Deck 5: Government and Politics in India: Membership, Elections, and Committees

Question 1

Which is the list that contains subjects in which both the centre and the states can legislate?

A)Union list
B)State list
C)Residuary list
D)Concurrent list

Answer 1

Concurrent list

Question 2

The authority to alter the boundaries of state in India rests with

A)State government
B)Parliament
C)Prime Minister
D)President

Answer 2

Parliament

Question 3

The Union Government gives grants-in-aid to the states on the recommendations of the

A)Planning Commission
B)National Integration Council
C)Finance Commission
D)National Development Council

Answer 3

Finance Commission

Question 4

Which among the following is empowered to constitute Inter State Council?

A)The Parliament
B)The President
C)The National Development Council
D)The Planning Commission

Question 5

The salary of judges during their offices can be reduced by the

A)Article 352
B)Article 356
C)Article 360
D)Article 359

Question 6

The unlawful detention of a person is questioned by the writ of

A)Habeas Corpus
B)Certiorari
C)Quo Warranto
D)Mandamus

Question 7

The High Court in India do not possess

A)Original jurisdiction
B)Appellate jurisdiction
C)Advisory jurisdiction
D)Revisory jurisdiction

Question 8

Provisions under 9^th schedule

A)Can be challenged in a court of law
B)Can't challenge in a court of law
C)Can seek opinion in a court of law
D)None of these

Question 9

Under which article of the Constitution the Supreme Court of India has been established

A)24
B)124
C)224
D)231

Question 10

The High Court has the power to issue writ under article

A)32
B)220
C)226
D)344

Question 11

The power of the Supreme Court can be enlarged by

A)Cabinet
B)Parliament
C)President
D)Chief Justice

Question 12

Judge of the Supreme Court can be removed from offices by

A)Executive order
B)Impeachment
C)Judicial order
D)Bureaucracy

Question 13

Which article of the Constitution of India deals with the Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

A)Article 74
B)Article 142
C)Article 143
D)Article 147

Question 14

Subjects in the -------------- schedule is beyond the scope of Judicial Review

A)8^th
B)9^th
C)12th
D)3^rd

Question 15

The Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court was adopted from the Constitution of

A)Germany
B)US
C)Australia
D)Canada

Question 16

The Union Legislature in India is empowered

A)Not to amend the basic structure of the Constitution
B)to amend the basic structure of the Constitution
C)To abrogate the basic structure
D)None of these

Question 17

Preventive Detention is a reasonable restriction on

A)Article 14
B)Article 19
C)Article 21
D)Article 32

Question 18

Which of the following is the inevitable outcome of liberalization?

A)Retrace of the state
B)reentry of the state
C)Neutrality of the state
D)None of these

Question 19

which of the following is inherent in communalism

A)Peace for all religious sects
B)racial overtone
C)Ethnic rivalry
D)Antagonistic assertion in all spheres of life

Question 20

Communalism is opposed to

A)Secular credential
B)ethnic conflict
C)friendship between class
D)All of the above

Question 21

Globalisation gives primacy to unbriddled

A)Welfare means
B)Trade
C)Socialism
D)Consumerism

Question 22

Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is contained in

A)Article 131
B)Article 129
C)Article 132
D)Article 136

Question 23

The power of the President to consult the Supreme Court is under Article

A)132
B)143
C)136
D)131

Question 24

The sequence of procedure for passing a Bill in the House is

A)First reading, Committee stage, report stage, second reading, third reading
B)First reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading
C)First reading, second reading, third reading, Committee stage, report stage
D)First reading, Committee stage, second reading, third reading

Question 25

In a federal system the guardian of the Constitution is

A)the Parliament
B)the Judiciary
C)the council of Ministers
D)the National Security Advisor