NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 55 of 150)
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- “We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is, what the judges say it is” Besides USA, to which one of the following countries can this be applicable?
- The UK
- Switzerland
- India
- USSR
- The Head of the State under a parliamentary government
- Is an elected representative
- Is a hereditary person
- Is a nominated person
- May be any one of the above
- The essence of the Presidential system of government is that, in such a system
- The executive is independent of the legislature
- The President is elected directly by the people
- It has a written and rigid constitution
- The Supreme Court has power of judicial review
- The most important characteristic of parliamentary government is
- Sovereignty of the parliament
- Collective responsibility of the executive to the legislature
- Rule of law
- Majority rule
- In which of the following conditions can the Indian Parliament pass a bill on subjects mentioned in the State list?
- When Rajya Sabha adopts a resolution by a simple majority to that effect
- When Rajya Sabha adopts a resolution to that effect by two thirds majority 9 of 12
- When the State assemblies adopt a resolution to the effect
- When Lok Sabha adopts a resolution by two thirds majority to that effect
- The most important of the Committees of the Indian Parliament is
- The Public Accounts Committee
- The Estimates Committee
- The Committee on Public undertakings
- The Committee on Subordinate
- Legislation
- “The central issue of the generation was to discover a concept of which satisfied the moral sense of man” (Laski) . Which one of the following concepts would fit with this statement?
- Liberty
- Equality
- Authority
- Property
- A confederation differs from a federation in so far as
- It is an alliance between independent and sovereign states
- It has a common Centre
- Its members cannot withdraw from the confederation
- Its members retain sovereign status
- The idea of co-operative federalism indicates a constitution
- Which would be both federal and unitary according to requirements of time and circumstances
- Where the general governments is dependent upon the regional governments
- Where the regional governments are subordinated to the general government
- Where both general government and regional governments are co-ordinate and independent bodies
- Which one of the following statements describes a unitary system?
- Where the territorial divisions are subordinate agencies of the central government
- Where the territorial divisions have coordinate status with the central government
- A device to reconcile national unity with states rights
- Where the functions of government are vested in a single individual
- In which one of the following federal legislatures is/was equality of representation of states ensured in the upper house?
- Canadian Parliament
- Indian Parliament
- Congress of United States of America
- Bunds of Germany
- Which one of the following power of the Central Government of USS. R was not transferred to the Republics even after the death of Stalin
- Presidium՚s veto over the council of ministers of the Republic
- Specific means of income
- Home Ministry
- Ministry of Justice
- Which one of the following statements about Switzerland՚s political system is incorrect
- The residuary power are given to the Cantons
- Swiss Constitution does not contain a Bill of Rights
- The president of the Confederation is elected for five years
- No one person is entrusted with executive power in Switzerland
- Which one of the following statements about the Supreme Soviet of the erstwhile USS. R. Is not correct?
- The voting age is 18 years
- It has the power to admit new Republic and to create new areas
- One can be a member without becoming a member of the Communist party
- Majority of its member are from working class
- Which one of the following cannot be dissolved but can be abolished?
- State Legislative Councils
- State Legislative Assemblies
- Rajya Sabha
- Lok Sabha