54. Not to destroy the Government property is a –
A. Positive duty
B. Legal duty
C. Civil duty
D. Negative duty
✅ The correct answer is option C.
36. The President of India, who granted his consent, to the Bill of Creation of Uttarakhand State was
A. R. Venkatraman
B. K. R. Narayanan
C. Shankar Dayal Sharma
D. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
✅ The correct answer is option B.
37. Which one of the following types of bureaucracy exhibits a bias towards party interests?
A. Guardian bureaucracy
B. Caste bureaucracy
C. Patronage bureaucracy
D. Merit bureaucracy
✅ The correct answer is option C.
38. Which Writ is issued by a High Court or the Supreme Court to compel an authority to perform a function that it was not performing?
A. Writ of Certiorari
B. Writ of Habeas Corpus
C. Writ of Mandamus
D. Writ of Quo Warranto
✅ The correct answer is option C.
39. India has adopted a federation of type.
A. USA
B. Canadian
C. Australian
D. Switzerland
✅ The correct answer is option B.
40. In India legal sovereignty is vested with
A. the President
B. the Judiciary
C. the Cabinet
D. the Constitution
✅ The correct answer is option D.
42. ‘Cabinet system’ and ‘Collective responsibility’ are the contributions of –
A. Ireland
B. United States
C. India
D. Britain
✅ The correct answer is option D.
44. How many Articles are there in the Indian Constitution?
A. 395
B. 396
C. 398
D. 399
✅ The correct answer is option A.
46. Indian Penal Code came into operation in –
A. 1858
B. 1860
C. 1859
D. 1862
✅ The correct answer is option D.
34. Which one of the following states started the Panchayati Raj institution soon after the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed?
A. Karnataka
B. Bihar
C. West Bengal
D. Orissa
✅ The correct answer is option A.