RL POL 2 Flashcards
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●As per the Indian Constitution, the Vice Presidentwould ascend to the Presidency upon the death,resignation, ___, or other situations leading to thevacancy in the Office of President.
A
Impeachment
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●As per the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 2001, notrade union of workmen shall be registered unlessat least 10% or 100, whichever is less, subject to aminimum of __ workmen engaged or employed inthe establishment or industry with which it isconnected are the members of such trade union.
A
7
3
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●The Constitution of India forbids dual citizenship ordual nationality, except for ___ where the secondnationality was involuntarily acquired.
A
Minors
4
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●The Estimates Committee consists of 30 memberswho are elected by the Lok Sabha every year fromamongst its members. Who is not eligible forelection to this Committee?
A
A Minister
5
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●The minimum age for a person to become a memberof Rajya Sabha is 30 years. The minimumqualifying age for membership of the Lok Sabhais ____.
A
25 years
6
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●The President of India has the power to declare threetypes of emergency. They are NationalEmergency, State Emergency and ____.
A
Financial Emergency
7
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●The Right of Children to Free and CompulsoryEducation Act or Right to Education Act (RTE),which was passed by the Indian parliament onAugust 4, 2009, describes the modalities of theimportance of free and compulsory education forchildren between ___.
A
6 and 14 years
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●The Untouchability Offences Act of ___ (renamed toProtection of Civil Rights Act in 1976) providedpenalties for preventing a person from entering aplace of worship or from taking water from a tankor well.
A
1955
9
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●What is the name for a British socialist organizationwhose purpose is to advance the principles ofdemocratic socialism via gradualist and reformist,rather than revolutionary means?
A
FabianSociety
10
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●Under the Indian legal system, jurisdiction to issue___ is given to the Supreme Court, and to theHigh Courts of Judicature of all Indian states.
A
Prerogative writs
11
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●Which constitution inspired details on theindependence of judiciary, judicial review,fundamental rights, and the removal of SupremeCourt and High Court judges in the IndianConstitution?
A
U.S. Constitution
12
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●With its adoption, the Union of India officiallybecame the modern and contemporary Republicof India and it replaced the ___ as the country’sfundamental governing document.
A
Governmentof India Act 1935
13
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●An election to fill a vacancy in the office of Presidentis held as soon as possible after, and in no caselater than ______ from, the date of occurrence ofthe vacancy.
A
Six months
14
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●From which document were such features as office ofgovernor, power of federal judiciary, emergencypowers etc were drawn into the Constitution ofIndia?
A
Government of India Act of 1935
15
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●The Attorney General of India is the Indiangovernment’s chief legal advisor, and its primarylawyer in the Supreme Court of India. Whoappoints him?
A
President of India
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●The Indian citizenship and nationality law and theConstitution of India provide single citizenship forall of India. The provisions relating to citizenshipupon adoption of the constitution are contained inArticles 5 to 11 in ____ of the Constitution of India.
A
Part II
17
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●Which Article in the Constitution of India, belongingto the Directive Principles of State Policy, dealswith separation of judiciary from executive?
A
Article 50
18
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●Which Article of the Indian Constitution states thatsix months must not intervene between the lastsitting in one session and the first sitting in thesucceeding session?
A
Article 85
19
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●Which article was added to Indian Constitution by25th amendment act, which gives the directiveprinciples in article 39 (b) and (c) primacy overfundamental rights guaranteed under article 14 &19 of the Indian Constitution?
A
Article 31-c
20
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●Which part of the Indian Constitution defines thepower distribution between the federalgovernment (the Centre) and the States in India?
A
Part XI
21
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●Which was the first programme launched byGovernment of India to implement the article 47of the Directive Principles of State Policy?
A
Community Development Programme
22
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●Zero Hour is the Indian innovation in the field ofparliamentary procedures and has been inexistence since ____.
A
1962
23
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●Which section of Representation of People Act, 1951deals with Registration with the ElectionCommission of associations and bodies as politicalparties?
A
Section 29A
24
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●As provided in the Indian Constitution, MinorityEducational Institutions are entitled to exerciserights enshrined in ___ of the Constitution.
A
Article 30 (1)
25
●Indian passports are required to be surrendered byall Indian citizens upon acquisition of foreignnationality in accordance with the Citizenship Act,1955 and the Passport Act, ___ to prevent theirmisuse.
1967
26
●The first Law Commission was established during theBritish regime in 1834 by the Charter Act of 1833.In which year was the first Law Commission ofindependent India established?
1955
27
●The first Administrative Reforms Commissionheaded by ___ had recommended for theestablishment of Lokpal and Lokayuktainstitutions at the Central and State levelrespectively.
