NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 59 of 150)
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- Which one of the following countries is regarded a “confederation” rather than a “federation”
- India
- Australia
- Switzerland
- Canada
- The Right to Freedom under Article 19 of the Constitution of India may be suspended by the President of India
- At any time he desires so
- Under article 356
- Under article 352
- Under article 360
- “Writs” can be issued for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights by
- The Ditch Courts
- The President
- The Supreme Court only
- Both the Supreme Court and the High
- Courts
- Assertion (A) : The State of Jammu and Kashmir has a special status.
- Reason (R) : It was accorded by the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
- In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation A
- Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Under which of the following circumstances can the President of India exercise discretionary power?
- When there is dispute between the Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister
- When there is no majority party in the Lok Sabha and he has to choose a Prime Minister
- When the ruling party loses its majority in the Lok Sabha
- When the President decides to refer the advice of the Union Cabinet back for reconsideration
- Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1 only
- 1 and 2
- 2,3 and 4
- 2 and 4
- Which of the following is a Directive Principle of State Policy?
- The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law
- The State shall not discriminate against any person on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
- Unsociability is abolished and its practice in any form shall be punishable by law 3 of 10
- The State shall Endeavour to protect and improve the environment
- Who took over the Prime Minister ship at the death of Nehru?
- Lal Bahadur Shasth
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi
- Guizari Lal Nanda
- Moraiji Desai
- Who among the following was the President of the Congress at the time of Indian Independence?
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Maulana Azad
- Sardar Patel
- New Humanism was advocated by
- Jawahar Lal Nahru
- M N Roy
- Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
- Dr. Mohammad Iqbal
- The concept of Linguistic States was endorsed by
- The Nehru Report
- The Dar Commission Report
- The Cabinet Mission Plan
- The Simon Commission
- Matangini Hazra was a martyi of the
- 1857 movement
- 1905 anti-partition movement
- Quit India movement
- Naval Mutiny
- There was no Congress representative in the
- First Round Table Conference
- Second Round Table Conference
- Third Round Table Conference
- First and Second Round Table
- Conferences
- The idea that the sovereign must receive habitual obedience from the bulk of the community in order to qualify as sovereign was rejected by
- John Austin
- Sir Henry Maine
- Hans Kelsen
- T H Green
- The distinction between the legal and political sovereign was emphasized by
- Austin
- Duguit
- Dicey
- Laski
- Which one of the following statements is correct?
- Sovereignty resides in the State and is exercised by it
- Sovereignty resides in Government and is exercised by it
- Sovereignty resides in the State and is exercised by the Government
- Sovereignty resides in Government and s exercised by the state