How many Delimitation Commissions have been constituted by the Government of India till December 2023?
Polity and Governance
2024
The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages?1.Konkani2.Manipuri3.Nepali4.Maithili Select the correction answer using the code given below :
Which of the following statements are correct about the Constitution of India?1.Powers of the Municipalities are given in Part IX A of the Constitution.2.Emergency provisions are given in Part XVIII of the Constitution.3.Provisions related to the amendment of the Constitution are given in Part XX of the Constitution. Select the answer using the code given below :
Which one of the following statements is correct as per the Constitution of India?
Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, has the Supreme Court of India places the Right to Privacy?
What are the duties of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as Head of the Department of Military Affairs?1.Permanent Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee.2.Exercise military command over the three Service Chiefs.3.Principal Military Advisor to Defence Minister on all tri- service matters.Select the correct answer using the code given below
Which of the following statements about the Ethics Committee in the Lok Sabha are correct?1.Initially it was an ad- hoc Committee.2.Only a Member of the Lok Sabha can make a complaint relating to unethical conduct of a member of the Lok Sabha.3.This Committee cannot take up any matter which is sub- judice.Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Consider the following statements regarding 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' :1.Provisions will come into effect from the 18th Lok Sabha.2.This will be in force for 15 years after becoming an Act.3.There are provisions for the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes Women within the quota reserved for the Scheduled Castes.Which of the statements given above are correct ?
A Writ of Prohibition is an order issued by the Supreme Court or High Courts to :
Consider the following statements:1.It is the Governor of the State who recognizes and declares any community of that State as a Scheduled Tribe.2.A community declared as a Scheduled Tribe in a State need not to be so in another State.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
With reference to Union Budget, consider the following statements :1.The Union Finance Minister on behalf of the Prime Minister lays the Annual Financial Statement before both the Houses of Parliament.2.At the Union level, no demand for a grant can be made except on the recommendation of the President of India.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
With reference to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, consider the following statements:While any resolution for the removal of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is under consideration1.He/She shall not preside.2.He/She shall not have the right to speak3.He/She shall not be entitled to vote on the resolution in the first instance.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
With reference to the Indian Parliament, consider the following statements:1.A bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on its dissolution.2.A bill passed by the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha lapses on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.3.A bill in regard to which the President of India notified his/her intention to summon the Houses to a joint sitting lapses on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements:1.Prorogation of a House by the President of India does not require the advice of the Council of Ministers.2.Prorogation of a House is generally done after the House is adjourned sine die but there is no bar to the President of India prorogating the House which is in session.3.Dissolution of the Lok Sabha is done by the President of India who, save in exceptional circumstances, does so on the advice of the Council of Ministers.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
With reference to the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, consider the following statements:1.To implement the scheme, the Central Government provides 100% funding.2.Under the Scheme, Cadastral Maps are digitized.3.An initiative has been undertaken to transliterate the Records of Rights from local language to any of the languages recognized by the Constitution of India.Which of the statements given above are correct ?
2023
Consider the following:1.Demographic performance2.Forest and ecology3.Governance reforms4.Stable government5.Tax and fiscal efforts For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission usedhow many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?
In essence, what does 'Due Process of Law' mean?
Consider the following statements: *Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day- to-day administration of prisons.Statement-II: In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Which one of the following statements best reflects the chief purpose of the 'Constitution' of a country?
In India,which one of the following Constitutional Amendments was widely believed to be enacted to overcome the judicial interpretations of the Fundamental Rights?
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Consider the following organizations/bodies in India:1.The National Commission for Backward Classes2.The National Human Rights Commission3.The National Law Commission4.The National Consumer Disputes Redressal CommissionHow many of the above are constitutional bodies?
Consider the following statements:1.If the election of the President of India is declared void by the Supreme Court of India, all acts done by him/her in the performance of duties of his/her office of President before the date of decision become invalid.2.Election for the post of the President of India can be postponed on the ground that some Legislative Assemblies have been dissolved and elections are yet to take place.3.When a Bill is presented to the President of India, the Constitution prescribes time limits within which he/she has to declare his/her assent.How many of the above statements are correct?
With reference to Finance Bill and Money Bill in the Indian Parliament consider the following statements:1.When the Lok Sabha transmits Finance Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it can amend or reject the Bill.2.When the Lok Sabha transmits Money Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it cannot amend or reject the Bill, it can only make recommendations.3.In the case of disagreement between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, there is no joint sitting for Money Bill, but a joint sitting becomes necessary for Finance Bill.How many of the above statements are correct?
With reference to 'Scheduled Areas' in India, consider the following statements:1.Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President.2.The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block.3.The Chief Ministers of the concerned States are required to submit annual reports to the Union Home Ministry on the administration of Scheduled Areas in the States.How many of the above statements are correct?
Consider the following statements:Statement-I: The Supreme Court of India has held in some judgements that the reservation policies made under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India would be limited by Article 335 for maintenance of efficiency of the administration.Statement-II: Article 335 of the Constitution of India defines the term 'efficiency of administration'.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?