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Indian Constitution?                           Q.7. The original Constitution of India
                 Polity                         SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (2nd shift)                 was hand written in English by:
                                                (a) Liberty of expression, civil, political,    SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (3rd shift)
             Constitution                           worship and belief                          (a) HVR Iyenger
                                                (b) Liberty of thought, expression, belief,     (b) Prem Behari Narayan Raizada
Q.1. Which of the following is the                  faith and worship                           (c) Vasant Krishan Vaidya
Fundamental Law of any country which            (c) Liberty of belief, fiscal, personal, faith   (d) SN Mukherjee
sets out the framework and the principal             and worship
functions of various organs of the              (d) Liberty of opportunity, economic,           Sol.7.(b) Prem Behari Narayan Raizada -
government ?                                         social, faith and expression               The     calligrapher  of   the   Indian
SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                                                                  Constitution. The original constitution
(a) Customs      (b) International Law          Sol.4.(b) Preamble basically gives ideas -      was handwritten by him in a flowing italic
(c) Constitution (d) Ordinance                  Source of the Constitution, Nature of           style.
                                                Indian State, Statement of its objectives,
Sol.1.(c) Constitution is a legal, political,   Date of its adoption. Preamble declares         Q.8.   Who      among the following
and social instrument. Legally, it              India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular     personalities was the chief draftsman of
enshrines human rights and creates a            and democratic republic. The Objective          the constituent assembly that drafted the
predictable legal landscape. Politically, it    Resolution of the Indian Constitution           document of the Constitution?
establishes, distributes and limits             contained the fundamental propositions          SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (3rd shift)
governmental power. Socially, it reflects a      of the constitution and laid down the           (a) KM Munshi
shared identity or civic vision of the          political ideas, which was adopted by the       (b) Vasant Krishan Vaidya
state. Indian constitution (Adopted on 26       Constituent Assembly on January 22,             (c) SN Mukherjee
November 1949 and came into force on            1947.                                           (d) HVR Iyenger
26th January 1950) is the world's longest
                                                Q.5. Which of the following is NOT a            Sol.8.(c) SN Mukherjee. The drafting
written constitution. 26th November is
                                                political philosophy of the Indian              committee was formed under the
celebrated every year as Samvidhan
                                                Constitution?                                   chairmanship of Dr B R Ambedkar by the
Divas (Law Day or Constitution Day) in
                                                SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (2nd shift)                 Constituent Assembly on 29th August
India.
                                                (a) Sensitive for the historically              1947. The other six members of the
Q.2.    Who     among the following                 disadvantaged groups                        committee     were     K.M.   Munshi,
personalities was appointed as the legal        (b) Open to community values                    Muhammed          Sadullah,     Alladi
advisor of the Constituent Assembly that        (c) Sensitive to the needs of religious and     Krishnaswamy Iyer, N. Gopalaswami
drafted     the   document     of    the            linguistic minorities                       Ayyangar, Devi Prasad Khaitan and BL
Constitution?                                   (d) Non-committal to building a common          Mitter.
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (4th shift)                     national identity
                                                                                                Q.9. Which of the following is an
(a) HVR Iyengar (b) SN Mukherjee
                                                Sol.5.(d) The philosophy of the Indian          incorrect statement in regard to the
(c) BR Ambedkar (d) BN Rau
                                                Constitution is based on the principles of      meaning of ‘Union of States’ in the Indian
Sol.2.(d) BN Rau. On 9 December 1946,           secularism, democracy, social justice,          context?
the Constituent Assembly of India met           fundamental      rights,   and     directive    SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd shift)
for the first time. Temporary President -        principles    of    state    policy.    The     (a) Country was divided into different
Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha. President of          philosophical      postulates     of    the         states for administrative convenience.
the Assembly - Dr. Rajendra Prasad.             Constitution of India are based on -            (b) The Indian federation was the result
Vice-President of the Assembly - H C            Objective Resolution of Pandit Nehru                of an agreement by sovereign units to
Mukherjee. The Constituent Assembly             which was moved in the first session of              join it.
had a total of 389 members.                     the constituent assembly on 13 Dec              (c) Enumerates the power of the centre
                                                1946.                                               and states through various lists.
Q.3. Which of the following words was                                                           (d) Federation not being the result of
NOT a part of the original Preamble of          Q.6. Which of the following words is NOT            agreement, no state has a right to
the Indian Constitution?                        mentioned in the Indian Constitution?               secede from it.
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (4th shift)                 SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) Democratic (b) Republic                     (a) Secular       (b) Republic                  Sol.9.(b) Federalism is a system of
(c) Secular       (d) Sovereign                 (c) Federalism    (d) Socialist                 government in which the power is divided
                                                                                                between a central authority and various
Sol.3.(c) Secular - All religions are           Sol.6.(c) Federalism - A system of              constituent units of the country. Article
treated equally by the government. It was       government in which powers have been            1(1) of the Constitution of India says that
added in the Preamble by 42nd                   divided between the centre and its              India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of
Amendment, 1976. Democratic : the               constituent parts such as states or             States. In India, the component units
government is elected by the people.            provinces. Republic - The head of the           have no freedom to secede from the
Republic : the head of state is an elected      state is elected by the people of the           federation. Dr. B R Ambedkar called India
president. Sovereign : independent and          country. Socialist - A democratic               as an indestructible Union of destructible
not subject to the control of any other         socialism where both public and private         states (the Central Government can
country.                                        sectors function together towards               change the name, boundaries of the
                                                socialist goals.                                 states without their permission).
Q.4. Which of the following noble ideals                      @ebookstore01
is mentioned in the Preamble of the
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Q.10. Who among the following wrote in           resolution was unanimously adopted on           the Constitution of India?
calligraphic style the Hindi version of the      22 January 1947 and the Preamble to the         Graduate Level 01/08/2022 ( Shift - 4 )
original Indian Constitution?                    Constitution is based on it.                    (a) Bicameral Legislature
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (2nd shift)                                                                  (b) Integrated Judicial System
(a) SN Mukherjee                                 Q.14. The Constitution of India is a            (c) Single Citizenship
(b) Prem Behari Narain Raizada                   sovereign socialist secular democratic          (d) Appointment of the Governor by the
(c) Vasant Krishan Vaidya                        republic with a _____________system of              President
(d) Nand Lal Bose                                government.
                                                 SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift)                  Sol.17.(a)      Bicameral      Legislature
Sol.10.(c) Vasant Krishan Vaidya. The            (a) unitary       (b) parliamentary             (legislative body with two houses). At the
original version of the constitution was         (c) monarchical   (d) presidential              central level (Lok Sabha and Rajya
beautified and decorated by artists from                                                          Sabha). Other Unitary features of Indian
Shantiniketan including Nand Lal Bose            Sol.14.(b) Parliamentary system is a            Constitution: Single Constitution for
and Beohar Rammanohar Sinha.                     form of government where executives             Union and States, Common All-India
                                                 hold the power with the majority support        Services, Inequality of Representation in
Q.11. The structural part of the Indian          of the legislature. In a presidential           the Council of States, Centralised
Constitution is, to a large extent, derived      system, the head of the government              Electoral Machinery, Special Powers of
from the Act of _____________.                   leads an executive that is distinct from        Council of State over State List, etc.
SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (4th shift)                  the legislature. A monarchy is a form of
(a) 1909 (b) 1935 (c) 1947 (d) 1919              government in which a person, the               Q.18. Which of the following is NOT a
                                                 monarch, is head of state for life or until     federal feature of the Indian Constitution ?
Sol.11.(b) 1935. Government of India             abdication. A unitary system is                 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning)
Act, 1935 provides the establishment of          composed of one central government              (a) Dual Government
an All India federation consisting of            that holds all the power.                       (b) Division of Powers
provinces and princely states as units. It                                                       (c) All India Services
divided the powers between the centre            Q.15. The ceremony that marks the end           (d) Written Constitution
and units in terms of three lists- Federal       of Republic Day celebrations is ________.
list, provincial list and the concurrent list.   SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (3rd Shift)                  Sol.18.(c) All India Services. Federal
Jawaharlal Nehru called it a “machine            (a) the beating retreat ceremony                Features of the Indian Constitution -
with strong brakes but no engine”. He            (b) the fly-past by the Indian Air Force         Division of powers, Supremacy of the
also called it a “Charter of Slavery”.               fighter aircraft                             constitution, Written constitution, Rigid
                                                 (c) the ‘At Home’ ceremony at                   constitution,    Independent Judiciary,
Q.12. The constitution of India was                  Rashtrapati Bhawan                          Bi-cameral Legislature.
adopted by the Constituent Assembly in           (d) the homage ceremony at National
the year _______.                                    War Memorial                                Q.19. Who among the following
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening)                                                                     described the Indian Constitution as
(a) 1947 (b) 1949 (c) 1950 (d) 1948              Sol.15.(a) Beating retreat ceremony (end        ‘quasi federal’ ?
                                                 of Republic Day). The republic day              SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Afternoon)
Sol.12.(b) 1949. The Constitution was
                                                 celebrations are majorly divided into           (a) MV Pylee      (b) Gunnar Myrdal
passed and adopted by the assembly on
                                                 three parts (the Republic Day Parade, the       (c) AV Dicey      (d) KC Wheare
26th November 1949, but it came into
                                                 Beating Retreat, and the Award
force on 26th January 1950. It took 2                                                            Sol.19.(d)    K.C.    Wheare. Different
                                                 Distributions). Republic Day marks the
years, 11 months, 18 days to frame the                                                           scholars have different opinions on the
                                                 commencement of the Constitution of
Constitution of India. The original text of                                                      federal structure of India - ‘bargaining
                                                 India on January 26th, 1950. The opening
the constitution had 395 Articles, 22                                                            federalism’ by Morris Jones, ‘co-operative
                                                 Ceremony started with laying a wreath at
parts and 8 schedules. In 1934, the                                                              federalism’    by      Granville   Austin,
                                                 the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate.
Indian National Congress made the                                                                ‘federation with a centralising tendency’
demand for a Constituent Assembly. M N           Q.16. All the _______ countries likely to       by Ivor Jennings, etc.
Roy first proposed the idea of a                  have a Constitution.
constituent assembly in 1934.                    SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (1st Shift)                  Q.20. With reference to the Constituent
                                                 (a) communist      (b) democratic               Assembly, which of the following
Q.13. Who moved the Objective Resolution                                                         statements is Correct?
that was later adapted as the Preamble           (c) oligarchic     (d) totalitarian
                                                                                                 SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Afternoon)
of the Constitution of India?                    Sol.16.(b) democratic countries are most        (a) The Constituent Assembly ratified
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift)                   likely to have a constitution . All countries       India’s membership of the
(a) Rajendra Prasad      (b) JB Kripalani        that have a constitution are not                    Commonwealth in May1947.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) BR Ambedkar             necessarily democratic. Democratic is a         (b) The Constituent Assembly adopted
Sol.13.(c) Jawaharlal Nehru introduced           form of government in which the rulers              the National Anthem in January
the 'Objective Resolution' on 13                 are elected by the people. A Communist              1950.
December      1946.    This   resolution         is a classless society with common              (c) The Constituent Assembly adopted
enshrined the aspirations and values of          ownership. Oligarchic - government by               the National Song in January 1948.
the constitution-makers. Under this, the         few. A Totalitarian government has              (d) The Constituent Assembly adopted
people of India were guaranteed social,          absolute power with no opposition                   the National Flag in July 1949.
economic and political justice, equality         (single-party dictatorship).
                                                              @ebookstore01                      Sol.20.(b) The National Anthem of India
and    fundamental     freedoms.    This         Q.17. Which is NOT a unitary feature of         was adopted by the constituent
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assembly on 24th January 1950. It was             Rights, Minorities and Tribal and         SSC CGL 18/08/21 (Evening)
first sung on 27 December 1911 in the              Excluded Areas                           (a) 84 (b) 102 (c) 109 (d) 93
Kolkata session of INC. The Constituent       (b) Committee on the Functions
Assembly ratified India’s membership of        (c) Order of Business Committee              Sol.29.(d) 93. The total membership of
the Commonwealth in May 1949. On 24           (d) Ad hoc Committee on the National         the Constituent Assembly was 389, of
Jan 1950, the Indian Constituent                  Flag                                     which 292 were representatives of the
Assembly adopted "Vande Mataram" as a                                                      provinces, 93 represented the princely
national song. On July 22, 1947, the          Sol.25.(b) Committee on the Functions.       states and 4 were from the chief
Constituent Assembly adopted        the       GV Mavalankar was the first speaker of        commissioner     provinces of Delhi,
Independent Indian National Flag.             Lok Sabha. Advisory Committee on             Ajmer-Merwara, Coorg and British
                                              Fundamental Rights, Minorities and           Baluchistan.
Q.21. How many female members were            Tribal and Excluded Areas- Vallabhbhai
part of the Constituent Assembly that         Patel. Ad hoc Committee on the National      Q.30. The members of the Constituent
framed the Constitution of India?             Flag - Rajendra Prasad.                      Assembly signed the Constitution of
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Evening )                                                              India on ______.
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 15                   Q.26. When was the Tenth Session of the      SSC CHSL 16/04/21 (Afternoon)
                                              Constituent Assembly held?                   (a) 26 November 1948
Sol.21.(d) 15. The Constituent Assembly       SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)                 (b) 24 January 1950
was formed on 6 December 1946. The            (a) 6 - 17 October 1949                      (c) 26 November 1949
idea for a Constituent Assembly was           (b) 14 - 31 July 1947                        (d) 24 January 1952
proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy.                (c) 4 November 1948 - 8 January 1949
                                              (d) 16 May - 16 June 1949                    Sol.30.(b) 24 January 1950. On that day,
Q.22. Who was the chairman of the                                                          the last meeting of the Constituent
House Committee of the Constituent            Sol.26.(a) 6-17 October 1949. The            Assembly was held and the 'Constitution
Assembly of India ?                           Constituent Assembly took almost three       of India' ( with 395 Articles, 8 schedules,
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Afternoon)                years (two years, eleven months and          22 parts) was signed and accepted by
(a) B Pattabhi Sitaramayy (b) AV Thakkar      eighteen days) to complete its historic      all.
(c) JB Kripalani          (d) K.M. Munshi     task of drafting the Constitution for
                                              Independent India. During this period, it    Q.31. In 1946, who among the following
Sol.22.(a) B Pattabhi Sitaramayya. In         held eleven sessions covering a total of     was made the interim president of the
1922, AV Thakkar founded the Bhil Seva        165 days. First Session : 9-23 December,     Indian Constituent Assembly?
Mandal. JB Kripalani was the president of     1946,    Eleventh   Session : 14-26          SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)
Indian     National     Congress     during   November, 1949.                              (a) Sarojini Naidu
Independence. K M Munshi - Founder of                                                      (b) Sachchidananda Sinha
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1938), Member of      Q.27. Who among the following became         (c) S Subramaniya Iyer
the Constituent Assembly of India,            a part of the Constituent Assembly from      (d) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Minister for Agriculture & Food (1952–53)     Madras Constituency in 1946?
                                              SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Morning)                 Sol.31.(b) Sachchidananda Sinha. He
Q.23. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar was the       (a) Ammu Swaminathan                         was from Arrah, Bihar. Dr Rajendra
chairman of the ______ of the Constituent     (b) Hansa Jivraj Mehta                       Prasad was elected the permanent
Assembly of India.                            (c) Kamla Chaudhry                           president of the Constituent Assembly
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Morning)                  (d) Begum Aizaz Rasul                        on December 11 ,1946.
(a) Credential Committee
                                                                                           Q.32. Who described the preamble of
(b) Union Powers Committee                    Sol.27.(a) Ammu Swaminathan. He was
                                                                                           Indian Constitution as the 'Political
(c) Order of Business Committee               involved in the Quit India Movement in
                                                                                           horoscope of the Indian Constitution'?
(d) Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee          1942. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected
                                                                                           SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Morning)
                                              as the president and its vice-president
Sol.23.(a) Credential Committee. Union                                                     (a) NA Palkhiwala
                                              was Harendra Coomar Mookerjee.
Powers Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru,                                                       (b) Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi
Order of Business Committee - K.M.            Q.28. What is the minimum age                (c) Thakurdas Bhargav
Munshi, Fundamental Rights Sub -              prescribed by the Constitution of India      (d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Committee - J.B. Kripalani.                   for appointment as Governor of a State?
                                                                                           Sol.32.(b) Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi
                                              SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Q.24. The Constituent Assembly was            (a) 35 years      (b) 21 years               Q.33. When was the first Constituent
recognised by Section ______ of the           (c) 25 years      (d) 30 years               Assembly election held in India?
Indian Independence Act, 1947.
                                                                                           SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Afternoon)
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Afternoon)                Sol.28.(a) 35 years. Article 153 states
                                                                                           (a)1947 (b)1946 (c)1949 (d)1948
(a) 6(2) (b) 10(1) (c) 12(2) (d) 8(1)         that each state will have a Governor.
                                              Articles from 153 to 167 in Part VI of the   Sol.33.(b)    1946.   The Constituent
Sol.24.(d) Section 8(1) .                     constitution deal with the state             Assembly appointed a total of 13
Q.25. GV Mavalankar was the Chairman          executive.                                   committees to deal with different tasks
of the ______ of the Constituent Assembly                                                  of constitution making. Out of these, 8
                                              Q.29. The total membership of the            were major committees and the other
of India.                                     Constituent Assembly was 389, of which
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning)                                                               were minor committees. The Provincial
                                              ______ were representatives of princely      Constitution Committee was headed by
(a) Advisory Committee on Fundamental                     @ebookstore01
                                              states.                                      Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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Q.34. In which year did Motilal Nehru        (a) The USSR              (b) Japan           (c) Australia        (d) Japan
(Chairman) and eight other Congress          (c) Australia             (d) The USA
                                                                                           Sol.42.(b) France : Concept of Republic,
leaders draft a constitution for India?
                                             Sol.38.(d) The USA. Sources of the            Ideals of Liberty, equality and fraternity.
SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Evening)
                                             Indian Constitution: France - Ideals of       Provisions     borrowed     from     other
(a) 1925 (b) 1950 (c) 1928 (d) 1930
                                             Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in the       countries: Suspension of fundamental
Sol.34.(c) 1928. The Motilal Nehru           Preamble. Australia - Freedom of Trade        rights during emergency - Germany.
Report 1928 was made by a committee          and Commerce, Concurrent List. South
                                                                                           Q.43. The concept of "Amendment of the
headed by Pt. Motilal Nehru. This            Africa - Election of Rajya Sabha
                                                                                           Constitution" in the Indian Constitution
committee was created when Lord              members, Procedure for amendment in
                                                                                           was borrowed from the constitution of
Birkenhead, Secretary of State of India      the constitution.
                                                                                           which of the following countries?
asked the Indian leaders to draft a
                                             Q.39. The provision for the post of           SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)
constitution for the country.
                                             Vice-President in the Indian Constitution     (a) South Africa (b) Germany
                                             was taken from _______.                       (c) Canada        (d) Australia
 Sources of Indian Constitution              SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (3rd shift)
                                                                                           Sol.43.(a) South Africa. Article 368 of
                                             (a) France (b) United States of America
Q.35. The Directive Principles of State                                                    Part XX - "Constitutional Amendment".
                                             (c) Ireland (d) Japan
Policy are an adaptation from which of                                                     Indian Constitution Sources : South
the following Constitutions?                 Sol.39.(b) United States of America. US       Africa - Election of members of Rajya
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening)        Constitution - The position of Vice           Sabha. Australia - Concurrent List,
(a) UK Constitution                          President, Judicial Review, Independent       Provisions of Freedom of Trade and
(b) Irish Constitution                       Judiciary, removal of the High court and      Commerce within the country and
(c) USSR Constitution                        Supreme court judges, and fundamental         between the states, and the joint sitting
(d) Polish Constitution                      rights.                                       of both the houses of Parliament.
Sol.35.(b) Irish Constitution. Sources of    Q.40. In the Indian constitution the          Q.44. Which of the following provisions
Indian Constitution : Ireland - Method of    concept of ‘equality before law’ is           of the Indian constitution is borrowed
Election of President, the nomination of     borrowed from the _____ constitution.         from the Constitution of Canada?
members to Rajya Sabha by the                SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (1st shift)               SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)
President.     Russian    Constitution  -    (a) British (b) Canadian (c) US (d) Irish     (a) Independence of judiciary
Fundamental         Duties.     Japanese                                                   (b) Concept of Republic
                                             Sol.40.(a) British. Article 14: Equality
Constitution - The procedure established                                                   (c) Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme
                                             before the law. 'Equality before law'
by law.                                                                                        court
                                             connotes: the absence of any special
                                                                                           (d) Concept of concurrent list
Q.36. From which country has the             privileges in favour of any person, the
concept of Martial Law, which restricts      equal subjection of all persons to the        Sol.44.(c) Advisory jurisdiction of the
Fundamental rights, borrowed?                ordinary law of the land administered by      Supreme court. Borrowed Features of
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)               ordinary law courts, and no person is         Indian Constitution from Canada -
(a) China                (b) The UK          above the law.                                Centrifugal form of federalism where the
(c) Japan                 (d) The USSR                                                     center is stronger than the states, To
                                             Q.41. India is a parliamentary democracy      provide residuary powers to the Centre,
Sol.36.(b) The UK. The expression            based on the Westminster model of             Supreme Court’s advisory jurisdiction,
‘martial law’ has not been defined            _________ .                                   and Appointment of state governors by
anywhere in the Constitution. It refers to   SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd shift)               the Centre.
the suspension of ordinary law and the       (a) the United States of America
government by military tribunals.            (b) South Africa                                Article, Schedule, Parts and
                                             (c) France
Q.37. The provision of fundamental           (d) the United Kingdom
                                                                                                          list
duties in the Indian Constitution is
inspired by ____________ .                   Sol.41.(d)      The    United   Kingdom.      Q.45. Match the following subject
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)                 Countries where the Westminster model         matters with their concerned Articles.
(a) the constitution of USA                  is used - Britain, Canada, New Zealand as              A                  B
(b) the constitution of France               well as in many parts of the Pacific, Asia     1. Superintendence, A) Article 329 and
(c) the constitution of Canada               and Africa. British - Parliamentary form         direction           control of elections to
(d) the constitution of USSR                 of government, The idea of single                                    be Vested in an
                                             citizenship, The idea of the Rule of law,                            Election commission
Sol.37.(d) The constitution of the USSR.     Writs, Institution of Speaker and his role,   2. Power of         B) Article 324 provision
Sources of Indian Constitution: United       Law making procedure, The Political Part       parliament to make    with respect to election
States of America - Fundamental Rights,      of the Indian Constitution, Bicameralism.                            to legislature
Preamble.                                                                                  3. Bar of             C) Article 327 courts in
                                             Q.42.The concept of "Republic" in the
                                                                                              interference by       electoral matters
Q.38. The Fundamental Rights in the          Indian Constitution was borrowed from
Indian Constitution are inspired by the      the constitution of which of the following
                                                                                           SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
'Bill of Rights' of which of the following   countries ?
                                                                                           (a) 1-C, 2-B, 3-A     (b) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
countries?                                   SSC MTS 19/06/2023      (Evening)
                                                          @ebookstore01                    (c) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C     (d) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)               (a) Germany        (b) France
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Sol.45.(d) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A. Article 325 - No     Sol.49.(c) Article 39 A. Part IV - Directive   fundamental rights shall vest only in the
person to be ineligible for inclusion in, or   Principles of State Policy (Articles           Parliament and not in the state
to claim to be included in a special,          36-51). Article 50 - Separation of judiciary   legislatures.
electoral roll on grounds of religion, race,   from executive. Article 43 A -
caste or sex. Article 328 - Power of           Participation of workers in management         Q.53. Which Article of the Indian
Legislature of a State to make provision       of industries. Article 51 - Promotion of       Constitution    provides       for     equal
with respect to elections to such              international peace and security.              opportunity for all citizens in the matter
Legislature.                                                                                  of employment under the state ?
                                               Q.50. Which of the following Articles of       SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Q.46. Which Article deals with the             the Indian Constitution mentions that all      (a) Article 17           (b) Article 15
election of the Vice President?                executive actions of the Government of         (c) Article 18           (d) Article 16
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)          India shall be expressed to be taken in
(a) Article 66              (b) Article 74     the name of the President?                     Sol.53.(d) Article 16 - It comes under
(c) Article 70              (d) Article 52     SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)                   Right to Equality (Article 14 to 18) in the
                                               (a) Article 67           (b) Article 77        Part III (fundamental rights) of the
Sol.46.(a) Article 66. The post of Vice        (c) Article 81          (d) Article 48         Constitution. Article 18 - Abolition of
President of India is taken from the US                                                       titles.
Constitution. Article 64 - The Vice            Sol.50.(b) Article 77. Other Article of the
President to be ex officio Chairman of           Constitution: Article 67 - Term of office of     Q.54. As per Article 361 of the
the Council of States. Article 70 -            Vice President. Article 81 - Composition       Constitution of India, who among the
Discharge of President's functions in          of the House of the People. Article 48 -       following shall NOT be answerable to any
other contingencies.                           The organisation of agriculture and            court for the exercise and performance
                                               animal husbandry. Article 48A -                of the powers and duties of his/her
Q.47. Which article allows the state to        Protection     and     improvement       of    office?
make provisions for the upliftment of          environment and safeguarding of forests        SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
certain categories of people like socially     and wildlife.                                  (a) Secretary        (b) Chief Minister
and culturally backward classes and                                                           (c) Prime Minister (d) Governor
Scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribes?          Q.51. Which of the following Articles of
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening)          the Constitution of India provides that        Sol.54.(d) Governor. Article 361 - The
(a) Article 15          (b) Article 14         the Governor appoints the Chief Minister       President, or the Governor or Rajpramukh
(c) Article 16           (d) Article 17        and later, the Chief Minister recommends       of a State, shall not be answerable to any
                                               the appointment of ministers to the            court for the exercise and performance
Sol.47.(a) Article 15. Article 17-             Governor?                                      of the powers and duties of his office or
“Untouchability” is abolished and its          SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)                 for any act done or purporting to be done
practice in any form is forbidden.             (a) Article 163            (b) Article 165     by him in the exercise and performance.
Q.48. Which Article of the Constitution        (c) Article 164            (d) Article 167     Q.55. Which schedule of the Constitution
of India mentions that “there shall be a       Sol.51.(c)     Article    164.       Other     of India contains provisions for
Public Service Commission for the Union        Appointments     by    Governor: State         disqualification of legislators on the
and a Public Service Commission for            Election Commissioner (Article 243 K),         ground of defection?
each State” ?                                  Vice-Chancellors of the universities in the    SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning)          state (University Grants Commission            (a) Schedule-X          (b) Schedule-XI
(a) 315 (4)              (b) 315 (1)           (UGC) Regulations, 2018), Advocate             (c) Schedule-VIII      (d) Schedule-IX
(c) 315 (3)              (d) 315 (2)           General for the State (Article 165) etc.       Sol.55.(a) Schedule-X: Popularly known
Sol.48.(b) Article 315 (1). Article 315 (2)    Article 163 - Council of Ministers to aid      as the Anti-Defection Act, was included
- Two or more States may agree that            and advise the Governor of the State.          in the Constitution via the 52nd
there shall be one Public Service              Q.52. Which of the following Articles of       Amendment Act, 1985. Schedule-IX (laws
Commission for that group of States.           the Indian Constitution empowers the           that are immune from judicial review) - It
Article 315 (3) - Any such law as              Parliament to restrict or abrogate the         was added by the First Amendment Act,
aforesaid may contain such incidental          fundamental rights of the members of           1951.
and consequential provisions as may be         the armed forces, paramilitary forces,
necessary or desirable for giving effect                                                      Q.56. Which Article of the Constitution of
                                               police forces, intelligence agencies and       India states that the Prime Minister is
to the purposes of the law. Article 315 (4)    analogous forces ?
- UPSC can, if requested by a state                                                           appointed by the President of India ?
                                               SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)                 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)
government, conduct examinations and           (a) Article 33           (b) Article 31
interviews to select candidates for state                                                     (a) Article 74           (b) Article 76
                                               (c) Article 37          (d) Article 35         (c) Article 73           (d) Article 75
government jobs.
                                               Sol.52.(a) Article 33. Fundamental rights      Sol.56.(d) Article 75: Other provision -
Q.49. Which of the following articles          are included in Part III (Article 12-35) of
 provides for ‘equal justice and free legal                                                   Council of Ministers (COM) shall be
                                               the Constitution. It is borrowed from the      appointed by the President on the advice
aid’?                                          Constitution of the United States of
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)                                                       of the Prime Minister; Total number of
                                               America. It is described as the Magna          COM, including Prime minister shall not
(a) Article 43 B          (b) Article 48 A     Carta of India. Article 35 - Power to make
(c) Article 39 A          (d) Article 43 A                                                    exceed fifteen percent of the total
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People; COM shall be collectively             (b) To separate judiciary from the              (a) Cultural and educational rights
responsible to the House of the People;           executive in the public services of the     (b) Right to freedom
President shall administer to him the             State                                       (c) Right to equality
oaths of office and of secrecy of COM; A        (c) To protect and improve the                  (d) Right to freedom of religion
Person who is not a member of either              environment and safeguard the
House of Parliament, can become                   forests and wildlife of the country         Sol.63.(a) Cultural and educational
Ministers for any period of six               (d) To secure for the citizen, a uniform        rights. Article (12 - 35) contained in Part
consecutive months; The salaries and              civil code through the territory of India   III of the Constitution deals with
allowances of Ministers shall be such as                                                      Fundamental Rights. Right to Equality -
                                              Sol.60.(d) Directive Principles of State        Article (14 - 18). Right to Freedom -
Parliament may from time to time by law
                                              Policy (Part IV, Article 36-51). Article 50 -   Article (19 - 22). Right against
determine.
                                              Separation of judiciary from Executive.         Exploitation - Article (23 - 24). Right to
Q.57. Articles 36 to 51 of the Indian                                                         Freedom of Religion - Article (25 - 28).
Constitution deal with__________.             Q.61. Article 149 of the Constitution
                                                                                              Right to Constitutional Remedies - Article
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)                deals with ___________ .
                                                                                              (32 - 35).
(a) fundamental duties                        SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift)
(b) fundamental rights                        (a) the qualifications required for the          Q.64. The __________ of the Indian
(c) preamble of Indian constitution               appointment of the Comptroller and          Constitution defines the Fundamental
(d) directive principles of state policy          Auditor-General of India                    Duties of Indian Citizens.
                                              (b) the duties and powers of the                SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (1st Shift)
Sol.57.(d) directive principles of state          Comptroller and Auditor-General of          (a) Article 51A          (b) Article 41B
policy. Article 38 - State to secure a            India                                       (c) Article 49C          (d) Article 21A
social order for the promotion of welfare     (c) the term of office of the Comptroller
of the people. Article 41 - Right to work,        and Auditor-General of India                Sol.64.(a) Article 51A - It shall be the
education and public assistance in            (d) the appointment of the Comptroller          duty of every citizen of India, to abide by
certain cases.                                    and Auditor-General of India                the Constitution and respect its ideals
                                                                                              and institutions, the National Flag and
Q.58. Which Article of the Indian             Sol.61.(b) Part V (Chapter V) of the            the National Anthem. Article 41 - Right to
Constitution mentions that all the            Indian Constitution (Articles 148-151)          work, to education and to public
authorities— civil and judicial— in the       deals    with the Comptroller and               assistance in certain cases. Article 49 -
territory of India shall act in aid of the    Auditor-General (CAG). Article 148 -            Protection of monuments and places
Supreme Court?                                Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.       and objects of national importance.
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)                  Article 150 - Form of Accounts of the           Article 21A - Right to education. Article
(a) Article 143            (b) Article 141    Union and the states. Article 151 - Audit       43B - Promotion of co-operative
(c) Article 144             (d) Article 142   Reports.                                        societies.
Sol.58.(c) Article 144. Article 143: Power    Q.62. Which of the following statements         Q.65. How many schedules are there in
of President to consult the Supreme           is correct about Article 129 of the             our Constitution as of June 2023?
Court. Article 142: Enforcement of            Constitution of India?                          SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (1st Shift)
decrees and orders of the Supreme Court       SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                  (a) 8      (b) 9      (c) 12      (d) 10
and orders as to discovery, etc. Article      (a) It provides for the Supreme Court to
141: The law declared by the Supreme              give advisory opinions to the President.    Sol.65.(c) 12 Schedules in Indian
Court shall be binding on all courts within   (b) It provides for the Supreme Court to        Constitution: First - List of States and UT;
the territory of India.                           be a court of original jurisdiction         Second - Emoluments, allowances, and
                                              (c) It provides for the Supreme Court to        privileges; Third - Oath and affirmation ;
Q.59. Which Article of the Indian                                                             Fourth - Seat allocation of the Rajya
                                                  be a court of record.
Constitution refers to the Rights of                                                          Sabha; Fifth - Administration of
                                              (d) It provides for the Supreme Court to
Ministers with respect to the State                                                           Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes;
                                                  be the highest court of appeal.
Legislature?                                                                                  Sixth - Administration of Tribal Areas in
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)                  Sol.62.(c) Article 143 - Power of the           the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura
(a) Article 176       (b) Article 178         President to consult the Supreme Court.         and Mizoram; Seventh - Union list, State
(c) Article 177       (d) Article 175         Article 131 - Original jurisdiction of the      list and the concurrent list; Eight - List of
                                              Supreme Court. Article 132 - Appellate          recognized languages; Ninth - Land
Sol.59.(c) Article 177. Article 175 - Right
                                              jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in            reforms and regulations; Tenth - Anti
of Governor to address and send
                                              appeals from High Courts in certain             defection law; Eleventh - Panchayati Raj
messages to the House or Houses.
                                              cases. Article 133 - Appellate jurisdiction     and Twelfth - Municipalities.
Article 176 - Special address by the
                                              of the Supreme Court in appeals from
Governor. Article 178 - The Speaker and                                                       Q.66. Which Article of the Constitution of
                                              High Courts in regard to Civil matters.
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative                                                             India deals with the organisation of
                                              Article 134 - Appellate jurisdiction of the
Assembly.                                                                                     village panchayat?
