Consider the following statements 1 The tenure of the Public Accounts Committee is on...........

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Consider the following statements:

1. The tenure of the Public Accounts Committee is one year.

2. Only seven members of the Committee are from the Rajya Sabha.

3. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha is Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

4. The main task of the Public Accounts Committee is to examine the appropriation accounts.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Only 1 and 2

Only 3

Only 1, 2 and 4

1, 2, 3 and 4

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Explanation:

Public Accounts Committee has 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha while 7 from Rajya Sabha. The members are “elected” by members of Parliament amongst themselves via a system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote; so that all parties get due representation in it. Members are elected for a period of one year. A minister cannot be a member of PAC.Chairman of PAC is appointed by Speaker from its members. The chairman used to be of ruling party till mid 1960s, however, now the chairman of PAC is from opposition by convention.The main task of the Public Accounts Committee is to examine the appropriation accounts