Morarji Desai
28
●What is the legal/political term for false judicialproceedings in which no rights of defence to theaccused is given by invoking the expediencyclause?
Kangaroo Court
29
●The 99th amendment Bill sought to protect the rightsof the non-tribals in the Bodo Territorial Council(BTC) by keeping intact the existingrepresentation of the scheduled tribes andnonscheduled tribes in the ___ legislative assemblyfrom the BTC Areas district?
Assam
30
●What is the term for a parliamentary session which isconducted after election of new members butbefore they are installed and in which themembers participate for last time because offailure to re-election?
Lame Duck session
31
●____ is the study of the basic concepts, precepts andfundamental principles of law and legal systemsthat acquire the basic principles of morality,justice and human dignity in the modern society.
Jurisprudence
32
●Which constitutional amendment in India broughtServices in India under the purview of ValueAdded Tax system?
95th amendment
33
●The Constitution (One Hundred Fifth) AmendmentBill, 2006 sought to exclude Bihar from purview ofarticle ____ and to extend the provision of thisarticle to Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
Article164 (1)
34
●An Emergency due to the failure of the constitutionalmachinery in the states (Article 356) is popularlyknown as 'President's Rule', -____ or'constitutional Emergency.'
'State Emergency'
35
●Article ____ empowers the president to issue aproclamation, if he is satisfied that a situation hasarisen in which the government of a state cannotbe carried on in accordance with the provisions ofthe Constitution.
356
36
"●Article ____ states that Parliament may by lawestablish a Contingency Fund in the nature of animpress to be entitled ""the Contingency Fund ofIndia"" and that Legislature of a State may by lawestablish a Contingency Fund."
267
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●Child labour is considered a gross violation of thespirit and provisions of the constitution. ___,practised in the past by landlords, has beendeclared a crime and is punishable by law.
Begar
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●Quorum is the minimum number of membersrequired to be present in the House before it cantransact any business. It is ____ of the totalnumber of members in each House including thepresiding officer.
one-tenth
39
●The ____ Amendment Act of 1978 substituted thewords 'armed rebellion' for 'internaldisturbance', making it impossible to declare aNational Emergency on the ground of 'internaldisturbance' as was done in 1975.
44th
40
●The ____ can abolish a legislative council (where italready exists) or create it (where it does notexist), if the legislative assembly of the concernedstate passes a resolution to that effect.
Parliament
41
●The 15th Amendment Act, ____, raised retirementage of judges from 60 to 62 and other minoramendments for rationalizing interpretation ofrules regarding judges etc.
1963
42
●The Inter-State Water Disputes Act, ____, empowersthe Central government to set up an ad hoctribunal for the adjudication of a dispute betweentwo or more states in relation to the waters of inInter-state River or river valley.
1956
43
●The maximum strength of the House envisaged by theConstitution is ____ - up to 530 members torepresent the States, up to 20 members torepresent the Union territories and not more thantwo members of the Anglo-Indian Community tobe nominated by the President.
552
44
●The phrase 'basic structure' itself cannot be found inthe Constitution. The Supreme Court recognisedthis concept for the first time in the historicKesavananda Bharati case in ____.
1973
45
●The President holds office for a term of five yearsfrom the date on which he enters upon his office.However, he can resign from his office at any timeby addressing the resignation letter to the ____.
Vice-president
46
●The Rajya Sabha (first constituted in ____) is acontinuing chamber, that is, it is a permanentbody and not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of its members retire every second year.
1952
47
●Though the Swarn Singh Committee suggested theincorporation of ____ Fundamental Duties in theConstitution, the 42nd Constitutional AmendmentAct (1976) included ten Fundamental Duties.
Eight
48
●The Constitution of Public Accounts Committee firstsuggested by the Webley Commission in 1896 nowhas 15 members from Lok Sabha and ____ fromRajya Sabha.
7
49
●____ Constitutional Amendment Act has provided forconstitutional status for the Panchayati Raj, onethird reservations for women, a separate list ofsubjects, and a separate Ministry in the Centre.
73rd
50
●In the Indian Constitution, Judicial Review is dealtunder ___. Judicial Review actually refers that theConstitution is the supreme power of the nationand all laws are under its supremacy.
Article 13
51
●In ____ the National Commission to Review theWorking of the Constitution (NCRWC) was setupto look into updating the Constitution of India.
2001
52
●Which Article of the Indian Constitution is concernedwith the time of holding election to fill vacancy inthe office of Vice-President and the term of officeof person elected to fill casual vacancy?
Article68
53
●It was in 1934 that the idea of a Constituent Assemblyfor India was put forward for the first time by___, a pioneer of communist movement in Indiaand an advocate of radical democratism.