                                              Supreme Court in regard to criminal
Q.60. What is the aim of Article 44 of the     matters.                                       SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
Indian Constitution?                                                                          (a) Article 38           (b) Article 45
SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift)                Q.63. Articles 29-30 of the Constitution        (c) Article 40           (d) Article 36
(a) To protect every monument or place        of India deals with _______
                                              SSC MTS 01/09/2023      (2nd Shift)             Sol.66.(c) Article 40. Directive Principles
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                                                                                              of State Policy: Part IV (Articles 36 to
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51). Article 38 - State to secure a social      (Fundamental Rights),         Article 36-51    Article 25 - It guarantees the freedom of
order for the promotion of welfare of the       (directive principles of state policy).        conscience, the freedom to profess,
people. Article 45 - Provision for early                                                       practice, and propagate religion to all
childhood care and education to children        Q.70. Which Article of the Indian              citizens.
below the age of six years. Article 36 - It     Constitution mandates that the state
defines a 'State' for Directive Principles to    should protect every monument or place         Q.74. In India which of the following is a
be followed.                                    of artistic or historic interest?              Gandhian principle of Directive Principles
                                                SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                 of State Policy ?
Q.67. Which Clause of Article 19 of the         (a) Article 39A           (b) Article 50       SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (1st shift)
Indian Constitution guarantees the 'right       (c) Article 49             (d) Article 48A     (a) To Separate judiciary from executive
to move freely throughout the territory of                                                     (b) To organise village panchayat
India' ?                                        Sol.70.(c) Articles 49. Part IV: Directive     (c) To secure uniform civil code
SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                  Principle of State Policy (Article 36-51).     (d) To provide equal pay for equal work
(a) Clause (b)         (b) Clause (c)           Article 45 - Provision for free and
(c) Clause (d)         (d) Clause (a)           compulsory education for children below        Sol.74.(b) Article based on Gandhian
                                                the age of six years. Article 48A -            principles : 40 - Organise village
Sol.67.(c) Clause (d). Article 19 - It          Protection     and    improvement       of     panchayats. 43 - Living wage, etc., for
guarantees the right to freedom of              environment and safeguarding of forests        workers. 43B - To promote voluntary
speech and expression. Article 19 (1) of        and wildlife.                                  formation,     autonomous functioning,
the constitution gave the following right                                                      democratic control of cooperative
to citizens : (a) Freedom of speech and         Q.71. Which of the following statements        societies. 46 - promote educational and
expression, (b) to assemble peacefully          is not correct about the Directive             economic interests of the weaker
and without arms, (c)             to form       Principles of State Policy?                    sections. 47 - To improve public health.
associations or unions, (e) to reside and       SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                 48 - To prohibit the slaughter of cows,
settle in any part of the territory of India,   (a) To ensure the above mentioned              calves and other milch. Directive
(f) omitted, (g) to practise any                    employment and clean working               Principles of State Policy (DPSP) - Part IV
profession, or to carry on any occupation,          environment for men, women and             , Article (36 to 51). Taken From - Ireland.
trade or business.                                  children.                                  Other Groups - Socialist Principle - Article
                                                (b) Providing adequate means of                (38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 43A, 47).
Q.68. Which Article of the Constitution of          livelihood for both men and women          Liberal-Intellecutal Principle - Article (44,
India provides for a governor for each          (c) Ensuring equal remuneration for            45, 48, 48A, 49, 50, 51).
state?                                              equal work only for men
SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                  (d) Reorganizing the economic system to        Q.75. Which of the following Articles
(a) Article 173         (b) Article 157             prevent concentration of wealth in a       says that double jeopardy which says
(c) Article 153         (d) Article 156             few hands                                  that “no person shall be prosecuted or
                                                                                               punished for the same offence more
Sol.68.(c) Article 153. Article 156 (1) -       Sol.71.(c) Part IV {Directive Principles of    than once?
The Governor shall hold office during the         State Policy (Articles 36-51)}. It is          SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (2nd shift)
pleasure of the President. Article 157 -        imported from the Ireland Constitution.        (a) Article 21 (2)  (b) Article 19 (1)
No person shall be eligible for                 Article 46 - Promotion of educational and      (c) Article 20 (2)  (d) Article 22 (2)
appointment as Governor unless he is a          economic interests of Scheduled Castes,
citizen of India and has completed the          Scheduled Tribes and other weaker              Sol.75.(c) Article 20 (2). Article 20 of the
age of thirty-five years. Article 173 -          sections.                                      Constitution provides for the protection
Qualification for membership of the State                                                       of conviction for offences. Article 21 -
Legislature.                                    Q.72. Which Article of the Constitution of     Protection of life and personal liberty.
                                                India provides early childhood care and        Article 19 (1) - The right to freedom of
Q.69. Which Articles of the Constitution        education for all children until they          speech and expression. Article 22 -
of India deal with the Union and its            complete the age of six years?                 Protection Against Arrest and Detention
territory ?                                     SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                 in Certain Cases.
SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (1st Shift)                  (a) Article 38           (b) Article 39
(a) Articles 5-11    (b) Articles 1-4           (c) Article 45           (d) Article 40        Q.76. Under which Article of the Directive
(c) Articles 12-35    (d) Article 36-51                                                        Principles of State Policy, a working
                                                Sol.72.(c) Article 45. Article 38 - State to   woman on maternity leave, must receive
Sol.69.(b) Articles 1-4. Article 1- Name        secure a social order for the promotion        all maternity benefits from the employer?
and territory of the Union; Article 2 -         of welfare of the people. Article 40 -         SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (3rd shift)
Admission or establishment of new               Organisation of village panchayats.            (a) Article 42           (b) Article 44
States; Article 3 - Formation of new                                                           (c) Article 45           (d) Article 43
States    and    alteration    of   areas,      Q.73. Which of the following Articles of
boundaries or names of existing States;         the Indian Constitution prohibits forced       Sol.76.(a) Article 42. Directive Principles
Article 4 : Laws made under articles 2          labour and prevents exploitation ?             of State Policy (Part-IV, Articles 36 - 51)
and 3 to provide for the amendment of           SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (1st shift)                are borrowed from Ireland. They are
the First and the Fourth Schedules and          (a) Article 20          (b) Article 19         non-justiciable rights (which means that
supplemental,         incidental      and       (c) Article 25          (d) Article 23         they cannot be enforced by a Court of
consequential matters. Articles 5-11            Sol.73.(d) Article 23. Article 19 -            Law). Article 43 - The State shall
(Citizenship),          Articles    12-35                  @ebookstore01                       endeavour to secure all workers a living
                                                Freedom of Speech and Expression.
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wage and a decent standard of life.           classification.                                  36-51, Part-IV. Article 39A: To provide
                                              SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (3rd shift)                 free legal aid to the poor. Article 45 -
Q.77. Which of the following articles         (a) Article 15       (b) Article 16             Provide early childhood care and
says that 'It shall be the duty of every      (c) Article 13       (d) Article 14             education for all children until they
citizen of India who is a parent or                                                           complete the age of six years.
guardian to provide opportunities for         Sol.80.(d) Article 14. Article 13 - Laws
education to his child or, as the case may    inconsistent with or in derogation of the       Q.85. Which of the following sets of
be, ward between the age of six and           fundamental rights.                             articles is related with the feature of
fourteen years' ?                                                                             Emergency Provisions in the Indian
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (4th shift)               Q.81. Which of the following Articles of        Constitution?
(a) 51A(k) (b) 51A(j) (c) 51A(i) (d) 51A(h)   the Indian Constitution mentions the            SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (2nd shift)
                                              right to form co-operative societies?           (a) 352 to 360        (b) 309 to 312
Sol.77.(a) 51A(k). 51A Fundamental            SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (3rd shift)                 (c) 343 to 351         (d) 330 to 342
Duties (PART IVA): 51A (a) to abide by        (a) 19 (1) (d)         (b) 19 (1) (c)
the Constitution and respect its ideals       (c) 19 (1) (b)         (d) 19 (1) (a)           Sol.85.(a) 352 to 360. National
and institutions, the National Flag and                                                       Emergency (Article 352): There is a
the National Anthem. 51A (h) to develop       Sol.81.(b) 19 (1) (c) . Article 19(1)(d) - To   threat of war - from external aggression
the scientific temper, humanism and the        move freely throughout the territory of         or armed rebellion. President's Rule
spirit of inquiry and reform. 51A (i) to      India. Article 19(1)(b) - To assemble           (Article 356): If the President is satisfied
safeguard public property and to abjure       peaceably and without arms. Article             that a situation has arisen that the
violence. 51A (j) to strive towards           19(1)(a) - Freedom of speech and                Government of the State cannot be
excellence in all spheres of individual       expression. Article 19(1)(e) - To reside        carried on in accordance with the
and collective activity so that the nation    and settle in any part of the territory of      provisions of the Constitution. Financial
constantly rises to higher levels of          India.                                          Emergency (Article 360): President is
endeavour and achievement.                                                                    satisfied that the financial stability of
                                              Q.82. A father was speaking about the
                                                                                              India is threatened.
Q.78. X and Y are working as managers         rich cultural heritage of India to his young
in a restaurant but they receive unequal      son and his teenager friends. The               Q.86. Article 1 of the Indian Constitution
pay for the same work. Which Article of       fundamental duty in which Article was           which states India, that is Bharat, shall be
the Directive Principles of State Policy      the father promoting                            a Union of States, mentions which of the
provides for equal pay for equal work ?       SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (1st shift)                 following features?
SSC CHSL 03/08/2023 (2nd shift)               (a) Article 51A (f)     (b) Article 51A (e)     SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) Article 38          (b) Article 41        (c) Article 51A (d)     (d) Article 51A (c)     (a) Independence of the Judiciary
(c) Article 39          (d) Article 40                                                        (b) Cooperative Federalism
                                              Sol.82.(a) Article 51A (f). Article 51A (e)
                                                                                              (c) Secularism
Sol.78.(c) Article 39. Part IV {Directive     - To promote harmony and brotherhood
                                                                                              (d) Parliamentary sovereignty
Principle of State Policy (Articles 36 -      among the people of a different religion.
51)}. Article 41 - Right to work, to          Article 51A (d) - Defend the country and        Sol.86.(b) Cooperative Federalism - A
education and to public assistance in         provide national service when called            concept of a stable relationship between
certain cases.                                upon to do so. Article 51A (c) - Maintain       the centre and state governments to
                                              and protect India’s sovereignty, unity, and     coordinate on issues of common
Q.79. The government scheme, Pradhan          integrity.                                      interests. Example - India is a federal
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana aims for crop                                                        country with power divided between the
insurance service for farmers. This type      Q.83. The Fundamental Rights have been
                                                                                              Centre and the States. The word 'Federal'
of government efforts falls under________     guaranteed to protect the public from
                                                                                              is not mentioned in the Indian
of the Directive Principles of the Indian     repressive     state    actions;    judicial
                                                                                              Constitution. Granville Austin called
Constitution.                                 decisions tend to expand the scope of
                                                                                              Indian       federalism      ‘Cooperative
SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (2nd shift)               the word "State" as defined by __________
                                                                                              federalism’. India borrowed the concept
(a) Article 47           (b) Article 45       of the Indian Constitution.
                                                                                              of a federal system with a strong centre
(c) Article 48           (d) Article 46       SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (4th shift)
                                                                                              from Canada.
                                              (a) Article 12           (b) Article 14
Sol.79.(c) Article 48. Pradhan Mantri         (c) Article 15           (d) Article 13         Q.87. Which of the following Articles
Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) - Launched on                                                        about fundamental duties is related to
18th February 2016 by the Prime               Sol.83.(a) Article 12.
                                                                                              the respect of the National Anthem?
Minister. Objectives:        To provide       Q.84. The working conditions also               SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (4th shift)
insurance coverage and financial support       include prevention of sexual harassment         (a) Article 51A (b) (b) Article 51A (c)
to the farmers in the event of failure of     of working women and making                     (c) Article 51A (a) (d) Article 51A (d)
any of the notified crops as a result of       arrangements in the organisation for it,
natural calamities, pests and diseases.                                                       Sol.87.(c) Article 51A (a). The Swaran
                                              this falls under______________ .                Singh Committee emphasised the
Q.80. Since complete equality is              SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (1st shift)                 importance of incorporating fundamental
impossible, __________ of the Indian          (a) Article 44          (b) Article 42          duties into the Indian Constitution, urging
Constitution deals with the right to          (c) Article 45           (d) Article 43         citizens to recognize their rights and
equality and equal protection of law          Sol.84.(b) Article 42:           Directive      responsibilities. “Jana Gana Mana”
subject to appropriate classification.         Principles of @ebookstore01
                                                            State Policy (DPSP), Articles     (National Anthem of India), was adopted
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January 1950 and is the first stanza of         enforcement of Fundamental rights ?               foreign State not to be citizens. Article 10
Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali hymn             SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (3rd shift)                   - Continuance of the rights of citizenship.
'Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata'.                      (a) Article 30       (b) Article 32               Article 11 - Parliament to regulate the
                                               (c) Article 33       (d) Article 31               right of citizenship by law.
Q.88. 'The state shall endeavour to
secure to all workers a living wage and a      Sol.91.(b)    Article   32    (Right    to        Q.95. KA Najeeb Vs Union of India case
decent standard of life'. Which of the         Constitutional Remedies) - The ‘Heart             deals with violation of rights under_____
following is correct about the given           and Soul of the Constitution’ by Dr. B.R.         SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)
statement in the context of india?             Ambedkar. Article 30 - Right of minorities        (a) Article 16     (b) Article 21
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (1st shift)                to establish and administer educational           (c) Article 14     (d) Article 19
(a) It is mentioned in the 43rd Article of     institutions. Article 31 - Compulsory
    the Constitution.                          acquisition of property. This Article was         Sol.95.(b) Article 21 (Protection of life
(b) It is mentioned in the 44th Article of     deleted from Part-III of the Constitution         and personal liberty). Important Cases
    Constitution.                              by the Constitution (44th Amendment)              related to Article 21: A.K Gopalan vs the
(c) This is a Gandhian principle of            Act, 1978, and a modified version was              State of Madras 1950 : The Supreme
    Directive Principles of State Policy.      inserted as Article 300A.                         court has taken a narrow interpretation
(d) This is a liberal principle of Directive                                                     of Article 21 in this case. Maneka Gandhi
    Principles of State Policy.                Q.92. Poshan Abhiyaan is a programme              vs. Union of India, 1978: In this case, the
                                               to achieve nutritional status of children         SC overruled its judgement of the
Sol.88.(a) Article 43 (Living wage, etc.,      from 0 to 6 years. Which of the following         Gopalan Case by taking a wider
for workers). Directive Principles of State    Articles of the Indian Constitution               interpretation of Article 21.
Policy ( Part IV, Article 36 - 51). Borrowed   provides for raising the nutrition level?
from - Irish Constitution.                     SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (1st shift)                   Q.96. Which part of the Constitution of
                                               (a) Article 47           (b) Article 44           India contains the provisions of the
Q.89. Which of the following articles is       (c) Article 46           (d) Article 45           Union Executive?
related to the provision of Co-operative                                                         SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift)
Societies in the Indian Constitution?          Sol.92.(a) Article 47 - Duty of the State         (a) Part V       (b) Part III
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd shift)                to raise the level of nutrition and the           (c) Part IV      (d) Part VI
(a) 243 ZG to 243 ZJ (b) 243 P to 243 ZG       standard of living and to improve public
(c) 243 ZH to 243 ZT (d) 243 A to 243          health comes under Directive Principles           Sol.96.(a) Part V:- The Union, Articles (52
                                               of State Policy (Articles 36-51 under             - 151): Articles (52 - 62) - President.
Sol.89.(c) 243 ZH to 243 ZT.                                                                     Articles (63 - 73) - Vice-president. Article
                                               Part-IV).
Co-operative Societies - A form of                                                               78 - Duties of the Prime Minister as
business organisation that is formed           Q.93. Which of the following Articles of          respects the furnishing of information to
with the objective of helping the society      the Indian Constitution has the idea that         the President, etc. Articles (74 - 75) -
members. Under 97th Amendment Act              'No child below the age of fourteen years         Council of Ministers. Article 76 - Attorney
2011, the right to form cooperative            shall be employed to work in any factory          -General for India. Article (112 - 117) -
societies was included as Right to             or mine or engaged in any other                   Procedure in Financial Matters Part III -
Freedom {Article 19(1)(c)}. Promotion of       hazardous employment?                             Fundamental Rights (Article 12 to 35),
Cooperation societies was inserted as          SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th shift)                   Part IV - Directive Principle of State Policy
one of the DPSPs (Article 43-B).               (a) Article 22        (b) Article 24              (Article - 36 to 51), Part VI - The States
                                               (c) Article 19        (d) Article 20              (Article 152 to 237).
Q.90. The government is bound to
ensure observance of social welfare and        Sol.93.(b) Article 24.        Article 22 -        Q.97. Fundamental duties were not
labour laws enacted to secure for              Protection against arrest and detention           placed in Part III of the Indian
workmen a life compatible with human           in certain cases. Article 19 - Protection of      Constitution because Part III is_________.
dignity, under _____     of the Indian         certain rights regarding freedom of               SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift)
Constitution.                                  speech, etc.                                      (a) non-justiciable   (b) justiciable
SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift)                                                                  (c) not enforceable   (d) absolute
(a) Article 17         (b) Article 15          Q.94. Which of the following Articles of
(c) Article 19         (d) Article 21          the Indian Constitution are related to            Sol.97.(b) Justiciable. Part III Article
                                               citizenship ?                                     (12-35): Fundamental Rights. Part - IV A
Sol.90.(d) Article 21. Part III -              SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift)                    (Article 51A): Fundamental duties -
Fundamental Rights (Article 12-35) :           (a) Articles 15 to 21 (b) Articles 5 to 11        Added by the 42nd Amendment Act
Right to Equality (Article 14 -18). Right to   (c) Articles 2 to 4   (d) Articles 25 to 31       (1976).
Freedom (Article 19 - 22). Right against
Exploitation (Article 23-24). Right to         Sol.94.(b) Article 5 to 11 (Part II). Article 5   Q.98. Which of the following Articles of
Freedom of Religion (Article 25-28).           - Citizenship at the commencement of the          the Indian Constitution provides for a
Cultural and Educational Rights (Article       Constitution. Article 6 - Rights of               bicameral Parliament of India?
29-30). Right to Constitutional Remedies       citizenship of certain persons who have           SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(Article 32 - 35). Article17 - Abolition of    migrated to India from Pakistan. Article 7 -      (a) Article 49      (b) Article 59
 Untouchability.                               Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to      (c) Article 79      (d) Article 89
                                               Pakistan. Article 8 - Rights of citizenship
Q.91. In the Indian Constitution which of                                                        Sol.98.(c) Article 79 :- Constitution of
                                               of certain persons of Indian origin
the following Articles deals with the right                                                      Parliament - There shall be a Parliament
                                               residing outside  India. Article 9 - Persons
                                                            @ebookstore01
to move to the Supreme Court for                                                                 of the Union consisting of the President
                                               voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a
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and two Houses known as the Council of         Q.102. Which Article of the Indian            Constitution deals with the organisation,
States (Rajya Sabha, Article 80) and the       Constitution empowers the Supreme             composition and powers of the state
House of the People (Lok Sabha, Article        Court to review its own judgements or         legislature?
81). Article 49 - Protection of                orders ?                                      Graduate Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 1)
monuments and places and objects of            SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (3rd shift)                (a) Part IV        (b) Part VI
national importance. Article 59 -              (a) Article 138  (b) Article 135              (c) Part III       (d) Part V
Conditions of the President's office.            (c) Article 136  (d) Article 137
Article 89 - The Chairman and Deputy                                                         Sol.106.(b) Part VI Article (152 to 237).
                                               Sol.102.(d) Article 137. Article 138 -        Article 168 Constitution of Legislatures
Chairman of the Council of States.
                                               Enlargement of the jurisdiction of the        in States. Article 169 deals with abolition
Q.99. As per Article 172 (2)_______of a        Supreme Court. Article 135 - Jurisdiction     or creation of Legislative Councils in
State shall NOT be subject to dissolution.     and powers of the Federal Court under         states. Article 170 - Composition of the
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (3rd shift)                 existing law to be exercisable by the         Legislative Assemblies. Article 171 -
(a) Legislative Assembly                       Supreme Court. Article 136 - Special          Composition of the legislative Councils.
(b) Legislative Council                        leave to appeal by the Supreme Court.         Article 172 - Duration of State
(c) House of People                                                                          Legislatures.
                                               Q.103. Which Article of the Indian
(d) Council of States
                                               Constitution empowers the Parliament to       Q.107. Which of the following Articles of
Sol.99.(b) Legislative Council (Saasana        establish additional courts for better        the Constitution of India provides that
Mandali) - It is the upper house in those      administration of laws made by it             there shall be a Legislative Assembly for
states of India that have a bicameral          SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift)                the National Capital Territory of Delhi?
state legislature. Six States have a           (a) Article 246    (b) Article 248            Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
Legislative Council: Andhra Pradesh,           (c) Article 253    (d) Article 247            (a) Article 231AA       (b) Article 239AA
Telangana,      Uttar   Pradesh,    Bihar,                                                   (c) Article 233AA       (d) Article 237AA
                                               Sol.103.(d) Article 247. Article 246 -
Maharashtra, Karnataka. The State
                                               Subject-matter of laws made by                Sol.107.(b) Article 239AA. It empowers
Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) - A
                                               Parliament and by the Legislatures of         the Lieutenant Governor to refer a
legislative body in the states and union
                                               States. Article 248 - Residuary powers of     difference of opinion on ‘any matter’ with
territories of India. Council of States
                                               legislation. Article 253 - Legislation for    the Council of Ministers to the President.
(Rajya Sabha). House of People (Lok
                                               giving effect to international agreements.    69th Amendment Act (1991) - A special
Sabha).
                                               Article 98 - Secretariat of Parliament.       status to the Union Territory of Delhi by
Q.100. Article 323 of the Indian               Q.104. Which Article of the Indian            designing it as the National Capital
Constitution deals with __________ .           Constitution       prohibits      religious   Territory of Delhi. Brahm Prakash was
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (3rd shift)                 instructions in any state - funded            the first chief minister of Delhi.
(a) expenses of Public Services                educational institution ?
                                                                                             Q.108. In May 2023, the Supreme Court
    Commissions                                SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (4th shift)
                                                                                             of India granted couples the right to get
(b) reports of Public Services                 (a) Article 28     (b) Article 29
                                                                                             divorce on the grounds of 'irretrievable
    Commissions                                (c) Article 30     (d) Article 27
                                                                                             breakdown of marriage' under _______ of
(c) functions of Public Services
                                               Sol.104.(a) Article 28. Other Articles-       the Indian Constitution.
    Commissions
                                               Article 27 - Freedom as to payment of         SSC CHSL Tier-2 26/06/2023
(d) power to extend functions of Public
                                               taxes for promotion of any particular         (a) Article 142(1) (b) Article 132(1)
    Services Commissions
                                               religion. Article 29 - Protection of          (c) Article 122(1) (d) Article 152(1)
Sol.100.(b) reports of Public Services         interests of minorities. Article 30 - Right
Commissions. Articles 315 to 323 in Part                                                     Sol.108.(a) Article 142(1). Article 142
                                               of minorities to establish and administer
XIV of the Constitution of India provides                                                    provides a unique power to the Supreme
                                               educational institutions.
for the establishment of Union Public                                                        Court, to do “complete justice” between
Service Commission ((UPSC) and State           Q.105. Which Article of the Indian            the parties, where, at times, the law or
Public Service Commission(SPSC).The            Constitution deals with the removal and       statute may not provide a remedy. Article
UPSC Chairman is appointed for a period        suspension of a member of the Public          132 - Appellate jurisdiction of the
of six years or till the age of 65 years, He   Service Commission?                           Supreme Court in appeals from High
is appointed by the President of India         Graduate Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 4)         Courts in certain cases. Article 122 -
and can also be removed by him. In case        (a) Article 320        (b) Article 324        Courts not to inquire into proceedings of
the Chairman wants to resign, he can           (c) Article 317        (d) Article 315        Parliament.
tender the resignation to the President.       Sol.105.(c) Article 317. Removal of           Q.109. Which among the following is a
Q.101. The Indian Constitution originally      UPSC members by President on the               subject of Union Lists in the Constitution
consisted of __________ Articles.              ground of proven misbehaviour by the           of India ?
SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift)                 Supreme Court or if he is adjudged an         SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Morning)
(a) 395 (b) 385 (c) 365 (d) 375                insolvent. Part XIV (Articles 315 to 323) -   (a) Liquor         (b) Social planning
                                               Establishment of UPSC for Union and           (c) Extradition    (d) Boilers
Sol.101.(a) 395. The original text of the      Public Service Commission for each
Constitution contained 395 Articles in 22       state. Article 320 - Functions of Public     Sol.109.(c) Extradition. The 7th Schedule
parts and 8 schedules (came into effect        Service Commission.                             of the Indian Constitution consists of 3
on 26 January 1950). Now 448 Articles in                    @ebookstore01                    lists: Union, Concurrent, and State. The
25 parts and 12 schedules.                     Q.106. Which part of the Indian               Union List- 100 items The state list
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comprises 61 items. The concurrent list         Articles of the Indian Constitution          Q.116. Which Bill was passed in the
comprises 52 items. Examples -                  provides for the Attorney General of India   Parliament in 2022 to authorize payment
Concurrent list (education, forest, trade       SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening)                 of certain sums from and out of the
unions, marriage), Union list (Defence,         (a) 79 (b) 76 (c) 72 (d) 81                  Consolidated Fund of India for the
Army, International Relations, Ports,                                                        services of the financial year 2022-23?
Railways, Highways, Communication),             Sol.113.(b) Article 76. Attorney General     SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Afternoon)
State list (Local government, Public            of India - The highest law officer in the      (a) The Finance Bill
health and sanitation, Prisons).                country. Appointment - By the President.     (b) The Electricity (Amendment) Bill
                                                Duty - As a chief legal advisor to the       (c) The Appropriation Bill
Q.110. As per Schedule 8 of the Indian          government of India, he advises the          (d) The Wild Life (Protection)
Constitution,   how       many  official          union government on all legal matters.           Amendment Bill
languages are there in India?                   Article 79 - Constitution of Parliament.
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Morning)                    Article 72 - Power of President to grant     Sol.116.(c) The Appropriation Bill
(a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 42 (d) 32                     pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or      (Article 114) - The government can
                                                commute sentences in certain cases.          withdraw money from the Consolidated
Sol.110.(a) 22. Eighth Schedule (all                                                         Fund only after receiving approval from
languages) - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati,       Q.114. Part XVI of the Indian constitution   Parliament. It is introduced in the Lok
Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani,              deals with ___________ .                     Sabha. Vote on Account (Article 116) is a
Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali,           SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Morning)                 grant in advance for the central
Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil,        (a) Elections                                government       to    meet    short-term
Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and      (b) Special provisions related to certain    expenditure. Finance Bill - Give effect to
Dogri. Sindhi (21st Amendment Act of                classes                                  the     financial    proposals    of    the
1967). Manipuri, Nepali and Konkani (71st       (c) Constitutional amendments                Government of India for the following
Amendment, 1992). Bodo, Santhali,               (d) Special provisions related to            financial year.
Dogri, Maithili (92nd Amendment, 2003).             municipal corporation
                                                                                             Q.117. Provisions related to the
Q.111. Which Article of the Indian              Sol.114.(b) Special provisions related to
                                                                                             Municipalities are mentioned under
Constitution provides freedom to manage         certain classes (Article 330 to 342A).
                                                                                             which part of the Indian constitution?
its own affairs in matters of religion?         Article 330 - Reservation of seats for
                                                                                             SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Evening)
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Afternoon)                  Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
                                                                                             (a) Part IXA       (b) Part VII
(a) Article 30      (b) Article 5               in the House of the People. Article 338 -
                                                                                             (c) Part V         (d) Part XII
(c) Article 26      (d) Article 210             National Commission for Scheduled
                                                Castes.    Article 338A - National           Sol.117.(a) Part IXA. The Municipalities
Sol.111.(c) Article 26 - Mentioned under        Commission for Scheduled Tribes              (Urban Local Governments) is a system
Fundamental Rights (Part III of the Indian      (Inserted by the 89th Amendment Act          of Democratic Decentralisation. It was
constitution). Right to Freedom of              2003). Part XV (Article 324-329):            added through the 74th Constitutional
religion (Article 25 to 28). Article 30 - All   Elections. Part XX (Article 368):            Amendment Act of 1992. Part VII -
minorities shall have the right to              Amendment of the Constitution. Part IXA      Repealed by the Constitution (Seventh
establish and administer educational            (Article 243P-243ZG): The Municipalities.    Amendment Act, 1956). Part V -
institutions of their choice. Article 5 -                                                    Provisions for the functioning of the
Citizenship at the commencement of the          Q.115. Which of the following Articles of
                                                                                             Union Government. Part XII - Laws
Constitution. Article 210 - Language to         the Indian constitution provides for the
                                                                                             pertaining to Finance, Property, Contracts
be used in the Legislature.                     National commission for Scheduled
                                                                                             and Suits for Republic of India.
                                                Castes ?
Q.112. Provisions related to the seat of        SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning)                 Q.118. Which part of the Indian
the "Supreme Court of India" is                 (a) Article 337    (b) Article 344           constitution talks about the Union
mentioned in which Article?                     (c) Article 343    (d) Article 338           Territories ?
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Morning)                                                                 SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning)
(a) Article 132    (b) Article 131              Sol.115.(d) Article 338 - It is a
                                                                                             (a) Part VI      (b) Part X
(c) Article 130    (d) Article 129              constitutional body established with a
                                                                                             (c) Part XI      (d) Part VIII
                                                view to provide safeguards against the
Sol.112.(c) Article 130. The Federal            exploitation of Scheduled Castes and to      Sol.118.(d) Part VIII (Article 239 - 241).
Court of India was established on 1             promote and protect their social,            List of Union Territories: Andaman and
October 1937. After Independence, the           educational, economic and cultural           Nicobar, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu and
Federal Court was replaced as the               interests. Other Commissions - National      Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu
Supreme Court of India (28 January              Commission for Scheduled Tribes              and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and
1950). Other related Articles : Article         (Article 338A) and National Commission       Puducherry. Other Parts: Part VI (The
124: Establishment and Constitution of          for Backward Classes (Article 338B).         States), Part X (Scheduled and Tribal
Supreme Court. Article 129: Supreme             Article 343 - Official language of the         Areas), Part XI - Relations Between The
Court to be a Court of Record. Article          Union. Article 344 - Commission and          Union And The States.
131: Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme       Committee of Parliament on Official
Court. Article 132: Appellate Jurisdiction      Language. Article 337 - Special              Q.119. Which Article of the Indian
of Supreme Court in appeals from High           provisions in terms of educational           constitution mentions that it is duty of
Court in certain cases.                         grants/subsidies    provided      to the     the Union government to protect States
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                                                             population of India.            against external aggression and internal
Q.113. Which among the following
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disturbance?                                   proportional    representation.    Every         Q.126. The part VII of the Indian
SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)                second year, one-third of Rajya Sabha            constitution has been omitted. It is
(a) 353 (b) 356 (c) 355 (d) 358                members retire. Article 81: Composition          related with which of the following?
                                               of the House of the People or Lok Sabha          SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)
Sol.119.(c) Article 355. Other Articles -      (Lower House). The maximum strength              (a) Provision relating to property
Article 353 - States about the Effect of       of the Lok Sabha is 550 members.                 (b) States in part B of the first schedule
the proclamation of emergency. Article                                                          (c) Armed forces in states in part A of
356 - States about the Provision in case       Q.123. Central Bureau of Intelligence and            the second schedule
of failure of constitutional machinery in      Investigation comes under which list of          (d) Reservation for Anglo - Indian
the state (president rule). Article 358 - It   the seventh schedule of the Indian                   communities in parliament
deals     with     the    suspension     of    constitution ?
fundamental rights guaranteed under            SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)                  Sol.126.(b) States in part B of the first
Article 19 of the constitution.                (a) Union list  (b) Concurrent list              schedule (Article 238). Provision relating
                                               (c) State list  (d) Transferred list             to property - constitutional right under
Q.120. Which Article of the constitution                                                        Part XII , Article 300A ( Added by 44th
of India is related to the Comptroller and     Sol.123.(a) Union list (100) - Defence,          Amendment Act, 1978).
Auditor General of India Audit reports?        Army, International Relations, Ports,
SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)                Railways,    Census,     Communication,          Q.127. Which Article of the Indian
(a) 148 (b) 150 (c) 151 (d) 149                Central Bureau of Investigation etc. State       Constitution specifies Hindi as the
                                               list (61) - Public order, Police, Public         official language of the Union?
Sol.120.(c) 151. Part V: The Union,            health and sanitation, Hospitals and             SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (1st Shift)
Chapter V : Comptroller and Auditor -          dispensaries, Agriculture, State Public          (a) Article 51A (b) Article 370
General (CAG) of India (Article 148 -          Service Commission, etc. Concurrent list         (c) Article 343 (d) Article 80
151): Responsible for auditing the             (52) - Education, Forest, Trade unions,
accounts of the Union and State                population control and family planning,          Sol.127.(c) Article 343. Language (8th
governments      and      public    sector     Marriage,    Adoption,    etc.   Seventh         Schedule, Part XVII and Articles 343 to
organisations and for maintaining the          schedule under Article 246 of the                351). Initially, the constitution included
accounts of State governments. The             constitution deals with the division of          14 languages. Later 8 other languages
reports of the CAG are taken into              powers between the union and the                 were added in the 8th schedule.
consideration by the Public Accounts           states.
Committees. Article 150: Form of                                                                Q.128. The Indian parliament has power
accounts of the Union and of the States.       Q.124. State Public Service Commission           to impose restrictions on trade,
Article 149: Duties and powers of the          comes under which list of seventh                commerce and intercourse through
Comptroller and Auditor-General. Article       schedule of the Indian constitution ?            which Article of the Indian constitution?
148: Comptroller and Auditor-General of        SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)                  SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
India.                                         (a) State list       (b) Transferred list        (a) 304 (b) 300 A (c) 303 (d) 302
                                               (c) Concurrent list (d) Union list               Sol.128.(d) Article 302. Part XIII (Article
Q.121. In which of the following Articles
of the Indian constitution is the              Sol.124.(a) State list (61) .                    301-307) - Trade, Commerce and
procedure for impeachment of the                                                                Intercourse within the Territory of India.
