The members of All-India Services are appointed under the signature of
A. President
B. Home Minister
C. Vice President
D. Chairman of UPSC
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Which answer shows correct match?
a. Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib
1. CSIR as State
b. P. K. Ramachandra Iyer v. Union Of India
2. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies as non State
c. Sabhajit Tewary v. Union Of India
3. Regional Engineering College run by society as state
d. Tekraj v. Union Of India
4. ICAR as State
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
E. None of these
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Which one of the following cases is not related with Article 300 of the Constitution?
A. Kasturi Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh
B. A. D. M. Jabalpur v. Shiva Kant Shukla
C. Vidyavati v. State of Rajasthan
D. N. Nageshwar Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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Match
List I (Case) with List II
(Article Involved) and select the correct answer:
List I (Case)
List II (Article Involved)
a. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
1. Article 21
b. P. V. Narsimha Rao v. State
2. Article 356
c. A. D. M., Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla
3. Article 105
d. Lily Thomas v. Union of India
4. Article 44
A. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
D. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
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The doctrine of basic structure, till now, has not been used by a constitutional court to strike down . . . . . . . .
A. Enactments by legislator
B. Constitutional amendments
C. Executive actions
D. None of these
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For removal of a judge of Supreme Court, the special majority resolution required to be passed in each House of Parliament is
A. Two thirds of total number of members of the House
B. Two-thirds of total membership of the House
C. Two-thirds of members present and voting in the House and majority of the total membership of the House
D. None of the above
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Who lays down the organisational structure, jurisdiction and nomenclature of the subordinate judiciary?
A. Centre
B. State
C. Supreme Court
D. President
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Sowmithri Vishnu v. UOI and Yusuf Abdul Aziz v. State of Bombay is pertinent to which of the following decisions of the Supreme Court of India?
A. Union of India v. S. B. Vohra
B. Joseph Shine v. Union of India
C. Navtej Singh Johar v. UOI
D. Shayara Bano v. UOI
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Which of the following sets of bills is presented to the parliament along with budget?
A. Direct taxes and indirect taxes bill
B. Contingency bill and Appropriation bill
C. Finance bill and Appropriation bill
D. Finance bill and Contingency bill
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How many days advance notice is to be given to speaker of state legislative assembly to move a resolution against him?
A. 7 days
B. 14 days
C. 15 days
D. 30 days
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Match
List-I with
List-Il and give the correct answer:
List I
List II
a. Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
1. Basic structure doctrine new dimensions added
b. Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain
2. Basic structure doctrine created
c. Minerva Mills v. Union of India
3. Basic structure doctrine strengthened
d. I. R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu
4. Basic structure doctrine crystallised
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
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The Supreme Court held in which of the following cases that preamble is not the part of the Constitution of India.
A. Berubari case
B. A. K. Gopalan case
C. Balaji Case
D. Minerva Mill's case
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Who among the following does not hold an office of profit during the pleasure of the President?
A. Judge of the Supreme Court of India
B. Election Commissioner of India
C. Member of the Union Public Service Commission
D. None of these
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The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India as per
A. Article 40
B. Article 43
C. Article 44
D. Article 48
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Which among the following writs literally means what is your authority:
A. Certiorari
B. Habeas corpus
C. Quo warranto
D. Prohibition
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Which of the following cases relates to anti-strike verdict?
A. T. K Rangarajan v. Government of Tamil Nadu, AIR 2003 SC 3032
B. People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399
C. L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 1125
D. Communist Party of India v. Bharat Kumar, (1998) 1 SCQ 201
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According to D. D. Basu, if the Prime Minister, who is defeated in the House or who loses the confidence of the House, refuses to resign, the President may dismiss him, and this power is confided in the Constitution of India in
A. Article 75(1)
B. Article 75(2)
C. Article 76
D. Article 77
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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Choose one:
A. We the People
B. Congress shall make
C. We the British
D. We the Colonists
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Disqualification on ground of defection would not apply in case of merger if not less than . . . . . . . . of the members of the Legislature party concerned have agreed to such merger
A. One fourth
B. One third
C. Half
D. Two third
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In which of the following judgment, the scope of the writ of Habeas Corpus was widened?
A. D. K. Basu v. State of West Bengal, (1998 SC)
B. Sheela Barse v. Union of India, (1983 SC)
C. Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, (1978 SC)
D. M. C. Mehta v. Union of India, (1987 SC)
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