In which of the following cases the Supreme Court applied the doctrine of public trust that the state as a trustee of all natural resources is under a legal duty to protect the natural resources. These natural resources are meant for public use and cannot be converted into private ownership?
A. M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India (Ganga Water Pollution Case)
B. M. C. Mehta vs. Kamalnath and others
C. M .C. Mehta vs. Union of India (Replacing diesel vehicles by CNG vehicles)
D. Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra vs. State of Uttar Pradesh
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Which among the following is not a feature of federalism?
A. Supremacy of the Constitution
B. Distribution of Powers
C. Supremacy of the Judiciary
D. Separation of powers
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The speaker can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This is known as?
A. Crossing the floor
B. Yielding the floor
C. Obeying the rule
D. Rotating the floor
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Assertion (A): The Directive Principles are relevant for determining the reasonableness of restrictions under Article 19.Reason (R): The Directive Principles have been declared superior to fundamental rights.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Give correct response to
A. Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the House of People
B. They are answerable to the President
C. They are responsible to the Prime Minister only
D. They are not responsible to any one
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The power of Judicial Review in India is possessed by
A. Supreme Court alone
B. By all Courts
C. Supreme Court as well as High Courts
D. None of the Courts
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The Speaker is the presiding officer of Lok Sabha
A. He is a master of the House and not its servant
B. He can exercise all and every powers of the House
C. He is not above party politics
D. He occupies a position of an umpire and must see that all sections of the House are given proper opportunity to participate in the proceedings of the House
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Whereas the 25th Amendment gave primacy to Directive Principles of State Policy contained in Article 39(b) and (c) over the Fundamental Rights in Articles 14, 19 or 31 of the Constitution of India, the 42nd Amendment gave precedence to all Directive Principles over the Fundamental Rights guaranteed in
A. Articles 13, 14 or 15
B. Articles 15, 16 or 19
C. Articles 14, 19 or 31
D. Articles 14, 16 or 19
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Match
List-I with
List II and give the correct answer:
List I List II
a. Compensation
1. Delhi Domestic working women's forum VS. Union of India
b. Compensation to Rape Victims
2. Bodhisathwa Gautam vs. Shubhra Chakraborty
c. Interim Compensation to Rape Victims
3. People's Union for Civil liberties vs. Victims Union of India
d. Protection against illegal arrest, Detentions and custodial deaths
4. Joginder Kumar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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Scope of Article 356 was examined in the case-
A. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India
B. Sankari Prasad v. Union of India
C. Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India
D. U. N. R. Rao v. Indira Gandhi
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Which one of the following made the Indian Legislature bicameral?
A. Indian Council Act, 1909
B. Government of India Act, 1919
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. Indian Independence Act, 1947
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Article 233A was introduced into the Constitution of India to validate the appointments of, and judgments, etc. delivered by certain District Judges. In which among the following cases were those appointments invalidated in a writ of Quo-warranto?
A. Chandra Mohan v. State of U. P, AIR 1966 SC 1987
B. Chandramouleshwar Prasad v. Patna High Court, AIR 1970 SC 370
C. G. D Karkare v. T. L Shevde, AIR 1952 Nag 330
D. Anand Bihari Mishra v. Ram Sahay, AIR 1952 MB 31
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Which of the following cases does not relate to civil servants?
A. Union of India v. Tulsiram Patel
B. J. P. Bansal v. State of Rajasthan
C. T. N. Rangarajan v. Covt. of Tamil Nadu
D. Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab
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The Supreme Court has upheld following right in Union of India v. Naveen Jindal
A. Right to education
B. Right to drink pure water
C. Right to hoist the national flag
D. Right to die
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Which is the fundamental duty of every citizen of India
A. To be truthful to one's duties
B. To renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of children
C. To renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of human beings
D. To renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women
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Which of the fundamental rights was amended by the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2011 which got the President's assent on 12th January, 2012?
A. Right to Equality
B. Right to Freedom
C. Right to Life
D. None of the above
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Constitution 88th amendment of 2003 which made the constitutional status to service tax, provides that the service tax shall be levied by Government of India and shall be collected and appropriated by:
A. Government of India and State governments
B. Government of India only
C. State Government only
D. Local self government only
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Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select the answer:Assertion (A): Acts of state are directed against another sovereign state or its sovereign personally or its subjects.Reason (R): Acts of executive Government in the name of President in normal course of administration are acts of state and are not open to judicial scrutiny.
A. Both A and R are correct and R is correct reason of A
B. Both A and R are correct, but R is not correct reason of A
C. A is right, but R is wrong
D. R is right, but A is wrong
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Rights given in the Constitution are called Fundamental Right because
A. They are natural rights
B. They can't be suspended
C. They are a part of the Constitution
D. They can be enforced and safeguarded by the courts
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The President of India is elected by an electoral college which will consist of:
A. All members of both the Houses of Parliament
B. Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and all the members of the State Assemblies of all the States
C. Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of Legislative Assemblies and legislative councils of the States
D. All the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the States
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