                                               Q.125. Which of the following comes              Article 304: Restrictions on trade,
President of India mentioned?
                                               under the 5th schedule of the Indian             commerce and intercourse among
SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
                                               constitution?                                    States. Article 303: Restrictions on the
(a) 60 (b) 59 (c) 62 (d) 61
                                               SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)                  legislative powers of the Union and of the
Sol.121.(d) Article 61. Other Articles-        (a) Provisions related to Schedule Areas         States with regard to trade and
Article 60: Oath or affirmation by the               and Scheduled Tribes                         commerce. Article 300A: Persons not to
President, Article 59: Conditions of the       (b) Provisions related to Tribal areas in        be deprived of property save by authority
President’s office, Article 62: Time of              states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura,         of law.
holding the election to fill the vacancy in         Mizoram
the office of President and the term of          (c) Provisions related to Oaths or               Q.129. Which Article of the Indian
office of the person elected to fill the              Affirmations                                   constitution states that "Governor has
casual vacancy.                                (d) Provisions related to Languages              power to promulgate ordinances during
                                                                                                recess of legislature"?
Q.122. Which Article of the Indian             Sol.125.(a). Article 244 (1) - Mentions          SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift)
constitution specifies the composition of       scheduled      areas.    5th   schedule          (a) 212 (b) 214 (c) 213 (d) 210
the Council of States?                         administration and control of Scheduled
SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)                Areas as well as of Scheduled Tribes             Sol.129.(c) Article 213. The governor
(a) Article 80    (b) Article 395              residing in any State other than the             can promulgate an ordinance when the
(c) Article 51A   (d) Article 12               States mentioned in 6th schedule. 6th            state legislature is not in session. These
                                               Schedule: administration of the tribal           ordinances should be approved by the
Sol.122.(a) Article 80. The maximum            areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and           state government within 6 weeks from its
strength of Rajya Sabha is 250, out of         Mizoram. Article 244(2) - mentions               re-coordination. Article 210 - Language to
which 12 members are nominated by the          tribal areas. 8th Schedule - Provisions          be used in the Legislature. Article 212 -
President. Rajya Sabha members are             related to Languages. 3rd Schedule               Courts not to inquire into proceedings of
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                                                             related   to   Oaths   or          the Legislature. Article 214 - High Courts
legislative assemblies using a method of       Affirmations.                                      for States.
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Q.130. Part V chapter II of the Indian          Emergency powers of the President:             (d) Advocate General of the State
constitution does not include which of          (three types) National Emergency (Article
the following provisions?                       352), President's Rule (Article 356),          Sol.136.(c) Comptroller and Auditor
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (1st Shift)                 Financial Emergency                            General of India (Article 148) : Head of
(a) Joint sitting of both house of              (Article 360).                                 the Indian Audit and Accounts Department
    Parliament in certain cases                                                                and bulwarks of the democratic system of
(b) Power of President to promulgate            Q.133. Article 350A of the Indian              government in India. Attorney General of
    Ordinances during recess of                 constitution is related with______.            India (Article 76) : Highest law officer of
    Parliament                                  SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift)                India. Advocate General of State (Article
(c) Language to be used in Parliament           (a) Special officers for linguistic              165) : Highest law officer of State.
(d) Restriction on discussion in                    minorities
                                                (b) Facilities for instruction in              Q.137. How many types of writs can be
    Parliament                                                                                 issued under Article 32 and 226 of the
                                                    mother-tongue at primary stage
Sol.130.(b) Constitution of India, Chapter      (c) Direction for development of the Hindi     Constitution of India ?
II, Parliament (Article 79 - 88) : Article 79       language                                   SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)
- Constitution of Parliament, Article 80 -      (d) Language to` be used in Supreme            (a) Four (b) Six (c) Five (d) Seven
Composition of the Council of States,               Court and High Courts of India             Sol.137.(c) Five. Articles 32 (Heart and
Article 82 - Readjustment after each                                                           Soul of Indian Constitution) - Supreme
census, Article 83 - Duration of Houses         Sol.133.(b) Article - 350 : Language to be
                                                used in representations for redress of         Court has the authority to issue writs and
of Parliament, Article 84 - Qualification                                                       Article 226 - High Court has the authority
for membership of Parliament, Article 86        grievances. Article - 350B: Special Officer
                                                for linguistic minorities. Article- 351:       to issue a writ. Writs - Habeas corpus (to
- Right of President to address and send                                                       have the body of), Mandamus (We
messages to Houses, Article 87 - Special        Directive for development of the Hindi
                                                language. Article 348 (1)(a): All              Command),       Prohibition   (to  forbid),
address by the President, Article 88 -                                                         Certiorari (to be certified or to be
Rights of Ministers and Attorney-General        proceedings in the Supreme Court and in
                                                every High Court, shall be in English          informed) and Quo-warranto (By what
as respects Houses.                                                                            authority or warrant).
                                                language.
Q.131. Article 243K of the Indian                                                              Q.138. Which Article of the Constitution
constitution is related with which of the       Q.134. Which Article of the Indian
                                                constitution is related with the special       does India mention that business in
following ?                                                                                    Parliament shall be transacted in Hindi or
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (3rd Shift)                 provision with respect to the States of
                                                Maharashtra and Gujarat?                       English?
(a) Durations of panchayat, etc.                                                               SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
(b) Grounds of disqualification from             SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (4th Shift)
                                                (a) Article 371    (b) Article 386             (a) Article 120     (b) Article 121
    membership of Panchayat.                                                                   (c) Article 122     (d) Article 119
(c) Reservation of seats in Panchayat.          (c) Article 377    (d) Article 380
(d) Election to the Panchayats.                 Sol.134.(a) Article 371.                       Sol.138.(a) Article 120. Article 121 -
                                                                                               Restriction on discussion in Parliament.
Sol.131.(d) Election to the Panchayats.         Q.135. Which part of the Constitution of       Article 122 - Courts not to inquire into
Panchayati Raj is a three-tiered                India consists of the idea of a Welfare        proceedings of Parliament. Article 119 -
administrative framework in India that          State?                                         Regulation by law of procedure in
focuses on rural development. The               SSC CGL Tier II (02/03/2023)                   Parliament in relation to financial
Panchayati Raj is a system of local             (a) Directive Principles of State Policy       business.
self-government that is used to build           (b) Fundamental Duties
districts, zones, and villages. Article -       (c) Fundamental Rights                         Q.139.      Which   Article    of   Indian
243E: Duration of Panchayats. Article -         (d) Preamble                                   constitution is related with the Special
243D: Reservation of seats in Panchayat                                                        provisions with respect to the State of
Article - 243F: Grounds of disqualification      Sol.135.(a) Directive Principles of State      Sikkim?
from membership of Panchayat.                   Policy is mentioned in Part IV, Article        SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (1st Shift)
                                                36–51. Article 38 gives the idea of a          (a) Article 371C    (b) Article 371
Q.132. Article 72 of the Indian                 Welfare State. The directive principles of     (c) Article 371F    (d) Article 371A
constitution is related with the power of       state policy are borrowed from Ireland.
the ______to grant pardons, etc. and to         Fundamental Duties (Part IV A, Article         Sol.139.(c) 371 F - Sikkim (36th
suspend, remit or commute sentences in          51A). Fundamental Rights (Part III,            Amendment Act, 1975). Article 371 of
certain cases.                                  Article 12-35). A preamble is an               the    Constitution   includes    special
SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (1st Shift)                 introductory statement in a document           provisions for 11 states (6 states of the
(a) Chief Minister (b) Governor                 that explains the document's philosophy        Northeast). Article 371 - provisions for
(c) President      (d) Prime Minister           and objectives.                                Maharashtra and Gujarat. Article 371 A -
                                                                                               Nagaland (13th Amendment Act, 1962).
Sol.132.(c) President. This pardoning           Q.136. Article 148 of the Constitution of      371 B - Assam (22nd Amendment Act,
power of the President is independent of         India provides for an independent office        1969). 371 C - Manipur (27th Amendment
the Judiciary. Article-52: There shall be       of the ________.                               Act, 1971). 371 D - Andhra Pradesh and
a President of India. Article-60: Oath or       SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)                   Telangana (32nd. Amendment Act, 1973).
affirmation by the President. Article 111 -       (a) Attorney General of India                  371 E - To establish Central University in
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                                                              of India                         Andhra Pradesh. 371 G - Mizoram (53rd.
making power of the president.                  (c) Comptroller and Auditor General of India   Amendment Act, 1986). 371 H -
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Arunachal Pradesh (55 Amendment Act,               allowances that are defined for the            UPSC, the appointment, and removal of
1986). 371 I - Goa.                                judges of the Supreme Court. Article 126:     its members, and the powers and
                                                   Appointment of acting Chief Justice of        functions of UPSC are provided in Part
Q.140. Under which Article of the
                                                   India. Article 128: Attendance of retired     XIV of the Indian Constitution under
Constitution of India is the National
                                                   judges at sitting of the Supreme Court.       Article 315 to Article 323. PART X: The
Commission for Scheduled Castes
                                                                                                 Scheduled and Tribal areas. PART XVI:
established?                                       Q.145. Which Article of the Constitution      Special Provisions relating to certain
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)                       of India deals with the Sessions of the       classes. PART VIII: The Union Territories.
(a) Article 336   (b) Article 338                  Parliament?
(c) Article 333   (d) Article 335                  SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)                  Q.149. Which Articles of the Indian
                                                   (a) Article 85    (b) Article 89              Constitution deal with the Union
Sol.140.(b) Article 338. By 89th
                                                   (c) Article 90    (d) Article 101             Executive ?
Amendment, 2003 the erstwhile National
                                                                                                 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening)
Commission for SC and ST was replaced              Sol.145.(a) Article 85 - Sessions of          (a) Articles 38 to 50
by two separate Commissions from the               Parliament, prorogation, and dissolution.     (b) Articles 52 to 78
year 2004 : National Commission for                A session is a period during which a          (c) Articles 80 to 86
Scheduled Castes (NCSC) (Article - 338)            House meets almost every day                  (d) Articles 112 to 118
and National Commission for Scheduled              uninterruptedly to manage the business.
Tribes (NCST) (Article 338-A).                     Article 90 - Vacation and resignation of      Sol.149.(b) Article 52 to 78 (Part V).
                                                   (and removal from) the office of Deputy         Articles 80 to 86 (Part V) deals with the
Q.141. Which Part of the Indian
                                                   Chairman. Article 101- Vacation of seats      general provisions of the Union
Constitution is known as ‘Magna Carta of
                                                   in Parliament.                                Parliament. Articles 112 to 118 (Part V)
India’ ?
                                                                                                 deal with the legislative procedures of
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)                       Q.146. Which chapter of the Constitution      the Union Parliament.
(a) Part III (b) Part II (c) Part VI (d) Part IV   of India, discusses the Articles of
                                                   Parliament ?                                  Q.150. Who termed Article 32 as the
Sol.141.(a) Part III (The Fundamental
                                                   SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Morning)                  ‘heart and soul of the Constitution of
Rights, Articles 12-35). ‘Magna Carta’, the
                                                   (a) Chapter III (b) Chapter I                 India’?
Charter of Rights issued by King John of
                                                   (c) Chapter II  (d) Chapter IV                SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon)
England in 1215 was the first written
                                                                                                 (a) MV Pylee
document relating to the Fundamental               Sol.146.(c) Chapter II (79-122). Part V -     (b) BR Ambedkar
Rights of citizens.                                The Union of Indian Constitution Chapter      (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.142. Which Article of the Constitution           II deals with the Articles of Parliament .    (d) Sachchidananda Sinha
of India provides for the power to the             Chapter I (The Executive; Articles 52 to
President to convene a joint sitting of            78); Chapter III: Legislative powers of the   Sol.150.(b) B.R. Ambedkar. Article 32
both the Houses of Parliament?                     President; Article 123); Chapter IV (The      empowers Parliament to authorise any
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)                     Union Judiciary; Articles 124 - 147).         other court to issue these writs.
(a) Article 331  (b) Article 105                   Chapter V (Comptroller and Auditor -
                                                   General of India (CAG); Articles 148 to       Q.151. Which Article of the Indian
(c) Article 108  (d) Article 85                                                                  Constitution states that “Supreme Court
                                                   151).
Sol.142.(c) Article 108. Article 105 -                                                           to be a court of Record”?
Powers, privileges, etc. of Parliament and         Q.147. The Article of the Indian              SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)
its members.                                       Constitution that deals with all the          (a) Article 135    (b) Article 126
                                                   executive powers of the Governor is ____      (c) Article 129    (d) Article 131
Q.143. Which Article of the Constitution           SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)
of India deals with the Conduct of                 (a) Article 150  (b) Article 157              Sol.151.(c) Article 129. Article 135-
Business of the Government of a State?             (c) Article 154  (d) Article 156              Jurisdiction and powers of the Federal
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)                                                                     Court under existing law to be
(a) Article 165   (b) Article 163                  Sol.147.(c) Article 154- Executive power      exercisable by the Supreme Court. Article
(c) Article 166   (d) Article 164                  of Governor. Article 150 - Form of            126- Appointment of acting Chief
                                                   accounts of the Union and of the States.      Justice, Article 131- Original jurisdiction
Sol.143.(c)     Article-166.    Article-163        Article   157     -  Qualifications   for      of the Supreme Court.
(Council of Ministers to aid and advise            appointment as Governor. Article 156 -
Governor), Article-164 (Other provisions           Term of office of Governor.                     Q.152. Which Article of the Indian
as to Ministers), Article-165 (Advocate -                                                        Constitution deals with the definition of
 General for the State).                           Q.148. Which Part of the Indian                the Money Bill ?
                                                   Constitution provides for the Union           SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Afternoon)
Q.144. Which Article of the Constitution           Public Service Commission?                    (a) Article 120   (b) Article 100
of India deals with the appointment of             SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)               (c) Article 115   (d) Article 110
ad-hoc judges?                                     (a) Part X       (b) Part VIII
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)                     (c) Part XIV     (d) Part XVI                 Sol.152.(d) Article 110. Article 100:
(a) Article 126     (b) Article 127                                                              Voting in Houses, power of Houses to act
(c) Article 128     (d) Article 125                Sol.148.(c) Part XIV. Union Public            notwithstanding vacancies and quorum,
                                                   Service Commission (UPSC) is an               Article 115: Supplementary, additional or
Sol.144.(b) Article 127. Article 125: talks        independent constitutional body. The          excess     grants, and Article 120:
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                                                   provisions regarding the composition of       Language to be used in Parliament.
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Q.153. ‘All minorities, whether based on       of the Constitution of India, ensuring        (c) Article 189    (d) Article 354
religion or language, shall have the right     special status and internal autonomy for
to establish and administer educational        Jammu and Kashmir?                            Sol.161.(b)     Article     149.     Article
institutions of their choice’. Which Article   SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Afternoon)                234-"Appointments of persons other than
of the Constitution of India guarantees        (a) 1952 (b) 1949 (c) 1961 (d) 1950           district judges to the judicial service of a
this right?                                                                                  State shall be made by the Governor.
SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Morning)                  Sol.157.(b) 1949. On 6 August 2019, the       Article 189-Voting in Houses, power of
(a) Article 25     (b) Article 28              Government of India revoked the special       Houses to act notwithstanding vacancies
(c) Article 36     (d) Article 30              status, or autonomy, granted under            and quorum. Article 354- Application of
                                               Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to     provisions relating to the distribution of
Sol.153.(d) Article 30. Article 36-            Jammu and Kashmir.                            revenues while a Proclamation of
Definition of state. Article 28- Freedom                                                      Emergency.
as to attendance at religious instruction      Q.158. Which of the following Articles of
or     religious  worship    in   certain      the Constitution of India lays down the       Q.162. Which of the following Articles of
educational institutions. Article 25 -         duties and functions of the Union and         the constitution of India provides for the
Freedom of conscience and free                 State Public Service Commissions in           creation of a GST Council?
profession, practice and propagation of        India ?                                       SSC CGL 16/08/2021 (Morning)
religion.                                      SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Afternoon)                (a) Article 246A (b) Article 279A
                                               (a) Article 312  (b) Article 320              (c) Article 269A (d) Article 323A
Q.154. Article ______ of the Constitution      (c) Article 308  (d) Article 316
of India lays down the process for                                                           Sol.162.(b) Article 279A. It empowers
introducing changes in the Constitution.       Sol.158.(b) Article 320. Article 312- All     the president to constitute a joint forum
SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Morning)                   India Services. Articles (308 – 314) -        of the central and states namely, Goods
(a) 342 (b) 351 (c) 374 (d) 368                Contain provisions with regard to All         and Services Tax Council. The GST
                                               India Services, Central services and state    Council is a constitutional body for
Sol.154.(d) 368. The procedure of              services. Article - 316 - Appointment and     making recommendations to the union
amendment in the constitution is laid          term of office of members.                      and state government on issues related
down in Part XX (Article 368) of the                                                         to Goods and Service Tax.
                                               Q.159. 'Police and Public Order' are State
Constitution of India. Article 342 deals
                                               subjects under the ______ Schedule of the     Q.163. According to which of the
with the provisions related to Scheduled
                                               Constitution of India.                        following Articles of the Constitution of
Tribes. Article 351- Directive for
                                               SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Evening)                  India shall a Money Bill NOT be
development of the Hindi language.
                                               (a) 5th (b) 9th (c) 7th (d) 12th              introduced in the Council of States?
Article 374- Provisions as to Judges of
the Federal Court and proceedings                                                            SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Afternoon)
                                               Sol.159.(c) 7th. The Seventh Schedule to
pending in the Federal Court.                                                                (a) Article 109   (b) Article 354
                                               the Constitution of India defines and
                                                                                             (c) Article 298   (d) Article 193
                                               specifies allocation of powers and
Q.155. Article ______ of the Indian
                                               functions between Union & States. It          Sol.163.(a) Article 109. Rajya Sabha
Constitution states that ‘there shall be a
                                               contains three lists; i.e. Union List (100    (Council of States), the upper house of
Commission for the socially and
                                               subjects), State List (61 items) and          the Parliament of India. A money bill is a
educationally backward classes to be
                                               Concurrent List (52 items).                   specific type of financial legislation that
known as the National Commission for
Backward Classes’.                                                                           exclusively deals with matters related to
                                               Q.160. Which of the following Articles of
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Evening)                                                                 taxes,    government      revenues,     or
                                               the Constitution of India states that Hindi
(a) 124 A (1)      (b) 243S (1)                                                              expenditures.
                                               in Devanagari script shall be the official
(c) 243Y (1)       (d) 338B (1)                language of the Union?                        Q.164. As per Article ______ of the
                                               SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Morning)                  Constitution of India, English is the
Sol.155.(d)    Article 338B (1). Article
                                               (a) Article 343(2) (b) Article 354(2)         official language for all the high courts in
243S(1) - There shall be constituted
                                               (c) Article 343(1) (d) Article 343(3)         the country.
Wards Committees, consisting of one or
more wards, within the territorial area of                                                   SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Evening)
                                               Sol.160.(c) Article 343(1). Article 343(2)
a Municipality having a population of                                                        (a) 329 (1)      (b) 336 (1)
                                               -The Constitution adopted in 1950
three lakhs or more.                                                                         (c) 315 (1)      (d) 348 (1)
                                               stipulated that English and Hindi would
                                               be used for the Union's official business       Sol.164.(d) Article 348 (1). 329(a) the
Q.156. Which of the following Articles of
                                               for a period of fifteen years. Article 354     validity of any law relating to the
the Constitution of India empowered the
                                               deals with the application of provisions      delimitation of constituencies or the
Parliament to provide by law for
                                               related to the distribution of revenues       allotment    of     seats    to     such
continued use of English for official
                                               while a Proclamation of Emergency is in       constituencies, made or purporting to be
purposes even after 25 January 1965?
                                               operation.                                    made under Article 327 or Article 328,
SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Afternoon)
(a) Article 348 (2) (b) Article 348 (3)                                                      shall not be called in question in any
                                               Q.161. Which of the following Articles of
(c) Article 343 (3) (d) Article 343 (2)                                                      court
                                               the Constitution of India deals with the
                                               duties and powers of the Comptroller          Q.165 Which of the following Articles of
Sol.156.(c) Article 343 (3).
                                                and Auditor-General of India?                the Constitution of India defines for a
Q.157. In which year did the Indian            SSC MTS 02/11/2021 (Evening)                  separate secretarial staff for each House
Constituent Assembly adopt Article 370                       @ebookstore01
                                               (a) Article 234   (b) Article 149             of the Parliament?
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SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Evening)                  Ministers with the Prime Minister at the       SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Afternoon)
(a) Article 98  (b) Article 123               head to aid and advise the President who       (a) 167 (b) 168 (c) 163 (d) 165
(c) Article 155 (d) Article 34                shall in the exercise of his functions, act
                                              in accordance with such advice."               Sol.174.(b) Article 168 of the Indian
Sol.165.(a) Article 98. Article 123- Power    SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Afternoon)                Constitution, there shall be a legislature
of President to promulgate Ordinances         (a) Article 71(1) (b) Article 71(2)            in every State and it shall consist of the
during recess of Parliament. Article 155-     (c) Article 74(1) (d) Article 74(2)            Governor. Article 167 casts on the Chief
Appointment of the Governor. Article 34-                                                     Minister the duty to keep the Governor
Restriction on rights conferred by third      Sol.170.(c) Articles 74(1). Article 74 (2) -   informed of all decisions of the Council
Part while martial law is in force in any     The question if any, and if so what,           of Ministers in regard to administration
area.                                         advice was tendered by Ministers to the        and legislation. Article 163- There shall
                                              President shall not be inquired into in any    be a Council of Ministers with the Chief
Q.166. According to which of the              court.                                         Minister as the head to aid and advise
following Articles of the Constitution of                                                    the Governor in the exercise of his
India shall a Money Bill not be introduced    Q.171. Which of the following Articles of      functions.
in a Legislative Council?                     the Constitution of India deals with the
SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Morning)                  organisation of agriculture and animal         Q.175. Under which Article of the Indian
(a) Article 333     (b) Article 198           husbandry ?                                    Constitution are special provisions
(c) Article 451    (d) Article 189            SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Afternoon)                provided to language spoken in a section
                                              (a) Article 84   (b) Article 92                of the population?
Sol.166.(b) Article 198. A money bill
                                              (c) Article 29   (d) Article 48                SSC CGL 05/03/2020 (Evening)
contains the imposition, abolition,
                                                                                             (a) Article 337   (b) Article 357
remission, change, or regulation of any       Sol.171.(d) Article 48. Article 84-            (c) Article 347   (d) Article 374
tax, according to the Constitution.           Qualification     for    membership     of
                                              Parliament. Article 92- The Chairman or        Sol.175.(c) Article 347 Under part XVII,
Q.167. Which of the following Articles of
                                              the Deputy Chairman not to preside while       of the Indian constitution : Special
the Constitution of India states that there
                                              a resolution for his removal from office is      Provision Relating to Language Spoken
would be no tax levied or collected
                                              under consideration.                           by a Section of the Population of a State.
EXCEPT by the authority of law?
SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Evening)                  Q.172. Which of the following subjects is      Q.176. Which of the following Articles is
(a) Article 107   (b) Article 123             covered in the Eleventh Schedule of the        related to the Ancillary powers of the
(c) Article 265   (d) Article 301             Constitution of India?                         Supreme Court?
                                              SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)                   SSC CGL 06/03/2020 (Evening)
Sol.167.(c) Article 265. Article 107-
                                              (a) Major forest produce                       (a) Article 150  (b) Article 143
Provisions as to introduction and passing
                                              (b) Health and sanitation                      (c) Article 138  (d) Article 140
of Bills. Article 123- Power of President
                                              (c) Large scale industries
to promulgate Ordinances during recess                                                       Sol.176.(d) Article 140. Article 150-
                                              (d) Police and public order
of Parliament. Article 301- Freedom of                                                       Form of accounts of the Union and of the
trade, commerce and intercourse.              Sol.172.(b) Health and sanitation. The         States. Article 143- Power of the
                                              11th schedule of the Indian constitution       President to consult the Supreme Court.
Q.168. In 1959, the Central Government
                                              was added in 1992 by the 73rd                  Article 138- Enlargement of the
of India undertook the governance in
                                              constitutional Amendment Act. This             jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
Kerala under______ of the Constitution of
                                              schedule contains 29 subjects. These
India.                                                                                       Q.177. Which of the following schedules
                                              include Rural electrification, Fisheries,
SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Evening)                                                                of the Constitution of India has been
                                              drinking     water,    Fodder,   Animal
(a) Article 356  (b) Article 352                                                             INCORRECTLY matched with its content?
                                              Husbandry,     dairying   and   Poultry,
(c) Article 360  (d) Article 349                                                             SSC CGL 07/03/2020 (Afternoon)
                                              Agriculture and Land Improvement.
                                                                                             (a) Second Schedule - Languages
Sol.168.(a) Article 356.
                                              Q.173. Which of the following states is        (b) First Schedule - The states and the
Q.169. Which of the following Articles of      included in the sixth schedule of the             union territories
the Constitution of India states that 'The    Constitution of India?                         (c) Third Schedule - Forms of oath or
President, or the Governor or Rajpramukh      SSC CHSL 17/03/2020 (Morning)                      affirmations
of a State, shall not be answerable to any    (a) Nagaland      (b) Manipur                  (d) Fourth Schedule - Allocation of seats
court for the exercise and performance        (c) Mizoram       (d) Arunachal Pradesh            in the council of state
 of the powers and duties of his office'?
SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Evening)                 Sol.173.(c) Mizoram. The Sixth Schedule        Sol.177.(a)The second schedule of the
(a) Article 396 (b) Article 361               consists    of    provisions    for  the       Indian constitution talks about the salary
(c) Article 384 (d) Article 352               administration of tribal areas in Assam,       and emoluments of the various posts
                                              Meghalaya,     Tripura and Mizoram,            such as president, vice president,
Sol.169.(b) Article 361. Protection of        according to Article 244 of the Indian         chairman, deputy chairman, judges of
President    and      Governors    and        Constitution.                                  supreme court and high court and many
Rajprakukhs.                                                                                 more. Whereas Languages have been
                                              Q.174. Which of the following Articles of
                                                                                             mentioned in eight schedules.
Q.170. Which of the given Articles of the     the Constitution of India has a provision
Constitution of India mentions the            for the Constitution of Legislatures in
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following? "There shall be a council of       States?
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                                               SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (1st Shift)                  (‘Mini Constitution’): Added three new
            Amendments
                                               (a) To abide by the Constitution and            words (socialist, secular and integrity) in
                                                   respect its ideals and institutions, the    the Preamble. Seventh Schedule - Shifted
Q.178. In which year did the 44th
                                                   National Flag and the National Anthem       5 subjects from the state list to the
Amendment remove the right to property
                                               (b) To protect and to improve the natural       concurrent list. Fundamental Duties -
from the list of fundamental rights?
                                                   environment including forests, lakes,       Article 51A was added. Added three new
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)
                                                   rivers and wildlife, and to have            Directive Principles (equal justice and
(a) 1978 (b) 1975 (c) 1973 (d) 1981
                                                   compassion for living creatures             free legal aid, the participation of
Sol.178.(a) 1978. The right to property        (c) To provide opportunities for                workers in the management of industries
was listed under Article 31 before its             education to his/her child or, as the       and protection of the environment,
deletion. At present the right to property         case may be, ward between the age           forests, and wildlife). Part XIV-A - Articles
is listed under Article 300A as a legal            of six and fourteen years                   323A and 323B for Tribunals were added.
right.                                         (d) To cherish and follow the noble ideals
                                                   which inspired our national struggle        Q.184. The Family Courts (Amendment)
Q.179. Which among the following is                for freedom                                 Act 2022 has amended the Family Courts
INCORRECT about the salient features of                                                        Act, 1984. The Act allows ________ to
the 73rd Amendment Act ?                       Sol.181.(c) Fundamental Duties (Article         establish Family Courts.
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)                 51-A): These were incorporated in Part          SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (2nd shift)
(a) The Act corresponds to Part III of the     IV-A of the Constitution by the 42nd            (a) District Courts
    Constitution of India.                     Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 on           (b) State Governments
(b) The Act gives a Constitutional status      the recommendations of the Swaran               (c) Union Government
     to the Panchayati Raj Institutions.       Singh Committee. Originally 10 in               (d) District Collector
(c) The Act has added the Eleventh             number, 11th duty was added through
                                               the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act,          Sol.184.(b) State Governments. Purpose
    Schedule to the Constitution of India.
                                               2002.                                           of establishment of family court - To
(d) It contains 29 functional items of the
                                                                                               promote conciliation and secure speedy
    Panchayats and deals with Article
                                               Q.182.       The    Unlawful      Activities    settlement of disputes relating to
    243 to 243(O).
                                               (Prevention) Act, which provides for the        marriage and family affairs and for
Sol.179.(a) Part III (Article 12 to 35) - It   more effective prevention of certain            related matters. This bill was passed by
contains     the      provision   regarding    unlawful activities of individuals and          Lok Sabha on 26th July 2022. This bill
Fundamental         Rights.     The    73rd    associations dealing with terrorist             has granted statutory cover to already
Amendment Act - It was enacted in 1992         activities, was first put into effect in India   established family courts in Himachal
and came into force from April 1993. It        in the year.                                    Pradesh and Nagaland.
added Part IX (Article 243-243O) to the        SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (4th shift)
                                               (a) 1991 (b) 1967 (c) 2014 (d) 1947             Q.185. In August 2021, Ram Nath Kovind
constitution.    It    was enacted to
                                                                                               granted assent to which Constitution
implement the Directive Principles of
                                               Sol.182.(b) 1967. Unlawful Activities           Amendment Act empowering states and
State Policy under Article 40 on the
                                               (Prevention) Act - Its main objective is        UTs to identify and specify Socially and
recommendation         of    L.M.   Singhvi
                                               dealing with activities directed against        Educationally Backward Classes?
Committee. Its provisions: Constitution
                                               the integrity and sovereignty of India. It      SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (1st shift)
of District Planning Committees, State
                                               assigns absolute power to the central           (a) 105th (b) 104th (c) 103rd (d) 102nd
Election Commissions to conduct all
                                               government and provides for death
panchayat elections, Establishment of                                                          Sol.185.(a) 105th. Reservation in India:
                                               penalty and life imprisonment of culprits.
State Finance Commissions.                                                                     Other Backward Class (OBCs) were
                                               Related acts - Armed Forces Special
                                               Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958; Prevention of          included in the ambit of reservation in
Q.180. How many types of the
                                               Terrorism Act, 2002; The National               1991 on the recommendations of the
amendment are mentioned by the Indian
                                               Investigation Agency Act, 2008; The             Mandal Commission. It recommended a
Constitution as per Article 368 ?
                                               Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016.                       27% reservation quota for OBC.
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)
                                                                                               Constitutional Provisions: Part XVI deals
(a) Four (b) Two (c) Five (d) Three
                                               Q.183. Which of the following principles        with reservation of SC and ST in Central
Sol.180.(b) Two. Article 368 (Part XX) -        was added by the 42nd Constitutional           and State legislatures. Article 338 -
Power of parliament to amend the                Amendment in the Indian Constitution?          National Commission for Scheduled
constitution and its procedures. Two           SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift)                 Castes.    Article 338A - National
types of amendments: The special               (a) The State shall provide free and            Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
Majority, and special majority of                  compulsory education                        Article 338B - National Commission for
parliament along with the ratification of       (b) To organise agriculture and animal          Backward Classes. 342A - Socially and
half of the state's legislatures by a simple       husbandry on modern and scientific            educationally backward classes.
majority. The procedure of amending the            lines
                                                                                               Q.186. In which year was the Andhra
constitution has been adopted from the         (c) To protect and improve the
                                                                                               Pradesh Reorganisation Act passed?
constitution of South Africa.                      environment and to safeguard forests
                                                                                               Graduate Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
                                                   and wildlife
Q.181.    Which      of the   following                                                        (a) 2013 (b) 2012 (c) 2014 (d) 2015
                                               (d) Reservation of SC's and ST's in
fundamental duties was added to the                services                                    Sol.186.(c)   2014.    The    States
Indian    Constitution  by  the     86th
                                                            @ebookstore01                      Reorganisation Act (1956), under the
Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002?            Sol.183.(c) 42nd Amendment Act,1976
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provisions of Part I (Article 3). The State    Q.190.     Which among the following          cession of the Berubari union. 13th
Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was            Constitutional Amendment Act of the           Amendment (1962) - Nagaland was
constituted in 1953 appointed by               Indian constitution reduced the age of        formed with special status under Article
Jawahar Lal Nehru. It was headed by Sir        voting from 21 to 18 for elections to the     371A.
Fazal Ali. The first state formed on the        Lok Sabha and to the Legislative
linguistic basis is Andhra Pradesh (1          Assemblies of states?                         Q.193. The Seventy - First Amendment to
October 1953). Formation of other              SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (2nd Shift)               the Indian Constitution included Konkani,
states: Gujarat and Maharashtra (1960),        (a) 81st (b) 61st (c) 52nd (d) 72nd           Manipuri, and Nepali languages in the
Karnataka (1956), Nagaland (1963),                                                           Schedule.
Haryana (1966), Sikkim (1975).                 Sol.190.(b) 61st. It was done by              SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
                                               amending Article 326 of the constitution      (a) Eighth (b) Sixth (c) Fifth (d) Seventh
Q.187. How many Directive Principles of        in 1988. 81st Constitutional Amendment
the original list in the Indian Constitution   Act 2000 was inserted to protect the          Sol.193.(a)    Eighth     Schedule.      22
were amended by the 44th Amendment             reservation for SCs and STs in backlog of     languages in this schedule.            21st
Act of 1978 ?                                  vacancies.        52nd       Constitutional   Amendment Act (1967) - Include Sindhi
Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)        Amendment Act 1985, known as                  language. 92nd Amendment Act (2003) -
(a) Three (b) One (c) Two (d) Four             anti-defection law and 10th schedule          Include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali
                                               added in the Indian constitution. 72nd        language. 5th schedule - The President
Sol.187.(b) One (Article 38 was added).        Constitutional Amendment Act 1992             can declare any such area or the whole
Directive Principles of State Policy: Part     provides reservation to Scheduled Tribes      state as a scheduled area. 6th schedule
IV of the Constitution of India (Article       in Tripura State Legislative Assembly.        - Deals with administration of tribal areas
36–51). It was borrowed from the Irish                                                       in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram.
