Question

The council of ministers has to tender its resignation if vote of no-confidence is passed against it____
a) By lok sabha
b) By rajya sabha
c) By the two houses at a joint meeting
d) By the Supreme Court

Answer 1

Hint:
It is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, The members of this house be elected to represent their respective constituencies by universal adult suffrage and by a first-past-post method and shall hold their seats for a term of five years or until the President dissolves the body on the advice of the Council of Ministers.

Complete answer:
Option a) lok sabha, In India, only in the Lok Sabha will a motion of no confidence be enforced (the lower house of the Parliament of India).
The motion is approved for consideration when the motion is endorsed by at least 50 members of the house (under rule 198 of the 16th edition of the Lok Sabha Rules).
If the motion proceeds, the motion is discussed and voted by the House. The resolution is approved if a majority of the members of the house vote in favor of the motion, and the government is obliged to vacate the office.

Option b) rajya sabha, is the incorrect answer, the council of ministers are the part of the lower house of the parliament.

Option c) by the two houses at a joint meeting is the incorrect answer. To pass any bill, competition from both houses is required. The makers of the Indian Constitution expected situations of conflict between the upper house, Rajya Sabha, and the lower house, i.e. From Lok Sabha sometime in future. The Constitution of India therefore provides for the deadlock to be broken by joint sessions of both houses.

Option d) by the Supreme Court, is the incorrect answer. The supreme court of India is the judicial organ of the government; it has nothing to do with the election council of ministers in the parliament.

Therefore the answer is a

Note:
In August 1963, Acharya Kripalani brought the first-ever no-confidence motion to the floor of the Lok Sabha.
Till July 2019, 27 no-confidence motions were moved
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faced the fifteen most untrustworthy motions, followed by Lal Bahadur Shastri and P. V. Narasimha Rao (three each), Morarji Desai (two) and Nehru Jawaharlal, Rajiv Gandhi, Vajpayee Atal Bihari, Narendra Modi (one each).
The most recent no confidence motion against the government of Narendra Modi