UPSC Prelims 2020 Question:

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 of that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.
   
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Explanation:

• Article 85(1) of the Constitution of India empowers the President to summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one Session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next Session. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
• The Constitution of India provides that the maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament, cannot be more than six months. It virtually means that the Parliament should meet at least twice a year. So, statement 2 is not correct.
  
  
• The Constitution of India does not specify the minimum number of days that Parliament must meet each year.  So, statement 3 is correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | Parliament