NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 57 of 150)
Get top class preparation for competitive exams right from your home: get questions, notes, tests, video lectures and more- for all subjects of your exam.
- What was the exact constitutional status of the Indian republic on 26th January 1950?
- A Democratic Republic
- A Sovereign Democratic Republic
- A Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic
- A Sovereign Socialist Secular
- Democratic Republic
- Bicameralism is a must for a federal state because
- Such states are large and need more representatives for effective legislation
- It will curtial hasty and immature legislation
- It will uphold the principle of equality of the states
- It will ensure that the representation may be equal in the whole country
- Which one of the following statements correctly depicts the true nature of the Indian Federal System?
- The Indian Federation is more a “functional” than an “institutional” concept
- There is necessary incompatibility between one dominant party regime and the principle of federalism in India
- The Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the units
- India is a unitary state with subsidiary federal feature rather than a federal state with subsidiary unitary feature
- Article 315 of our Constitution refers to
- Recruitment and condition of service of persons
- All India Service rules and safeguards
- Public Service Commission for the union and a Public Service Commission for each state
- Tenure of office of persons serving the union or a state
- Which one of the following statements correctly defines 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
- The doctrine that Fundamental Rights cannot be amended under Article 368 was propounded by the Indian Supreme Court in
- Gopalan v. State of Madras
- Keshavanand v. State of Kerala
- Golak Nath v. State of Punjab
- Maneka v. Union of India
- Rule of Law in England means
- Law is supreme
- Arbitrary power of the state
- Everybody is equal before the Law
- Constitutional limitation of the administration
- Which one of the following machineries is most likely to be effective in solving the inter-state disputes?
- Central Councils of health and local self-government
- Commissions of Finance and Planning
- Zonal Councils and Ministers and Chief-Ministers meetings
- Inter-State Council as recommended by Administrative Reforms
- Commission 12 of 12
- Which two among the following political philosophers hold the view that associations are harmful to state sovereignty?
- Bodin
- Hobbes
- Rousseau
- Austin
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 2 and 3
- Proportional Representation may be provided for which of the following?
- Multi-member constituencies and a multi-party system.
- A multi-party system with singlemember constituencies.
- Multi-member constituencies with two-party system.
- A two-party system with singlemember constituencies.
- Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- One or more of the following may act as a dynamic instrument of change according to the Structural-Functional perspective of Political development
- Scientists.
- Technocrats.
- Agronomists.
- Political Leaders.
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below
- 4 only
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 3
- All
- Which of the following statements are correct?
- Constitutionalism implies Government by law.
- Constitutionalism implies only liberalism.
- Constitutionalism implies protection of individual liberty.
- Constitutionalism implies Government by enlightened people.
- Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- l, 2,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- Cabinet system of government leads to the concentration of power in the executive because
- Parliamentary controls are rarely effective.
- The cabinet comprises of members of the majority party only.
- The cabinet is appointed by the Head of the State.
- Select the correct, answer from the codes given below
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 3
- 2 and 3
- only 1
- Which of the following are the main criticisms leveled against bureaucracy?
- Red tapism
- Self-perpetuation
- Conservation
- Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- Only 3
- 1,2 and 3
- Which of the following are among the Fundamental duties of citizens laid down in the constitution?
- To preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture.
- To protect the weaker sections from social injustice.
- To develop the scientific temper and spirit of liquefy.
- To strive towards excellence in all spheres individual and collective activity.
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below
- All
- 1,2 and 3
- l, 3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4