Constitution. Article 38 - State to secure     Q.191. Which Constitution Amendment           7th Schedule - Deals with the division of
a social order for the promotion of the        Act added provisions related to               powers between the Union government
welfare of the people. It is not               Municipalities in the Indian Constitution ?   and State governments
enforceable by law and is non-justiciable.     SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
                                               (a) 97th Amendment Act 2011                   Q.194. The Eighty - ninth Amendment
Article 37 - Application of the principles
                                               (b) 71st Amendment Act 1992                   Act, 2003 of the Indian Constitution
contained in the directive principles.
                                               (c) 74th Amendment Act 1992                   established which of the following
Q.188. The Delhi Municipal Corporation         (d) 69th Amendment Act 1993                   Commission ?
(Amendment) Bill, 2022 aimed at unifying                                                     SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)
the _____ Municipal Corporations of Delhi      Sol.191.(c) 74th Amendment Act 1992.          (a) Competition Commission of India
to ensure a robust setup for synergised        It was passed to constitutionalize the        (b) National Commission for Backward
and strategic planning and optimal             system of urban local government. 71st            Classes
utilisation of resources.                      Amendment Act of 1992 included                (c) National Commission for Woman
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Afternoon)                 Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali languages       (d) National Commission for Scheduled
(a) three (b) two (c) four (d) five             in the eighth schedule. 97th Amendment            Tribes
                                               Act of 2011 granted constitutional status
Sol.188.(a) Three. The Delhi Municipal         to cooperative societies and inserted         Sol.194.(d) The National Commission for
Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022             Part IXB in the constitution. 69th            Scheduled     Tribes     (NCST)    was
introduced in Lok Sabha aims to unify the      Amendment Act of 1991 granted a               established by amending Article 338 and
previously trifurcated North, South, and       special status to the union territory of      inserting a new Article 338A in the
East Delhi Municipal Corporations under        Delhi as the national capital territory of    Constitution.
the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act,           Delhi.                                        Q.195. Which among the following
1957. It amended the Delhi Municipal
                                               Q.192. Which amendment in the Indian          constitutional amendments of the Indian
Corporation Act, 1957 passed by
                                               constitution is related to extension of       Constitution deals with the formation of
Parliament.
                                               jurisdiction of High Courts to Union          Sikkim as a state?
Q.189. The Juvenile Justice (Care and          territories ?                                 SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
Protection of Children) Amendment Bill,        SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (3rd Shift)               (a) 36th (b) 51th (c) 42nd (d) 30th
2021 seeks to amend Juvenile Justice           (a) 9th Amendment (b) 7th Amendment           Sol.195.(a) 36th. 51st amendment:
(Care and Protection of Children) Act, ___     (c) 1st Amendment (d) 13th Amendment          Reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha for
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Morning)                                                                 Scheduled      Tribes     in  Meghalaya,
(a) 2016 (b) 2013 (c) 2014 (d) 2015            Sol.192.(b) 7th Amendment. This
                                               constitutional amendment was done in          Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and
Sol.189.(d) 2015. Juvenile Justice (Care       1956 to reorganise the classes of states      Mizoram as well as in the Legislative
and Protection of Children) Act - It           in the country and to change the powers       Assemblies of Meghalaya and Nagaland.
replaced the Juvenile Delinquency Law          and functions of the state governors. 1st     30th amendment: Abolished provision to
and the Juvenile Justice (Care and             Amendment (1951) - The rights of              appeal to the Supreme Court on a civil
Protection of Children Act) 2000.The bill      property owners and made it more              case related to a certain amount.
was passed in Lok Sabha in March 2021.         difficult for the government to enact land      Q.196.    Which    of    the    following
It allows the trial of juveniles of the age    reform measures. It also added the Ninth      statements are correct regarding the
group of 16-18 years as adults. Nodal          Schedule, which protected certain laws        Supreme Court judgement on validity of
Ministry - Ministry of Women and Child         from being challenged in the courts. 9th      103rd Constitutional Amendment Act?
Development.                                   Amendment @ebookstore01
                                                              (1960) - Facilitate the        A. The Supreme Court of India's
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  Constitutional Bench for this case          incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as        Bangladesh.
consisted of 5 judges.                        the seventh Union territory of India, by
B. The Constitutional Bench upholds the       amending the First Schedule to the            Q.202. The Government of National
10% of EWS reservation with 3-2 majority      Constitution. The Twelfth Amendment           Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
C. As per the Supreme Court judgement,        (1962) incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu        Bill, 2021, which was passed in March
the 103rd Constitutional Amendment is         as the eighth Union territory of India. The   2021 amended the Government of
valid although it is violating the Basic      Fourteenth        Amendment         (1962)    National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, ___
Structure of the Indian Constitution.         incorporated Pondicherry as the ninth         SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Morning)
SSC CGL Tier II (07/03/2023)                  Union territory of India. The Nineteenth      (a) 1998 (b) 1994 (c) 1996 (d) 1991
(a) A, B and C     (b) A and C only           Amendment (1966) abolished Election           Sol.202.(d) 1991. Delhi became the
(c) B and C only (d) A and B only             Tribunals in India and enabled trial of       capital of India on 12 December 1911.
                                              election petitions by High Courts.
Sol.196.(d) A and B only. 103rd                                                             Q.203.    Which      of    the   following
Constitutional     Amendment      Act    -    Q.200.    Which     of   the    following     Amendments of the Constitution of India
introduced      10%     reservation    for    Amendments of the Constitution of India       gave the status of state to Goa?
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of         declared that the Parliament has the          SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Afternoon)
India, inserted Article 15 (6) and Article    power to abridge or take away any of the      (a) 52nd Amendment
16 (6). Article 368 - empowers                Fundamental Rights under Article 368          (b) 56th Amendment
Parliament to amend any part of the           and such an Act, will NOT be a law under      (c) 59th Amendment
Constitution but without affecting the        the meaning of Article 13?                    (d) 48th Amendment
'basic structure'.                            SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Morning)
                                              (a) Twenty-third Amendment                    Sol.203.(b) 56th Amendment. The 59th
Q.197. Under which Amendment to the
                                              (b) Twentieth Amendment                       Amendment Act, 1988- It empowered the
Constitution Act was the reservation for
                                              (c) Twenty-fourth Amendment                   Central     Government      to    impose
OBCs in educational institutions made?
                                              (d) Twenty-eighth Amendment                   Emergency in Punjab when deemed
Higher Secondary 03/08/2022 (Shift - 4)
                                                                                            necessary. Under the amendment, the
(a) 95th Amendment (b) 94th Amendment         Sol.200.(c) Twenty-fourth Amendment           President's rule can be extended up to
(c) 93rd Amendment (d) 96th Amendment         (1971) - Enables Parliament to dilute         three years. 48th Amendment Act
                                              Fundamental           Rights        through   passed in 1984 with respect to the State
Sol.197.(c) 93rd Amendment 2005. 95th
                                              Amendments of the Constitution, and           of Punjab, Parliament may pass any
(2009): Extended the reservation of seats
                                              empowers it to amend any provision of         resolution    with    respect   to   the
for the SCs and STs and special
                                              the Constitution. The Twenty-third            continuance in force of the Proclamation
representation for the Anglo-Indians in
                                              Amendment,         1969,       discontinued   for a period up to two years.
the Lok Sabha and the state legislative
                                              reservation of seats for the Scheduled
assemblies for a further period of ten
                                              Tribes in Nagaland, both in the Lok           Q.204. An amendment to the Hindu
years i.e., up to 2020 (Article 334). 96th
                                              Sabha and the State Legislative               Succession Act, 1956 was passed in the
(2011): Substituted “Odia” for “Oriya”.
                                              Assembly and stipulated that not more         year ______.
Consequently, the “Oriya” language in the
                                              than one Anglo-Indian could be                SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Afternoon)
Eighth Schedule shall be pronounced as
                                              nominated by the Governor to any State        (a) 2012 (b) 2005 (c) 2010 (d) 2008
“Odia”. 94th (2006), made provisions for
                                              Legislative Assembly. The Twentieth
the appointment of a Minister in charge                                                     Sol.204.(b) 2005. The Hindu Succession
                                              Amendment, 1966, inserted a new Article
of tribal welfare in the states of                                                          Act, 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of
                                              233A      inter   alia     validating   the
Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.                                                                 India enacted to amend and codify the
                                              appointments, postings, promotions, and
Q.198. Which Amendment to the                 transfers of and judgements, delivered        law relating to intestate or unwilled
Constitution Act led to establishment of      before the commencement of the                succession, among Hindus, Buddhists,
National     Judicial      Appointments       present Act, by district judges .             Jains, and Sikhs.
Commission in India ?                                                                       Q.205. The 60th Amendment to the
Higher Secondary 04/08/2022 (Shift - 3)       Q.201. Who among the following
                                                                                            Constitution of India increased the
(a) 95th Amendment (b) 99th Amendment         presidents of India gave assent to the
                                                                                            ceiling of profession tax from ₹ 250 p.a.
(c) 96th Amendment (d) 97th Amendment         100th Amendment of the Constitution of
                                                                                             to ______ p.a.
                                              India ?
Sol.198.(b) 99th Amendment 2014.                                                            SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Afternoon)
                                              SSC CGL 12/04/2022(Morning)
97th amendment 2011- It gave special                                                        (a) ₹7,000 (b) ₹5,000 (c) ₹1,000 (d) ₹2,500
                                              (a) Pranab Mukherjee
constitutional status and protection to all   (b) Ram Nath Kovind                           Sol.205.(d) ₹2,500 . The Sixtieth
the cooperative societies (Part IX-B)         (c) APJ Abdul Kalam                           Amendment of the Constitution of India
prevailing in India.                          (d) Pratibha Devisingh Patil                  Act, 1988, amended Article 276 of the
Q.199.     Which    of     the  following                                                   Constitution relating to taxes on
                                              Sol.201.(a) Pranab Mukherjee. The
Constitutional Amendments incorporated                                                      professions,  trades,  callings   and
                                              100th amendment in the Indian
Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the Union of                                                      employments.
                                              Constitution provides for the acquisition
India as a Union Territory ?                  of territories by India and transfer of       Q.206. The 40th Amendment Act of 1976
SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Afternoon)                certain    territories  to  Bangladesh.       was applied to which Article of the
(a) 19th (b) 14th (c) 12th (d) 10th           Constitution (100th Amendment) Act            Constitution of India?
                                              2015 ratified        the land boundary
                                                           @ebookstore01                    SSC CGL 18/04/2022 (Evening)
Sol.199.(d) 10th Amendment (1961)
                                              agreement between India and
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(a) 297 (b) 248 (c) 245 (d) 226               Constitution of India added a new subject      which has been in existence for not less
                                              in the Union List called 'taxes on services’   than ______ years'.
Sol.206.(a) 40th amendment was                SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)                   SSC MTS 02/11/2021 (Morning)
proposed to amend Article 297 of the          (a) 56th (b) 62nd (c) 78th (d) 88th            (a) 125 (b) 150 (c) 50 (d) 75
Constitution so as to provide that all
lands, minerals, and other things of value    Sol.210.(d)      88th     constitutional       Sol.213.(d) 75 years. This Act is enacted
underlying the ocean within the exclusive     amendment 2003. 62nd Amendment                 to regulate the export trade in antiquities
economic zone of India and all other          Act, 1989 - Extend reservation for SCs         and art treasures, to prevent smuggling
resources of the exclusive economic           and STs and nomination of Anglo Indian         of and fraudulent dealings in antiquities.
zone of India shall also vest in the Union.   members in Parliament and State
                                              Assemblies for another ten years i.e. up       Q.214. Which amendment of the
Q.207. The ______ Amendment Act of the        to 2000. 78th Amendment Act, 1995 -            Constitution of India incorporated Goa,
Constitution of India introduced the          Place land reform acts and amendments          Daman and Diu as the eighth union
Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India.        to these acts under Schedule 9 of the          territory of India, by amending the First
SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Evening)                  constitution.                                  Schedule to the Constitution?
(a) 104th (b) 92nd (c) 101st (d) 98th                                                        SSC CHSL 12/08/2021 (Morning)
                                              Q.211.     Which     of  the     following     (a) 13th (b) 10th (c) 12th (d) 18th
Sol.207.(c) 101st. The 104th amendment        Amendments of the Constitution of India
of the Indian Constitution extended the       amended Article 19 and inserted                Sol.214.(c) 12th. India acquired control
deadline for the cessation of seats for       provisions     fully    securing       the     of Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal in
SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and states       constitutional validity of zamindari           December 1961.
assemblies for ten years.                     abolition laws in general and certain
Q.208.    Which    of   the   following       specified State Acts in particular?             Fundamental Rights and Duties
Amendment Acts of the Constitution of         SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)
                                              (a) Fourth Amendment                           Q.215. Which Committee had suggested
India abolished the privy purses and
                                              (b) First Amendment                            a penalty or punishment for the
privileges of former rulers of princely
                                              (c) Third Amendment                            non-performance      of    Fundamental
states?
                                              (d) Second Amendment                           Duties?
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning)
                                                                                             SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
(a) 25th Amendment Act 1971                   Sol.211.(b) First Amendment (1951)-            (a) Indira Gandhi Committee
(b) 26th Amendment Act 1971                   Added special provision for the                (b) Morarji Desai Committee
(c) 28th Amendment Act 1972                   advancement of any socially and                (c) Verma Committee
(d) 27th Amendment Act 1971                   educationally backward classes or for          (d) Swaran Singh Committee
                                              the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Sol.208.(b) 26th Amendment Act 1971.
                                              Tribes (SCs and STs). The Ninth                Sol.215.(d) Swaran Singh Committee.
25th Amendment Act 1971- Restrict
                                              Schedule was added. To fully secure the        The      Swaran      Singh     Committee
property rights and compensation in
                                              constitutional validity of zamindari           recommended that the duty to pay taxes
case the state takes over private
                                              abolition laws and to place reasonable         to be included in the fundamental duties.
property. 28th Amendment Act 1972,
                                              restrictions on freedom of speech. Three       The committee also recommended that
abolished the special privileges of ICS
                                              more grounds of restrictions on Article        the legislatures should prescribe a law
officers and empowered the Parliament
                                              19 (1) [Freedom of speech and                  for imposing a penalty for violation of the
to determine their service conditions.
                                              expression] were added: Public order,          duties. But these recommendations were
27th       Amendment          Act    1971-
                                              Friendly relations with foreign states, and    not included in Article 51A.
Reorganisation of Mizoram into a Union
                                              Incitement to an offence. Introduced the
Territory with a legislature and council of                                                  Q.216. How many fundamental rights
                                              validity of the state’s move to nationalise
ministers.                                                                                   were provided originally by the Indian
                                              any business or trade and the same to
                                              not be invalid on the grounds of violation     Constitution in 1950 ?
Q.209. An amendment to the Rights to
                                              of the right to trade and business.            SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning)
information Act 2005 proposing that the
                                                                                             (a) Seven (b) Nine (c) Five (d) Six
Chief Information commissioner and            Q.212. In which year did the Government
information commissioners appointed for       of India pass the Disabilities Act?            Sol.216.(a) Seven. Fundamental Rights
such term as may be prescribed by the         SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Morning)                   (Part III, Articles 12 - 35). Originally the
government was passed in the year_____        (a) 1995 (b)1993 (c)1997 (d)1992               constitution also included Right to
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Afternoon)                                                               property (Article 31) as a fundamental
(a) 2017 (b) 2014 (c) 2016 (d) 2019           Sol.212.(a) In 1995 the Government of          right. However, it was deleted from the
                                               India passed the Disabilities Act. This       list of Fundamental Rights by the 44th
Sol.209.(d) 2019. RTI empowers Indian         law states that persons with disabilities      Amendment Act, 1978 but now it is a
citizens to seek any accessible               have equal rights and that the                 legal Right under Article 300A in Part XII
information from a Public Authority and       government should make possible their           of the Constitution.
makes      the Government and its             full participation in society.
functionaries more accountable and                                                           Q.217. Which Article of the Constitution
responsible. RTI is a fundamental right       Q.213. As per Section 2 of the Antiquities     clarifies that policies like 'reservation' is
and is an aspect of Article 19 (1)(a) of      and Art Treasures Act, 1972, ‘Antiquities’      not a violation of the right to equality?
 the Indian Constitution.                     include 'any manuscript, record or other       SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)
                                              document which is of scientific,
                                                             @ebookstore01                   (a) Article 16 (4)     (b) Article 15 (2)
Q.210. Which amendment to the                 historical, literary or aesthetic value and
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(c) Article 14 (1)     (d) Article 21          (a) Preamble                                   Constitution?
                                               (b) Fundamental rights                         SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (2nd shift)
Sol.217.(a) Article 16 (4). Article 15 (2) -   (c) Directive Principles of State Policy       (a) Protecting public property.
No citizen shall, on grounds only of           (d) Fundamental duties                         (b) To maintain and protect the
religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth,                                                       sovereignty of the country.
be subject to any disability, liability,       Sol.221.(b) Fundamental Rights (Part III,      (c) To promote harmony and spirit of
restriction or condition with regard to.       Articles 12-35). The six fundamental               brotherhood.
Article 21 - Protection of life and            rights include Right to Equality (Articles     (d) Protecting monuments.
personal liberty.                              14-18), Right to Freedom (Articles 19-22),
                                               Right against Exploitation (Articles           Sol.224.(d) Article 49 of the Indian
Q.218. Which of the following rights           23-24), Right to Freedom of Religion           Constitution falls under the Directive
forbids employment of children below           (Articles 25-28), Cultural and Educational     Principles of State Policy, It Specifically
the age of 14 years in dangerous jobs?         Rights (Articles 29-30) and Right to           deals with the protection of monuments
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)                   Constitutional Remedies (Article 32-35).       and places and objects of national
(a) Right to Constitutional Remedies                                                          importance.
(b) Right against Exploitation                 Q.222.      Which       of  the    following
(c) Right to Freedom                           statements is FALSE about the right to         Q.225. The celebration of Christmas, Eid
(d) Right to Equality                          freedom of religion mentioned in the           and Holi in school is an example of
                                               Indian Constitution ?                          making children learn fundamental
Sol.218.(b) Right against Exploitation         SSC CHSL 04/08/2023 (1st shift)                duties as well. Which of the following
(Articles 23 and 24). Article 23 -             (a) It provides freedom to manage              fundamental duties advocates about this
Prohibition of traffic in human beings and            religious affairs.                        type of ideals ?
forced labour. Article 24 - No child below     (b) It provides freedom of worship.            SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (1st shift)
the age of fourteen years shall be             (c) It is mentioned in Articles 25 to 28.      (a) To defend the country and render
employed to work in any hazardous              (d) It mentions that the state has its own         national service
employment.                                         religion.                                 (b) To develop the scientific temper
Q.219. The 11th Fundamental Duty                                                              (c) To safeguard public property and to
                                               Sol.222.(d) The Right to Freedom of                abjure violence
provides opportunities for education for       Religion (Fundamental Right under Part
the ______ age group of children.                                                             (d) To promote harmony and spirit of
                                               III) - Article 25 - Freedom of conscience          common brotherhood
SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                 and free profession, practice and
(a) 6-14 (b) 5-15 (c) 2-11 (d) 6-18            propagation of religion. Article 26 -          Sol.225.(d) Fundamental Duties: Part
Sol.219.(a) 6-14. Fundamental duties :         Freedom to manage religious affairs.           IV-A of the Indian constitution in Article
The idea of Fundamental Duties is              Article 27 - Freedom as to payment of          51A. Article 51A(e) refers to the duty of
inspired from the Constitution of the          taxes for promotion of any particular          every citizen to promote harmony and
former Soviet Union (Russia). Initially (10    religion. Article 28 - Freedom as to           the spirit of common brotherhood
Duties) were incorporated in Part IV-A of      attendance at religious instruction or         amongst all the people of India. '
the    Constitution       by     the    42nd   religious worship in certain educational
                                               institutions.                                  Q.226. What is the aim of fundamental
Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 on                                                         rights    mentioned      in   the  Indian
the recommendations of Swaran Singh            Q.223.      Which statement is FALSE           Constitution ?
Committee. 11th duty was added                 regarding fundamental rights mentioned         SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (2nd shift)
through      the     86th     Constitutional   in the Indian Constitution ?                   (a) To establish a welfare state
Amendment Act, 2002. All the eleven            SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (4th shift)                (b) To have an absolute independence
duties are listed in Article 51-A.             (a) Only Article 20 and 21 can be              (c) To promote economic justice
                                                    suspended during emergency                (d) To establish political democracy
Q.220.     What is the purpose of the
                                               (b) They are justiciable
Cultural and Educational Rights?                                                              Sol.226.(d)   To    establish    political
                                               (c) Some fundamental rights are
SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (1st Shift)                                                                democracy. The fundamental rights are
                                                   negative in nature
(a) To promote a particular religion                                                          taken from the United States of America.
                                               (d) Can be suspended during emergency
(b) To protect the language, culture, and
    religion of the minority communities       Sol.223.(a) 44th Amendment Act, 1978           Q.227. Which of the following is NOT a
(c) To protect the majority community          limits the scope of Article 359                fundamental duty mentioned in the
(d) To prevent exploitation                    (suspension of the enforcement of the          Indian Constitution ?
                                               rights conferred by Part III during            SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (2nd shift)
Sol.220.(b) Cultural and Educational                                                          (a) To bring reform
                                               emergencies). All fundamental rights
Right (Article 29 - 30) : Article 29 -                                                        (b) To develop humanism
                                               except articles 20 and 21 can be
Guarantees the Protection of Interests of                                                     (c) To develop the spirit of inquiry
                                               suspended only on the basis of National
Minorities. Article 30 - Guarantees the                                                       (d) To develop the spirit of harmony
                                               Emergency (Article 352). Fundamental
right of minorities to establish and
                                               rights: Article 12 - 35. Article 32:           Sol.227.(a) To bring reform.
administer educational institutions of
                                               Remedies for enforcement of rights             Fundamental duties - Borrowed from
their choice.
                                               conferred by Part III.                         USSR .
Q.221. Which of the following is
                                               Q.224. Which of the following is not a         Q.228. Which of the following is NOT a
enforceable by the Indian Constitution?
                                               fundamental@ebookstore01
                                                           duty in the Indian                 Fundamental Right mentioned in the
SSC CHSL 02/08/2023 (3rd shift)
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Indian Constitution?                            Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 1)            of his property save by authority of law.
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift)                  (a) Article 46 B       (b) Article 51 A
(a) Right to vote                               (c) Article 67 A       (d) Article 81 C        Q.237. Data Protection Bill 2021 ensures
(b) Right to equality                                                                          which fundamental right?
(c) Right to freedom of religion                Sol.232.(b) Article 51 A. Under Article 67     SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Afternoon)
(d) Right to freedom                            A : A Vice-President may, by writing under     (a) Right to Education
                                                his hand addressed to the President,           (b) Right to Information Technology
Sol.228.(a) Right to vote. Right to vote is a   resign his office.                               (c) Right to Freedom of Speech
constitutional right.                                                                          (d) Right to Privacy
                                                Q.233. Which clause of Article 51A of the
Q.229. Which of the following does NOT          Constitution of India requires to value        Sol.237.(d)    Right     to    Privacy    -
come under the Fundamental Duties in            and preserve the rich heritage of our          Fundamental Right under Article 21.
the Constitution of India?                      composite culture?                             Right to Education - 86th Amendment
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift)                  Matric Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 4)            Act 2002 inserted Article 21A (The
(a) Safeguard public property and to            (a) Clause d       (b) Clause c                State shall provide free and compulsory
    abjure violence                             (c) Clause a       (d) Clause f                education to all children of 6 to 14 years)
(b) Cherish and follow the noble ideals                                                        in the Indian Constitution. Right to
    that inspired the national struggle for     Sol.233.(d) Clause f. The Fundamental          Freedom of Speech is guaranteed by
    freedom                                     Duties were included in Part IV-A of our       Article 19(1)(a). Right to Information Act
(c) Exercise adult franchise                    Constitution by the 42nd Act 1976. Its         2005 mandates timely response to
(d) Uphold and protect the sovereignty,         concept was taken from the USSR.               citizen    requests     for    government
    unity and integrity of India                Clause a - to abide by the Constitution        information.
                                                and respect its ideals and institutions,
Sol.229.(c) Exercise Adult Franchise.           the national Flag and the National             Q.238. In which of the following Articles,
Article 326 of the Indian Constitution -        Anthem. Clause c - to uphold and protect       "Laws inconsistent with or in derogation
Elections to the House of the People and        the sovereignty, unity and integrity of        of the fundamental rights” is mentioned?
to the Legislative Assemblies of States         India. Clause d - to defend the country        SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Evening)
to be on the basis of adult suffrage.           and render national service when called        (a) Article 13   (b) Article 14
                                                upon to do so.                                 (c) Article 12   (d) Article 15
Q.230. Which was the first country to
incorporate Fundamental Duties in its           Q.234. Which of the following is a             Sol.238.(a) Article 13. Article 12 - the
Constitution ?                                  fundamental duty stated under the Indian       Central Government, the Parliament,
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift)                  constitution?                                  State     Government,      and      State
(a) Albania (b) USSR (c) India (d) Poland       SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon)                 Legislatures come within the definition of
                                                (a) To safeguard private property              “state”.
Sol.230.(b) USSR. The Soviet Union
                                                (b) To protect dignity
adopted the first constitution on 31st                                                          Q.239. Which of the following Articles
                                                (c) To defend the country
January 1924. Russia adopted its                                                               deals with "protection from arrest and
                                                (d) To manage religious affairs
constitution in 1993.The United States of                                                      detention"?
America - First country to make and             Sol.234.(c) To defend the country.             SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Afternoon)
adopt a constitution.                           Fundamental Duties (Part IV-A, Article         (a) Article 24   (b) Article 22
                                                51A) - It shall be the duty to follow every    (c) Article 20   (d) Article 18
Q.231. Fundamental duties are ______
                                                citizen of India. It was borrowed from the
and not enforceable by law but are taken                                                       Sol.239.(b) Article 22. Article 24 - Deals
                                                Constitution of the Soviet Union.
into account by the courts while                                                               with prohibition of employment of
adjudicating any matter.                        Q.235. In which of the following Articles,     children (under 14 years) in factories and
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (2nd shift)                  "Freedom of conscience and free                mines.
(a) regulatory    (b) non - statutory           profession, practice and propagation of
(c) statutory     (d) common                    religion" is mentioned.                        Q.240. Which of the following Articles of
                                                SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening)                   the Indian Constitution mentions the
Sol.231.(c) Statutory. Fundamental Duties                                                      fundamental duty "sovereignty, unity and
                                                (a) Article 26     (b) Article 27
(Part IVA, Article 51A):- Adopted from the                                                     integrity of India" is mentioned?
                                                (c) Article 25     (d) Article 28
Constitution of Russia (erstwhile Soviet                                                       SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Morning)
Union). In 1976, the 42nd amendment             Sol.235.(c) Article 25.                        (a) Article 51A (b) (b) Article 51A (e)
inserted a list of Fundamental Duties of                                                       (c) Article 51A (c) (d) Article 51A (d)
Citizens (Swaran Singh Committee).              Q.236. In which of the following Articles,
                                                "Right of minorities to establish and          Sol.240.(c) Article 51A(c). The 42nd
Originally 10 in number, one more duty
                                                administer educational institutions" is        Amendment Act of 1976 added 10
was      added      through    the    86th
                                                mentioned?                                     Fundamental Duties to the Indian
Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002.
                                                SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon)                 Constitution and created Part IVA.
Fundamental duties - Non-justiciable in
                                                (a) Article 29   (b) Article 31                Important Fundamental duties. Article
 nature.
                                                (c) Article 30   (d) Article 28                51A (b) - To follow ideals inspired from
Q.232. Which of the following Articles of                                                      our national struggle for freedom. Article
the Constitution of India defines that the       Sol.236.(c) Article 30. It comes under         51A (e) - To promote harmony and the
Fundamental Duties are only meant for           Educational and Cultural Rights. Article       spirit of common brotherhood. Article
the Indian Citizens and not for foreigners      29 – Protection  of Interests of Minorities.
                                                             @ebookstore01                     51A (d) - To defend the country and
                                                Article 31 - No person shall be deprived
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national service when required.                reside (Article 19(1)(e), and Right to        opportunities for education to his child
                                               practise any profession (Article 19 (1)(g).   or, as the case may be, ward between the
Q.241. Which of the following Articles of                                                    age of six and fourteen years. Article
the Indian Constitution mentions the           Q.245.     The    Constitution  forbids       51A(i) to safeguard public property and
fundamental duty “to safeguard public          employment of children below the age of       to abjure violence. Article 51A(j) to strive
 property and to abjure violence"?                        years in dangerous jobs like       towards excellence in all spheres of
SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Afternoon)                 factories and mines.                          individual and collective activity so that
(a) Article 51A (i) (b) Article 51A (g)        SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (1st Shift)                the nation constantly rises to higher
(c) Article 51A (a) (d) Article 51A (d)        (a) 15 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18                   levels of endeavour and achievement .
Sol.241.(a) Article 51A (i). Article 51A       Sol.245.(b) 14. Article 24 strictly           Article 51A (h) to develop the scientific
(g) - to protect and improve the natural       prohibits the employment of children in       temper, humanism and the spirit of
environment including forests, lakes,          any hazardous industry or factories or        inquiry and reform.
rivers and wildlife, and to have               mines, without exception.                     Q.250. Which of the following is NOT
compassion for living creatures. Article                                                     true about Right to Religion in India?
51A (a) - to abide by the Constitution and     Q.246. Which minorities are mentioned
                                               in Article 30 of the Indian Constitution?     SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)
respect its ideals and institutions, the                                                     (a) A person may choose any religion or
National Flag and the National Anthem.         SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (4th Shift)
                                               (a) Linguistic and religious                      may choose not to follow any religion.
                                               (b) Religious, cultural and linguistic        (b) Everyone is free to choose a religion
Q.242. Respect for the National Flag and                                                         and practise that religion.
National Anthem is a ________ of every         (c) Cultural and linguistic
                                               (d) Religious and cultural                    (c) Freedom to profess, follow and
Indian citizen.                                                                                  propagate any religion.
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning)                   Sol.246.(a) Linguistic and religious.         (d) Freedom for forcible conversions.
(a) Directive Principles of State Policy       National Commission for Minorities
(b) Fundamental Right                          formed     in   1993.     Six    religious    Sol.250.(d)  Freedom         for   forcible
(c) Fundamental Duty                           communities, viz; Muslims, Christians,        conversions.
(d) Legal Right                                Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Jains      Q.251. Which of the following has
Sol.242.(c) Fundamental duty (Article          have been notified. Article 29 (Protection     similarity to Article 29(1) of the Universal
51A,    Part IV-A ) was added in the           of interests of minorities). Article 30       Declaration of Human Rights which
Constitution by 42nd Amendment Act on          (Right of minorities to establish and         states “everyone has duties to the
the recommendation of the Swaran               administer educational institutions).         community in which alone the free and
Singh Committee.                               Q.247. How many rights are mentioned          full development of his personality is
                                               under “Right to Equality”?                    possible”?
Q.243. Which among the following is not                                                      SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)
a type of Right to freedom in the Indian       SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
                                               (a) 3    (b) 6    (c) 5    (d) 4              (a) Directive Principles
constitution?                                                                                (b) Fundamental Rights
SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (1st Shift)                Sol.247.(c) 5. The Right to Equality          (c) Cooperative Societies
(a) Protection of certain rights regarding     (Article 14-18) is one of the Fundamental     (d) Fundamental Duties
    freedom of speech, etc.                    Rights (Part III).
(b) Protection of life and personal liberty.                                                 Sol.251.(d) Fundamental Duties. Given
(c) offences for armed assembly                                                              Under part IV-A of the Constitution.
                                               Q.248. According to Article 51 A (a) of
(d) Protection in respect of conviction for
                                               the Constitution of India, it shall be the    Q.252. Fundamental Duties have______
    Offences.
                                               duty of every Indian citizen to abide by      social and economic significance.
Sol.243.(c)     Offences     for     armed     the_____ and respect its ideals and           SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)
assembly.                                      institutions.                                 (a) ethical      (b) historical
                                               SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift)                (c) religious    (d) political
Q.244.The foremost right among rights          (a) constitution (b) secularism
to freedom is________                                                                        Sol.252.(a) Ethical. Fundamental Duties
                                               (c) socialism    (d) democracy
SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (1st Shift)                                                               {Article 51(A), Part IV-A} - adopted in
(a) Right to life and personal liberty         Sol.248.(a) Constitution. Article 51A(a)      1976 42nd Amendment. They are also
(b) Preventive detention                       states that it shall be the duty of every     nonjusticiable.
(c) Freedom to assemble                        citizen to abide by the Constitution and
                                                                                             Q.253. Who was the Prime Minister when
(d) Right to freedom of speech and             respect its ideals and institutions, the
                                                                                              Right to Property was scrapped as a
    expression                                  National Flag, and the National Anthem.
                                                                                              Fundamental Right?
                                               Q.249.      Which     of    the   following   SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)
Sol.244.(a) Right to life and personal
                                               Fundamental Duty provisions is similar to     (a) Charan Singh     (b) Indira Gandhi
liberty (Article 21 of Part III). Preventive
                                               Article 21A?                                  (c) Morarji desai    (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
detention (Article 22) means the
detention of a person without trial and        SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning)
                                                                                             Sol.253.(c) Morarji Desai. Right to
conviction by a court. Right to Freedom:       (a) Article 51A (i) (b) Article 51A (k)
                                                                                             property     was    removed      by 44th
Speech and expression (Article 19(1)(a),       (c) Article 51A (h) (d) Article 51A (j)
                                                                                             Amendment Act, 1978 from the list of
Right to assemble (Article 19(1)(b), Right     Sol.249.(b) Article 51A (k) who is a          Fundamental Rights and converted into
to form associations (Article 19(1)(c)),       parent    or @ebookstore01
                                                              guardian   to  provide         legal right under Article 300 A.
Right to move (Article 19(1)(d)), Right to
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         Committee Reports                       appointment of Governor should be           constituted in 1921. The Speaker is
                                                 non-partisan” ?                             empowered to appoint the Chairman of
Q.254. Which report is NOT associated            SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)              the Committee from amongst its
with Fundamental Rights?                         (a) Fazal Ali Commission                    Members.
