NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 89 of 104)
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- The Railway budget was separated from the Central Budget in the year
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has been empowered to exercise ‘Guillotine’
- After demands are discussed
- after demands are discussed and passed
- When the time allotted for budget discussions is exhausted
- when the demands are passed with a cut
- Which of the following are ensured by the Budget?
- Financial and legal accountability of the Executive to the Legislature.
- Accountability of each subordinate authority is Executive to the one immediately above in the hierarchy
- Accountability of the legislature to the Judiciary
- Accountability of government departments to Finance Ministry.
- l and 2
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- Which of the following tools of control may be adopted for raising a discussion in House on a matter of urgent public importance
- Censure motion
- Adjournment motion
- Calling attention
- Cut motion
- Which of the following Committees consist of representatives of both the Houses namely Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha?
- Estimate Committee
- Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- Public Accounts Committee
- Committee on Public Undertakings
- Which are the correct ones?
- l and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following statements: The proposal to merge the Air-India and Indian Airlines into a single holding company is designed to
- achieve flexibility and co-ordination
- increasing competitiveness
- avoid financial loss
- get rid of surplus staff
- Of these statements which are correct?
- 1,2, 3 and 4 are correct
- 1 and 4 are correct
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- 2,3 and 4 are correct
- A Judicial remedy whereby the State inquires into the legality of the claim which a party asserts to an office or franchise, is better known as
- Mandamus
- Certiorari
- Prohibition
- Quo Warrant
- Which one of the following statements about the Planning Commission in India is true?
- It is a constitutional body
- it is a statutory body
- It has been created by an executive order
- It is quasi-judicial in character
- Which one of the following is NOT a function of the Plan-Ding Commission of India?
- Formulation of a plan
- Execution of development plans
- Appraisal of plan progress
- Making recommendations on policy and administration
- Out of the various forms of public enterprises in India, which one of the following is constituted through a separate statutory enactment?
- Departmental
- Corporation
- Company
- Control Board
- Which one of the following commissions recommended the setting up of a Public Service Commission for recruitment of personnel to the Public Services in India?
- Simon Commission
- Lee Commission
- Atlee Commission
- Radcliff Commission
- Consider the following statements: The Finance Commission makes recommendations to the President in respect of
- the distribution of net proceeds of taxes to be shares between the Union and the States
- assessment of natural, capital and human resources
- the principles governing grants in aid to the States
- any other matter concerning financial relations between the Union and the
- States
- Of these statements:
- 1,2, 3 and 4 are correct
- 2 and 4 are correct
- 1,3 and 4 are correct
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- Of these statements:
- Who allocates the business to various Ministries and Departments in the Government of India?
- President՚s Secretariat
- Prime Minister՚s Secretariat
- Parliament՚s Secretariat
- Cabinet Secretariat
- Which of the following are some of the functions of the Cabinet Secretariat?
- To provide secretarial assistance to the Cabinet
- To provide secretarial services to various standing committees and adhoc committees of the Cabinet
- To assist ministers in the discharge of their parliamentary responsibilities
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 3
- Consider the following statements: The working of India՚s ONGC reveals that Government (Ministry of Petroleum) has bestowed on it
- financial freedom
- operational freedom
- freedom to take decision at the field manager level
- freedom from administered prices
- freedom for personnel management.
- Of these statements
- 1 alone is correct
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 2,3, 4 and 5 are correct
- 1,2, 3,4 and 5 are correct