NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 2 of 150)
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- In a federal system
- The Union is dissolvable
- The states can secede from the Union
- The Union is indestructible
- The Union and states are indestructible
- Which one of the following statements correctly explains the meaning of “Checks and Balance” in the presidential system of USA
- Checking the growing powers of the federal government and balancing it against the powers of states
- Checking the growing authority of the state, and balancing it against the rights and liberties of the people
- The functions of the legislature, executive and judicial acting as checks on one another, creating a constitutional balance for the smooth functioning of the government
- The power of the Supreme Court in respect of judicial review being kept in check in such a manner as to balance the federal judicial powers against the judicial powers of the states
- Consider the following pairs:
- Match Item 1: Cantonment Board administered
- Match Item 2: Centrally by Defense Ministry 3 of 12
- Match Item 1: Notified Area Administers
- Match Item 2: Committee newly developing towns
- Match Item 1: Municipal Council with complex problems
- Match Item 2: Administers big cities
- Match Item 1: Municipal Corporation
- Match Item 2: Headed by an elected Mayor
- Which of these pairs are correctly matched?
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 2 and 3
- Who among the following introduced local self-government in India?
- Lord Mountbatten
- Lord Rippen
- Lord Canning
- Lord Macaulay
- Which one of the following is NOT the means of enforcing responsibility upon the Cabinet?
- Questioning Ministers
- Vote of Censure
- Call Attention Motion
- No Confidence Motion
- “The Cabinet is the buckle that joins the buckle that fastens the executive to the legislature” according to
- Charles Merriam
- Joseph Schumpeter
- C F Strong
- Walter Bagehot
- In the Presidential system of government, the cabinet members are
- Elected by the legislature
- All members of the political party to which the President belongs.
- Nominated by the President
- All elected representative of the legislature
- The members of which one of the following standing Committees are chosen exclusively from the members of the Lok Sabha?
- Public Accounts Committee
- Committee on Estimates
- Committee on Public Undertakings
- Committee on Delegated Legislation
- Right to vote and to be elected in India is a
- Fundamental Right
- Constitutional Right
- Natural Right
- Legal Right
- Consider the following statements: A public Interest petition can be accepted when it is moved by
- An individual when his interest is affected
- A group when the interest of its members is affected
- An individual or a group when the interest of the population in general are affected
- An individual with the help of a group for the safeguard of that group՚s interest.
- Which of these statements is are correct?
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 3 alone
- 4 alone
- In the statement, “the Legislature of any state in India X the jurisdiction of the High Court in that State” X stands for
- Can increase
- Can restrict
- Can abolish
- Cannot increase, restrict or abolish
- Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India makes special administrative provisions in regard to the tribal areas in
- Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizorarn
- Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur
- Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya
- Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura
- In which one of the following states is it constitutionally obligatory for the Governor to appoint a minister in charge of tribal affairs?
- Bihar
- Madhya Pradesh
- Orissa
- Nagaland
- Who is the first Law Officer of the Government of India?
- Chief Justice of India
- Union Law Minister
- Attorney General of India
- Law Secretary
- A writ issued by a court to some inferior authority to transfer the matter to it or to some other superior authority for its proper consideration, is called
- Certiorari
- Mandamus
- Quo Warranto
- Prohibition