Indian Polity

Q341.Who among the following as a member of Sarkaria Commission?

Q342.Consider the following statements regarding Constitutional Amendments. 1. In Article 368, two methods of Constitutional Amendment are mentioned. 2. Constitutional Amendment Bill can be initiated only in Lok Sabha. 3. In case of any dispute between two Houses of Parliament on Constitutional Amendment Bill, Joint sitting of both Houses can be summoned. 4. The President cannot veto a Constitutional Amendment Bill. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q343.Which Commission advocated the establishment of a Permanent Inter-State Council, called ‘Intergovernmental Council’?

Q344.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Amendments to the Constitution) (a) The Constitution (Sixty ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 (b) The Constitution (Seventy fifth Amendment) Act, 1994 (c) The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000 (d) The Constitution (Eighty third Amendment) Act, 2000 List-II 1. Establishment of state level Rent Tribunals 2. No reservation for Scheduled Castes in Panchayats in Arunachal Pradesh 3. Constitution of Panchayats at Villages or at another local level 4. Accepting the recommendations of the Tenth Finance Commission 5. According the status of National Capital Territory to Delhi Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

Q345.Which one of the following is not related to Union-State relations in India?

Q346.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Provision of Constitutional Amendment) (a) Right to form Co-operative societies under Article 19(1)(c) (b) Protection of SC/ST reservation in filling backlog of vacancies (c) Formation of National Judicial Appointments Commission (d) Limiting the size of the Council of Ministers List-II (Number of Constitutional Amendment) 1. 81st Amendment, 2000 2. 91st Amendment, 2003 3. 97th Amendment, 2011 4. 99th Amendment, 2014 Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

Q347.Is a State of the Indian Union empowered under the Constitution to take foreign loans directly?

Q348.Match the following Constitutional Amendments. List-I (a) 13th Amendment (b) 18th Amendment (c) 39th Amendment (d) 52nd Amendment List-II 1. Nagaland 2. Anti-defection law 3. Clarified the ‘state’ 4. The election of President, Speaker and Prime Minister cannot be challenged Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

Q349.Agriculture Income Tax is assigned to the State Government by

Q350.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (a) Curtailment of the power of judicial review (b) Abolition of Right to property as a fundamental right (c) Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 (d) Addition of the word secular in the preamble List-II 1. 61st Amendment 2. 42nd Amendment 3. 38th Amendment 4. 44th Amendment Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

Q351.Which one of the following taxes is imposed and charged by the Union, but is divided into Union and the States?

Q352.Under Article 344 of Indian Constitution, the first ‘Official Language Commission’ was established

Q353.The Centre-State relations in India are influenced by 1. Provisions of the Constitution 2. The Planning process 3. Conflict of Political interests 4. The dominance of desire to dictate Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Q354.Which of the following languages was added in the eighth schedule of the Constitution in 2003?

Q355.Centre-State relations in India are dependent upon 1. Constitutional provisions 2. Conventions and practices 3. Judicial interpretations 4. Mechanisms for dialogue Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Q356.Which Article of the Constitution provides that every state shall endeavour to provide an adequate facility for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage of education?

Q357.A Federal policy involves 1. Relations between Union and State 2. Relations among States 3. Mechanism for co-operation 4. Mechanism for solving disputes Select your correct answer from the code given below.

Q358.Which one of the following is correct about the languages mentioned in the Constitution of India?

Q359.Consider the following statements. In India, stamp duty on financial goods deals are 1. Imposed and collected by State Government. 2. Regulated by the Union Government. Which of the following is/are correct?

Q360.Under which one of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Thereby raising their number to 22?