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)                   (b) Rajmannar commission
                                                 (c) Sarkaria commission                     Q.261. Which of the following persons
(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru Report
                                                 (d) Mandal commission                       was NOT a part of the Committee of
(b) Motilal Nehru Report
                                                                                             Administrators (CoA) appointed by the
(c) Sarkaria Commission Report
                                                 Sol.257.(c) Sarkaria commission (1983).     Supreme Court of India in 2017, to
(d) JB Kripalani Report
                                                 The States Reorganisation Commission        oversee the implementation of the Lodha
Sol.254.(c) Sarkaria Commission Report           (Fazal Ali Commission, 1953). Rajmannar     reforms in the Board of Control for
- This Commission is to examine and              commission set up by the then DMK           Cricket in India (BCCI)?
review the working of the existing               Government of Tamil Nadu in 1969 under      SSC MTS 06/10/2021(Morning)
arrangements between the Union and               the Chairmanship of Dr P.V. Rajamanar.      (a) Vinod Rai       (b) Mahim Verma
States as per the Constitution of India.                                                     (c) Vikram Limaye (d) Ramachandra Guha
                                                 Q.258. Constitution Review Commission
Tej Bahadur Sapru Report (1945) - It
                                                 chaired by______recommended some            Sol.261.(b) Mahim Verma. The Supreme
related to political and civil rights of the
                                                 initiatives to be taken by the government   Court of India had appointed 4 eminent
minorities.
                                                 for successful implementation of            personalities - former CAG Vinod Rai,
Q.255.The committee to 'Operationalise           Fundamental Duties.                         historian Ramachandra Guha, former
the Suggestions to Teach Fundamental             SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)                India women's captain Diana Edulji and
Duties to the Citizens of the Country' is        (a) PK Joshi       (b) MN Venkatachaliah    Vikram Limaye, managing director and
popularly known as the_________.                 (c) UC Banerjee (d) Michael G Aguinaldo     CEO of IDFC (Infrastructure Development
SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (2nd shift)                                                              Finance Corporation).
                                                 Sol.258.(b)      MN       Venkatachaliah
(a) L P Singh committee
                                                 Commission was set up by Government         Q.262. Which Commission recommended
(b) Abhijit Sen committee
                                                 resolution in 2000 to Review the Working    27% reservation for OBC candidates in all
(c) Paul Appleby committee
                                                 of the Constitution. He got Padma           levels of government services?
(d) JS Verma Committee
                                                 Vibhushan In 2004. Justice U.C.Banerjee     SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Morning)
Sol.255.(d) J S Verma committee                  headed the Commission report on             (a) Sarkaria Commission
(appointed in 1999). It identified some           Godhra incident.                            (b) Mandal Commission
legal provisions for enforcement of                                                          (c) Balwant Commission
                                                 Q.259. How many members are there in        (d) Kothari Commission
Fundamental Duties : Prevention of
                                                 the Committee on Public Undertakings in
insults to National Honor, laws which
                                                 India?                                      Sol.262.(b) The Mandal Commission
penalise for promoting enmity, protection
                                                 Higher Secondary 03/08/2022 (Shift - 4)     (Second Backward Class Commission)
of civil rights act, wildlife (protection) act
                                                 (a) 22 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) 30                 recommended that members of OBCs be
of 1972 etc.
                                                                                             given 27 percent reservations for jobs
                                                 Sol.259.(a) 22. Financial Committees:-      under the Central government and public
Q.256.     Rangarajan     Committee        is
                                                 Public Accounts Committee - 1921,           sector undertakings. This commission
associated with _______.
                                                 Members (22) (15 from Lok Sabha and 7       was established in India in 1979 by the
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening)
                                                 from Rajya Sabha), Term of Office (One        Janata Party government under Prime
(a) Election reforms
                                                 year), Function - to examine the annual     Minister Morarji Desai. It was headed by
(b) Educational reform
                                                 audit reports of the Comptroller and        BP Mandal.
(c) Environmental protection
                                                 Auditor General of India (CAG).
(d) Estimation of poverty
                                                 Estimates         Committee       (Post     Q.263. In 1990, the Dinesh Goswami
Sol.256.(d) Estimation of poverty.               Independence) - 1950, Members (30) All      Committee was formed to make
Rangarajan Committee - To Review the             from Lok Sabha , Term of Office     (One      recommendations on:
Methodology for Measurement of                   Year), Function - to examine the            SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Morning)
Poverty in the country constituted by the        estimates included in the budget.           (a) centre-state relations
Planning Commission in June 2012 has             Committee on Public Undertakings –          (b) police reforms
submitted its report on 30th June 2014.          1964, Members-22 (15 from Lok Sabha         (c) electoral reforms
As per the report submitted by C                 and 7 from Rajya Sabha), Term of Office       (d) fundamental duties
Rangarajan       Committee:      Persons         (One Year), Function – to examine the
                                                 reports and accounts of the Public          Sol.263.(c) Electoral reforms. Dinesh
spending below Rs. 47 a day in cities
                                                 Sector Undertakings.                        Goswami        Committee      important
should be considered poor. Committee
                                                                                             recommendation - Elimination of misuse
related to poverty: Planning Commission
                                                 Q.260. Members of Public Accounts           of official machinery, Public funding of
Expert Group (1962), VM Dandekar and N
                                                 Committee are elected for a period of:      elections, Strengthening of the Election
Rath committee (1971), Y.K. Alagh
                                                 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning)               Commission and securing its
Committee         (1979),     Lakdawala
                                                 (a) one year     (b) two years               independence.
Committee (1993), Suresh Tendulkar
                                                 (c) five years    (d) three years
Committee (2005).                                                                            Q.264. Who among the following is NOT
Q.257.  Which   of the   following               Sol.260.(a) one year. The Committee on      a part of the committee, which is
commissions recommended that “the                Public    Accounts     is
                                                             @ebookstore01  the  oldest      constructed to provide suggestions to
                                                 Parliamentary Committee and was first        the Prime Minister regarding the
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appointment of a chief commissioner of          (a) 60 days            (b) 30 days             enormous workload of the cabinet. It is
the Central Information Commission?             (c) 50 days            (d) 20 days             an extra-constitutional body. List of
SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Evening)                                                                  Cabinet Committees: Cabinet Committee
(a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha.                   Sol.267.(a) 60 days. Disqualifications of       on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee
(b) A Union Cabinet Minister appointed          Members of parliament : Article 101 -          on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee
    by the Prime Minister.                      Vacation of seats. Article 102 -               on    Parliamentary     Affairs, Cabinet
(c) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha           Disqualifications for membership. Article       Committee      on    Security,   Cabinet
(d) Prime Minister .                            103 - Decision on questions as to              Committee on Employment and Skill
                                                disqualifications of members. Article 104       Development. All committees except
Sol.264.(a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha. A         - Penalty for sitting and voting before        Cabinet Committee on Accommodation
chief commissioner of the Central               making oath or affirmation under article         and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary
Information Commission is appointed by          99 or when not qualified or when                Affairs are headed by the Prime Minister.
the President on the recommendation of          disqualified.
a committee consisting of the Prime                                                            Q.271. What is the maximum time gap
Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of          Q.268. What is the bicameral legislature       between two sessions of the State
Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and a Union        of the Indian Constitution?                    Legislature ?
Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime         SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Evening)                   SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
Minister.                                       (a) It is a legislative body with four         (a) Three months    (b) Two months
                                                    houses.                                    (c) Six months      (d) One year
                                                (b) It is a legislative body with two
              Parliament                            houses.                                    Sol.271.(c) Six months. Article 174 (1) -
                                                (c) It is a legislative body with one house.   The Governor shall from time to time
Q.265. The First hour of a sitting of the       (d) It is a legislative body with three        summon the House or each House of the
House allotted for asking and answering             houses.                                    State Legislature to meet at such time
of questions is called as __________ .                                                         and place as he thinks fit. Article 85 (1)
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)         Sol.268.(b) Bicameralism was first              of the Constitution empowers the
(a) Censure motion      (b) Zero hour           introduced in India by The Government of       President to summon and prorogue
(c) Privilege motion (d) Question hour          India Act of 1919. Article 80 of the           either house of Parliament or to dissolve
                                                Constitution lays down the maximum             the Lok Sabha. Three types of Sessions
Sol.265.(d) Question hour.       Censure        strength of Rajya Sabha (Upper House)          in the Parliament of India: Budget
motion -         A motion to express            as 250, out of which 12 members are            session (February - May), Monsoon
disapproval of the conduct of the               nominated by the President and 238 are         session (July - September) and Winter
government or a minister. Zero hour - The       representatives of the States and of the       session (November - December) are held
first hour of a sitting of the House, when       three Union Territories.                       in a calendar year.
MPs can raise matters of urgent public
importance without notice. Privilege            Q.269. What is the most powerful               Q.272. Who was the first speaker of the
motion - A motion to protect the                weapon that enables the Parliament to          Lok Sabha?
privileges of the House or its members.         ensure executive accountability?               SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
                                                SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                 (a) NS Reddy
Q.266. A money bill under Article 111 of        (a) Approval or refusal of laws                (b) GV Mavalankar
the Constitution of India, presented to         (b) The no-confidence motion                    (c) Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
the President for assent, has to be             (c) Confirmation of treaties                    (d) Mira Kumar
endorsed by a Certificate of the                 (d) Deliberation and discussion
________signed by him/her that it is a                                                         Sol.272.(b)       Ganesh         Vasudev
money bill.                                     Sol.269.(b) The no-confidence motion. It        Mavalankar. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - He
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)                    moved in the Lok Sabha (and not in the         served as the sixth president of India
(a) Secretary General of the Lok Sabha          Rajya Sabha) to test the confidence of          (1977-82). Ananthasayanam Ayyangar -
(b) Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha        the government. It needs the support of        First deputy speaker of Lok Sabha. Lok
(c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha                    50 members to be admitted. Other ways          Sabha- Maximum strength : Fixed at 550
(d) Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha          to ensure executive accountability:            out of which 530 are to represent states
                                                Question-hour, zero hour, calling attention    and 20 to Union territories (UTs). Current
Sol.266.(c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha.           motion, adjournment motion, censure            strength of Lok sabha - 543. First female
Articles related to Money Bill: Article 107      motion, and other discussions.                Lok sabha speaker :- Meira Kumar (15th
-   Provisions as to introduction and
                                                                                               Lok Sabha).
passing of Bills. Article 108 - Joint sitting   Q.270. Which of the following is not a
of both Houses in certain cases. Article        cabinet committee?                             Q.273. When was the first general
109 - Special procedure in respect of           SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                 election for Lok Sabha held in India ?
Money Bills. Article 110 - Definition of         (a) Appointment Committee of the               SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
“Money Bills”. Article 197 - Restriction on         Cabinet                                    (a) 1950-51            (b) 1949-50
powers of Legislative Council as to Bills       (b) Committee on Political Affairs             (c) 1948-49            (d) 1951-52
other than Money Bills.                         (c) Committee on Investment and Growth
                                                (d) Committee on Conflicts among                Sol.273.(d) 1951-52. First Lok Sabha:
Q.267. After how many days of absence               Ministers                                  Jawaharlal Nehru (Indian National
from Parliament without permission will                                                        Congress)     became     India’s first
a Member of Parliament be disqualified?          Sol.270.(d) @ebookstore01
                                                            Cabinet Committees   are           democratically elected Prime Minister.
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)                  organisational devices to lessen the
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17th Lok Sabha Election (2019):              (b) Law Commission of India                   for the qualification of a member of the
Narendra Modi (Bharatiya Janata Party)       (c) Minister of Law & Justice                 Parliament. Accordingly, He must be a
became Prime Minister. Lok Sabha Seat:       (d) Parliament of India                       citizen of India. Minimum 25 years of age
543 Parliamentary Constituencies (At                                                       for Lok Sabha. Minimum age for the
present). First Panchayati Raj Election in   Sol.276.(d) Parliament of India. Ancillary    President and vice president is 35 years.
India was held on 2nd of Oct 1959 in the     powers of the Supreme Court (Article          There is no minimum age prescribed in
Nagaur district of Rajasthan.                140): The Parliament, through legislation,    the constitution for the judge of supreme
                                             can grant the Supreme Court additional        court.
Q.274. How long can a person remain a        powers that are in line with the
minister without being a member of           Constitution's provisions. These extra        Q.280. The Legislative Council of a state
either House of the State Legislature?       powers should help the Court better fulfill    comprises not more than ______ of the
SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (1st Shift)               its constitutional jurisdiction. President    total number of members in the
(a) 15 days          (b) 6 months            of India : Articles 52 - 62 (Part V),         Legislative Assembly of the state.
(c) 1 year           (d) 2 months            Parliament of India : Articles 79-122 (Part   SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening)
                                             V), Supreme Court : Articles 124-147          (a) two - third   (b) three - fourth
Sol.274.(b) 6 months. Articles 163-164       (Part V).                                     (c) one - third   (d) one - fifth
deals with the Council of Ministers (CoM)
in states. The articles 75 (5) and 164 (4)   Q.277. In India, during a meeting of the      Sol.280.(c) one-third. State Legislative
state that a minister who for any period     Legislative Assembly or Council, if there     Council size cannot be less than 40
of six consecutive months is not a           is no quorum, it shall be the duty of the     members. Composition - A total of 5/6 of
member of either house of Parliament or      ________ to adjourn the House or suspend      the total number of members of a
state legislature respectively shall cease   the meeting.                                  Legislative Council are indirectly elected
to be such minister at the expiration of     Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)       (1/12 are elected by graduates of three
that period.                                 (a) Chairman/Governor                         years standing and residing within the
                                             (b) Speaker/Chairman                          state, 1/12 are elected by teachers of
Q.275. Which of the following pairs          (c) Governor/Chief Minister                   three years standing in the state, 1/3 are
is/are correctly matched regarding the       (d) Speaker/Chief Minister                    elected by the members of the legislative
terminology used in the Parliament?                                                        assembly of the state from amongst
A. Appropriation Bill - A Money Bill         Sol.277.(b) Speaker/Chairman. Article         persons who are not members of the
passed for providing for the withdrawal      100 - Voting in Houses, power of Houses       assembly, and 1/3 are elected by the
or appropriation from and out of the         to act notwithstanding vacancies and          members of local bodies) and the 1/6
Consolidated Fund of India                   quorum. Quorum - It refers to the number      are nominated by the Governor. The
B. Demand for Grants - Earmarking of         of members that must be present for a         Chairman and Deputy Chairman are
budgetary allocation for meeting only        house meeting to take place. Article 189      elected by the members of the
planned        expenditure      of       a   (3) - The quorum to constitute a meeting      Legislative Council among themselves.
Ministry/Department                          of the state legislature shall be ten         Article 171 - Composition of the
C. Short Duration Discussion - For raising   members or one-tenth of the total             Legislative Councils.
a discussion on a matter of urgent public    number of members of the house
importance for which a notice has to be      whichever is greater.                         Q.281. A maximum of_________members
given by a Member and supported by 50                                                      can be nominated by the President of
Members.                                     Q.278. Which of the following Articles of     India to become a member of the Rajya
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift)               the Constitution of India lays down the       Sabha.
(a) A, B and C    (b) B and C only           maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha as        SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Morning)
(c) A only        (d) A and C only           250 ?                                         (a) 12 (b) 25 (c) 18 (d) 10
                                             Matric Level 30/06/2023 (Shift - 4)
Sol.275.(c) A only. Demand for Grants is     (a) Article 85      (b) Article 80            Sol.281.(a) 12 Members Nominated by
the form in which estimates of               (c) Article 83     (d) Article 81             the     President    who      has 'special
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund                                                     knowledge or practical experience in
(included in the annual financial             Sol.278.(b) Article 80. Rajya Sabha           literature, science, art and social service'.
statement and required to be voted upon      consists of 238 members representing          Rajya Sabha (The Council of States):
in the Lok Sabha) are submitted in           the States and Union Territories, and 12      Upper House. maximum strength - 250.
pursuance of Article 113 of the              members nominated by the President.           Current strength - 245. Article 80 –
Constitution. Short Duration Discussion      Article 85 - Sessions of Parliament,          Composition of the Council of States
is a procedural device to enable             prorogation and dissolution. Article 81 -     (Rajya Sabha). Article 84 - Qualification
members to raise discussion on matters       Composition of the House of the People.       for membership of Parliament. Schedule
of urgent public importance without a        Article 83 - Duration of Houses of            IV - allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha
formal motion on a matter of urgent          Parliament.                                   to the states and UTs.
public importance. The Speaker can allot     Q.279. At least how old must be an
two days in a week for such discussions.                                                   Q.282. A Money Bill should be returned
                                             Indian citizen to be a member of Rajya
                                                                                           to the Lok Sabha within ___ days by Rajya
                                              Sabha?
Q.276. Which of the following can make                                                     Sabha, either with recommendations or
                                             SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Afternoon)
provisions for Ancillary powers of the                                                     without recommendations.
                                             (a) 30 years       (b) 25 years
Supreme Court?                                                                             SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Evening)
                                             (c) 35 years       (d) 20 years
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (1st shift)                                                             (a) 8    (b) 21 (c) 14 (d) 10
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(a) President of India                       Sol.279.(a) 30 years. Article 84 provides
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Sol.282.(c) 14. Money Bill (Article 110) -   retire after every two years). Article 80 -      State Legislative Assemblies for the:
It is involved with tax collection, public   Composition of the Council of States.            SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning)
expense bills, and other significant costs    Rajya Sabha - constituted on 3 April             (a) scheduled tribes
associated with running the government.      1952. Chairman (ex officio) - Vice                 (b) other backward classes
Money Bill Types - Financial Bill and        President of India. Seats at present - 245       (c) differently abled
Appropriation Bill. The Speaker has the      (233 Elected + 12 Nominated). Voting             (d) women
authority to determine whether or not a      system - 238 members are elected by
 specific bill is a money bill.               single transferable vote by state                Sol.290.(a) Scheduled tribes. Article
                                             legislatures, 12 members are nominated           366(25) of the Constitution deals with
Q.283. Archana wishes to contest for         by the President. Maximum Rajya Sabha            Scheduled Tribes. There are over 705
Lok Sabha elections in India. What is the    seats - Uttar Pradesh (31).                      tribes which have been notified. The
maximum limit of constituencies that                                                          largest number of tribal communities are
can she contest?                             Q.287. The term 'Parliament' refers to           found in Odisha. Related Committees to
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning)                 the_________                                     Schedule tribes : Xaxa Committee
(a) One (b) Four (c) Three (d) Two           SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (1st Shift)                   (2013), Bhuria Commission (2002-2004),
                                             (a) Rajya Sabha       (b) Lok Sabha              Lokur Committee (1965). The Fifth
Sol.283.(d) Two. Candidates were             (c) State legislature (d) National legislature   Schedule of the Constitution deals with
allowed to contest more than Two seats                                                        Administration and Control of Scheduled
until 1996. As per, Section 33 (7) of the    Sol.287.(d) National legislature. The            Areas and Scheduled Tribes in states
RPA (Representation of the People Act)       Indian     Parliament    comprises    the        other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura
1951, one candidate can contest from a       President and the two Houses - Rajya             and Mizoram. The Sixth Schedule deals
maximum of two constituencies. Section       Sabha (Council of States) and Lok                with the administration of the tribal areas
70 bars candidates from representing         Sabha. The State Legislature is the              in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
two     constituencies   in   the    Lok     legislative body of the state in India. It       Mizoram.
Sabha/state, which means candidates          comprises the Legislative Assembly, the
have to vacate one seat in case of           Legislative Council (in some cases), and         Q.291. Which of the following is NOT a
winning both the seats.                      the State Governor.                              kind of question related to Indian
                                                                                              Parliamentary Proceedings?
Q.284. What is the term of the State         Q.288. Which of the following can alter          SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)
legislative assembly in India as per         the boundary of a state or change its            (a) Starred Question
Indian constitution ?                        name?                                            (b) Unstarred Question
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Afternoon)               SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (2nd Shift)                   (c) Short Notice Question
(a) 3 years        (b) 5 years               (a) State government     (b) Parliament          (d) Long Notice Question
(c) 4 years        (d) 7 years               (c) Supreme Court        (d) High Court
                                                                                              Sol.291.(d) Long Notice Question.
Sol.284.(b) 5 years. State Legislature       Sol.288.(b) Parliament. Article 3 states         Starred Questions are those for which an
(Article 168 - 212) comprises Legislative    that the Parliament may by law form a            oral answer is expected. Non-starred
Assembly and Legislative Council. Article    new State by separation of a territory           questions are those for which a written
170 - Composition of the Legislative         from any State or by uniting two or more         reply is expected. Short notice questions
Assemblies. Article 171 - Composition of     States completely or in parts or by              are those which are asked on matters of
the     Legislative   Councils.Legislative   uniting any territory to a part of any           urgent public importance and can be
Council members are elected for a term       State.                                           asked on a shorter notice, less than 10
of 6 years.                                                                                   days.
                                             Q.289. Who runs the government at the
Q.285. The Lok Sabha (House of the           national level under the parliamentary           Q.292. Which of the following is called
People) was duly constituted for the first    system?                                          'the temple of the country's democracy'?
time on _______ .                            SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (2nd Shift)                   SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Evening)                 (a) The President and Council of                 (a) Raj Ghat       (b) Supreme Court
(a) 26 April 1950   (b) 17 April 1952            Ministers                                    (c) Ashok Pillar (d) Parliament
(c) 18 January 1950 (d) 20 April 1951        (b) The Prime Minister and Council of
                                                 Ministers                                    Sol.292.(d) Parliament (Article 79)
Sol.285.(b) 17 April 1952. The First Lok     (c) The Prime Minister                           consists of the President (Article 52),
Sabha lasted for a full five years tenure     (d) The President                                Council of States (Article 80 - Rajya
and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.                                                            Sabha) and House of the People (Article
Article 79 of the Constitution deals with    Sol.289.(b) The Prime Minister and the           81 - Lok Sabha).
the Parliament consisting of the             Council     of    Ministers     run    the
President, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha.       Parliamentary system (cabinet system or          Q.293. To whom is the Council of
First Lok Sabha Speaker - GV Mavlankar.      the Responsible government, Prime                Ministers collectively responsible?
                                             Minister Model) at the National level.           SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)
Q.286. What is the tenure of a Rajya         Articles 74 and 75 (Part V) provide the          (a) Lok Sabha
Sabha member?                                parliamentary system for the centre.             (b) Parliament
SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Evening)                 Article 163 and 164 (Part VI) provides the       (c) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(a) Five years (b) Three years                parliamentary system for the states.            (d) President of India
(c) Six years  (d) Two years
                                             Q.290. The Constitution
                                                          @ebookstore01provides for           Sol.293.(a) Lok Sabha. Article 74 (deals
Sol.286.(c) Six years (one third members     reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and        with the status of the council of
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ministers), Article 79 (There shall be a     of the Supreme Court, High Court,              Q.302. An alliance formed by political
Parliament), Article 80 (Rajya Sabha),       District Court or Subordinate Court.           parties after elections when no party has
Article 81 (Lok Sabha). Important Article                                                   been able to get adequate seats to form
- Impeachment of President (Article 61),     Q.298. _____________ is a motion moved         a clear majority is called_____.
Disqualifications for membership (Article     by a member to cut short the debate on a       SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Evening)
102), Right of President to address and      matter before the House.                       (a) coalition       (b) appropriation
 send messages to Houses (Article 86).       SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Morning)                   (c) allegiance      (d) prorogation
                                             (a) Closure       (b) No-Confidence
Q.294. Which of the following states has     (c) Privilege     (d) Censure                  Sol.302.(a) A coalition government is a
two houses in its state legislature?                                                        form of government in which political
SSC MTS 05/07/2022 (Morning)                 Sol.298.(a) ‘Closure Motion’ . No              parties cooperate to form a government.
(a) Gujarat       (b) Maharashtra            Confidence Motion’ also called as Motion        Appropriation is when money is set aside
(c) Rajasthan     (d) Jharkhand              of No Confidence: A Vote of No                  for a specific and particular purpose or
                                             Confidence is a formal proposal in Lok          purposes. Prorogation means the
Sol.294.(b) Maharashtra. 6 out of 28         Sabha to evoke a decision of the house.        termination of a session of the House by
states have bicameral legislatures:                                                         an order made by the President under
Andhra Pradesh (Seats- 58) , Bihar (75),     Q.299.     According to the Indian
                                             Constitution, what is the tenure of the        Article 85(2)(a) of the Constitution.
Karnataka (75), Maharashtra (78),                                                           Allegiance, the tie that binds an individual
Telangana (40), and Uttar Pradesh (100).     members of the State Legislative Council
                                             in India?                                      to another individual or institution.
Q.295. The state legislative assembly        SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Afternoon)                 Q.303. The period between prorogation
has a strength of ____, with exceptions      (a) 10 years      (b) 3 years                  of Parliament and re-assembly in a new
for smaller states.                          (c) 4 years       (d) 6 years                  session is called______.
SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Morning)                                                                SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) 600 to 1000 (b) 60 to 500                Sol.299.(d) 6 years. It is a permanent
                                             body and is not subject to dissolution.        (a) adjournment (b) recess
(c) 50 to 400      (d) 10 to 100                                                            (c) dissolution   (d) cut motion
                                             The tenure of a Member of the
Sol.295.(b) 60 and 500 members .             Legislative Council (MLC) is six years,        Sol.303.(b) Recess. An adjournment
However an exception may be granted in       with one-third of the members retiring         suspends the work in a sitting for a
the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram, and      every two years.                               specified time, which may be hours, days
the union territory of Puducherry which                                                     or weeks. A dissolution ends the very life
have fewer than 60 members. Maximum          Q.300. Who has the power to abolish or
                                             create a legislative council in the state?     of the existing House, and a new House
seats (Uttar Pradesh; 403) and least                                                        is constituted after general elections are
number of seats (Puducherry; 30).            SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Morning)
                                             (a) Parliament                                 held. Cut motion is a power given to the
Q.296.     According to the Indian           (b) High court of the concerned State          members of the Lok Sabha that enables
Constitution, the House of People shall      (c) President                                  its members to oppose any demand in a
consist of not more than ______ members      (d) Chief minister of the concerned state      Finance Bill proposed by a government
to represent the Union territories.                                                         Q.304. In the absence of the Speaker and
SSC MTS 12/07/2022 (Evening)                 Sol.300.(a) Parliament. According to the
                                             Article 169 of the Constitution of India,      the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, who
(a) thirty        (b) twenty                                                                presides over the joint sitting of the two
(c) fifteen        (d) Thirty-five             the Parliament of India can create or
                                             abolish the State Legislative Council of a     houses of Parliament?
Sol.296.(b) Twenty. The Lok Sabha is         state if that state's legislature passes a     SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon)
composed of representatives of people        resolution for that with a special majority.   (a) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
chosen by direct election on the basis of                                                   (b) Any senior member of Rajya Sabha
adult suffrage. The maximum strength of      Q.301. Which of the following is NOT a         (c) Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
the House envisaged by the Constitution      feature of parliamentary government in         (d) Any senior member of Lok Sabha
is now 550 (530 members to represent         India?
                                             SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening)                   Sol.304.(c) Deputy Chairman of Rajya
States, 20 to represent Union Territories)
                                             (a) Membership of the ministers in the         Sabha. Article 93 - The Speaker and
Q.297. How many organs of government             legislature,                               Deputy Speaker of the House of the
are there according to the Indian            (b) Undissolvable lower house                  People . Article 95 - Power of the Deputy
Constitution?                                (c) Presence of nominal and real               Speaker or other person to perform the
SSC MTS 12/07/2022 (Evening)                     executives                                 duties of the office of, or to act as,
(a) Two (b) Four (c) One (d) Three           (d) Collective responsibility of the           Speaker. Article 96 - The Speaker or the
                                                 executive to the legislature               Deputy Speaker not to preside while a
Sol.297.(d)     Three     Organs:      the                                                  resolution for his removal from office is
Legislature consists of the President and    Sol.301.(b) Undissolvable lower house.         under consideration.
two Houses, known as Council of States       Features of Parliamentary Government :
(Rajya Sabha) and House of the People        Nominal and Real Executives, Double            Q.305. How many seats of Rajya Sabha
(Lok Sabha), the Executive consists of       Membership, Collective Responsibility,         are present in the state of Maharashtra?
the President, the Vice-President, and the   Secrecy of procedure, Prime Ministerial        SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon)
Council of Ministers with the Prime          Leadership,   Majority      Party    Rule,     (a) 19 (b) 10 (c) 31 (d) 25
Minister as the head to aid and advise       Bicameral      Legislature,       Political
the President. and the Judiciary consists                @ebookstore01                      Sol.305.(a) 19 seats elected in
                                             Homogeneity, No fixed term.                     Maharashtra and they are indirectly
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elected by the state legislators of           speaker appointed for a limited period of      a finance commission for every 5 years
Maharashtra. The fourth Schedule              time to conduct the works in the Lower         to review the financial situation of
contains the provisions in relation to the    House of Parliament after the General          municipalities and panchayats. Article
allocation of seats for States and Union      elections.                                     112 - Annual financial statement. Article
Territories in the Rajya Sabha. Article 80:                                                  200 - Assent to Bills.
Composition of the Council of States.         Q.310. The process of impeachment of
                                               the President of India can be initiated in:   Q.313. Who among the following has
Q.306. The salary and allowances of            SSC CHSL 18/03/2020 (Afternoon)               given extraordinary powers during an
leaders of opposition in parliament are       (a) Rajya Sabha but not in Lok Sabha           emergency?
governed by the Act passed for the first       (b) Either house of the parliament             SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)
time by the parliament in the year ______.    (c) Lok Sabha but not in Rajya Sabha           (a) Prime Minister    (b) The President
SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Afternoon)                (d) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha or any state        (c) The Chief Justice (d) The Governor
(a) 1972 (b) 1982 (c) 1977 (d) 1979               legislative assembly
                                                                                             Sol.313.(b) The President. The President
Sol.306.(c) 1977. Second Schedule of          Sol.310.(b) Either house of the                of India is empowered to proclaim three
the Indian Constitution deals with the        Parliament. Under Article 61: The              types of emergencies to handle
provisions in relation to allowances,         President can be removed from office by          extraordinary situations in the country.
privileges, emoluments of : The President     a process of impeachment for ‘violation        National Emergency (Article 352), State
of India, Governors of Indian States,         of the Constitution’. These charges            Emergency or President rule (Article
Speaker of Lok Sabha & Deputy Speaker         should be signed by one-fourth of              356), Financial Emergency (Article 360).
of Lok Sabha etc. The leader of the           members of the House (that framed the          The President can proclaim National
largest Opposition party having not less      charges), and a 14 days’ notice should be      Emergency only after receiving a written
than one-tenth of the seats of the total      given to the President. No President has       recommendation from the cabinet.
strength of the House is recognized as        so far been impeached.
the leader of the Opposition in that                                                         Q.314. A Governor shall, notwithstanding
                                                                                             the expiration of his term, continue to
House opposition cabinet.                      President, Vice President and
                                                                                             hold office until ______________.
Q.307. The Speaker of the House of the                Prime Minister                         SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)
People may submit his resignation to the:                                                    (a) the President’s consent
                                              Q.311.      Who     was  the        second
SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Afternoon)                                                               (b) the Legislative Secretary takes charge
                                              vice-President of India?
(a) Deputy Speaker of the House of the                                                       (c) he/she has aid and advice of the
                                              SSC CGL Tier II 26/10/2023
    People                                                                                       Chief Minister
                                              (a) VV Giri
(b) President                                                                                (d) his/her successor enters his/her
                                              (b) Krishna Kant
(c) Prime Minister                                                                               office
                                              (c) Dr Zakir Hussain
(d) Vice-President
                                              (d) Dr S Radhakrishnan                         Sol.314.(d) Governor - He is the
Sol.307.(a) Deputy Speaker. As per                                                           constitutional head of the state, bound
                                              Sol.311.(c) Dr Zakir Hussain (1962             by the advice of the council of ministers.
Article 93 of the Indian Constitution, the
                                              -1967) - He was the third President of         He functions as a vital link between the
Lok Sabha has a Speaker and a Deputy
                                              India from 1967-1969, and the first Indian      Union Government and the State
Speaker.
                                              President to die in office in 1969. He was       Government. Article 156 - It deals with
Q.308. In the Lok Sabha, discussion           awarded Bharat Ratna in 1963. First five        the term of office of a governor. A
under which rule of the Constitution of       vice presidents of India : First - Dr.         governor must: Be a citizen of India, Be
India does not involve a formal motion        Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952-1962).          at least 35 years of age, Not be a
before the House?                             Third - Sh. V.V. Giri (1967-1969). Fourth -    member of either the house of the
SSC MTS 26/10/2021 (Morning)                  Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak (1969-1974).           parliament or the house of the state
(a) Rule 123     (b) Rule 193                 Fifth - Sh. B.D.Jatti (1974-1979).             legislature, Not hold any office of profit.
(c) Rule 146     (d) Rule 157
                                              Q.312. Who will cause every year, annual       Q.315. Which of the following Articles of
Sol.308.(b) Rule 193- Notice for raising      financial statements to be laid before the      the Indian Constitution deals with the
discussion. Rule 123- Consideration of         Legislative Assembly of the State?            relationship between the Prime Minister
amendments made by Council . Rule             SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Afternoon)        and the President?
146-    Procedure     on   motion      for    (a) President                                  SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)
consideration being carried . Rule 157-       (b) Governor                                   (a) Article 35           (b) Article 25
Voting on motions .                           (c) Deputy Chief Minister                      (c) Article 75           (d) Article 45
                                              (d) Chief Minister
Q.309. Who among the following                                                               Sol.315.(c) Article 75. Article 35 - It lays
appoints the Speaker 'Pro tem' of the Lok     Sol.312.(b) Governor: Financial Powers -       down that the power to make laws, to
Sabha?                                        Money bill can only be introduced in the       give     effect   to    certain specified
SSC CGL 23/08/2021(Evening)                   state    legislature  on     his    prior      fundamental rights, shall vest only in the
(a) Prime Minister                            recommendation. No demand for grant            Parliament and not in the state
(b) Chief Justice of Supreme Court            can    be     made   except     on   his       legislatures. Article 25 - It guarantees the
(c) President                                 recommendation. Money from the                 freedom of conscience, the freedom to
(d) Chief Election Commissioner               contingency fund can be withdrawn after        profess, practice, and propagate religion
                                              his recommendation     for meeting the
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Sol.309.(c) President. He is a temporary      unforeseen expenditures. He constitutes
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Q.316. When the President of India             the Council of States. Article 62 - Time of   (b) Indira Gandhi
keeps a bill (except money bill and            holding election to fill vacancy in the        (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
constitutional amendment bill) pending         office of President and the term of office        (d) Gulzarilal Nanda
for an indefinite period, it is called______.   of person elected to fill casual vacancy.
