Who among the following constitute the National Development Council?
A. 1, 2 and 3 only
B. 1, 3 and 4 only
C. 2 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Electoral reform includes reforms of
A. voting systems
B. vote counting procedure
C. eligibility to vote
D. All of these
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Match the following
List-I (Acts of Colonial Government of India)List-II (Provisions)
a. Charter Act
1. Set-up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East Company's affairs in India.
b. Regulating Act
2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended.
c. Act of 1858
3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.
d. Pitt's India Act
4. The company's directors were asked to present to the British Government all
correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company.
A. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
B. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
C. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
D. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
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Which among the following is not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi?
A. Hind Swaraj
B. Indian Opinion
C. Yugantar
D. Young India
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Which of the following organisation was not established by B. R. Ambedkar?
A. Zero Club
B. Depressed Classes Institute
C. Samaj Samata Sangh
D. People's Education Society
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Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the descending order of precedence in the warrant of precedence?
A. Attorney General of India - Judges of the Supreme Court - Members of Parliament - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
B. Judges of the Supreme Court - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Attorney General of India - Members of Parliament
C. Attorney General of India - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Judges of the Supreme Court - Members of Parliament
D. Judges of the Supreme Court - Attorney General of India - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Members of Parliament
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Under which Article of the Constitution is the President's Rule introduced in a State due to the failure of the constitutional machinery?
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Among the following, choose the factors which are responsible for the increasing control of the centre over the states.
A. 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 4
D. All of these
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Who can legislate on those residual matters which are not mentioned in Central/State/Concurrent lists?
A. Parliament alone
B. State legislatures exclusively
C. Parliament or State legislatures as adjudicated by the Supreme Court
D. Parliament after State legislatures concur
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The power of the President in relation to ordinance making powers is the following
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 2
D. All of these
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Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction under the following article in relation to
A. 1 and 2
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. Only 2
D. 2 and 4
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With reference to India freedom struggle, which one of the following statement is not correct?
A. A Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation and led to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
C. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
D. In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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A socialistic ideology is reflected in the Directive Principle, which calls for
A. securing equitable distribution of material resources of the country to prevent concentration of wealth
B. promotion of cottage industries
C. free and compulsory education for children up to 14 years of age
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is also called 'the house of elders'?
A. Rajya Sabha
B. Lok Sabha
C. Gram Sabha
D. Vidhan Sabha
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The objectives of Indian Planning are:
A. Increasing national income
B. Elimination of poverty
C. Reducing inequalities in income and wealth
D. All of the above
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What is the special Constitutional position of Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Indian laws are not applicable
B. It has its own Constitution
C. It is not one of the integral parts of Indian Union
D. It is above Indian Constitution
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Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
A. Satyendranath Tagore
B. Surendranath Banerjee
C. R. C. Dutt
D. Subhash Chandra Bose
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Whose laws prevail, if there is conflict between the State Government and Central Government on the subject of Concurrent List?
A. The laws made by the State Government
B. The laws made by both State and Union Government
C. The laws made by the Union Government
D. The laws would be cancelled
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Inferred rights are those that are read into the following article of the Indian Constitution by the various judgements of the Supreme Court.
A. Arbitration
B. Conciliation
C. Mediation
D. None of these
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Match the following
List-I (Schedule)List-II (Provisions)
a. 1st Schedule
1. Disqualification on ground of defection
b. 3rd Schedule
2. Union list, state list and concurrent
c. 7th Schedule
3. Forms of oaths or affirmations
d. 10th Schedule
4. The State and the UTs
A. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
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