M. N.Roy
54
●Article ____ of the Indian Constitution states that theState shall not discriminate against any citizen ongrounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place ofbirth or any of them.
15
55
●The development of constitutional rights in India wasinspired by historical documents such asEngland's Bill of Rights, the United States Bill ofRights and _____ Declaration of the Rights ofMan.
France's
56
●Both Houses of Parliament have a similar committeestructure, with a few exceptions. Theirappointment, terms of office, functions andprocedure of conducting business is regulated asper rules made by the two Houses under Article_____of the Constitution.
118(1)
57
●The current notion of state sovereignty were laiddown in the Treaty of ______(1648), which, in relation to states, codified the basicprinciples of territorial integrity, borderinviolability, and supremacy of the state (ratherthan the Church).
Westphalia
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"●Under ___ of the Constitution of India, it is statedthat ""The Government of India may sue or besued by the name of the Union of India""."
Article300
59
●The Constitution originally provided for the right toproperty under Articles 19 and ___. Article 19guaranteed to all citizens the right to acquire, holdand dispose of property.
31
60
●According to which Article of the Constitution, alldoubts and disputes arising out of or in connectionwith the election of a President or Vice-Presidentshall be inquired into and decided by the SupremeCourt?
Article 71
61
●National emergency is caused by war, externalaggression or armed rebellion in the whole ofIndia or a part of its territory. Such an emergencywas declared in India in 1962 (Indo-China War),1971 (Indo-Pakistan war), and ____.
1975
62
●In October 1957, which committee suggested theorganization of Panchayati Raj in rural India?
Balwant Rai Mehta
63
●The Lokayukta and Upalokayukta Act was firstpassed in the state of
Maharashtra
64
"●Who said, ""Socialism is like a hat that has lost itsshape because everybody wears it"" ?"
C.E.M.Joad
65
"●Who supported the principle of ""survival of thefittest""?"
The Fascists
66
●For which commission, there is no provision in theIndian Constitution?
Planning Commission
67
●Which is the first state in India to enact the FoodSecurity Act?
Chhattisgarh
68
●Which article of the Indian Constitution provides forequal opportunities for all citizen in Publicemployment ?
Article-16
69
●Taxes on professions can be levied by
Stategovernment only
70
●The opposite to democratic state is
Despotism
71
●What is the system of Local Self Government in thePanchayati Raj set up ?
Three tier structure atvillage,
72
●From which language, has the term 'democracy' beenderived ?
Greek
73
●Which is an example of direct democracy in India ?
Gram Sabha
74
●An ordinance issued by the Governor, without theapproval of the State Legislature shall be effectivefor a period of
Six weeks
75
●For which tax, was constitutional status given muchlater after its introduction in a small way in 1994 -95?
Taxes on Services
76
●Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, thedecision of the Central Administrative Tribunalcan be challenged in the Supreme Court?
323 A
77
●Which is the example for Plural Executive ?
Switzerland
78
●In which part of the Indian Constitution, thefundamental duties are enshrined ?
IV A
79
●Who enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in UnionCabinet ?
Deputy Chairman of PlanningCommission (Now, NITI Aayog)
80
●A civil servant in India may exercise political libertyby
exercising his franchise
81
●The term 'Law' used in the phrase 'Rule of Law'refers to
Common law
82
●Where do we find the ideals of Indian democracy inthe Constitution?
The Preamble
83
●Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs theState Governments to organise VillagePanchayats?
Article 40
84
●The Attorney General of India has the right ofaudience in
any Court of Law within India
85
●The impeachment of the President can be initiated in
either House of Parliament
86
●The Head of the Armed Forces in India is the
President
87
●The maximum number of Lok Sabha seats are from
Uttar Pradesh
88
●The authority to alter the boundaries of states inIndia rests with:
Parliament
89
●The president can nominate two members of the LokSabha to give representation to
The Anglo-Indians
90
●Electoral disputes arising out of Presidential andVice-Presidential elections are settled by:
Supreme Court of India
91
●Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, was declared elected as____ President of India on 22nd July 2012.
13th
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●Which amendment to the Constitution of India madethe Right to Education a fundamental right forchildren in the age group of 6-14 years?
86th
93
●Who was the first Chairman of the PlanningCommission of India?
Jawahar Lal Nehru
94
●Who is the head to transact the business of the LokSabha?
Speaker of Lok Sabha
95
●Which Indian President was the Speaker of theFourth Lok Sabha?
N. Sanjeeva Reddy
96
●Division of Powers and Independent Judiciary are thetwo important features of
Democratic form ofGovernment
97
●Who was the first to use the term 'State'?
