Question

1. When Vice–President acts as President of India, he ceases to perform the function of the chairman of Rajya Sabha.
2. The President of India can promulgate ordinances at any time except when both Houses of Parliament are in session.
A. 1 only.
B. 2 only.
C. Both 1 and 2.
D. Neither 1 nor 2.

Answer 1

Hint: Vice President is the person who is qualified for election by the Rajya Sabha. A President is a person who is qualified for election by the members of Lok Sabha. Both of them, that is President and Vice President must be the Citizens of India for holding the responsibility as President and Vice President. The Vice President can also be re-elected indirectly by both the houses of Parliament.

Complete Answer:
The Vice President can act as a President when the vacancy is available in cases like absence, death of President, or if he or she takes resignation from this post or due to impeachment or due to any other situations. The Vice President is the only person who is the successor after the President to elect as the President. He has the responsibility of deciding the bill whether is financial or not which is introduced in the Rajya Sabha. The Vice President has a tenure of five years and he may get re-elected many times. The Vice President can only continue serving as the president for a maximum of six months after the new President is elected. According to articles 64 and 89, Vice President shall be the ex – officio chairman of Rajya Sabha. While acting as the President, the Vice President will not perform the duties of Chairman of Rajya Sabha instead those duties will be done by the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. The Vice President can also promulgate ordinances at any time except when both the houses of the Parliament are not in the session.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: Ordinances are laws that can only be issued when Parliament is not in the session, which enables the Government of the country to take immediate legislative action. Ordinances may be withdrawn by the President at any time.