Consider the following events.
1. Pitts India Act
2. Diwani Rights of the estate of the East India Company
3. Regulating Act
4. Appointment of Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal
The correct chronological sequence of these events is
A. 2, 4, 1, 3
B. 4, 2, 3, 1
C. 2, 4, 3, 1
D. 4, 2, 1, 3
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How many members committee on estimates consists?
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Consider the following and find the correct response from the options
1. The Election Commission announces the schedule of elections, but the election process only starts with the notification by the President (or Governors).
2. Model code of conduct comes into force the day election dates are announced.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Who presided over the meetings of the Rajya Sabha?
A. President
B. Vice President
C. Prime Minister
D. Speaker
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Single judiciary means
A. Supreme Court and the High Courts form single integrated judicial system
B. There is only one court
C. Supreme Court is absolute
D. None of the above
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Arrange the following in sequence.
1. Constituent Assembly Debates
2. Inter-Government Relations in India
3. The Foundations of Indian Federalism
4. Union-State Relations in India
A. 1, 4, 2, 3
B. 2, 1, 4, 3
C. 2, 4, 1, 3
D. 1, 3, 2, 4
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. C. R. Das
1. Bardoli Satyagraha
b. Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Swarajist Party
c. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3. Khilafat Movement
d. Maulana Azad
4. Khudai Khidmatgar
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. Quit India Movement
1. 1939
b. Forward Bloc
2. 1942
c. Rajali Formula
3. 1945
d. INA Trials
4. 1944
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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Parliament or a State Legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member absents himself without permission from the sessions for
A. 30 days
B. 60 days
C. 90 days
D. 120 days
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Starred Question
1. Only important clauses taken up for debate and noting. The intervening ones are skipped and taken as passed.
b. Lame Duck Session
2. Time between question hour and taking up agenda of house.
c. Sine die
3. Not re-elected, members of previous Lok Sabha attending last session of previous Lok Sabha after new Lok Sabha has been elected.
d. Zero Hour
4. Oral answer required.
A. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
B. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Following is an example residuary powers in India.
A. Preventive detention
B. Service taxation
C. Labour tax
D. None of these
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. Liberalism
1. S. C. Bose
b. Anarchism
2. B. R. Ambedkar
c. Fascism Democracy Synthesis
3. M. K. Gandhi
d. Primacy of the social
4. R. C. Dutta
A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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Which among the following provisions guides electrical process?
A. Representation of People Act, 1951
B. Delimitation Commission Act, 2002
C. Election Symbol Order, 1968
D. All of the above
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Elections in India for Parliament and State Legislatures are conducted by
A. President
B. Prime Minister
C. Governor
D. Election Commission of India
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As a result of the Minerva Mills case, a law will be protected by Article 31C if
A. it has been made to implement the Directives in Art 39(b) and (c)
B. it has been made to implement any Directive Principle
C. it conflicts with a Fundamental Right
D. None of the above
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By-Election is the election which is held
A. directly
B. indirectly
C. to fill up a vacancy in the legislature
D. when a legislature is dissolved before the expiry of its normal term
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By which constitutional amendment political defections were banned?
A. The 50th Amendment of 1984
B. The 53rd Amendment of 1986
C. The 54th Amendment of 1986
D. The 52nd Amendment of 1985
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One of the important facts about the Fundamental Rights enshrined in Part-III of the Indian Constitution is that they
A. cannot be amended by Parliament
B. are absolute and unqualified
C. are available to citizens only
D. are superior to ordinary legislative competence of Parliament and State Legislatures
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Who has remarked that "Our Constitution has provided synthesis between parliamentary sovereignty and the provisions of judicial review under written constitution, which is a peculiar contribution of the Constitution makers?
A. Sir Ivor Jennings
B. D. D. Basu
C. M. V. Pylee
D. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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The Constitution is declared to have been adopted and enacted by the
A. Constituent Assembly
B. People of India
C. Indian Parliament
D. British Parliament
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