Machiavelli
98
●Under which Article of the Constitution of India, canthe fundamental rights of the members of theArmed Forces be specifically restricted?
Article33
99
●Who presides over the Joint Session of IndianParliament?
Speaker of Lok Sabha
100
lWho has the authority to call a joint session of the twoHouses of Parliament ?
President
101
"●The provision, ""Protection of monuments and placesand objects of national importance"" is a :"
Directive Principle of State Policy of theConstitution of India
102
●The Seventh schedule of the Constitution of Indiacontains provisions regarding :
Union, State,Concurrent Lists
103
●The President of India is elected by the members ofan electoral college consisting of elected membersof :
Both Houses of Parliament; The LegislativeAssemblies of the States
104
●The responsibility of preparation of electoral rolls inIndia rests with :
The Election Commission
105
●What is common to Sardar Hukum Singh, JagjivanRam, Inderjit Gupta, Somnath Chatterjee andSeth Govind Das?
They were Pro-tem Speakersof the Lok Sabha
106
●The purpose of Adjournment motion in ourParliament is :
To allow a discussion on adefinite matter of urgent public importance.
107
●The concept of Concurrent List in IndianConstitution is borrowed from the Constitution of
Australia
108
●Under which Article of the Constitution can anindividual move to the Supreme Court directly incase of any violation of Fundamental Rights?
Article 32
109
"●""Residuary powers"" under the Indian Constitutionmeans"
the powers, which have not beenspecifically enumerated in the Union List, StateList and Concurrent List.
110
●The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee ofthe Parliament is appointed by
Speaker of LokSabha
111
●To which category right to vote belongs?
PoliticalRights
112
● In which House, is the Presiding Officer, not amember of that House?
Rajya Sabha
113
"●Article 1 of the Indian Constitution declares ""Indiathat is Bharat"" is a:"
Union of States
114
●The Vice-President is:
Not a member of theParliament
115
●The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on :
Simon Commission
116
"●'Rainbow Coalition"" is a term derived from thepolitics and policies of :"
Barack Obama
117
●Who can impose reasonable restrictions overfundamental rights?
Parliament
118
●The National Emergency in India declared by thePresident of India due to the external aggressionor armed revolt through
Article-352
119
● The candidate for the office of the President musthave qualification required for the
Lok Sabha
120
●The All India Services are
Indian Forest Service;Indian Administrative Service; Indian PoliceService
121
Who is custodian of the Indian Constitution ?
ChiefJustice of India
122
●Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on therecommendation of
Cabinet Mission
123
●The essential elements of the state are
Sovereignty;Government; Territory
124
●District Judge is under the control of
High Court
125
●What is meant by social justice ?
All kinds ofdiscrimination based on caste, creed, colour andsex should be eliminated.
126
●_____ are essential for liberty.
Rights
127
●Term 'Federal' has been used in the IndianConstitution in :
Nowhere in the Constitution
128
●Which schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribesdistribution of seats in Rajya Sabha ?
4thschedule
129
"●Who said in the Constituent Assembly that theDirective Principles of the State Policy are like a""Cheque on a bank payable at the convenience ofthe bank""?"
K.T. Shah
130
●The mind and ideals of the framers of Constitutionare reflected in the
Preamble
131
●Who is the highest Law Officer of a State ?
Advocate General
132
●If Parliament appoints a Committee for a specificpurpose, it is known as
Ad hoc Committee
133
●The High Court which has the distinction of havingthe first woman Chief Justice is:
HimachalPradesh High Court
134
●Who founded the Republican Party of India ?
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
135
●At the time of enactment of the Constitution, theideals included in the Preamble were
Justice,Liberty, Equality
136
●In which list does the subject 'planning' figure ?
Concurrent List
137
●The Members and Chairman of the Union PublicService Commission, are appointed by the:
President of India
138
●The smallest (area-wise) Lok Sahha constituency inIndia :
Chandni Chowk
139
●The winning candidate in the Election of President ofIndia should secure
More than fifty percent andmajority of the total votes polled
140
●The Supreme Court of India was set up:
By theConstitution
141
●Who was elected President for two consecutiveterms?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
142
●Which Fundamental Right is provided in absoluteterms?
Abolition of untouchability
143
●What was the basis of reorganization of states inIndia in the year 1956 ?
Language
144
●Which constitutional office has never been held inIndia by a woman ?
Chief Justice of SupremeCourt
145
●The Judges of Supreme Court hold office till theyreach the age of
65 years
146
●By which Constitutional Amendment Bill, did theParliament lower the voting age from 21 to 18years?
