223.Who participates in the election of the Vice-President?
Member of the Lok Sabha
Elected members of the Rajiya Sabha and the Lok Shaba
Member of the Rajiya Shaba and the Lok Shaba
Members of Legislative Assemblies of the States
224.Which of the following directive principles of States Policy were added by 42nd Amendment?
i. Participation of workers in the management of industry
ii. Minimizing inequality of income and status
iii. Protection of environment
iv. Free legal aid to poor Select the correct answer from the code given below:
i. Participation of workers in the management of industry
ii. Minimizing inequality of income and status
iii. Protection of environment
iv. Free legal aid to poor Select the correct answer from the code given below:
i, iii and iv
i, ii and iii
i, ii and iv
iis, iii and iv
225.Which of the following are the types of authority attributed to the President of India?
Real and popular
Titular and de-jure
Political and nominal
Constitutional and nominal
226.Which of the following previsions are NOT included in the Indian Constitution?
i. President can suspend any of the fundamental rights during emergency
ii. Prime Minister can dismiss any Chief Minister
iii. States have power to amend any law of Parliament on a subject in the concurrent list with the assent of the President
iv. Governor can reserve any Bill for consideration by the President Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
i. President can suspend any of the fundamental rights during emergency
ii. Prime Minister can dismiss any Chief Minister
iii. States have power to amend any law of Parliament on a subject in the concurrent list with the assent of the President
iv. Governor can reserve any Bill for consideration by the President Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
i and ii
ii and iii
iii and iv
i and iv
227.Which one of the following are the exclusive powers of the Lok Sabha?
i. To introduce Money bills
ii. To ratify the declaration of emergency
iii. To pass a motion of no-confidence against the Council of Ministers
iv. To impeach the President
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
i. To introduce Money bills
ii. To ratify the declaration of emergency
iii. To pass a motion of no-confidence against the Council of Ministers
iv. To impeach the President
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
i and iii
ii and iii
i and iv
iii and iv
228.It is mandatory for the Governor to reserve a bill for the consideration by the President if such a Bill affects
The rate of land revenue
Powers of High Court
The powers of the Advocate General of the State
The amount of salary paid to the Members of Legislative Assembly
229.Which is the most important reason to consider India as a Secular State?
Peoples of different religions live in India
Government works for the welfare of people of all religions
Religions is separated from politics
Minority religions are given special protection
230.Under Indian Constitution, the concentration of wealth violates the
Directive Principles
Right to equality
Right to freedom
Concept of welfare state
231.Which of the following statements correctly defines the Judicial Review?
The authority of the Courts to punish political offenders
The authority of the Courts to correct the errors of the Government
The authority of the Courts to issue various writs
The authority of the Courts to interpret the legality of laws
232.The Doctrine that the Fundamental Rights cannot be amended under Article 398 was propounded by the Supreme Court in?
Gopalan. Vs. State of Madras
Keshvanand Bharati Vs. State of Kerala
Golaknath Vs. State of Punjab
Maneka Vs. Union of India
233.What was the exact Constitutional Status of the Indian Republic on January 26, 1950?
A Democratic Republic
A sovereign Democratic Republic
A sovereign Secular Democratic Republic
A sovereign Social Secular Democratic Republic
234.Who amongst the following acts as the presiding officer of the House without being its member?
Vice-President of India
Speaker of Lok Sabha
Chairman of the Legislative Council
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
235.Who first described the Indian political system as ‘one party dominance’ to explain the congress party’s hegemony in India?
W.H. Morris-jones
Rajni Kothari
Myron Weiner
Lloyd Rudolph and Susan Rudolph
236.In which of the following lists of the Indian Constitution is the subject of ‘Population control’ and ‘family planning’ Included?
Union List
Concurrent List
State List
Residuary List
237.Under which of the following circumstances can the President declare an emergency?
i. External Aggression
ii. Armed Rebellion
iii. Government instability
iv. Financial crises
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
i. External Aggression
ii. Armed Rebellion
iii. Government instability
iv. Financial crises
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
i,ii and iii
i,iii and iv
ii,iii and iv
i,ii and iv
238.Under which Article of the Constitution of Indian can the President of India be impeached?
356
75
76
61
239.The source of all political power in India lies with______.
Parliament
The Lok Sabha
The people
The Constitution
240.The Supreme Court of India, enunciated the doctrine of ‘Basic structure’ of the Constitution in the ______.
Golaknath case in 1967
Sajjan Singh case in 1965
Shakari Prasad case in 1951
Keshvanand Bharat case in 1973
241.Under which Five Year Plans was the introduction of Panchayati Raj suggested?
First Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
242.The authority to alter the boundaries of States in India rest with_______.
State Government
President
Prime Minister
Parliament