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Vice-President: 9 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 9 questions on Vice-President between 1979 and 2026: CSE 6 · CDS 2 · CISF (LDCE) 1. 2 of them came after 2015, so this is a topic that appears less often now, but the older questions still show exactly how it is tested. 6 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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CSE2013Vice-PresidentOn card POL 5·3

Consider the following statements: 1. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not the members of that House. 2. While the nominated members of the two Houses of the Parliament have no voting right in the presidential election, they have the right to vote in the election of the Vice President. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Nominated members → no vote in Presidential election but CAN vote in VP election | NOT: RS Chairman & Deputy Chairman both non-members of RS
CSE1985Vice-PresidentOn card POL 5·3

The Chairman of Rajya Sabha can be removed by a resolution

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Removal of RS Chairman: NOT by 2/3 majority of total RS members | NOT by simple majority of total RS members alone | NOT moved by RS and passed by LS

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