Sunday, 4 June 2017

POLITY PRACTICE BITS - 3

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1. What does the special status of Jammu and Kashmir imply? – A separate Constitution
2. Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India? – Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3. Which subject was transferred from State List to Concurrent List by the 42nd amendment of the Constitution? – Education
4. Which was an associate State of India before becoming a full fledged State? – Sikkim
5. Up to how much age can the Members of the Union Public Service Commission function? 65 years
6. The Centre-State financial distribution takes place on the recommendation by which ministry? – Finance Minister
7. What is the source of maximum income to Panchayati Raj? – Government grants
8. What is the intermediate tier of the Panchayati Raj System called? – Panchayat Samiti
9. Of all the Amendments in the Indian Constitution, which was the most Comprehensive and Controversial Amendment? – 42nd
10. What is the document published by the government to apprise the public on any issue? White Paper
11. In which year was the Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for Independent India set up? – 1946
12. Which Act formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time? – Indian Councils Act, 1909
13. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution ? – Jawaharlal Nehru
14. The President of the Indian Union has the same constitutional authority as which country? –
British Monarch
15. What does the Preamble of our Constitution contain? –
The spirit of the Constitution
16. Under which Article of the Constitution are the Cultural and Educational Rights granted? –
Article 29 and 30
17. Which can impose reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental Rights of the Indian citizens? –
Parliament
18. In which does the subject of Co-operative Societies fall? –
Concurrent List
19. During the proclamation of National Emergency which articles can not be suspended? –
Articles 20 and 21
20. The five year term of the President is calculated from which day? –
The day he assumes charge
21. By whom are the portfolios allocated to the ministers? – The Prime Minister
22. To whom are the Ministers individually responsible? –
The President
23. Which House is better placed with regard to control over the executive? –
Lok Sabha
24. Who has the final power to maintain order within the House of People ? –
Speaker
25. How many times can the President of India return a Non-money Bill, passed by Parliament? – Once
26. How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years? –
Once
27. For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, what can the Supreme Court do? –
It may issue a writ
28. A Judge of a High Court wanting to resign addresses his letter of resignation to whom? – The President
29. In India, with which does the power to increase the number of Judges in the-Supreme Court lies? –
The Parliament of India
30. Which One feature is distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the vidhan Parishad? –
Indirect election
31. To which do the residuary powers of legislation in case of Jammu and Kashmir belong? – The State Legislature
32. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu? –
1969
33. Where is In the Constitution of India, the word ‘Federal’ used? –
Nowhere
34. Which is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body? –
Planning Commission
35. During whose pleasure does the Attorney General of India hold office? –
President
36. After how much time are the elections to Panchayats are to be held? –
Every five years
37. For which period does Mayor of a Municipal Corporation hold the office? – 1 year
38. Which post does the Constitution of India not mention? –
The Deputy Prime Minister
39. Which language is Next to Hindi spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent? – Bengali
40. Which States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second official language of the State? – Uttarakhand
41. In whom did the Government of India Act, 1935 vest the residuary power? –
Governor-General
42. The Indian Constitution has borrowed the ideas of Preamble from the constitution of which country? –
Constitution of USA
43. Who decides about the reasonableness of the restrictions placed on Fundamental Rights? –
Courts
44. If the President wants to resign from office, he may do so by writing to whom? –
Vice-President
45. For whose removal Parliament’s resolution is not needed? –
Judge of Supreme Court
46. What does the power of judicial review ensure? – The constitutionality of laws
47. Ministers in a State get salaries, by whom is it as determined? –
State Legislature
48. How many subjects are in the Union List? –
97 subjects
49. Who is the highest Law Officer of a State? –
Advocate General
50. A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with how much population of not less than? –
10 lakh

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