61st
147
●An electoral system under which a legislature reflectsthe strength of the various political parties iscalled
Proportional representation
148
●Dual citizenship is an important feature in whichform of government ?
Federal
149
●Panchayati Raj system is based on the principle of
Decentralisation
150
●During which period the salaries of the centralgovernment employees can be reduced ?
Financial emergency
151
●Rajasthan is the first state in
introducing local selfgovernment
152
●The real executive powers of state is exercised by
Chief Minister
153
●Suffrage means
Right to vote
154
●Under the advisory jurisdiction, the Supreme Courtgives its opinion on a question of law or fact ofgreat public importance referred to it by
ThePresident
155
●The judges of the High Court can be removed fromtheir office before the expiry of their term on thegrounds of proved misbehaviours or incapacity bythe
President on the recommendations of thetwo Houses of the Parliament
156
●Protection of interests of minorities is envisaged inArticle
29
157
●Fascism believes in
One party system
158
●Which is the most effective means of executive controlof administration ?
Appointment and removalof top officials
159
●Violation of 'Rule of Law' arises mostly from
Lackof Checks and Balances
160
●A proclamation of National Emergency has to bepassed in each house of Parliament by more thanhalf of the total members and at least by ____ ofthe members present and voting.
Two-third
161
●In December 1977, the Janata Government appointeda committee on Panchayati Raj institutions underthe chairmanship of ____. The committeesubmitted its report in August 1978 and made 132recommendations to revive and strengthen thedeclining Panchayati Raj system in the country.
Ashok Mehta
162
●Which article of the Indian Constitution hasprovision for just and humane conditions of workand maternity relief?
Article 42
163
●The sole object of the Article 32 of the Constitution ofIndia is the enforcement of the fundamental rightsguaranteed under ____ of the Constitution ofIndia.
Part III
164
●The Constitution empowers the President to summoneach House at such intervals that there should notbe more than gap of ____ between the twosessions.
6 months
165
●The subjects defined and enlisted under the ____ ofthe Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India,form the joint domain of both the StateGovernments and the Union territories of India aswell as the Central Government.
List - III
166
●Which article of the Indian Constitution deals withformation of new States and alteration of areas,boundaries or name of any of the existing States?
Article 3
167
●Which schedule of the Constitution deals with thedisqualification of elected members on the ground ofdefection?
10th Schedule
168
●Which article of the Indian Constitution deals withthe Finance Commission which came intoexistence in 1951?
Article 280
169
●The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals withthe administration and control of Scheduled Areasand Scheduled Tribes in the four states of Assam,Meghalaya, Tripura and ___.
Mizoram
170
●The Planning Commission was established in ___ by anexecutive resolution of the Government of India.
1950
171
●With reference to Indian Polity, the Members of theConstituent Assembly from the Provinces wereelected by:
Provincial Legislative Assemblies
172
●Which article of the Indian Constitution talks aboutpromoting welfare of people by securing a socialorder permeated by justice-Social, economic andpolitical- and to minimize the inequalities ofincome, status, facilities and opportunities?
Article 38
173
●Whose duty is it to communicate to the president alldecisions of councils of Minister relating to theadministration of the affairs of union andproposal for legislation?
Prime Minister
174
●Who has the right to speak and to take part in theproceedings of both the Houses of Parliament ortheir joint sittings and in any committee of theParliament of which he may be named a member,but without the right to vote?
Attorney Generalof India
175
●No procedure has been laid down in the Constitutionof India for the removal of a Governor fromhis/her post by the ____.
President of India
176
●The Parliament can make any law for whole or anypart of India for implementing internationaltreaties without the consent of ____.
States ofIndia
177
●Taxes on income other than agricultural income islevied and collected by the Government of Indiaand distributed between the Union and the States.Which article is pertinent in this context?
Article 270
178
●According to which article of the Indian Constitution,the Comptroller and Auditor-General shall not beeligible for further office either under theGovernment of India or under the Government ofany State after he has ceased to hold his office?
Article 148
179
●The president demand for further reforms, attendedwith the dislocation caused by the non-cooperation movement, led the Britishgovernment to appoint a Statutory Commission in1927. This commission was headed by:
Sir JohnSimon
180
●Taxes on mineral rights come under which List?
State List
181
spoken by the people?
Shah Commission
182
●Which parliamentary committee report whateconomies, improvements in organisation,efficiency, or administrative reform may beeffected and to suggest alternative policies inorder to bring about efficiency and economy inadministration?
Estimates Committee
183
●The election process in India is pivoted around the____ concept of representative democracy whichwas once thought to save the world frommonarchy and autocracy.
Commonwealth
184
●The Chief Election Commissioner of India can beremoved from his office by Parliament with two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha onthe ground of proved misbehaviour or ____.