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)                                                                 Sol.322.(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru. First in
                                               Q.319. Under which Article of the Indian      India : Deputy Prime Minister - Vallabh
(a) absolute veto of the President
                                                Constitution shall the executive power of    Bhai Patel, Women Prime Minister - Indira
(b) amendatory veto of the President
                                                the Union be vested in the President ?       Gandhi, Women President - Pratibha
(c) pocket veto of the President
                                               SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Morning)                  Patil, Women Chief Minister - Sucheta
(d) suspensive veto of the President
                                               (a) Article 55           (b) Article 56       Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh), Women Lok
Sol.316.(c) Pocket veto of the President.      (c) Article 53           (d) Article 58       Sabha Speaker - Meira Kumar (15th Lok
Veto Power of the President of India is                                                      Sabha).
                                               Sol.319.(c) Article 53. Other Articles:
guided by Article 111. Three types of
                                               Article 55 - Manner of election of            Q.323. What is the tenure of the
Veto Power: Absolute veto, Suspensive
                                               President. Article 56 - Term of office of       Vice-President of India?
veto and Pocket veto. Absolute Veto: It
                                               President (5 years). Article 58 -             SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
refers to the power of the President to
                                               Qualifications for election as President.      (a) Until the age of 65
withhold his assent to a bill passed by
                                               Article 57 - Eligibility for re-election.     (b) Until he wants to hold the office
the Parliament. The bill then ends and
                                               Article 59 - Conditions of the President's    (c) 6 years
does not become an act. Suspensive
                                               office. Article 60 - Oath or affirmation by       (d) 5 years
Veto: The President uses a suspensive
                                               the President. Article 61 - Procedure for
veto when he returns the bill to the Indian                                                   Sol.323.(d) 5 years. Vice president is the
                                               impeachment of the President.
Parliament for its reconsideration.                                                          second highest constitutional office in
                                               Q.320. Whose prior recommendation is          India. Article 63 - Vice President of India.
Q.317. The President of India decides on
                                               required to introduce money bills in state    The Vice-President of India is elected
the question as to the disqualification of
                                               legislature?                                  indirectly by members (elected as well as
Members of Parliament in consultation
                                               SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (1st Shift)                nominated) of Lok Sabha and Rajya
with the ____________.
                                               (a) Speaker of the House                      Sabha. Article 89 - The Vice President
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Afternoon)
                                               (b) Chief Minister                            presides over the meetings of the council
(a) Vice President
                                               (c) Governor                                  of states.
(b) Supreme Court of India
                                               (d) Advocate General
(c) Parliament                                                                               Q.324. Who was the Prime Minister of
(d) Election Commission of India               Sol.320.(c) Governor: Appointed by the        India when the Fundamental Duties were
                                               President. Article 153 - Governors of         first incorporated in the Constitution of
Sol.317.(d) Election Commission of             States. A governor must be at least 35
India. Article 103 - It deals with the                                                       India?
                                               years of age. Articles related to Money       SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
decisions     of   disqualifications     of     Bill: Article 110 - Concerned with
members of Parliament. It provides that                                                      (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
                                               financial matters like taxation, public        (b) Indira Gandhi
the president shall obtain the opinion of      expenditure, etc. Article 198 - It shall be
the Election Commission and act                                                              (c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
                                               introduced only in a Legislative              (d) Rajiv Gandhi
according to such opinion. Article 102 - It    Assembly, not in Legislative council.
provides     for   Disqualification    for                                                    Sol.324.(b) Indira Gandhi : 3rd Prime
membership of Parliament If he holds           Q.321. Who nominates members to the
                                                                                             Minister of India and first and, to date,
any office of profit, unsound mind,               Rajya Sabha based on their excellence in
                                                                                             only female prime minister of India.
undischarged insolvent, Not a citizen of       literature, science, art and social service
India. Other provisions: Anti-Defections       ?                                             Q.325. Who holds the authority of
(10th   Schedule),     Section    8    of      SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                transferring judges from one High court
Representation of People Act 1951, and         (a) The Chief Justice of India                to another High Court?
Section 499 and 500 of Indian Penal            (b) The President                             SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)
Code.                                          (c) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha           (a) The senior most judge of Supreme
                                               (d) The Prime Minister                            Court
Q.318. Which Article of the Indian
                                                                                             (b) The chief justice of india
Constitution lays the condition that the       Sol.321.(b) The President. He is the
                                                                                             (c) The president of india
President, once elected, shall NOT be a        nominal executive authority of India.The
                                                                                             (d) The law minister of india
member of either the House of                  Rajya Sabha shall have 250 members out
Parliament or state legislature?               of which 238 represents the state and         Sol.325.(c) The President of India
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening)                   union territories, and 12 members shall       (Article 52). Article 222 - Transfer of a
(a) Article 79            (b) Article 80       be nominated by the President who have        Judge from one High Court to another.
(c) Article 62            (d) Article 59       special knowledge of Art, Science,            Article 217 -Appointment and conditions
                                               Literature and Social Sciences. Fourth        of the office of a Judge of a High Court.
Sol.318.(d) Article 59. Article 79 - There     Schedule - Allocation of seats in the         Article 124 - Establishment and
 shall be a Parliament for the Union           Council of States (Rajya Sabha).              constitution of the Supreme Court.
which shall consist of the President and
                                                                                             Article 218 - Application of certain
two Houses to be known respectively as         Q.322. Who was our first Prime Minister?
                                                                                             provisions relating to the Supreme Court
the Council of States and the House of         SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
                                                                                             to High Courts. Article 214 - High Courts
the People. Article 80 - Composition of        (a) Rajendra @ebookstore01
                                                            Prasad
                                                                                             for States.
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Q.326.      Which     of   the     following   Article 153 - Governors of a state, Article       of the Ministers.
statements       are   correct    regarding    154 - Executive power of the state, Article   (c) Appointment of the Speaker of the
removal of the President of India?             155 - Appointment of governor, Article            Legislative Assembly.
A. The impeachment process can be              156 - Terms of office of governor, Article      (d) Appointment of Advocate General of
initiated in either House of Parliament.       159 - Oath or affirmation by the governor,          the state in consultation with Attorney
B. The impeachment charges must be             Article 163 - Council of ministers to aid         general.
signed by the one-third members of the         and advise governor, Article 165 -
House in which the process is initiated.       Advocate general for the state, Article       Sol.331.(a) Article 167 imposes on the
C. In the impeachment process, a 30            166 - Conduct of business of the              Chief Minister the responsibility of
days' notice should be given to the            government of a state , Article 170 -         keeping the Governor informed of all
President.                                     Composition      of     the     legislative   decisions made by the Council of
D. The impeachment resolution is passed        assemblies                                    Ministers concerning administration and
by a majority of two-thirds of the total                                                     legislation. Article 178 - It deals with the
membership of that House.                      Q.329. Who, being the Commander - in -        corresponding position for Speaker and
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift)                 Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, takes       Deputy Speaker of the Legislative
(a) B and C only (b) A, B and C only           the salute of different regiments of the      Assembly of a state. Article 165 - Related
(c) A, B, C and D (d) A and D only             armed forces during the march-past on         to the office of the Advocate General for
                                               Republic Day?                                 the States who is the highest law officer
Sol.326.(d) A and D only. Article 61:          SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift)                in the State.
Procedure for impeachment of the               (a) The Defence Minister of India
President. The impeachment charges             (b) The Prime Minister of India               Q.332. Who among the following served
must be signed by not less than                (c) The Home Minister of India                the shortest tenure as the Prime Minister
one-fourth members of the house in             (d) The President of India                    of India ?
which the process is initiated. A fourteen                                                   SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (1st shift)
day notice should be given to the              Sol.329.(d) President of India:- The head     (a) HD Deva Gowda       (b) VP Singh
president. Impeachment of the President        of the state and he is the first citizen of    (c) Chandra Shekhar (d) IK Gujral
was taken from the US Constitution.            India. Powers of President: He appoints
                                               attorney general of India (Article 76),       Sol.332.(c) Chandra Shekhar. Shri
Q.327. Who administers oath of office to         Comptroller and Auditor General of India      Gulzari Lal Nanda (11 January 1966 - 24
the Vice President of India?                   (Article 148), He deals with 3 types of       January 1966 and 27 May 1964 - 9 June
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift)                 emergencies in Part XVIII National            1964) served the shortest tenure as PM.
(a) The Prime Minister of India                Emergency (Article 352), President’s Rule     H D Deva Gowda (June 1, 1996 - April 21,
(b) The Speaker of Lok Sabha                   (Article 356 & 365), Financial Emergency      1997) - 11th Prime Minister of India. V. P.
(c) The President of India                     (Article 360). Article 123 - Power of the     Singh (December 2, 1989 - November 10,
(d) The Chief Justice of India                 President to promulgate Ordinances            1990) - 7th Prime Minister of India.
                                               during recess of Parliament.                  Chandra Shekhar (10 November 1990
Sol.327.(c) The President of India.
                                                                                             and 21 June 1991) - 8th Prime Minister
Article 69 - Oath or affirmation by the
                                               Q.330. The Governor of an Indian state        of India. The longest-serving prime
Vice-President. He is the ex-officio
                                               before entering upon his office takes an        minister was Jawaharlal Nehru, (16 years
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Some
                                               oath or affirmation before ____________.        and 286 days).
other Oaths administered by the
                                               SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (4th shift)
President: Prime Minister, Council of                                                        Q.333. There shall be a ___________ with
                                               (a) the Chief Justice of the High Court
Ministers, Chief Justice of India.                                                           the Prime Minister at the head to aid and
                                                   exercising jurisdiction in relation to
                                                   the State                                 advise the President of India.
Q.328. Which of the following
                                               (b) the President of India                    Higher Secondary 30/06/2023 (Shift - 2)
 statements are correct regarding the
                                               (c) the Chief Minister of the concerned       (a) Council of States
 State Executive ?
                                                   state                                     (b) Council of Ministers
A. Article 152 of the Indian Constitution
                                               (d) the Prime Minister of India               (c) Advocate General
states 'Unless the context otherwise
                                                                                             (d) Attorney General for India
requires, the expression 'State' does not
                                               Sol.330.(a) Article 159 - Oath or
include Jammu and Kashmir'.                                                                  Sol.333.(b) Council of Ministers. Article
                                               affirmation to the Governor by the Chief
B. The 7th Constitutional Amendment                                                          74 - Council of Ministers. The advice
                                               Justice of the High Court and in his
Act has provided for the appointment of                                                      tendered by Ministers to the President
                                               Absence, senior most Judge of that
the same person as Governor for two or                                                       shall not be inquired into in any court.
                                               Court available. Article 155 - The
more states.                                                                                 Total number of ministers in the COM -
                                               Governor of a State shall be appointed by
C. The Supreme Court clearly mentioned                                                       15% of the Lok Sabha (Mandated by 91st
                                               the President. Article 153 - Governors of
that the office of the Governor is under                                                       Amendment Act of 2003).
                                               States.
the control of the Central Government.
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (4th shift)                                                               Q.334. The President of India shall be
                                               Q.331. What is the duty of the Chief
(a) B and C only (b) A and C only                                                            elected by the members of an electoral
                                               Minister, as mentioned under Article 167
(c) A, B and C     (d) A and B only                                                          college consisting of:
                                               of the Indian Constitution?
                                                                                             SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Morning)
                                               SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (4th shift)
Sol.328.(d) A and B only. Part VI of                                                         I. The elected members of both Houses
                                               (a) Communication of all decisions of the
Constitution  (functioning  of  state                                                         of Parliament.
                                                   Council of Ministers to the Governor.
government). Articles under Part VI :                       @ebookstore01                    II.The elected members of the Legislative
                                               (b) Appointment and removal of Council
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Assemblies of the States.                     Sol.337.(b) President. Article 124 (2) -       Sol.340.(d) A, B and C. The President
(a) Both I and II    (b) Only I               Vests power on the President to appoint        {Article (52-62)} of India is the head of
(c) Neither I nor II (d) Only II              every Judge of the Supreme Court               state of the Republic of India. First
                                              including the Chief Justice of India.          President - Rajendra Prasad (held office
Sol.334.(a) Both I and II. The President
                                              Article 124 - States the establishment of      for two terms, longest serving president
(Articles 52-62) : Article 52 - The
                                              the Supreme Court. Article 124 (3) -           of India). Article 54 - Election of
President of India. Article 53 - The
                                              Qualification of Supreme court Judge.           President, Article 60- Oath or affirmation
executive power of the Union. Article 54 -
                                                                                             by the President. Article 61- Procedure
Election of President. Article 55 -Manner     Q.338. What is the minimum age (in              for impeachment of the President.
of election of President. Article 56 - Term   years) a person should be if he/she is
of office of President. Article 58 -            willing to be appointed as the Governor        Q.341. Who among the following
Qualifications for election as President.      of a state in India ?                          Presidents of India was also the deputy
Article 60 - Oath or affirmation by the         SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Afternoon)                 chairman of the Planning Commission?
President. Article 61 - Procedure for         (a) 28 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 40                    SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (1st Shift)
impeachment of the President.                                                                (a) VV Giri
                                              Sol.338.(c) 35 years. Article 157 -            (b) KR Narayanan
Q.335. The Inter-State Council consists       Qualifications for appointment as
of ______ ministers of Cabinet rank in the                                                   (c) Ramaswamy Venkataraman
                                              Governor (must be a citizen of India and       (d) Pranab Mukherjee
Union Council of Ministers nominated by       must have completed 35 years of age).
the Prime Minister of India.                  Article 153 - Governors of States. Article     Sol.341.(d) Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (13th
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Evening)                  154 - Executive power of State. Article        president). Other positions he hold were
(a) six (b) two (c) ten (d) four              155 - Appointment of Governor. Article         Minister of Finance (2009 - 2012),
Sol.335.(a) Six. Inter-State Council - A      58 - The presidential candidate must           Minister of Defence (2004 - 2006),
constitutional body established by the        complete the age of 35 years. Article 84       Minister of External Affairs (2006 - 2009),
President     of   India.    Article  263     (b) - the minimum age for Lok Sabha            15th Leader of the Lok Sabha (2004 –
contemplates the establishment of an          election shall be 25 years.                    2012), Deputy Chairman of the Planning
inter-state council to effect coordination                                                   Commission (1991 - 1996), 14th Leader
                                              Q.339. Who administers the Union               of the Rajya Sabha (1980 – 1984),
between the states and between centre
                                              Territories of India?                          Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2004
and states. Established by the President
                                              SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning)                   - 2012), and Member of Parliament, Rajya
of India. Composition of the council - PM
                                              (a) President                                  Sabha (1969 - 1981). V.V Giri (4th
as chairman, CM of all the states and
                                              (b) Prime Minister                             President), K.R Narayan (10th president).
UTS having legislative assemblies,
                                              (c) Chief Minister                             Ramaswamy         Venkataraman         (8th
Administrators of UTs not having
                                              (d) Member of Legislative Assembly             president).
legislative assemblies, Governors of
states under President’s rule, Five           Sol.339.(a) President. The administrator       Q.342.     Which      of    the  following
ministers of the cabinet rank are             appointed by the President runs the            statements about the Vice President of
permanent invitees of the council.            administration on the behalf of the            India is INCORRECT?
                                              President. Part - VIII (Union Territories),    SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
Q.336. Which Article of the Indian
                                              Article 239 (Administration of Union           (a) Members of State legislatures do not
constitution talks about Oath or
                                              territories). Article 239A (Creation of            take part in his elections.
affirmation by the President?
                                              local legislatures or council of ministers     (b) He acts as the ex-officio Chairman of
SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Morning)
                                              or both for certain Union territories.             the Rajya Sabha.
(a) Article 72    (b) Article 60
                                              Example (Pondicherry). Article 239AA           (c) The Vice President is elected for five
(c) Article 45    (d) Article 56
                                              (Special provisions with respect to Delhi).        years.
Sol.336.(b) Article 60. It states that the                                                   (d) He can be removed from his office by
                                              Q.340.     Which     of    the   following
oath of office to the President is                                                                 the President approved through a
                                              statements are correct regarding the
administered by the Chief Justice of                                                             resolution passed by the Lok Sabha
                                              benefits of the retired President of India?
India. Article 72 - It empowers the                                                              and Rajya Sabha.
                                              A. The former President of India will also
President to grant pardons to persons.
                                               be entitled to a monthly pension of ₹2.5
Article 45 - The State shall endeavour to                                                    Sol.342.(d) Vice president of India: The
                                              lakh.
provide early childhood care and                                                              vice president is elected for five years.
                                              B. He/She is entitled to a secretarial staff
education to children below the age of                                                       Minimum age: 35. He acts as the
                                              comprising a private secretary, a
six years. Article 56 - The President shall                                                  ex-officio chairman of the Rajya sabha. In
                                              personal assistant, an additional private
hold office for a term of five years from                                                       the electoral college for Vice President,
                                              secretary, two peons, and office
the date he takes up his post.                                                               both elected and nominated members of
                                              expenses up to ₹1 lakh per annum.
                                                                                             both the Houses of Parliament take part.
Q.337.Who appoints the Chief Justice of       C. He/She is also entitled to free
                                                                                             Members of the State Legislature do not
India?                                        highest-class travel anywhere in India,
                                                                                             participate in the election of the Vice
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon)                accompanied by one person, by rail, air,
                                                                                             President.
(a) Vice - President                          or steamer.
(b) President                                 SSC CGL Tier II (02/03/2023)                   Q.343. The system based on individual
(c) Supreme Court Judge                       (a) A and B only (b) B and C only              leadership is a __________ system.
(d) Prime Minister                            (c) A and C only (d) A, B and C                SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
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                                                                                             (a) semi-parliamentary (b) parliamentary
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(c) presidential       (d)semi-presidential        ministers.                                 thirty-five years, and be qualified for
                                               (b) He presides over the meetings of the       election as a member of the Council of
Sol.343.(c) Presidential. A presidential           Council of Ministers.                      States.
 system is one in which the head of state      (c) When he resigns or dies, it has no
is also the head of government, and the            effect in the functioning of the council   Q.350. Who among the following was the
executive branch is independent of the             of ministers.                              third Vice - President of India?
legislative branch. Parliamentary system       (d) The Governor appoints ministers on         SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning)
is a form of government where                      His recommendations.                       (a) BD Jatti                (b) Zakir Hussain
executives hold the power with the                                                            (c) Gopal Swarup Pathak (d) V. V. Giri
majority support of the legislature. A         Sol.346.(c) The Governor appoints the
semi-presidential system is a republican       Chief Minister and other Ministers             Sol.350.(d) V. V. Giri. Vice Presidents of
system of governance that combines             (Article 164). The Chief Minister is the       India - 1st Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd-
elements of presidential democracy with        head of the State Council of Ministers         Zakir Hussain, 4th Gopal Swarup Pathak,
parliamentary democracy.                       and the real executive head of state           5th B D Jatti. 14th- Jagdeep Dhankhan.
                                               government. Article 167 (Chief Minister        Q.351. The election of the next
Q.344. Which is NOT correct about the          acts as a link between Governor and
President of India?                                                                           Vice-President is to be held within _____
                                               state council of ministers).                   of the expiry of the term of office of the
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)
(a) The President holds office for a             Q.347. Who among the following is NOT          outgoing Vice-President.
    period of five years.                       appointed by the President of India?           SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(b) He is a part of the Parliament.            Graduate Level 05/08/2022 (Shift - 3)          (a) 90 days       (b) 60 days
(c) Every bill passed by the Parliament        (a) Ambassadors and High Commissioners         (c) 120 days      (d) 75 days
    goes to the President for his assent       (b) Comptroller and Auditor General of         Sol.351.(b) 60 days. Article 66 of the
    before it becomes a law.                       India                                      Constitution of India states the manner
(d) He has veto power by which he can          (c) Attorney General of India                  of election of the vice president.
    withhold or refuse to give assent to       (d) Solicitor General of India
    Bills including Money Bill passed by the                                                  Q.352. Who among the following is the
    Parliament.                                Sol.347.(d) Solicitor General of India         'Visitor' to all central universities of India?
                                               (the second - highest law officer of the         SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Evening)
Sol.344.(d)    The President of India          country)      is   appointed    by     the     (a) President of India
(Articles 52-62) is the first citizen of        Appointments Committee of the Cabinet          (b) Chairman, University Grants
India. He is the head of state of the          (ACC). Attorney Generals of India (Article         Commission
Republic of India. He is the formal head       76). Comptroller and Auditor General of        (c) Union Minister of Human Resources
of the executive, legislature and judiciary    India (Article 148).                               Development
of India and is also the commander -in
                                               Q.348. According to the Constitution of        (d) Vice - President of India
-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.
Rajendra Prasad, the first president of         India, the executive power of the state        Sol.352.(a) President of India is the
India, is the only person to have held         shall be vested in the______.                  'Visitor' to all central universities of India.
office for two terms.                            SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Afternoon)                 According to Article 52 of the
                                               (a) President of India                         Constitution of India, the President is the
Q.345. The emoluments and allowances
                                               (b) Governor of the state                      head of state of the Republic of India.
of the President and other expenditure
                                               (c) Chief Minister of the state
relating to his office is charged on the                                                        Q.353. Who among the following
                                               (d) Advocate-General of the state
______ of India.                                                                              replaced Morarji Desai as the Prime
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)                 Sol.348.(b) Governor of the state.             Minister of India in 1979?
(a) contingency fund                           According to Article 154 of the Indian         SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Morning)
(b) estimates fund                             Constitution, the executive power of the       (a) Chandrasekhar (b) Devi Lal
(c) consolidated fund                          State shall be vested in the Governor and      (c) Jagjivan Ram (d) Charan Singh
(d) public accounts fund                       shall be exercised by him either directly
                                               or through officers subordinate to him.          Sol.353.(d) Charan Singh replaced
Sol.345.(c) Consolidated Funds - Article
                                               Similarly According to Article 53, the         Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister of
266(1). Three types of funds of the
                                               executive power of the Union shall be          India in 1979. Morarji Desai was the 4th
Central Government – Consolidated Fund
                                               vested in the President.                       Prime Minister of India and served
of India - Revenues received by the
                                                                                              between 1977 and 1979. He was India's
government and expenses made by it,            Q.349. A candidate seeking election as         first non-Congress PM Charan Singh was
excluding    the    exceptional     items.     Vice-President is required to make a           further replaced by Indira Gandhi.
Contingency Fund of India (Article 267) -      security deposit of _____.
the emergency fund for the nation and          SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning)                  Q.354. Which Indian president used the
Public Accounts of India (Article 266(2) -     (a) ₹25,000       (b) ₹20,000                  pocket veto for the Indian Post Office
those funds that are received on behalf        (c) ₹30,000       (d) ₹15,000                  (Amendment) Bill, 1986?
of the Government of India.                                                                   SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Evening)
                                               Sol.349.(d) ₹15,000. The post of               (a) APJ Abdul Kalam
Q.346. Which is NOT correct about the          Vice-President (Article 63 to Article 71;      (b) KR Narayanan
powers of the Chief Minister?                  Part V) is the ex-officio chairman of the        (c) Giani Zail Singh
Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2)          Rajya Sabha.@ebookstore01
                                                             He should be a citizen of        (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(a) He allocates portfolios among              India, have completed the age of
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Sol.354.(c) Giani Zail Singh used the         delivered on 24 April 1973. The case was     Act (1861) established High Courts of
pocket veto for the Indian Post Office          filed by Sri Kesavananda Bharati (head of     Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. The first
(Amendment) Bill, 1986. In Pocket veto,       a Hindu religious mutt in Kerala),           high court of India was established in
the bill is kept pending by the President     challenging the constitutional validity of   Kolkata and formally it was called the
for an indefinite period. He neither rejects   the 24th, 25th and 29th Amendments to        High Court of Judicature at Fort William.
the bill nor returns the bill for             the Indian Constitution. Romesh Thappar      India has 25 High Courts (now). Article
reconsideration.                              vs State of Madras: Freedom of speech        214 - High Court for each State. Article
                                              and expression includes Freedom of           226 - Power of high court to issue certain
               Judiciary                      press. AK Gopalan vs State of Madras -       writs. Article 216 - Constitution of High
                                              Deals with the constitutionality of          Court.
Q.355. Disputes between two or more           preventive detention. Sajjan Singh vs
                                              State of Rajasthan - Involved a challenge    Q.361.      Which    of    the    following
states come under the _______ of the
                                              to the validity of the Constitution (26th    statements are true regarding the Family
Supreme Court.
                                              Amendment) Act.                              Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022?
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Morning)
                                                                                           Graduate Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 4)
(a) original jurisdiction
                                              Q.358. The State of Kerala Vs Leesamma       1. The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill
(b) advisory jurisdiction
                                              Joseph case deals with __________.              was introduced in Lok Sabha on 18
(c) Appellate Jurisdiction
                                              SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift)                  July 2022.
(d) writ jurisdiction
                                              (a) dowry                                    2. The Bill amends the Family Courts Act,
Sol.355.(a) Original jurisdiction - The       (b) the economic weaker section                 1984.
power to hear and determine a dispute in      (c) education                                3. The Act allows state governments to
the first instance. It is provided under       (d) persons with disabilities                   establish Family Courts.
Article 131 of the Indian Constitution.                                                    4. The Act is not applicable in Punjab and
                                              Sol.358.(d) persons with disabilities.
Article 143 of the Indian Constitution                                                        Tamil Nadu.
                                              This case was related to Article 16 (equal
confers upon the Supreme Court                                                             (a) 1, 2 and 3      (b) 1, 3 and 4
                                              opportunity in the workplace). The SC
advisory jurisdiction. Article 133 -                                                       (c) 1, 2 and 4      (d) 2, 3 and 4
                                              held that persons with physical
Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court
                                              disabilities have the right to reservation   Sol.361.(a) 1, 2 and 3. Family Courts
in appeals from High Courts in regard to
                                              in promotions. Other Important Cases -       (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeks to amend
civil matters.
                                              Kesavananda Bharati case: The Supreme        the Family Courts Act, 1984 to establish
Q.356. By which of the following writs        Court gave the doctrine of the ‘Basic        family courts in Himachal Pradesh and
the Supreme Court and the High Courts         Structure’ of the constitution. Shayara      Nagaland. Family Court Act, 1984 -
may call for the record of a case from a      Bano vs Union of India: The Supreme          Enacted for the establishment of Family
lower court on an allegation of an excess     Court struck down the practice of triple     Courts with a view to promote
of jurisdiction ?                             talaq and declared it unconstitutional.      conciliation,   and    secure    speedy
SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Afternoon)                                                    settlement of disputes relating to
                                              Q.359. The Supreme Court of India came
(a) Certiorari       (b) Prohibition                                                       marriage and family affairs and for
                                              into existence on ___________ .
(c) Mandamus        (d) Habeas Corpus                                                      related matters. Appointment of Judges -
                                              SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift)
                                                                                           The State Government may, with the
Sol.356.(a) Certiorari. Writs in India:       (a) 30 January 1935 (b) 26 January 1950
                                                                                           concurrence of the High Court, appoint
Habeas Corpus - To produce a person           (c) 15 August 1947 (d) 2 October 1952
                                                                                           one or more persons to be the Judge or
before the court to determine whether                                                      Judges of a Family Court.
                                              Sol.359.(b) 26 January 1950. 50th Chief
their detention is lawful. Mandamus - To
                                              Justice    of India: Dhananjaya Y.
direct a public official or authority to                                                     Q.362. The High court of Delhi was
                                              Chandrachud. On January 28, 1950, two
perform a public duty. Prohibition - To                                                    established in _______.
                                              days after India became a Sovereign
prohibit a public official or authority from                                                 SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening)
                                              Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court
doing something that they are not                                                          (a) 1962 (b) 1947 (c) 1951 (d) 1966
                                              was inaugurated in the Chamber of
allowed to do. Quo Warranto - To
                                              Princes in the Parliament building. The      Sol.362.(d) 1966. The High Court of
challenge the right of a person to hold a
                                              foundation stone of the Supreme Court's      Delhi was established with four Judges.
public office.
                                              building was laid on 29 October 1954 by      They were Chief Justice K.S.Hegde,
Q.357. In which of the following cases        Rajendra Prasad, the first President of       Justice I.D. Dua, Justice H.R.Khanna and
the Supreme Court, while laying out the       India. The proceedings of the Supreme        Justice     S.K.Kapur.    Presently,   the
'basic structure' of the Constitution held    Court are conducted in English language      sanctioned strength of Judges of the
that the democratic character of the          only. A person who has been a Judge of       High Court of Delhi is 45 permanent
polity was an essential component of the      the Supreme Court is debarred from           Judges and 15 Additional Judges. Chief
'basic structure" ?                           practising in any court of law or before     Justice of Delhi High court (As of June
SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Morning)                  any other authority in India.                2023) - Satish Chandra Sharma. Before
(a) Romesh Thappar vs State of Madras         Q.360. Till which year did the High Court    1966 under the States Reorganisation
(b) AK Gopalan vs State of Madras             of Delhi continue to exercise jurisdiction   Act, 1956 Delhi was under the jurisdiction
(c) Kesavananda Bharati vs State of           over Himachal Pradesh?                       of the Punjab High Court.
    Kerala                                    SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (2nd shift)               Q.363. In the Indian Judicial system, PIL
(d) Sajjan Singh vs State of Rajasthan        (a) 1969 (b) 1967 (c) 1971 (d) 1968          stands for ___________.
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Sol.357.(c) This judgement was                Sol.360.(c) 1971. The Indian High Courts     SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening)
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(a) Public Interest Litigation                (Article 32) and HIgh Court (226).                of contempt of court.
(b) Periodic Individual Litigation                                                          (b) The judges are financially dependent
(c) Private Interest Licence                  Q.367. A judge of the Supreme Court can           on both the executive and legislature
(d) Periodic Interest Litigation              be removed only on the grounds of ______          for their salaries and allowances.
                                              SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (1st Shift)                (c) The Constitution prescribes a very
Sol.363.(a) Public Interest Litigation. It    (a) disrespect of the Constitution                difficult procedure for removal of
refers to litigation undertaken to secure     (b) proven misbehaviour or incapacity             judges.
public interest and demonstrates the          (c) murder charges                            (d) The legislature is not involved in the
availability of justice to socially -         (d) lack of knowledge                             process of appointment of judges.
disadvantaged       parties   and    was
introduced by Justice P. N. Bhagwati. It is   Sol.367.(b) Proven misbehaviour or            Sol.370.(b)      Judges salaries and
a relaxation of the traditional rule of       incapacity. Article 124 - There shall be a    allowances are fixed and not subject to
locus standi.                                 Supreme Court of India. Article 143 -         legislative approval. Supreme Court
                                              Power of the President to consult the         Judges {The Salaries, Pension and
Q.364. The first High Court in India was       Supreme Court.                                Allowances are charged upon the
established in ______________ .                                                             Consolidated Fund of India (Article 266
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Morning)                  Q.368.      Which     of    the  following
                                              jurisdictions of the Supreme Court allows     (1)}, High Court Judges {Salaries and
(a) 1860 (b) 1862 (c) 1867 (d) 1857                                                         Allowances are charged upon the
                                              it to settle disputes between the centre
Sol.364.(b) 1862. Calcutta High Court: It     and state and amongst states?                 Consolidated Fund of the States and the
was brought into existence under the          SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift)                Pension is charged on the Consolidated
High Court's Act (1861). Location -           (a) Appellate       (b) Advisory              Fund of India} .
Esplanade     Row     West     (Kolkata).     (c) Writ            (d) Original              Q.371. The Indian judicial system is
Jurisdiction - West Bengal and the                                                          based on:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Bombay           Sol.368.(d) Original. The Supreme Court
                                              (Articles 124 to 147, Part V) has Original    SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)
High Court {(14 August 1862) (Indian                                                        (a) both integrated and dual system
High Courts Act 1861)}, Madras High           (Article 131), Appellate (Article 133-136),
                                              and Advisory (Article 143) jurisdiction.      (b) dual court system
Court {(15 August 1862, Indian High                                                         (c) multiple court system
Courts Act 1861}.                             Under Original Jurisdiction, SC can hear
                                              the following cases: Any dispute              (d) single integrated system
Q.365. In which of the following cases        between the Indian Government and one         Sol.371.(d) single integrated system.
did the Supreme Court of India                or more States, Any dispute between the       The judiciary is the watchdog of
pronounce the theory of the ‘Basic            Indian Government and one or more             democracy, and also the guardian of the
Structure’ of the Constitution?               States on one side and one or more            Constitution.    Structure   of    Indian
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (4th Shift)                States on the other side, Any dispute         Judiciary {Supreme Court at the top, High
(a) Kesavananda Bharati Case, 1973            between two or more States.                   Courts are below the SC, and below them
(b) Golaknath Case, 1967
                                              Q.369. A Supreme Court or High Court          are the district and subordinate courts}.
(c) Minerva Mills Case, 1980
                                              judge can be removed by the Parliament        Supreme Court {Articles (124 - 147),
(d) Swarn Singh Case, 1989
                                              by:                                           Chapter IV, Part V}, High Courts {Articles
Sol.365.(a) Kesavananda Bharati Case,         SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Afternoon)                (214 - 231), Chapter V, part VI},
1973 - Parliament can not amend or alter      (a) simple majority                           Subordinate courts {Articles (233 - 237),
the ‘Basic Structure’ of the constitution.    (b) both simple and two third majority        Chapter VI, Part VI}.
Golaknath Case, 1967 - Parliament             (c) special majority                          Q.372. Who among the following is NOT
cannot take away or abridge any of the        (d) two third majority                        a part of the Union Executive?
Fundamental Rights. Minerva Mills Case,
                                              Sol.369.(c) Special majority. Special         SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)
1980 - Parliament can amend any part of
                                              majority as per Article 249 requires a        (a) The Prime Minister of India
the Constitution but it cannot change the
                                              majority of 2/3rd members present and         (b) The President of India
“Basic Structure” of the Constitution.
