a. The matter of creating new All India Services

b. Amending the Constitution

c. The removal of the government

d. Making cut motions

Answer- b

Explanation:

The Relative Roles of the Two Houses of Parliament:

The two Houses of Parliament enjoy equal power and status in all spheres except financial matters and in regard to the responsibility of the Council of Ministers, which are exclusively the domain of the Lok Sabha.

There are certain limitations on the Power of the Rajya Sabha:

• A Money Bill can not be introduced in the  Rajya Sabha.
• Rajya Sabha has no power either to reject or amend a Money Bill. It can only make recommendations on the Money Bill. If such a BIll is returned to the Lok Sabha within a period of 14 days, the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses at the expiration of the said period in the form in which it was passed by the Lok Sabha.
• The Speaker of the Lok Sabha will decide whether a particular bill is a money bill or not.
• Rajya Sabha may discuss the Annual Financial Statement. It has no power to Vote on the Demands for the Grants.
• Rajya Sabha has no power to pass a vote of no-confidence in the Council of Ministers.

In the case of other bills, the Rajya Sabha’s powers are on par with those of the Lok Sabha. Every non-financial measure must be passed by both Houses individually before it can become an Act.

Rajya Sabha has equal powers with Lok Sabha in important matters like the impeachment of the President, removal of the Vice President, Constitutional amendments, and removal of the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.

President ordinances, proclamations of Emergency, and Proclamations of the Failure of Constitutional Machinery in a State must be placed before both Houses of Parliament.

Disagreement between the two Houses on a Bill, other than a Money Bill and a Constitutional Amendment Bill is resolved by both the Houses in a joint-sitting of the two Houses, which is presided over by the Speaker of ther Lok Sabha. 

Further, the Constitution has assigned some special powers to the Rajya Sabha:

• It alone has the power to declare that it would be in the National interest for the Parliament to legislate in respect of a matter in the State List. If by a two-thirds majority, the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution to this effect, the Union Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the Country, even with respect to a matter enumerated in the State List. 
• Also, under the Constitution, Parliament is empowered to make laws providing for the creation of one or more All-India Services common to the Union and the States if the Rajya Sabha declares by a resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest to do so.

Hence, option b is correct.

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