The Parliament of India exercises control over the functions of the Council of Ministers through 1. Adjournment motion 2. Question hour 3. Supplementary questions Select the correct answer using the code given below:

All three statements are correct, so the answer is D. Parliament's control over the Council of Ministers works through questions, debates and motions, and each of these three is a standard tool under the Rules of Procedure of both Houses.

• Statement 1 (Adjournment motion): It is moved to draw the House's attention to a definite, urgent matter of public importance and sets aside the day's business. In the Lok Sabha it needs the Speaker's consent and the support of at least 50 members. It is a direct censure of the government's failure on that matter.
• Statement 2 (Question hour): The first hour of every sitting, when ministers answer starred, unstarred and short-notice questions. It is the most routine accountability tool because the answers go on record.
• Statement 3 (Supplementary questions): Oral follow-ups asked during question hour to probe an answer. The Speaker or Chairman decides whether they are admitted, but they belong to the same accountability mechanism.

The core concept is parliamentary accountability under Article 75(3), where the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. Mains GS-II often asks you to separate ex-ante tools such as questions and debates from ex-post tools such as censure and no-confidence motions. This question sits in that space.

Trap: Aspirants often drop statement 3 because they think supplementary questions are not formal control, or they treat an adjournment motion as only a disruption tactic rather than a control device.