
A. bar on courts questioning parliamentary proceedings for procedural irregularity
B. expenditure charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund
C. qualifications for membership of Parliament
D. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of a Provincial Assembly
Correct Answer: A
Courts do not inquire into proceedings merely for irregularity of procedure.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - NASenatePA
Which constitutional Article primarily deals with bar on courts questioning parliamentary proceedings for procedural irregularity?
A. Article 115
B. Article 69
C. Article 111
D. Article 85
Correct Answer: B
Courts do not inquire into proceedings merely for irregularity of procedure.