UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 31 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on Money Bill Features
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicParliament
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeDirect
Regarding Money Bill, which of the following statements is not correct?
Show answer
Answer: C. A Money Bill is concerned with the appropriation of moneys out of the Contingency Fund of India.
Analysis
The question asks which statement is NOT correct, and that is option (c).
Article 110 defines a money bill as one containing only provisions dealing with a listed set of matters. Among them are the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax; the regulation of borrowing or the giving of any guarantee by the Government of India; the custody of the Consolidated Fund of India or the Contingency Fund of India and payments into or withdrawals from either; and the appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
Statement by statement
Option (c) is INCORRECT because appropriation is tied to the Consolidated Fund of India, not the Contingency Fund. Options (a), (b) and (d) each reproduce a listed matter accurately, which is why they are correct and therefore not the answer.
Source
Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth, chapter on Parliament.
How to crack it
Note that custody covers both funds while appropriation covers only the Consolidated Fund, and option (b) is placed there to make you think the two funds are interchangeable throughout the Article. Read the Article 110 list once with attention to which fund each clause names. Also read the stem twice: this question asks for the statement that is not correct, and reversing that is the commonest way aspirants lose an otherwise easy mark.