The Parliament of India exercises control over the functions of the Council of Ministers through
- 1.Adjournment motion
- 2.Question hour
- 3.Supplementary questions
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
All three are tools by which Parliament controls the Council of Ministers. Because ministers must answer to the House, members can question them, discuss urgent public matters, and press for further answers.
- ✓ 1. An adjournment motion lets the House set aside its business to discuss a definite matter of urgent public importance, with the Speaker's consent (Lok Sabha Rule 56). NCERT lists it among the instruments of control over the executive.
- ✓ 2. Question Hour is held every day during sessions and ministers must answer searching questions from members. NCERT calls it perhaps the most effective way of keeping vigil on the executive.
- ✓ 3. A supplementary question follows a minister's answer and lets a member seek further facts on it (Lok Sabha Rule 50). NCERT lists such questions among the ways the Lok Sabha controls the executive.
Remember · Parliament controls the executive through Question Hour, supplementary questions, adjournment motion, resolutions and the no-confidence motion.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 5 (practise this chapter) · Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 5 (practise this chapter) · Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 5 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 11 · Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5 “The Question Hour, which is held every day during the sessions of Parliament, where Ministers have to respond to searching questions raised by the members;”
- NCERT Class 11 · Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5 “Controls the executive by asking questions, supplementary questions, resolutions and motions and through no confidence motion.”
- NCERT Class 11 · Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5 “half-an-hour discussion on matters of public importance, adjournment motion, etc., are some instruments of exercising control.”
- Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, Rule 56 (Adjournment motions) ↗ “a motion for an adjournment of the business of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance may be made with the consent of the Speaker. … may ask a supplementary question for the purpose of further elucidating any matter of fact regarding which an answer has been given.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·