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With reference to the Indian Parliament, which of the following statements best describes the term 'recess'?

It is the period between the prorogation of Parliament and its reassembly in a new session.

It is the period between the adjournment of Parliament and its reassembly on a new day.

It is the period between the winter session and the budget session of the Parliament.

It is the gap of six months between two sessions of the Parliament.

The President from time to time summons each House of Parliament to meet.
But, the maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament cannot be more than six months.
• A ‘session’ of Parliament is the period spanning between the first sitting of a House and its prorogation (or dissolution in the case of the Lok Sabha).
During a session, the House meets every day to transact business.
A session of Parliament consists of many meetings.
• Each meeting of the day consists of two sittings, that is, a morning sitting from 11 am to 1 pm and a postlunch sitting from 2 pm to 6 pm.
• A sitting of Parliament can be terminated by adjournment or adjournment sine die or prorogation or dissolution (in the case of the Lok Sabha).
• An adjournment suspends the work in a sitting for a specified time, which may be hours, days or weeks.
The presiding officer (Speaker or Chairman) declares the House adjourned sine die when the business of a session is completed.
Within the next few days, the President issues a notification for the prorogation of the session.
However, the President can also prorogue the House while in session.
• The period spanning between the prorogation of a House and its reassembly in a new session is called ‘recess’.
• Hence option (a) is the correct answer.