Incapacity
185
●The concept of which type of democracy arose largelyfrom ideas and institutions that developed duringthe European Middle Ages, the Age ofEnlightenment, and the American and FrenchRevolutions?
Representative Democracy
186
●____ democracy is a political system where thecitizens participate in the decision-makingpersonally, contrary to relying on intermediariesor representatives.
Direct Democracy
187
●Notwithstanding anything in article 170, theGovernor of a State may, if he is of opinion thatthe Anglo-Indian community needs representationin the Legislative Assembly of the State and is notadequately represented therein, nominate howmany members of that community to theAssembly?
One
188
●Which article deals with the subject-matter of lawsmade by Parliament and by the Legislatures ofStates?
Article 246
189
●Articles 239 to 241 in ____ of the Constitution dealwith the union territories.
Part VIII
190
●Rajasthan was the first state to establish PanchayatiRaj. The scheme was inaugurated by the primeminister on 2 October, 1959, in which district?
Nagaur
191
●The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court inthe country, established on July 2, ____.
1862
192
●The present jurisdiction and powers of a high courtare governed by (a) the constitutional provisions,(b) the Letters Patent, (c) the Acts of Parliament,(d) the Acts of State Legislature, (e) Indian PenalCode, 1860, (f) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973,and (g) Civil Procedure Code, ____.
1908
193
●Articles 214 to 231 in Part VI of the Constitution dealwith the organisation, independence, jurisdiction,powers, and procedures and so on of the ____.
High Courts
194
●The institution of high court originated in India in1862 when the high courts were set up at Calcutta,Bombay and Madras. In 1866, a fourth high courtwas established at which place?
Allahabad
195
●The Constituent Assembly was set up while India wasstill under British rule, following negotiationsbetween Indian leaders and members of the ____Cabinet Mission to India from the UnitedKingdom.
1946
196
●In June 1947, the delegations from the provinces ofSindh, East Bengal, Baluchistan, ____, and theNorth West Frontier Province withdrew, in orderto form the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan,meeting in Karachi.
West Punjab
197
●Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha was the first president(temporary chairman) of the ConstituentAssembly when it met on ____, 1946.
December9
198
●The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly wasProfessor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, a formerVice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and aprominent Christian from Bengal, who also servedas the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly's____.
Minorities Committee
199
●The preamble is not an integral part of the Indianconstitution was first decided by the SupremeCourt of India in ____ case therefore it is notenforceable in a court of law.
Beru Bari
200
●Which article broadly stated, provides that theexecutive power of the Union shall extend to thematters with respect to which Parliament haspower to make laws?
Article 73
201
legislative power.
Ramanaiah
202
"●Under Article ___ of the Constitution of India, it isstated that ""The Government of India may sue orbe sued by the name of the Union of India""."
300
203
●In the Indian Constituent Assembly, ___ representedthe Anglo-Indian community, and the Parsis wererepresented by H. P. Modi and R. K. Sidhwa.
Frank Anthony
204
●The Constitution deals with the citizenship fromArticles ___under Part II. However, it containsneither any permanent nor any elaborateprovisions in this regard.
5 to 11
205
●The basic civil and criminal laws governing thecitizens of India are set down in majorparliamentary legislation, such as the CivilProcedure Code, the Indian Penal Code, and the___.
Criminal Procedure Code
206
●Article ___ of the constitution prohibits the Statefrom conferring any titles. Citizens of Indiacannot accept titles from a foreign State.
18
207
●Article 1 describes India, that is, ___ as a 'Union ofStates' rather than a 'Federation of States'. Thisprovision deals with two things: one, name of thecountry, and two, type of polity.
Bharat
208
●Part III of the Constitution is rightly described as the___ of India. It contains a very long andcomprehensive list of 'justiciable' FundamentalRights.
Magna Carta
209
●The Constitution of India, like that of ___, hasintroduced the system of single citizenship andprovided uniform rights (except in few cases) forthe people of India.
Canada
210
●Provisions as to disqualification on ground ofdefection for the Members of Parliament andMembers of the State Legislatures are mentionedin the ___ Schedule.
Tenth
211
●On January 26, 1949, the Constitution of Indiabecame the law of all the Indian lands, implyingthat India became a fully Sovereign Democratic____.
Republic
212
●The right to protection in respect of conviction foroffences (Article 20) and the right to life andpersonal liberty (_____) remain enforceable evenduring emergency.
Article 21
213
●Who may issue directions for the reduction of salariesand allowances of (a) all or any class of personsserving the Union; and (b) the judges of theSupreme Court and the high court?