                                              voting. For example, if out of the 245        (c) The Supreme Court of India
Swarn Singh Case, 1998 - In this case,
                                              members in Rajya Sabha, only 150 are          (d) The council of ministers
the SC held the UP Governor's pardon of
a convict unconstitutional.                   present and voting, then the special          Sol.372.(c) Supreme Court of India is the
                                              majority required as per Article 249          highest constitutional court, and has the
Q.366. What is the structure of the Indian    would be 101. Simple majority refers to a     power of judicial review. It was
judiciary?                                    majority of more than 50% of the              established on 26 January 1950.
 SSC CGL 08/12/2022 (4th Shift)               members present and voting in the             H.J.Kania was the first chief justice of
(a) One-tier     (b) Two-tier                 House. Majorities in the Constitution can     the Supreme Court. Article 124:
(c) Three-tier   (d) Five-tier                be categorised into four Types :              Establishment and Constitution of
                                              Absolute, Effective, Simple and Special.      Supreme Court.
Sol.366.(c) Three-tier. The structure of
the judiciary - Supreme Court (Article        Q.370. Which is NOT correct about the
124) at the top, High Courts (Article 214)    independence of the judiciary in our                  Government Bodies
below them and session’s courts at the        country?
lowest level. Article 141 (Law declared by    SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)                Q.373. What is the maximum age for a
Supreme Court to be binding on all            (a) The judiciary has the power to            member of a joint public service
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the Constitution of India ?                 Q.376. Which of the following is               established in 1950. Part XV Election
SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Evening)       responsible for attending to disputes          Commission (324 - 329): Article 326 -
(a) 62 years           (b) 66 years         concerning recruitment and conditions of       Elections to the House of the People and
(c) 65 years           (d) 60 years         service of public personnel at the Centre?     to the Legislative Assemblies of States
                                            SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)                 to be on the basis of adult suffrage.
Sol.373.(a) 62 years. Joint State Public    (a) Central Administrative Tribunal
Service Commission (JSPSC) - It can be      (b) The Settlement and Appellate               Q.380. Which of the following is NOT a
created by an act of Parliament at the          Tribunal                                   constitutional body?
request of the state legislatures           (c) The Competition Appellate Tribunal         SSC MTS 14/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
concerned. It is a statutory body. Its      (d) Joint Administrative Tribunal              (a) Election Commission
chairman is appointed by the President.                                                    (b) Finance Commission
A member of a Public Service                Sol.376.(a)     Central     Administrative     (c) Union Public Service Commission
Commission shall hold office for a term       Tribunal (CAT) - It is a Statutory body,       (d) NITI Aayog
of six years. In the case of the Union      established      under      Administrative
Commission, his or her minimum age is       Tribunals Act, 1985. It comes under the        Sol.380.(d)    NITI    Aayog    (National
65 years to attain the office.                purview of Article 323-A (Added by 42nd        Institution for Transforming India) is a
                                            amendment act 1976). Its chairman and          Premier policy ‘Think tank’ of the
Q.374. Who was the first chairman of         members are appointed by the President         Government of India. It was established
Finance Commission of India?                after consulting the Chief justice of India.   on January 1, 2015, to replace the
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)                                                               Planning Commission. Aims - Promote
(a) K Santhanam                             Q.377. Which of the following is a duty of     cooperative federalism by facilitating
(b) KC Neogy                                the Attorney General of India?                 collaboration       and      constructive
(c) Ashok Kumar Chanda                      SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                 engagement      between    the    central
(d) PV Rajamannar                           (a) To give advice to the Government of        government and state governments.
                                                India on legal matters                     Finance Commission - Established (22
Sol.374.(b) KC Neogy.       The Finance     (b) To act as a judge in the Supreme           November 1951). Union Public Service
Commission of India is an independent           Court                                      Commission (UPSC) - Established (1
constitutional body that is set up by the   (c) To advise the State Government             October 1926). Election Commission -
President of India after every five years    (d) To represent India in international        Established (25 January 1950).
or earlier to make recommendations on           bodies
the distribution of financial resources                                                     Q.381. In India, which Ministry issues the
between the Union and the states. The       Sol.377.(a) Attorney General (AG) of           coins of all denominations?
recommendations of FCs are advisory in      India (Article-76) - He is a part of the       SSC CHSL 11/08/2023 (1st shift)
nature and not binding on the Union         Union Executive and the highest law            (a) Ministry of External Affairs
government. Article 280 - Finance           officer of the country. Appointed by the         (b) Ministry of Home Affairs
Commission. Chairman of 16th Finance        President on the advice of the                 (c) Ministry of Mines
Commission of India - Arvind Panagariya.    government. Term of Office - Not fixed by         (d) Ministry Of Finance
                                            the constitution. They can take part in
Q.375. Under which of the following Acts    the proceedings of both houses of              Sol.381.(d) Ministry of Finance. The
was the National Commission for             parliament without voting rights.              Government of India has the sole right to
Women established?                                                                         mint coins. The responsibility for coinage
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning)                Q.378. Who appoints the State Election         vests with the Government of India in
(a) The National Commission for Women       Commissioner ?                                 accordance with the Coinage Act, 1906
    Act, 1988                               SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (1st Shift)                 as amended from time to time. The
(b) The National Commission for Women       (a) Governor       (b) Speaker                 designing and minting of coins in various
    Act, 1990                               (c) Chief Minister (d) Advocate General        denominations is also the responsibility
(c) The National Commission for Women                                                      of the Government of India. Coins are
    Act, 1989                               Sol.378.(a) Governor. The State Election       minted at the four Indian Government
(d) The National Commission for Women       Commissioner (SEC) is appointed by the         Mints at Mumbai, Alipore(Kolkata),
    Act, 1987                               Governor on the recommendation of a            Saifabad      (Hyderabad),     Cherlapally
                                            collegium, comprising the Chief Minister,      (Hyderabad) and Noida (UP). It is issued
Sol.375.(b) The National Commission for     the Speaker of the State Legislative           for circulation only through the Reserve
Women is a statutory body set up in         Assembly and the Leader of Opposition          Bank in terms of the RBI Act.
January 1992 under the National             in the Legislative Assembly. Power of
Commission for Women Act, 1990 to           SEC - To conduct free, fair and impartial      Q.382. Who is the Administrative Head of
review the constitutional and legal         elections to the local bodies in the state.    the    Indian    Audit   and   Accounts
safeguards for women; recommend                                                            Department ?
remedial legislative measures; facilitate   Q.379. Who conducts elections for both         SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift)
redressal of grievances and advise the      the houses of Parliament in India?             (a) Accountant General
Government on all policy matters            SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                 (b) Principal Accountant General
affecting women. The First Commission       (a) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs          (c) Director General
was constituted on 31st January 1992        (b) Election Commission                        (d) The Comptroller and Auditor General
with Mrs. Jayanti Patnaik as the            (c) President
                                            (d) Prime Minister                             Sol.382.(d) The Comptroller and Auditor
Chairperson.
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                                            Sol.379.(b) Election Commission -
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be a Comptroller and Auditor General of      the SPSC shall hold office for a term of       (adopted on 1 January 1990) turned the
India who shall be appointed by the          six years or till the age of 62 years,       commission       into   a     3-member
President and shall only be removed          whichever is earlier.                        Commission. The ECI body administers
from office in like manner and on like                                                      elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha,
grounds as a Judge of the Supreme            Q.385.     Which    of    the   following    State Legislative Assemblies, State
Court. CAG audits all receipts and           statements is/are correct regarding the      Legislative Councils and the offices of
expenditure of the Government of India       Finance Commission of India?                 the President and the Vice President of
and the State Governments, including         A. The Finance Commission consists of        the country.
those of autonomous bodies and               a Chairman and four other members.
corporations substantially financed by        B. The recommendations made by the           Q.388. The Gram Sabha is a meeting of
the Government. Term - 6 years or up to      Finance Commission are binding on the        all adults who live in the area covered by
65 years of age (whichever is earlier).      government and government needs to           a___________.
                                             grant funds according to the advice of       SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)
Q.383.     Which    of    the    following   the Commission.                              (a) district       (b) city
statements are correct regarding the         C. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution    (c) state          (d) panchayat
Union Public Service Commission?             talks about the recommendations of the
                                                                                          Sol.388.(d) Panchayat. The term Gram
A. The Parliament has the power to make      Finance Commission.
                                                                                          Sabha is defined in the Constitution of
regulations as to conditions of service of   SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (4th shift)
                                                                                          India under Article 243(b). Gram Sabha is
the Chairman, members and staff of the       (a) A and B only (b) A, B and C
                                                                                          the primary body of the Panchayati Raj
commission.                                  (c) A only        (d) B and C only
                                                                                          system and by far the largest. It is a
B. The Government of India Act, 1935,
                                             Sol.385.(c) A only. Finance Commission       permanent body. The power to annul a
envisaged a Public Service Commission
                                             (FC) is a constitutional body under          decision of the Gram Sabha rests with
for the Federation and a Provincial Public
                                             Article 280. It is set up after every five    the Gram Sabha only. Related Articles -
Service Commission for each Province or
                                             years      or     earlier    to     make     243A - Constitution of Gram Sabha.
group of Provinces.
C.     The    Federal   Public     Service   recommendations on the distribution of
                                                                                          Q.389. The Bureau of Indian Standard is
Commission came to be known as the           financial resources between the Union
                                                                                          a statutory body working under the aegis
Union Public Service Commission by           and the states. The recommendations of
                                                                                          of which union ministry?
virtue of Clause (1) of Article 378 of the   FCs are advisory in nature and not
                                                                                          SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift)
Constitution in 1950.                        binding on the Union government. The
                                                                                          (a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (1st shift)               Union      government      notifies    the
                                                                                          (b) Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
(a) A and B only (b) A, B and C              acceptance of the recommendations
                                                                                              Enterprises
(c) B and C only (d) A and C only            through a Presidential Order, which also
                                                                                          (c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
                                             specifies the period for which they are
                                                                                          (d) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
Sol.383.(c) B and C only. The President      valid (usually five years) and also tables
                                                                                              and Public Distribution
has the power to make regulations as to      an     explanatory     memorandum       in
conditions of service of the Chairman,       Parliament.                                  Sol.389.(d) The Ministry of Consumer
members and staff of the commission.                                                      Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. It
Union public service commission (UPSC)       Q.386. Which of the following is NOT a       operates various schemes like Product
: Established on - 1 October 1926.           Constitutional Body in India?                Certification (ISI mark), Management
Articles 315 to 323 (Part XIV) - Provides    Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2)      Systems Certification, Hallmarking of
for the establishment of a Public Service    (a) Election Commission of India             Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and
Commission for the Union and a Public        (b) State Human Rights Commission            Laboratory Services. Bureau of Indian
Service Commission for each State.           (c) State Public Service Commission          Standards (BIS), earlier known as the
Work - Recruiting civil servants. The first   (d) Union Public Service Commission of       Indian Standards Institution (ISI), was
chairman of UPSC in independent India            India                                    founded in 1947. The BIS Act 2016,
 was H. K. Kripalani.                        Sol.386.(b)     State   Human       Rights   established the BIS as the National
                                             Commission - It is a Statutory body,         Standards Body of India. BIS recently
Q.384. The Chairman of a State Public                                                     celebrated its 75th anniversary.
Service Commission can be removed by         established under protection of human
the order of the __________ .                right act 1993. The Chairman and the         Q.390. Which of the following is NOT one
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (3rd shift)               members of the State Commission are          of the objectives of the NITI Aayog?
(a) Prime Minister (b) President             appointed by the Governor. Tenure -          SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(c) Governor         (d) Chief Minister      Three years or till they reach the age of    (a) To develop mechanisms to formulate
                                             70 years.                                        credible plans at the village level
Sol.384.(b)     President.    Provisions     Q.387. In which year did the Election        (b) To design and print new currency
regarding the composition of SPSC            Commission of India for the first time in         notes and to bring them in circulation
provided in Part XIV of the Article 315 -    its history become a multi member body?      (c) To pay special attention to the
323.    Article  317:    Removal     and     Matric Level 28/06/2023 (Shift - 4)              sections of our society that may be at
suspension of a member of both the           (a) 2004 (b) 2014 (c) 1995 (d) 1989              risk of not benefiting adequately from
UPSC or SPSC. Article 316 (Appointment                                                        economic progress.
and terms of office of Members) : The          Sol.387.(d)    1989.    The Election
                                             Commission of India (ECI) is a               (d) To evolve a shared vision of national
Chairman and other members of the                                                             development priorities
SPSC are appointed by the Governor of        constitutional  body.   The Election
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the State. Term of Office: A member of         Commissioner Amendment Act, 1989             Sol.390.(b) NITI Aayog: National
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Institution for Transforming India,           Commission for Protection of Child          (a) 1979 (b) 1980 (c) 1978 (d) 1989
Established: 1 January 2015, Chairman:        Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory
Prime Minister of India, First Chairman:      body established by an Act of               Sol.398.(c) 1978. The origin of BAMCEF
Narendra Modi, First CEO (Chief               Parliament,   the    Commission    for      lies in the organisation for employees of
Executive Officer): Sindhushree Khullar,        Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act,      oppressed communities that was
First Vice - Chairperson: Arvind              2005. The Commission works under the        established in 1971 by Kanshi Ram, D. K.
 Panagariya.                                  aegis of Ministry of Women and Child        Khaparde and Dinabhai.
                                              Development, GoI.                           Q.399. The election to constitute a
Q.391. The Comptroller and Auditor
General                                       Q.395. What is the tenure of the            Panchayat should be completed before
SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift)                Chairperson of National Human Rights        the expiration of a period of ______ from
(a) two - member body                         Commission?                                 the date of its dissolution.
(b) three - member body                       Graduate Level 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3)       SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Evening)
(c) single - member body                      (a) Three Years (b) Five Years              (a) eight months (b) one year
(d) six - member body                         (c) Six Years    (d) Four Years             (c) six months      (d) two months
Sol.391.(c) single-member body. Article       Sol.395.(a) Three years (or until they      Sol.399.(c) six months. According to
148 broadly deals with the CAG                attain the age of 70 years). National       Article 243E (3), the election to
appointment, oath and conditions of           Human Rights Commission: Statutory          constitute a Panchayat should be
service. He is the head of the Indian audit   body, Founded: 12 October, 1993,            completed before the expiration of a
& account department and chief                Composition: chairperson, five full-time     period of six months from the date of its
Guardian of Public purse. He is not a         Members and seven deemed Members,           dissolution.
member of the parliament.                     Appointed by the President, Five
                                              Specialized Divisions: Law Division,              Polity of neighbouring
Q.392. The elections to the Panchayati        Investigation Division, Policy Research &                countries
Raj institutions are conducted by the         Programmes Division, Training Division
________.                                     and Administration Division.
                                                                                          Q.400. What is the official language of
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (3rd Shift)
                                              Q.396. In which year was the National       Bangladesh, a neighbouring country of
(a) Central election commission
                                              Commission for Women established in         India ?
(b) State government
                                              India ?                                     SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening)
(c) State election commission
                                              Higher Secondary 02/08/2022 (Shift - 2)     (a) Bengali     (b) Urdu
(d) Central government
                                              (a) 1992 (b) 1994 (c) 1993 (d) 1991         (c) Dzongkha    (d) Hindi
Sol.392.(c) State election commission
                                              Sol.396.(a) 1992. Other Commissions -       Sol.400.(a) Bengali. Bangladesh: Capital
functions - Conducting elections to the
                                              The National Commission for Scheduled       - Dhaka. Currency - Bangladeshi Taka
Panchayati Raj institutions, Preparation
                                              Castes (2004). National Commission for      Other Nation’s Official Languages: Urdu
of Electoral Rolls, Appointment of Dates
                                              Scheduled Tribes (2004), National           (Pakistan), Dzongkha (Bhutan), Hindi
for Nominations, Fixing Time for Poll,
                                              Commission for Minorities (1993),           (India), Tamil (Sri Lanka), Mandarin
Counting of Votes, etc.
                                              National Commission for Backward            (China), Burmese (Myanmar), Dari and
Q.393. The State Finance Commission is        Classes (1993).                             Pashto (Afghanistan), Nepali (Nepal) and
appointed every_____ years by the_______                                                  Dhivehi (Maldives).
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift)                Q.397. What is the tenure of the Election
                                              Commissioner of India?                      Q.401. Sri Lanka got independence in the
(a) 5, state government
                                              Higher Secondary 05/08/2022 (Shift - 2)     year:
(b) 5, central government
                                              (a) Five Years   (b) Four Years             Higher Secondary 04/08/2022 ( Shift - 3 )
(c) 2.5, state government
                                              (c) Six Years    (d) Three Years            (a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1947 (d) 1949
(d) 2.5, central government
                                              Sol.397.(c) Six Years. Article 324 - The    Sol.401.(a) 1948. Sri Lanka got
Sol.393.(a) 5, state government.
                                              Election Commission shall consist of a      independence on       February 4, 1948.
According to Article 243 (I), the Governor
                                              Chief election commissioner and other       National animal of Sri Lanka - Elephant,
of a State shall establish a State Finance
                                              two election commissioners. The tenure      National flower - Blue Water Lily, The
Commission (constitutional body) every
                                              of the Election Commissioner is six years   national sport - Volleyball. Myanmar (4
5 years (73rd Amendment Act 1992). It
                                              or up to the age of 65 years whichever is   January, 1948). Bangladesh (26 March
distributes state resources to Panchayati
                                              earlier. The Constitution does not          1971).
Raj institutions at all three levels in the
form of taxes, duties, and levies to be       prescribe terms for members of the
                                                                                          Q.402. To which neighbouring country
collected by the state and local              election commission. It cannot be
                                                                                          was the Indian Peace Keeping Force
governments.                                  removed from his office except in the like
                                                                                          (IPKF) sent in the year 1987?
                                              manner and grounds as a judge of the
                                                                                          SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Evening)
Q.394. In which year was the National         supreme court.
                                                                                          (a) Nepal          (b) Sri Lanka
Commission for Protection of Child
                                              Q.398. When was the Backward and            (c) Bhutan         (d) Burma
Rights established?
 SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning)                 Minority   Communities     Employees
                                                                                          Sol.402.(b) Sri Lanka. It was formed
(a) 2014 (b) 2007 (c) 2005 (d) 2010           Federation (BAMCEF) established in
                                                                                          under the mandate of the 1987 Indo-Sri
                                              India ?
Sol.394.(b) 2007. The National                           @ebookstore01                    Lankan Accord that aimed to end the Sri
                                              SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Afternoon)
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Lankan Civil War between Sri Lankan          2) The Supreme Court can give special         Q.408. Certain provisions of the Benami
Tamil militant groups such as the            orders in the form of writs.                  Transactions (Prohibition) Act were
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)      3) Article 129 of the Indian Constitution     struck off by the Supreme Court. In
and the Sri Lankan military.                 mentions the appointment of acting            which year was this law originally
                                             Chief Justice of India.                       enacted?
Q.403. In which year was a new               4) Every Judge of the Supreme Court of        SSC Stenographer 12/10/2023 (Evening)
Constitution adopted in Sri Lanka            India shall be appointed by the Prime         (a) 1998 (b) 1980 (c) 1999 (d) 1988
creating the 'Democratic The Socialist        Minister of India.
Republic of Sri Lanka'?                      SSC CHSL Tier II 10/01/2024                   Sol.408.(d) 1988. Benami Transactions
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Evening)                (a) 3 and 2         (b) 2 and 1               (Prohibition) Act (Name changed to
(a) 1978 (b) 1965 (c) 1982 (d) 1980          (c) 3 and 4         (d) 1 and 4               Prohibition     of    Benami      Property
                                                                                           Transactions Act, 1988 by Section 3 of
Sol.403.(a) 1978. The Constitution of the    Sol.406.(c) 3 and 4. Article 131 : Original   the 2016 amendment) - It is an Act to
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri         jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - Deals     prohibit benami transactions and the
Lanka has been the constitution of the       with any dispute between Centre and           right to recover property held benami and
island nation of Sri Lanka since its         states, and between two or more States.       for matters connected therewith or
original promulgation by the National        Article 32 - Writ Jurisdiction of the         incidental.
State Assembly on 7 September 1978.          Supreme Court. Article 129 - The
                                             Supreme Court shall be a court of record      Q.409. Which of the following was
Q.404. In which year did Nepal adopt its                                                   enacted in 1860 in British India?
first democratic constitution?                and shall have all the powers of such a
                                             court including the power to punish for       SSC Stenographer 13/10/2023 (Morning)
SSC CHSL 11/8/2021 (Evening)                                                               (a) The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(a) 2010 (b) 2015 (c) 2013 (d) 2017          contempt of itself. Article 124 (2) - Every
                                             Judge of the Supreme Court shall be           (b) Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act
Sol.404. (b)     2015.     Nepal's  first     appointed by the President by warrant         (c) Indian Penal Code
democratic constitution came into effect     under his hand and seal. After                (d) Indian Evidence Act
on Sept 20, 2015. The constitution of        three-judge cases, a Collegium system         Sol.409.(c) Indian Penal Code - The
Nepal is divided into 35 parts, 308          established consisting of the Chief           official criminal code of India. It is a
Articles, and 9 Schedules.                   Justice of India and the four senior-most     comprehensive code intended to cover
                                             judges of the Supreme Court, decides on       all substantive aspects of criminal law.
            Miscellaneous                    appointments, elevations, and transfers       The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
                                             of Judges.                                    was introduced by Governor-General Lord
Q.405. Which is NOT a Directive Principle                                                  Cornwallis in 1793. It was between the
                                             Q.407. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
to be followed by the State for                                                            British East India Company and
                                             Yojana’ (‘PM-JAY’) scheme of the
policy-making?                                                                             Landlords of Bengal to fix the land
                                             government is associated with which of
SSC CHSL Tier II 10/01/2024                                                                revenue. Indian Evidence Act - This act
                                             the following Directive Principles of State
(a) Tender age of children is not abused                                                   was passed by the British Parliament in
                                             Policy ?
(b) Equal pay for equal work                                                               1872. Hindu widow remarriage act - The
                                             SSC CHSL Tier II 02/11/2023
(c) The operation of economic system                                                       act was passed by Lord Canning in 1856.
                                             (a) Participation of workers in the
    results for concentration of wealth
                                             management of industries                      Q.410. Which of the following has been
(d) The ownership of material resources
                                             (b) Promotion of co-operative societies       INCORRECTLY listed as a condition for
    of the community are for common
                                             (c) Equal justice and free legal aid          becoming a citizen of India?
    good
                                             (d) Duty of State to raise the level of       SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)
Sol.405.(c) The Directive Principle of           nutrition and the improvement of          (a) Citizenship by naturalisation
State Policy is mentioned in Part IV             public health                             (b) Citizenship by descent
(Article 36-51) of the Constitution. It is                                                 (c) Citizenship through acquisition of
                                             Sol.407.(d) Article 47 - Duty of the State
Borrowed from the Irish Constitution.                                                          property
                                             to raise the level of nutrition and the
Article 39(c) - The operation of the                                                       (d) Citizenship by birth
                                             improvement of public health. Part IV -
economic system does not result in the
                                             Directive Principles of State Policy          Sol.410.(c) There are five ways in which
concentration of wealth and means of
                                             (Article 36 to 51): Article 38 - State to     Indian citizenship can be acquired: birth,
production to the common detriment.
                                             secure a social order for the promotion       descent, registration and naturalisation,
Article 39(d) - Equal pay for equal work
                                             of welfare of the people. Pradhan Mantri      Incorporation of Territory. Fundamental
for both men and women. Article 39(b) -
                                             Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)/Ayushman           rights available only to the citizens:-
The ownership and control of the
                                             Bharat:    Largest    health    assurance     Article 15, Article 16, Article 19, Article
material resources of the community are
                                             scheme in the world which aims at             29, and Article 30. The Fundamental
so distributed as best to sub serve the
                                             providing a health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs       Rights guaranteed by Articles 14, 20, 21,
common good. Article 39 (e) - The tender
                                             per family per year for secondary and         21A, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 are
age of children are not abused.
                                             tertiary care hospitalisation to over 12      available to all persons whether citizens
Q.406.    Which     of   the    following    crores poor and vulnerable families. The       or foreigners.
statements are INCORRECT?                    scheme was launched by the Prime
1) The Original Jurisdiction establishes     Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on       Q.411. Who among the following
the Supreme Court as an umpire in all        September      23,   2018 in Ranchi,          founded an expatriate Communist Party
disputes regarding federal matters.          Jharkhand. @ebookstore01                      of India at Tashkent in 1920?
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SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Afternoon)                (a) Liberal          (b) Socialistic         (c) Austin              (d) AK Sen
(a) Jolly Kaul (b) M.N. Roy                   (c) Gandhian         (d) Authoritative
(c) P.C. Joshi (d) Shripad Amrut Dange                                                     Sol.417.(a) AV Dicey. Rule of Law - It
                                              Sol.414.(d) Authoritative. Part IV Article   means all laws apply equally to all
Sol.411.(b) M.N. Roy (Father of Indian        36 - 51 Deals with Directive Principles of   citizens of the country and no one can be
Communism). He was the first person to         State Policy (DPSP). DPSP       borrowed     above the law. Three principles of Rule of
give the idea of a Constituent Assembly       from the Constitution of Ireland. Article    Law given by A.V. Dicey : Supremacy of
for India and the creator of the Mexican      44 - Uniform civil code for the citizens.    law, Equality before law, Individual rights.
Communist Party. Communist Party of           Article 40 - Organisation of village         Chander Kishan Daphtary - First solicitor
India (CPI) - It is the oldest communist      panchayats. Article 51 - Promotion of        general of India (1950-63).
party in India. Founded - in modern-day        international peace and security.
Kanpur on 26 December 1925. First                                                          Q.418. In which of the following years
                                              Q.415. Consider the following statement      was the Child Marriage Restraint Act
General Secretary - S.V. Ghate .
                                              about the Government of India Act, 1935.     passed?
Headquarters - Ajoy Bhavan (New Delhi).
                                              1. This act was enacted by the British       SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (2nd Shift)
Q.412. Which of the following Acts            Parliament.                                  (a) 1856 (b) 1947 (c) 1878 (d) 1929
prevents disrespect to the National Flag      2. This Act was divided into two separate
and National Anthem?                          acts for the India and Burma                 Sol.418.(d) 1929. Child Marriage (The
SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening)                  Government.                                  marriage of a girl or a boy before the age
(a) Prevention of insults to National         3. This act commenced from 1 April           of 18 years). Prohibtion of Child
    Honour Act, 1971                          1935.                                        Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006 :- It replaced
(b) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,     Select the correct statement(s) using the    the Child Marriage Restraints Act, 1929.
    2006                                      code given below.                            The marriageable age to be 18 and 21 for
(c) Protection of National Honour Act,        SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (3rd Shift)               girls and boys respectively Other laws to
    1996                                      (a) Both 1 and 2        (b) 1, 2 and 3       protect the child :- Juvenile Justice (Care
(d) Civil Liberties Act, 2001                 (c) Both 2 and 3        (d) Both 1 and 3     and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,
                                                                                           Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and the
Sol.412.(a) Prevention of Insults to          Sol.415.(a) Both 1 and 2. The                Protection of Children from Sexual
National Honour Act, 1971: Insults to         Government      of   India    Act    1935    Offences Act, 2012.
Indian National Flag and Constitution of      (Commenced in 1937): It provided for the
India - Whoever in any public place or in     establishment of an All India Federation     Q.419. The National Social Assistance
any other place within public view burns,     consisting of provinces and princely         Programme (NSAP) is a welfare
mutilates, defaces, disfigures, destroys,      states as units. It divided the powers       programme being administered by which
tramples upon or into contempt the            between the Centre and units in terms of     Ministry of Government of India?
Indian National Flag or the Constitution      three lists, Federal List, Provincial List   SSC MTS 12/09/2023 (3rd Shift)
of India or any part thereof, shall be        and Concurrent List.                         (a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
punished with imprisonment for a term                                                      (b) Ministry of Home Affairs
                                              Q.416. Which of the following is NOT a       (c) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
which may extend to three years, or with
                                              Directive Principle based on the ideals of       Welfare
fine, or with both.
                                              Mahatma Gandhi ?                             (d) Ministry of Rural Development
Q.413. In the Interim Government formed       SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift)
on 2 September 1946, Liaquat Ali Khan         (a) To promote industrialisation in urban    Sol.419.(d)      Ministry     of     Rural
was given the charge of:                         areas                                     Development. NSAP represents a
SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon)                (b) To organise village Panchayats           significant step towards the fulfilment of
(a) the External Affairs Ministry             (c) To prohibit intoxicating drinks and      the Directive Principles of State Policy in
(b) the Finance Ministry                          drugs that are injurious to health       Article 41 of the Constitution. Program
(c) the Defence Ministry                      (d) To promote cottage industries in rural   and schemes by Ministry of Rural
(d) the Home Ministry                             Areas                                    Development:- Roshni: Skill Development
                                                                                           Scheme for Tribals (launched on 7 June
Sol.413.(b) The Finance Ministry. Interim     Sol.416.(a) Directive Principles based on    2013), Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna
Government (1946): Headed by Jawahar          Gandhi's ideals are: Article 40 -            (launched on 11 October 2014),
Lal Nehru. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel held      Organization of      village Panchayats.     "Mahatma      Gandhi     National    Rural
the Home Affairs, Information, and            Article 43 - Fair wages and a decent         Employment       Guarantee      Act"     or
Broadcasting. Rajendra Prasad held the        standard of life. Article 43B - Promotion    MGNREGA (launched in 2006).
portfolio of Agriculture and Food. C          of cooperatives. Article 46 - Promotion of
Rajagopalachari was the Education and         educational and economic interests of        Q.420. In which year was the Jammu and
Arts Minister. Jagjivan Ram held the          Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and       Kashmir Reorganisation Act passed?
Labour Ministry. Jogendra Nath Mandal         other weaker sections. Article 47 -          SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (1st Shift)
was the Law Minister.                         Nutrition, Standard of living and public     (a) 2019 (b) 2009 (c) 2015 (d) 2017
                                              health.
Q.414. The directive principles are largely                                                Sol.420.(a) 2019. After coming into force
classified into three broad categories.        Q.417. Who propounded the concept of         the erstwhile State of Jammu and
Which of the following is NOT the part of     'Rule of Law'?                               Kashmir has been reorganised into Union
this classification?                           SSC MTS 11/09/2023 (2nd Shift)               territory of Jammu and Kashmir and
SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift)                (a) AV Dicey @ebookstore01
                                                                   (b) CK Daphtary         Union Territory of Ladakh on w.e.f 31st
                                                                                           October 2019. As per section 96 of the
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Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act,          Union    Constitution    Committee      -    1860     by    James     Wilson.    R.K.
2019, the Central Government has               Jawaharlal Nehru. Drafting committee -       Shanmukham Chetty - The first Finance
powers to make adaptations and                 Dr. B R Ambedkar. Provincial Constitution    Minister of independent India. The word
modifications of the laws. Article 370 -        Committee - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.        'Budget' is not mentioned in the
Temporary provisions with respect to the                                                    Constitution.
State of Jammu and Kashmir.                    Q.424. As per the responsibilities defined
                                               in National Food Security Act, 2013,         Q.427.    Which      of    the    following
Q.421. Which of the following is NOT a         which of the following is a responsibility   statements are correct about Directive
feature of the Indian political party          of the state/UT government?                  Principles of State Policy of the Indian
system?                                        SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (4th shift)              Constitution ?
SSC MTS 13/09/2023 (3rd Shift)                 (a) Transportation of foodgrains up to       SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (4th shift)
(a) Lack of effective opposition                    designated depots in each state/UT      A) They are negative in nature.
(b) Single party system                        (b) Allocation of required foodgrains to     B) They have moral and political
(c) Multi-party system                             states/UTS                               sanctions.
(d) Factions and defections                    (c) Delivery of foodgrains from              C) They promote the welfare of the rich.
                                                   designated FCI godowns                   D) They are positive in nature.
Sol.421.(b) Single party system : Form         (d) Identification of eligible households     (a) C and D           (b) A and B
of government where the country is ruled                                                    (c) A and C           (d) B and D
by a single political party, meaning only      Sol.424.(d) Identification of eligible
one political party exists and the forming     households. The National Food Security       Sol.427.(d) B and D. Directive Principles
of other political parties is forbidden.       Act (2013) - 75% of Rural and 50% of         of State Policy (DPSP) : Under Article
Examples - North Korea, China, Eritrea,        Urban population is entitled to receive      36-51 (Part IV). Borrowed from - Irish
and Cuba. Multi-party system - Many            highly subsidised foodgrains under two       Constitution. It is not enforceable by the
parties functioning in the political sphere.   categories of beneficiaries – Antodaya        law and non-justiciable.
Factions - An organised group of people        Anna Yojana (AAY) households and
within a larger group, which opposes           Priority Households (PHH). Public            Q.428. Match list I with list II and choose
some of the ideas of the larger group.         Distribution System (PDS) is governed by     your answer from the code below.
Defections - Voluntarily giving up the         provisions of the National Food Security           List-I                       List-II
membership of a political party or             Act, 2013 (NFSA).                             (a) Habeas Corpus           (i) Enquiring into
disobeying the party leadership on a vote                                                                                    legality of claim
in the legislature.                            Q.425. As per the newly released              (b) Mandamus                (ii) To command
                                               Surrogacy Rules 2022, surrogacy couples       (c) Quo Warranto            (iii) To have a body
Q.422. Who described the Indian federal        must      purchase   health     insurance                                      of
system as a bargaining federalism?             coverage for the surrogate mother for a       (d) Certiorari              (iv) To be certified
SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (4th shift)                period of______.
                                                                                            SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) KC Wheare        (b) Ivor Jennings         SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (1st shift)
                                                                                            (a) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv (b) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(c) Granville Austin (d) Morris Jones          (a) three years    (b) four years
                                                                                            (c) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv (d) a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
                                               (c) one year        (d) six years
Sol.422.(d) Morris Jones. Federalism - A
                                                                                            Sol.428.(c) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv. Writ - A
system of government in which powers           Sol.425.(a) Three years (36 months).
