Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Union Home Ministry has notified a new set of rules to regulate official visits of Governors outside their States.
2. Now governors need prior permission from the President and putting a cap of 73 days in a year as duration of such visits.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle'?
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. Sardar Patel
C. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Subhash Chandra Bose
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Which of the following factors do not explain why the rights included in Part III of the Constitution are called 'fundamental'?
1. They are equally available to citizens and aliens
2. They are superior to ordinary law
3. They are fundamental for governing the country
4. They are not absolute
A. 2 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 3 and 4
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"I am an Indian Tom waking up all the sleepers, so that they may wake and work for their motherland"? Who made this statement?
A. Annie Besant
B. A. O. Hume
C. C. F. Andrews
D. Lokmanya Tilak
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Who is a 'Partisan'?
A. Disloyal party member
B. Staunch party member
C. Estranged party member
D. None of these
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Arrange them in correct sequence.
1. Politics and Government in United States
2. Constitutional Government in India
3. Constitutional law of India
4. Contemporary Indian politics
A. 3, 2, 1, 4
B. 2, 1, 4, 3
C. 3, 2, 4, 1
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. Emergence of All India Muslim League
1. 1914
b. Lucknow Pact
2. 1906
c. Motilal Nehru Report
3. 1916
d. Komagata Maru Incident
4. 1928
A. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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How many committees are there under Departmentally Related Standing Committee?
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Who among the following transformed the Shivaji and Ganapati festival into a national festival?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Lokmanya Tilak
C. Veer Savarkar
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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To be officially recognised by the speaker of the Lok Sabha as an opposition group, a party or coalition of parties must have at least:
A. 55 members
B. 60 members
C. 80 members
D. 3 1 of total members of the Lok Sabha
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Which of the following comes under the veto power of the President of India?
A. Absolute veto
B. Suspensive veto
C. Pocket veto
D. None of these
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When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management constituted?
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Who said that "Oh! Disrespectable democracy! I love you"?
A. G. B. Shaw
B. Lord Bryce
C. Carpenter
D. Appa Dorai
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Who appoints the Chief Justice?
A. Prime Minister
B. Council of Ministers
C. President
D. Senior Judges of High Court
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Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?
A. Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
B. Acharya J. B. Kriplani and C. Rajagopalachari
C. Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
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Which Article of the Constitution abolishes untouchability?
A. Article 42
B. Article 15
C. Article 14
D. Article 17
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Match the following
List-I
List-II
a. Syed Ahmed Khan
1. Total Revolutions
b. Jayaprakash Narayan
2. Aligarh Movement
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Kesari
d. M. K. Gandhi
4. Young India
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
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By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial power and made the collecting agent Only. What was the reason for such regulation?
A. Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increases without the burden of other work
B. Lord Cornwallis felt that judicial power should, compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans, while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection for the distraction
C. Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person
D. The judicial work demanded as deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a Revenue Collector
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The Panchayati Raj institutions in India are established as per constitutional directions of the
A. Federalism
B. Directive Principles
C. Preamble
D. Fundamental Rights
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Who adopted the Constitution of India on the 26th November, 1949?
A. People of India
B. Parliament of India
C. Representative of the people of India in Constituent Assembly
D. Cabinet
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