ThePresident
214
●Which Schedule (Article 31-B) in the constitution ofIndia provides for the validation of certain Actsand Regulations is dealt with in this Schedule?
Ninth
215
●Which article pertains to Rights of citizenship ofcertain persons who have migrated to India fromPakistan?
Article 6
216
●The Fundamental Rights are enshrined in Part III ofthe Constitution from Articles 12 to ____.
35
217
●Which is an important right provided for in Articles14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the constitution which isthe principal foundation of all other rights andliberties?
Right to equality
218
●Trafficking in humans for the purpose of slave tradeor prostitution is prohibited by law. An exceptionis made in employment without payment forcompulsory services for ____.
Public purposes
219
●Who has described the Directive Principles and theFundamental Rights as the 'Conscience of theConstitution'?
Granville Austin
220
●The Constitution provides that the Rajya Sabha shallconsist of _________ members to be nominated bythe President from amongst persons havingspecial knowledge or practical experience inrespect of such matters as literature, science, artand social-service.
12
221
●Jawaharlal Nehru, C. Rajagopalachari, RajendraPrasad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana AbulKalam Azad and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee weresome important figures in the ConstituentAssembly. _____represented the Anglo-Indiancommunity.
Frank Anthony
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●As per Article _____ of the Constitution of India, thecouncil of the Parliament of the Union consists ofthe President and two Houses known as theCouncil of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House ofthe People (Lok Sabha).
79
223
●Following the Constitution 84th Amendment Act,2001 the total number of existing seats as allocated to various States in the LokSabha on the basis of the 1971 census shall remainunaltered till the first census to be taken after theyear ____
2026
224
●In the Constituent Assembly which drafted India'sConstitution, Frank Anthony represented theAnglo-Indian community, and the Parsis wererepresented by ___ and R. K. Sidhwa.
H. P.Modi
225
●The concept of judicial review is actually adopted inthe Indian constitution from the constitution ofthe ____.
United States of America
226
"●Under Article ___ of the Constitution of India, it isstated that ""The Government of India may sue orbe sued by the name of the Union of India""."
300
227
●The legal system as applicable to the federal andindividual state governments in India is based onthe English Common and ___.
Statutory Law
228
●___ is a political system where the citizens participatein the decision-making personally, contrary torelying on intermediaries or representatives.
Direct democracy
229
●Changes in Directive Principles require aConstitutional amendment which has to be passedby a special majority of both houses of theParliament, i.e., it requires the approval of ___ ofthe members present and voting.
two-thirds
230
"●The ___ Fundamental Duty, which states that everycitizen ""who is a parent or guardian, to provideopportunities for education to his child or, as thecase may be, ward between the age of six andfourteen years"" was added in 2002."
11th
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●Part ___ of the Indian Constitution consists ofArticles on the scheduled and Tribal AreasArticles 244 - 244A on Administration, creation ofCouncil of Ministers, and legislatures.
X
232
●Article ___ restricts citizens from other Indian statesand Kashmiri women who marry men from otherstates from purchasing land or property inJammu & Kashmir.
370
233
●According to ___, no one can be awarded punishmentwhich is more than what the law of the landprescribes at that time.
Article 20
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●As India is a country of many languages, religions,and cultures; the Constitution provides specialmeasures, in ___, to protect the rights of theminorities.
Articles 29 and 30
235
●___ of the Indian Constitution deals with Personsvoluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign Statenot to be citizens.
Article 9
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●____ grants two powers to the Parliament: (a) the powerto admit into the Union of India new states; and (b)the power to establish new states.
Article 2
237
●The Citizenship Act of 1955 prescribes three ways oflosing citizenship whether acquired under the Act orprior to it under the Constitution, viz, renunciation,termination and ____.
deprivation
238
●Which article of the Indian Constitution directs thestate to promote international peace and securityand maintain just and honourable relationsbetween nations; and to foster respect forinternational law and treaty obligations?
Article51
239
●Article ____ states that the House of the People shall,as soon as may be, choose two members of theHouse to be respectively Speaker and DeputySpeaker thereof.
93
240
●The Conduct of Business is dealt in Article ____(Oath or affirmation by members) and Article 100(voting in Houses, power of Houses to actnotwithstanding vacancies and quorum).
99
241
●Second Schedule (Articles 59, 65, 75, 97, 125, 148,158, 164, 186 and ____)
pertains to Emolumentsfor High-Level Officials, listing the salaries ofofficials holding public office, judges, andComptroller and Auditor-General of India. 221
242
●According to Article ____, a person shall not bequalified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliamentunless he is a citizen of India, and makes andsubscribes before some person authorised in thatbehalf by the Election Commission an oath oraffirmation.
