BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 69

What is true about a Censure Motion?

It is not different from a No-confidence motion
It is different from a No-confidence motion
It is not mandatory to mention the reasons in this motion
Permission of the House is not essential to present it

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Answer: (B) It is different from a No-confidence motion

Explanation

A censure motion disapproves specific policies or actions and must state reasons; a no-confidence motion needs no reasons and topples the government if passed.

(A) Incorrect
Wrong: the two are different motions.
(B) Correct
Correct: a censure motion must state reasons, can target a minister, and its passage does not force resignation.
(C) Incorrect
Wrong: reasons must be stated in a censure motion.
(D) Incorrect
Wrong: it needs the Speaker's admission/leave of the House.