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Topic Parliamentary privilege
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in LDCE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 1 years (2025–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2025 → LDCE 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Which of the following descriptions with regard to Parliamentary Privilege for Members of the Parliament of India is/are correct ?
- The Speaker is empowered to refer suo moto any question of privilege for investigation
- A question of privilege is accorded priority over other items in the List of Business
- The privilege extends to freedom from preventive arrest or detention. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 2 only ✓
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Parliament & Legislature
LDCE2025
Which one of the following conditions is not correct about the right to raise a question of privilege ?
- A Not more than one question shall be raised at the same sitting
- B Not less than five questions shall be raised at the same sitting
- C The question shall be restricted to a specific matter of recent occurrence
- D The matter requires the intervention of the House
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Polity & Governance › Parliament & Legislature
LDCE2025
Under which one of the following Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, the Speaker is empowered to give directions about the question of privilege ?
- A Rule 225
- B Rule 226
- C Rule 227
- D Rule 228
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Polity & Governance › Parliament & Legislature
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