84
243
●Under Article ____ of the Constitution of India anyperson aggrieved by any judgment, decree,determination or order in any cause or matterpassed or made by any Court or Tribunal in theterritory of India may appeal to the SupremeCourt of India.
136
244
●Article ____ states that the Parliament may by lawconfer on the Supreme Court power to issue directions, orders or writs, includingwrits in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus,prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari.
139
245
"●Article ____ of the Indian Constitution declares that""There shall be a Commission for the Scheduledcastes to be known as the National Commissionfor Scheduled Castes""."
338
246
●Article ____ states that the Legislature of a State mayby law adopt any one or more of the languages inuse in the State or Hindi as the language orlanguages to be used for all or any of the officialpurposes of that State.
345
247
●The powers of Parliament in respect of passage of theBudget are enshrined in the Constitution inArticle ____ to 117.
112
248
●The Constitution (____) authorizes the Parliament toprescribe the duties and powers of theComptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)in relation to the accounts of the Union and of thestates and of any other authority or body.
Article 149
249
"●The awards of Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushancannot be used by the recipient as a ___ and donot, accordingly, come within the constitutionalprohibition""."
title
250
●The Union Territories of Pondicherry (in 1963) andDelhi (in ____) were provided with a legislativeassembly and a council of ministers headed by achief minister.
1992
251
●The president can specify the designation of anadministrator of the Union Territory of India; itmay be lieutenant governor (e.g., Pondicherry) or____ (e.g., Chandigarh) or administrator (e.g.,Lakshadweep).
chief commissioner
252
●There are eight types of urban local governments inIndia-municipal corporation, municipality,notified area committee, town area committee,cantonment board, township, port trust and ____.
special purpose agency
253
●Each state is divided into judicial districts presidedover by a 'District and Sessions Judge' who isknown as a District Judge when he presides over acivil case and a Sessions Judge when he presidesover a ___ case.
criminal
254
●The Official Language Act, ____, was amended in1967 to make the use of English, in addition toHindi, compulsory in certain cases.
1963
255
●The Election Commission is assisted by deputyelection commissioners, drawn from the ____ andappointed by the commission with tenure system.
civil service
256
"●Through the 42nd amendment, the words ""socialist""and ""secular"" were added between the words""sovereign"" and ""democratic"" and the words""unity of the Nation"" were changed to ""____ ofthe Nation""."
unity and integrity
257
●The Indian Constitution borrowed the features ofProcedure for amendment of the Constitution,Election of members of the Rajya Sabha from theConstitution of ____.
South Africa
258
●Schedules to the Constitution of India can be addedthrough the amendments to it; there are ____schedules to Constitution of India, which areeffective at present.
twelve
259
●The eleventh Schedule talks about the powers,authority and responsibilities of Panchayats, whilethe twelfth schedule talks about the Powers,authority and responsibilities of ____.
Municipalities
260
●The ____ assists the states (when requested by two ormore states) in framing and operating schemes ofjoint recruitment for any services for whichcandidates possessing special qualifications arerequired.
UPSC
261
●Although Article ____ of the Constitution states thatthe President can exercise their powers directly,with few exceptions, all of the authority vested inthe President is in practice exercised by theCouncil of Ministers, headed by the PrimeMinister.
53
262
●The Vice-President acts as President in the event ofdeath, resignation, or removal of the Presidentuntil a new President is chosen by the ElectoralCollege for maximum ____ months.
6
263
●Article 361deals with the protection of President andGovernors and ____.
Rajpramukhs
264
●____ deals with the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies ofthe States.
Article 333
265
●In 1928, the ___ composing of representatives of Indianpolitical parties proposed constitutional reforms forIndia that apart from calling for dominion status forIndia and elections under universal suffrage.
Nehru Commission
266
●In keeping with their important role, the Leaders ofOpposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabhaare accorded statutory recognition. Salary and othersuitable facilities are extended to them through aseparate legislation brought into force on ______
1 November, 1977
267
●The ____ Amendment Act of 1978 substituted thewords 'armed rebellion' for 'internal disturbance',making it impossible to declare a NationalEmergency on the ground of 'internal disturbance'as was done in 1975.
44th
268
●On 23 April 1966, the Indian government set up whichcommission to divide and set up the boundaries ofPunjab and Haryana giving consideration to thelanguage spoken by the people?
ShahCommission
269
●The removal of Vice-President of Indi a is prescribed inthe Article ______ of the Indian Constitution.
67b
270
●As regards the Parliamentary Committees, theirappointment, terms of office, functions andprocedure of conducting business are regulated asper rules made by the two Houses under whichArticle of the Constitution?
Article 118
