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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address joint meeting of the United States (US) Congress on which date
A
June 3
B
May 23
C
May 18
D
June 8
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Narendra Modi, parliamentary leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, started the first tenure of his prime ministership, after his swearing-in as the 14th Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.

Detailed explanation-2: -On January 6, 2021, during the Joint Session of Congress convened to count the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election victory of Joe Biden, a mob of rioters supporting outgoing President Donald Trump stormed and vandalized the Capitol building.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Speaker of the House of Representatives usually presides over Joint Sessions and Joint Meetings; however, the President of the Senate presides over Joint Sessions where the electoral votes are counted, as required by the Constitution (Article I, section 1; 12th Amendment).

Detailed explanation-4: -The purpose of a Joint Meeting has usually been for Congress to hear an address from an important figure-generally a visiting foreign leader. This practice became a standard part of foreign leaders’ state visits to the United States after 1945.

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