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The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha was constituted for the first time in:

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Answer: Option A — 1952

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The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha was constituted for the first time in 1952, soon after the Rajya Sabha came into existence.

Composition:

  • The committee consists of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and ten other members nominated by the Chairman.
  • The Chairman is the ex officio chairman of the committee.
  • It includes representatives of the government and of different parties and groups in the House.

Functions:

  • It recommends the time to be allotted for the discussion of government legislative and other business.
  • It recommends the time for other business that the Chairman, in consultation with the Leader of the House, refers to it.
  • Its recommendations help the House plan its sessions efficiently.
  • Its decisions are usually reached by consensus among parties.

Lok Sabha's Business Advisory Committee:

  • The Lok Sabha's committee is headed by the Speaker and has 15 members.
  • It was also constituted in 1952.

Why such committees are needed:

  • Parliament has limited time and a heavy agenda of bills, budget discussions, debates and questions.
  • These committees help divide time fairly among different items and between government and opposition.

Other committees of the Rajya Sabha:

  • Committee on Petitions: examines petitions on bills and matters of public interest.
  • Committee on Privileges: examines cases of breach of privilege.
  • Committee on Subordinate Legislation.
  • Committee on Government Assurances.
  • Rules Committee: considers matters of procedure in the House.
  • General Purposes Committee.
  • Ethics Committee: set up in 1997, the first such committee in Parliament.

Departmentally related standing committees:

Eight of the 24 departmentally related standing committees function under the Rajya Sabha, and the rest under the Lok Sabha.

About the Rajya Sabha:

It was first constituted in April 1952 and held its first sitting in May 1952.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗1950, 1957 and 1964 do not match the year the committee was first constituted.

Quick tip

Remember: Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha = first constituted in 1952; chaired by the Chairman.

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This question tests your understanding of Parliament, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.

This topic covers the Parliament of India: the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, their composition, powers and officers, sessions, the law-making process, money bills, joint sittings, parliamentary committees, and devices such as question hour, zero hour and the various motions. Typical questions ask about the maximum strength of each house, the minimum age for members, who certifies a money bill (the Speaker), who presides over a joint sitting, and which committee is chaired by a member of the opposition (the Public Accounts Committee, by convention). Note the special powers of the Rajya Sabha under Articles 249 and 312. Practise the Parliament questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.

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