State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 109

What is the object of a 'cut motion' in Parliament?

  1. To move a proposal to reduce expenditure in the budget proposals
  2. To restrict day-to-day financial expenditure of the government
  3. To restrict grants from the Consolidated Fund of India
  4. To restrict the grants of the Government
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (A) To move a proposal to reduce expenditure in the budget proposals

स्पष्टीकरण

Cut motions (policy cut, economy cut, token cut) seek to reduce demands for grants in the budget.

  • (A) बरोबर

    Correct: a cut motion seeks to reduce the amount of a demand for grant.

  • (B) चूक

    Wrong: too general.

  • (C) चूक

    Wrong: charged expenditure is not voted on.

  • (D) चूक

    Wrong: vague; the specific aim is reducing a demand.