2016 · Q60
Statements (I): Speaker of the Lok Sabha appoints the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Statement (II): Members of Parliament, eminent persons from industry and trade are the members of the Public Accounts Committee.
Indian Polity, Governance and ConstitutionUnion and State government
- ABoth statements (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I)
- BBoth statement (I) and statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I)
- CStatement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false
- DStatement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true
Explanation
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha appoints the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee — by convention from the Opposition since 1967–68 (I is true). But the PAC has 22 members, all MPs (15 from Lok Sabha, 7 from Rajya Sabha); no industry or trade eminences sit on it (II is false). Hence (C).