The role of the Finance Commission in Centre-State fiscal relations has been undermined by the
A. State Governments
B. Zonal Councils
C. Planning Commission
D. Election Commission
✅ The correct answer is option C.
If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that
A. the polling was very poor
B. the election was for a multi-member constituency
C. the elected candidate’s victory over his nearest rival was very marginal
D. a very large number of candidates contested the election
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Money can be advanced out of the Contingency Fund of India to meet unforeseen expenditures, by the
A. Parliament
B. President
C. Finance Minister
D. Prime Minister
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Lok Sabha alone is entitled to vote in the case of
A. demand for grants
B. merger of States
C. creation of a new State
D. a private member’s bill
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The growing power of the bureaucracy does not pose any serious challenge to the democratic polity in India because the final authority still rests with the
A. Judiciary
B. Head of the State
C. Head of the Government
D. Union Parliament
✅ The correct answer is option D.
______ constituted the largest single professional group among the members of the Constituent Assembly of India.
A. Professors
B. Politicians
C. Lawyers
D. Doctors
✅ The correct answer is option C.
An ordinance issued by the President has the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament
A. True
B. False
C. True, only during a National Emergency
D. True, only during a Financial Emergency
✅ The correct answer is option A.
There is no age limit for appointment as Attorney General for India.
A. True
B. False
C. Parity True
D. True, during an Emergency under Article 352
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The summoning of Parliament for a session within six months from the date of last sitting of each House is
A. optional
B. mandatory
C. left to the discretion of the President
D. left to the discretion of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Which political party, among the following, had approached the electorate with the slogan: ‘Vote for the Government that works’ in the 1980 general elections?
A. BJP
B. Congress
C. Janta Party
D. Lok Dal
✅ The correct answer is option B.