                                                                                            command given by the court to a person
are divided between two or more levels         Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022: The
                                                                                            or an authority or both to act or not to act
of government, such as the centre and          number of attempts of any surrogacy
                                                                                            in a particular way. The Supreme court
the state or provinces. Described - “Quasi     procedure on the surrogate mother shall
                                                                                            and High court to enforce fundamental
federalism” (KC Wheare). “Cooperative          not be more than three times. Surrogacy
                                                                                            rights of the people in case of violation
federalism”       (Granville      Austin).     (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2023 -
                                                                                            can issue writs under article 32 and
'Federalism with Centralising tendency'        Andrologists involved in surrogacy
                                                                                            Article 226 respectively. 5 Types of Writs
(Ivor Jenning). Federalism concept             procedures should have a minimum of 2
                                                                                            issued by the Supreme court - Habeas
borrowed from ‘Canada’.                        years of experience in a range of surgical
                                                                                            Corpus,       Mandamus,          Prohibition,
                                               sperm retrieval procedures. Surrogacy -
Q.423. ‘The Constitution of free India                                                      Certiorari, Quo-Warranto.
                                               An arrangement in which a woman (the
must be framed, without outside
                                               surrogate) agrees to carry and give birth    Q.429. Which of the following will be
interference by a constituent assembly
                                               to a child on behalf of an individual or     considered as normal residents of India?
elected on the basis of adult franchise’.
                                               couple (the intended parent/s).              SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th shift)
Who made this statement?
                                                                                            A) Indians working in foreign embassies
SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (2nd shift)                Q.426. In the central budget 2023-24, the    in India
(a) MN Roy        (b) Jawaharlal Nehru         term 'Amrit Peedhi' refers to:               B) Ambassador for India in rest of the
(c) Sardar Patel  (d) Mahatma Gandhi           SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd shift)              world
Sol.423.(b) Jawaharlal Nehru - Made            (a) youth power                              (a) Only A          (b) Only B
this statement on behalf of the Indian         (b) senior citizens                          (c) Both A and B   (d) Neither A nor B
National Congress (INC) in 1938. The           (c) super senior citizens
                                               (d) children as the future of India          Sol.429.(c) Both A and B. Normal
idea of Constituent Assembly for India
                                                                                            residents of India include Citizens (and
was first given by M.N.Roy in 1934.
                                               Sol.426.(a) Youth power. Article - 112:      institutions) of India, Citizens of other
Constituent Assembly : Formed in 1946.
                                               Deals with Annual Financial Statements.      countries (i.e. non-citizens) who normally
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                                                            Budget of Colonial India -      reside in India for more than a year and
India. Committees with their chairman :
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whose centre of economic interest lies in      Sol.432.(b) Citizenship : Part 2 (Articles       {Assembly Seats (70), Lok Sabha seats
India, Citizens of India working in foreign    5 to 11) - Citizens are full members of the      (7)}. The Assembly has all the powers
bodies like banks, enterprises operating       State and owe allegiance to it and enjoy         under the State and Concurrent Lists
in India. Not included in the category of      all civil and political rights. Principles for   with the exception of public order, police,
normal residents of India: Foreign             granting       citizenship:     ‘Jus     soli’   and land.
tourists and visitors, Foreign staff of        (Citizenship on the basis of place of
                                                                                                Q.436. Offences for which the police can
Embassies, officials, diplomats and              birth) and ‘Jus sanguinis’ (Recognition of
                                                                                                arrest a person without an order from the
members of the armed forces of a               blood      ties).   India allows Single
                                                                                                court are called _________.
country.                                       citizenship.
                                                                                                SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning)
Q.430. The pensions payable to or in           Q.433. The Taxation Laws (Amendment)             (a) Cognizable offences
respect of the officers and servants of          Act, 2021, amends the Income Tax Act of          (b) Detention offences
the Supreme Court are charged                  ________.                                        (c) Non Cognizable offences
upon_____                                      Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)          (d) Cross offences
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift)                 (a) 1961 (b) 1974 (c) 1995 (d) 1988
                                                                                                Sol.436.(a) Cognizable offenses - It
(a) Consolidated Fund of India
                                               Sol.433.(a)     1961.      Taxation    Law       includes murder, rape, theft, kidnapping,
(b) Reserve Bank of India
                                               Amendment Act, 2021 - It aims to                 counterfeiting, etc. Detention - The act of
(c) Public Account of India
                                               withdraw tax demands made using a                temporarily     holding    individuals in
(d) Finance Commission of India
                                               2012 retrospective legislation to tax the        custody or confinement, typically by a
Sol.430.(a) Consolidated Fund of India.        indirect transfer of Indian assets. Income       government or governing authority by
Article 266: Provides for the consolidated     Tax Act (1961) - It provides an elaborate        removing their freedom or liberty at that
fund of India. Article 267: provides for       mechanism for the levying of taxes, their        time. Non-Cognizable offences - An
the contingency fund of India. Expenses        administration, collection & recovery. It        offence for which a Police officer has no
Charged on Consolidated Fund - Non -           has 298 sections & 14 schedules.                 authority to arrest without warrant. These
Votable charges means there is no voting                                                        include offences like cheating, assault,
                                               Q.434. The Constitution (One Hundred             defamation etc.
with regards to withdrawal of these
                                               and Twenty Seventh Amendment) Bill,
expenditures.
                                               2021, was introduced in the Lok Sabha            Q.437. “Mission Karmayogi" program is
Q.431. Justice Indu Malhotra penned a          by the ______ in August 2021.                    for _____.
dissenting opinion in which of the             Higher Secondary 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2)          SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Evening)
following landmark judgements?                 (a) Minister of Social Justice and               (a) Doctors
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (3rd shift)                     Empowerment                                  (b) Women Entrepreneur
(a) Basic structure doctrine                   (b) Minister of Minority Affairs                 (c) Civil servants
(b) Preamble part of the Constitution          (c) Minister of Tribal Affairs                   (d) Construction workers
(c) Entry of women to Sabarimala               (d) Minister of Rural Development
                                                                                                Sol.437.(c) Civil servants. Mission
(d) Land reforms in India
                                               Sol.434.(a) Minister of Social Justice           Karmayogi: Launched by the Union
Sol.431.(c)    Entry    of    women       to   and Empowerment - By Dr. Virendra                Cabinet. Aims - To establish the new
Sabarimala. Justice Indu Malhotra opined       Kumar. 102 Amendment Act, 2018:                  national architecture for civil services
that religious practices cannot be solely      Constitutional status was provided to the        capacity building.The programme aims
tested on the basis of Article 14. The right   National Commission for Backward                 at building a future-ready civil service
to equality under Article 14 does not          Classes under Article 338B. Articles 338         with the right attitude, skills and
override the fundamental right to religion     and 338A - The National Commission for           knowledge, aligned to the vision of New
under Article 25.The notions of rationality    Scheduled Castes (SC) and National               India. The idea behind the Mission
cannot be invoked in matters of religion.      Commission for Scheduled Tribes (ST),            Karmayogi is to strengthen the backbone
The Supreme Court struck down                  respectively. 103rd Amendment Act,               of the Indian administration.
provisions of the Kerala Hindu Places of       2019:- Reservations for the Economic
                                                                                                Q.438. Who has the power to interpret
Public Worship (Authorisation of Entry)        Weaker Section and amendment in
                                                                                                the constitution of India?
Rules, 1965, and allowed women,                Articles 15(6) and 16(6), provide 10%
                                                                                                SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Afternoon)
irrespective of their age, to enter            reservation in public employment.
                                                                                                (a) Supreme court only
Sabarimala temple and worship the deity.
                                               Q.435. When were the general elections           (b) High courts only
Q.432. What do you understand by ‘dual         to the Legislative Assembly of the               (c) Both Supreme court and High courts
citizenship’ as in the case of the US?         National Capital Territory held for the first     (d) President of India
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 3rd shift)                 time?                                            Sol.438.(c) Both Supreme court and
(a) Citizenship of two states                  Matric Level 27/06/2023 (Shift - 2)              High courts. Article 13 - Any law
    simultaneously with two countries          (a) 1990 (b) 1993 (c) 1992 (d) 1991              inconsistent with the        provision of
(b) Citizenship of a country along with                                                         fundamental right shall be declared null
                                               Sol.435.(b) 1993. The 69th amendment
    that of a constituent State, where one                                                      and void. Under Article 32 and 226
                                               act, 1991 inserted Article 239AA, which
    resides/born                                                                                supreme      court     and    high    court
                                               declared the Union Territory of Delhi to
(c) Citizenship of two states along with                                                        respectively enjoy writ        jurisdiction.
                                               be administered by a Lieutenant
    two countries                                                                               Article 147 provides for interpretation of
                                               Governor who works on aid and advice of
(d) Citizenship of two countries                                                                 the constitution by the supreme court.
                                               the          @ebookstore01
                                                      elected   legislative  assembly
    simultaneously
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Q.439. What does Section 377 of the           SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon)               estimated receipts and expenditure of
Indian Penal Code signifies?                   (a) All citizens and non-citizens            the Government in a Financial Year
SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Evening)                  (b) All taxpayers                            (which begins on 1st April of the current
(a) Triple talaq                              (c) All male citizens                        year and ends on 31st March of the
(b) Surrogacy                                 (d) All adult citizens                       following year). The Budget Division of
(c) Criminalize unnatural offences                                                         the Department of Economic Affairs in
(d) Women temple entry                        Sol.442.(d) All adult citizens. Part XV:     the Ministry of Finance is the nodal body
                                              Elections (Article 324-329). Hence, Right    responsible for preparing the Budget.
Sol.439.(c)     Criminalise      unnatural    to vote is a constitutional right, not a     The first Budget of Independent India
offences. Section 377 of the Indian Penal     fundamental right.
                                                                                           was presented in 1947.
Code 1860, states that “whoever
voluntarily has carnal intercourse against    Q.443. The Union Finance Ministry
                                                                                           Q.446. In which year was the Dowry
the order of nature with any man, woman       issued a notification amending the
                                                                                           Prohibition Act passed in India?
or animal shall be punished. Provision of     Electoral Bonds Scheme to allow the sale
                                                                                           SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
the act was against fundamental rights        of electoral bonds for extra _______ days
                                                                                           (a) 1973 (b) 1982 (c) 1961 (d) 1954
(Article 14 and 21) of lesbian, gay,          in the year of general elections to the
bisexual,      transgender,       intersex,   Legislative Assembly of States and UTs       Sol.446.(c) 1961. Dowry Prohibition Act:
questoning (LGBTIQ) Community. The            with legislature.                            It extends to the whole of India except
Supreme court in ‘Navtej Singh Johar vs.      SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Afternoon)               the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Union      Of    India’    case     (2018)    (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 25                  Important Acts in India - Hindu Widow
decriminalised the offences.                                                               Remarriage Act 1856, Child Marriage
                                              Sol.443.(c) 15. Electoral Bonds Scheme:
                                                                                           Restraint Act 1929, Muslim Women
Q.440. The percentage of eligible voters      Launched - 2018 . Bonds are issued only
                                                                                           Protection of Rights on Marriage Act
who cast their votes in an election is        to those political parties that are
                                                                                           2019 (Triple Talaq Act), Rights of
termed as _______.                            registered under section 29A of the
                                                                                           Persons with Disabilities Act 2016,
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon)                Representation of the People Act, 1951.
                                                                                           National Security Act 1980.
(a) Quorum       (b) Turnout                  Electoral Bonds: These are money
(c) Veto         (d) Constituency             instruments like promissory notes, which     Q.447. In which year was the Arms Act
                                              can be bought by companies and               passed in India?
Sol.440.(b)        Turnout.       People’s    individuals in India from the State Bank     SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
participation in the election is measured     of India and donated to a political party.   (a) 1951 (b) 1955 (c) 1959 (d) 1964
by voter turnout figures. Quorum refers to
the minimum number of members                 Q.444. What is the upper age limit for       Sol.447.(c) The Indian Arms Act of
required to be present at a meeting in        appointment as a judge of the High court     1959: As per the preamble, this Act aims
order to make the proceedings of the          as of October 2022?                          to consolidate and amend the law
meeting valid. Veto is the power or right     SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Evening)                 relating to arms and ammunition. The
of an individual or body to reject or         (a) 62 years      (b) 57 years               main objective of this Act is to regulate
prohibit a decision or proposal made by       (c) 55 years      (d) 60 years               and restrict the circulation of arms and
others. Constituency is a defined                                                           ammunition, which were illegal. It was
                                              Sol.444.(a) 62 Years. Article 217 - Judge
geographical area that is represented by                                                   enacted by the Indian government after
                                              of a High Court shall be appointed by the
an elected official, such as a member of                                                     independence, recognizing that certain
                                              President in consultation with the Chief
parliament or a legislator.                                                                law-abiding citizens must own and use
                                              Justice of India, the Governor of the
                                                                                           firearms for sports, crop protection, and
Q.441. Which act has been amended by          concerned state and Chief Justice of the
                                                                                           self-defence.
the Supreme Court of India to provide         concerned High court. The Supreme
equal rights to daughters in their            court judge's upper age limit is 65 years.   Q.448. Which of the following states has
ancestral property?                           The Supreme court judges are appointed       Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning)                  by the President of India in consultation    Development Corporation Limited?
(a) The Contempt of Courts Act                with the Chief Justice of India and other    SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
(b) Hindu Succession Act                      Judges of the Supreme court as he            (a) Punjab       (b) Karnataka
(c) Hindu Marriage Act                        deems necessary.                             (c) Delhi        (d) Haryana
(d) Sharda Act                                Q.445. Who presents the annual budget        Sol.448.(b)     Karnataka.    National
Sol.441.(b) Hindu Succession Act              before the Lok Sabha?                        Commission for Scheduled Tribes
(1956) - It governs the inheritance of        SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon)               (NCST), setup -     In 2004 by 89th
property by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and     (a) Union Finance Minister                   constitutional amendment act, Article -
Sikhs. Contempt of Courts Act (1971) - It     (b) Defence Minister                         338A. First Chairman - Kunwar singh
defines the power to punish for contempt       (c) Comptroller and Auditor General of       Tekam.
of court and regulates their procedure.           India
                                              (d) Home Affairs Minister                    Q.449. In which year was the Special
Hindu Marriage Act (1955) - It defines
                                                                                           Marriage Act passed in India?
the minimum age of 18 years for the           Sol.445.(a) Union Finance Minister.          SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (4th Shift)
 bride and 21 years for the groom.            According to Article 112 of the Indian       (a) 1958 (b) 1954 (c) 1962 (d) 1950
Q.442. The Constitution of India ______       Constitution, the Union Budget of a year
                                              is referred to  as the Annual Financial      Sol.449.(b) 1954. Special Marriage Act
gives the right to vote.                                   @ebookstore01
                                              Statement (AFS). It is a statement of the    (SMA) is an Indian law that provides a
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legal framework for the marriage of            body formed in the year 1949 in                 Sol.457.(b) Prime Minister. Formed: 1
people belonging to different religions or     pursuance of a motion adopted by the            January 2015. 2 hubs (of NITI Aayog) -
castes. The applicability of the Act           Constituent Assembly (Legislative) on           Team India Hub and Knowledge and
extends to the people of all faiths,           16th August 1948. Speaker of Lok Sabha          Innovation Hub. It organized the fifth
including    Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs,           is its ex-officio President.                      edition of the Women Transforming India
Christians, Jains, and Buddhists, across                                                       (WTI) Awards on 21 March 2022 to
India. The minimum age to get married          Q.454. Every law enacted by the                 celebrate     75    years    of   India’s
under the SMA is 21 years for males and        government has to be in conformity with         independence. Index release: Composite
18 years for females.                          the______                                       Water     Management       Index,   India
                                               SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (4th Shift)                  Innovation Index, School Education
Q.450. In which year was the Citizenship       (a) Fundamental Right                           Quality Index, Sustainable Development
Act passed in India?                           (b) Directive Principles                        goal India Index.
SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift)                (c) Constitution
(a) 1951 (b) 1955 (c) 1959 (d) 1964            (d) Preamble                                    Q.458. Which freedom is considered as
                                                                                               the ‘Hallmark of Democracy’?
Sol.450.(b) 1955. The Constitution of          Sol.454.(c) Constitution. Under the             SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
India along with the Indian Citizenship        power of Judicial review, The Supreme           (a) Right against exploitation
Act 1955 governs the citizenship status        Court can declare a law 'ultra vires' or        (b) Right to freedom of religion
of a person. Commenced on 30                   null and void if it is against the letter and   (c) Freedom of assembly
December 1955. Citizenship can be              spirit of the Constitution or contravenes       (d) Freedom of speech and expression
defined as a relationship between a             any provision of the Constitution.
nation and an individual of that specific                                                       Sol.458.(b) The Right to freedom of
nation. The concept of single citizenship      Q.455. A booklet released by the Lok            Religion (Article 25-28) is considered the
was adopted from England.                      Sabha Secretariat has listed out words          Hallmark of Democracy. Fundamental
                                               and    expressions that would be                rights are mentioned in Part III (Article
Q.451. In India, according to the Insolvency   considered unparliamentary in both the          12-35) of the Constitution.
and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the process of      Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Which of
insolvency resolution for companies            the following words is NOT declared             Q.459. In which year was the Jammu and
should be completed in how many days?          unparliamentary?                                Kashmir Legislative Council abolished?
SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)                   SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (2nd Shift)                  SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)
(a) 180 (b) 150 (c) 170 (d) 120                (a) Shakuni      (b) Nautanki                   (a) 2019 (b) 2020 (c) 2022 (d) 2021
                                               (c) Chakkar      (d) Girgit
Sol.451 (a) 180. The Insolvency and                                                            Sol.459.(a) In 2019, the Jammu &
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) - A                Sol.455.(c) Chakkar. The Lok Sabha              Kashmir    Legislative    Council    was
time-bound    process    for   resolving       secretariat released a booklet of more          abolished      through       the     J&K
insolvency in companies and among              than 50 pages of words considered unfit          Reorganisation Bill (2019), which divided
individuals. Objective - To consolidate        for being used in Parliament. The latest        the State of J&K to the Union Territories
and amend all existing insolvency laws,        list  of    unparliamentary words -             of J&K and Ladakh.
to simplify and expedite the Insolvency        Jumlajeevi, Baal buddhi, Covid spreader,
and Bankruptcy Proceedings, to promote         abused, ashamed, betrayal, chamchagiri,         Q.460. The detention of a person cannot
entrepreneurship.                              cheated, shakuni, nautanki, girgit, etc. 1st    exceed ________ unless an advisory board
                                               Speaker of Lok Sabha - Ganesh Vasudev           consisting of judges of a High Court
Q.452. What are the two most essential         Mavalankar (1952 to 1956).                      reports sufficient cause for extended
rights of a democracy?                                                                         detention.
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (2nd Shift)                 Q.456. If the State government dissolves        SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening)
(a) Exploitation, preventive detention         the Panchayati Raj Institutions before the      (a) one month    (b) three months
(b) Equality, Freedom                          end of their five-year term, fresh elections     (c) six months   (d) two months
(c) Freedom, preventive detention              should ordinarily be held within _____.
(d) Equality, Exploitation                     SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (3rd Shift)                  Sol.460.(b) three months. Article 22
                                               (a) one month      (b) six months               (Part III) grants protection to persons
Sol.452.(b) Equality, Freedom. Democracy       (c) one year       (d) three months             who are arrested or detained (available
is a form of government in which rulers are                                                    to both citizens and foreigners).
elected by the people in a free and fair       Sol.456.(b) Six months. Under Article           Preventive    detention    means     the
elections, on universal adult franchise and    243 E - An election to constitute a             detention of a person without trial and
governed on the basis of certain               Panchayat shall be completed - Before           conviction by a court.
fundamental rules like a constitution.         the expiry of its duration specified in
Types of Democracy: Direct democracy           clause (1) or before the expiration of a        Q.461.     When    was the National
and Representative democracy.                  period of six months from the date of its       Emergency declared for the first time
                                               dissolution.                                    under Article 352?
Q.453. In which year was the Indian                                                            SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)
Parliamentary Group established?               Q.457. Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of          (a) 1963 - 69     (b) 1961 - 65
SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (4th Shift)                 NITI Aayog?                                     (c) 1961 - 67     (d) 1962 - 68
(a) 1950 (b) 1949 (c) 1948 (d) 1951            SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (1st Shift)
                                               (a) President      (b) Prime Minister           Sol.461.(d) 1962-68. The National
Sol.453.(b) In 1949, The Indian                (c) Home Minister  (d) Finance Minister         Emergency has been declared 3 times in
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India-China war, when “the security of             an ordinary Bill.                        Youth     Policy   launched     by   the
India” was declared as being “threatened       (d) He adjourns the Assembly or              Government of India ?
by external aggression”, President                 suspends the meeting in the absence      Higher Secondary 05/08/2022 (Shift - 2)
(Sarvepalli     Radhakrishnan)}.      1971         of a quorum.                             (a) 2015 (b) 2014 (c) 2016 (d) 2017
{During the Indo - Pakistan war, President
(V.V.Giri), Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi)}.   Sol.464.(c) Article 178 {The Speaker and     Sol.468.(b) 2014. It seeks to define the
1975 to 1977 {The emergency was                Deputy Speaker of the Legislative            Vision of the Government of India for the
declared on the basis of “internal             Assembly}. A speaker is responsible for      Youth of the Country. The first youth
disturbance”, President (Fakhruddin Ali        presiding   assembly      debates    and     policy was released in 1988. National
Ahmed), Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi)}.       maintains order and discipline of the        Youth Day is held every year on 12th
                                               house during legislative sessions.           January to observe the birth anniversary
Q.462. Which is NOT correct about              Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the            of Swami Vivekananda.
India's Prime Minister?                        first Speaker of Lok Sabha (15 May 1952
SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)                   – 27 February 1956).                         Q.469. Which freedom fighter abolished
(a) He is the head of the government.                                                       the Zamindari System in Uttar Pradesh
(b) He is the leader of the majority party     Q.465. Which of the following is NOT a       and was elected as the Home Minister in
    in Lok Sabha.                              part of the All India Services?              1955?
(c) He can be removed if a no                  SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning)                 SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Morning)
    confidence motion is passed by both         (a) Indian Forest Service                    (a) Lala Hardayal
    the Houses of Parliament with 2/3rd        (b) Indian Engineering Service               (b) Govind Ballabh Pant
    majority.                                  (c) Indian Administrative Service            (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) He is appointed by the President of        (d) Indian Police Service                    (d) Jyotiba Phule
    India.
                                               Sol.465.(b) Indian Engineering Services      Sol.469.(b)   Govind    Ballabh     Pant
Sol.462.(c) A Prime Minister can be            (IES) are the civil services that meet the   successfully abolished the exploitative
removed if a simple majority of its            technical and managerial functions of        Zamindari system and revolutionised
members no longer have confidence in            the Government of India. All India           laws pertaining to women’s inheritance
him/her, this is called a vote - of - no -     Services (Article 312). Lord Cornwallis is   and marriage. He was appointed Minister
confidence. Three prime ministers, I. K.        known as the “Father of Indian Civil         of Home Affairs in the Union Cabinet on
Gujral, H. D. Deve Gowda and Atal Bihari       Service”. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel is       10 January 1955 in New Delhi by Nehru.
Vajpayee have been voted out from office         called the ‘Father of the All India          He started a weekly paper called ‘Shakti’.
this way.                                      Services’.                                   In 1957, he was awarded the Bharat
                                                                                            Ratna.
Q.463. Which of the following is NOT a         Q.466. The first Republic Day parade
national political party?                      was held in which of the following years?    Q.470. The Chairman of the Legislative
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)                 Higher Secondary 03/08/2022 (Shift - 4)      Council is:
(a) Bahujan Samaj Party                        (a) 1952 (b) 1951 (c) 1949 (d) 1950          SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(b) National Conference                                                                     (a) elected by the Chief Minister and
(c) Bharatiya Janata Party                     Sol.466.(d) 1950. Republic Day marks             their Cabinet
(d) Nationalist Congress Party                 and celebrates the date on which the         (b) appointed by the Chief Minister of
                                               Constitution of India came into effect on        that state
Sol.463.(b)      National     Conference.      26 January 1950. On the eve of Republic      (c) elected by the members of the
National party is recognised only if it        Day, the President of India distributes          Legislative Council
fulfils any one of the three conditions: (a)    Padma Awards to the civilians of India       (d) appointed by the Governor of that
The party wins 2% of seats in the Lok          every year. These are the second highest         state
Sabha from at least three different            civilian awards in India after Bharat
states, (b) at a general election to Lok       Ratna. These awards are given in three       Sol.470.(c) Article 169:        Abolition or
Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party       categories, viz. Padma Vibhushan,            creation of Legislative Councils in States.
polls 6% of votes in any 4 or more states      Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, in             Article 171:        Composition of the
and in addition it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats,     decreasing order of importance.              Legislative Councils. The tenure of a
(c) party gets recognition as a state party                                                 Member of the Legislative Council (MLC)
in four states. Total number of national       Q.467. How many religious communities        is six years, with one-third of the
parties 6 (6th - Aam Aadmi Party).             are notified as minorities by the             members retiring every two years.
                                               Government of India?
Q.464. Which of the following is NOT           Graduate Level 01/08/2022 (Shift - 4)        Q.471. As per the coding convention of
 correct about the power of the Speaker        (a) Three (b) Five (c) Six (d) Four          India Census, how many digit code is
 of the state Legislative Assembly?                                                         used for showing state code?
SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)                   Sol.467.(c) Six {Muslims, Christians,        SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) He maintains order and decorum of          Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains          (a) 1    (b) 3   (c) 2    (d) 4
    the House.                                 (added in 2014), National Commission
(b) He decides whether a Bill is a Money       on Minorities Act 1992}. According to the    Sol.471.(c) 2. The coding convention
    Bill or not.                               2011 Census {Hindu (79.8%), Muslim           used: State code (2 digits); District code
(c) He calls for a joint session of the        (14.2%), Christian (2.3%), Sikh (1.7%),      (3 digits); Sub-district code (5 digits);
    Assembly and Council to resolve the        Buddhist (0.7%), Jain (0.4%).                Village code (6 digits).
    deadlock between the two Houses over                   @ebookstore01
                                               Q.468. In which year was the National        Q.472. The first linguistic state in India
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got established in:                           Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major          complete and binding.
SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Afternoon)               reform of the boundaries of India's states    SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Morning)
(a) 1957 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1953           and territories, organising them along        (a) Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1862
                                              linguistic lines. The Government divided      (b) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Sol.472.(d) 1953. The first state to be        the country into 14 states and 6 union        (c) Muslim Personal Law(shariyat)
created on a linguistic basis was Andhra      territories under the State Reorganisation        application act, 1937
Pradesh in 1953, created out of the           Act.                                          (d) Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
Telugu-speaking northern parts of
Madras State. Committees related to           Q.477. The Contempt of Courts Act was         Sol.481.(b) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
State establishment: Dhar Commission          passed to define and limit the powers of       The main purpose of the act was to
(Chairmanship - S.K. Dhar; 1948), JVP         certain courts in punishing contempt of       amend and codify the law relating to
Committee (1948), Fazl Ali Commission         courts and to regulate their procedure in     marriage among Hindus and
(1953).                                       relation thereto. In which of the following   others.
                                              years was the Act passed?
Q.473. On which day was the National          SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)                  Q.482. The monthly maintenance the
Emblem of India adopted?                      (a) 1971 (b) 1975 (c) 1969 (d) 1982           amount of ₹ _____ payable by children to
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Morning)                                                                parents, set by the Maintenance and
(a) 15th August 1952                          Sol.477.(a) The Contempt of Courts Act        Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens
(b) 26th January 1950                         was passed on 24 December 1971. The           Bill, 2007, was removed            by the
(c) 15th August 1947                          high court and Supreme Court have been        Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
(d) 26th January 1959                         given the power to punish someone for         Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
                                              contempt of court.                            SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Morning)
Sol.473.(b) 26th January 1950. The                                                          (a) 10,000 (b) 5,000 (c) 12,000 (d) 8,000
state emblem is an adaptation from the        Q.478. Which of the following Indian
Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Motto-        Acts was passed in the year 2005?             Sol.482.(a) ₹ 10,000 .
Satyameva      Jayate    ("Truth  Alone       SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Morning)
Triumphs") is taken from the "Mundaka         (a) The Biological Diversity Act              Q.483. As per the Constitution of India,
Upanishad", a part of Upanishads.             (b) The Prevention of Money-Laundering        what is the maximum number of states
                                                  Act                                       for which the same person can be
Q.474. As per the Hindu Succession Act        (c) The Competition Act                       appointed as Governor?
1956, who amongst the following has the       (d) The Protection of Women from              SSC MTS 07/10/21 (Afternoon)
first right over the property of a Hindu           Domestic Violence Act                     (a) There is no limit (b) One state
woman who dies intestate?                                                                   (c) Two states        (d) Three states
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Afternoon)                Sol.478.(d) The Biological Diversity Act
(a) Her parents                               2002 was passed in 2003, The                  Sol.483.(a) There is no limit.
(b) The legal heirs of her father             Prevention of Money-Laundering Act            Q.484. Which of the following was NOT
(c) The legal heirs of her husband            2002 passed in 2003, The Competition          included in the definition of 'children' by
(d) Her husband                               Act was passed in 2002.                       the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents
Sol.474.(d) Her husband. The Hindu            Q.479. In India, the Protection of Children   and Senior Citizens Act, 2007?
Succession Act, 1956 is an Act of the         from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,             SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Evening)
Parliament of India enacted to amend          ______ is a comprehensive law to provide      (a) Adult son     (b) Adult daughter
and codify the law relating to intestate or   for the protection of children from the       (c) Minor son     (d) Adult grandson
unwilled succession, among Hindus,            offences of sexual assault, sexual            Sol.484.(c) Minor son. According to this
Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.                  harassment and pornography, while             act, it is a legal obligation for children
                                              safeguarding the interests of the child.      and heirs to provide maintenance to
Q.475. The Right of Children to Free and      SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Afternoon)
Compulsory Education Act 2009 is an Act                                                     senior citizens and parents, by monthly
                                              (a) 2012 (b) 2006 (c) 2010 (d) 2008           allowance.     Children     include   son,
of Parliament which came into force in:
SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Evening)                  Sol.479.(a) 2012. It deals with sexual        daughter, grandson, grand daughter but
(a) 2012 (b) 2011 (c) 2009 (d) 2010           offences against persons below 18 years       does not include a minor.
                                              of age, who are deemed as children.           Q.485. Which Prime Minister among the
Sol.475.(d) 2010.    The Act makes            Q.480. In which of the following years        following had signed the Assam Accord
education a fundamental right of every        did the Indian army free Goa from the         with the All Assam Gana Sangram
child between the ages of 6 and 14 and        Portuguese?                                   Parishad in 1985?
specifies minimum norms in elementary          SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Morning)                  SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Morning)
schools.                                      (a) 1956 (b) 1959 (c) 1961 (d) 1967           (a) PV Narasimha Rao (b) Rajiv Gandhi
Q.476. In which of the following years                                                      (c) IK Gujral         (d) VP Singh
                                              Sol.480.(c) 1961. The “armed action”
was an Act enacted to provide for the         was code-named Operation Vijay by the         Sol.485.(b) Rajiv Gandhi. According to
reorganisation of the states of India and     Indian Armed Forces. On 30 May 1987           the Assam Accord, the government has
for matters connected therewith?              Goa attained 25th statehood by 56th           to protect, preserve and promote the
SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Afternoon)                Amendment Act 1987.                           cultural, social, linguistic identity and
(a) 1947 (b) 1956 (c) 1959 (d) 1962                                                         heritage of the Assamese people.
                                              Q.481. On completion Saptapadi Ritual
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                                              _________ considers the marriage to be        Q.486. According to the Motor Vehicles
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Act, 1988, no person under the age of        meeting.                                         Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and
______ years shall be granted a learner’s    SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Afternoon)                   the State Vidhan Sabhas.
licence to drive a motorcycle without        (a) 14 years   (b) 11 years
gear except with the consent in writing of   (c) 5 years    (d) 9 years                       Q.496. In which of the following years
the person having the care of the person                                                      did the Congress Party led by Indira
desiring the learner’s licence.              Sol.491.(c) 5 years. Article 243E- A             Gandhi give the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’
SSC MTS 11/10/2021(Afternoon)                Panchayat continues for five years from           (‘Remove poverty’) in the Lok Sabha
(a) twenty         (b) eighteen              the date appointed for its first meeting.         elections?
(c) seventeen      (d) twenty-one            The 73rd Amendment 1992 added a new              SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Morning)
                                             Part IX to the constitution titled “The          (a) 1957 (b) 1962 (c) 1977 (d) 1971
Sol.486.(b) eighteen years .                 Panchayats” covering provisions from
                                             Article 243 to 243(O); and a new Eleventh        Sol.496.(d) 1971.
Q.487. Which of the following Acts was       Schedule covering 29 subjects within the
passed by the Government of India to                                                          Q.497. Which of the following is a
                                             functions of the Panchayats.                     consumer right?
inquire into allegations of corruption
against certain public functionaries?        Q.492. Which of the following union              SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Afternoon)               territories has representation in the            (a) Right to Move or Settle
(a) Delimitation Act                         Council of States?                               (b) Right to Manufacture Goods
(b) Prevention of Money Laundering Act       SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Afternoon)                   (c) Right to Seek Redressal
(c) Central Vigilance Commission Act         (a) Chandigarh                                   (d) Right to Constitutional Remedies
(d) The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act             (b) Lakshadweep                                  Sol.497.(c) Consumer Rights- Right To
                                             (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  Redressal, Right To Safety, Right To
Sol.487.(d) The Lokpal and Lokayukta         (d) Puducherry
Act was passed by the Government of                                                           Information, Right To Choose, Right To
India to inquire into allegations of         Sol.492.(d) Puducherry and Delhi have            Be Heard, Right To Consumer Education.
corruption     against certain public        representation in the Council of States.         Q.498. Which country has veto power in
functionaries.                               Seat in the council of states is mentioned       the United Nations?
                                             in the fourth schedule of the Indian             SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Q.488. As per the Consumer Protection        Constitution.
Act, 1986 a complaint can be filed in the                                                       (a) India        (b) Bhutan
District Consumer Disputes Redressal         Q.493. An official enumeration of                   (c) China        (d) Bangladesh
Forum if the value of the claim is up to:    population done periodically is known as:        Sol.498.(c) China. The United Nations
SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Evening)                 SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Evening)                     Security Council "veto power" refers to
(a) ₹5 lakh      (b) ₹15 lakh                (a) national register of citizens                the power of the five permanent
(c) ₹20 lakh     (d) ₹10 lakh                (b) demographic count                            members of the UN Security Council
                                             (c) census                                       (China, France, Russia, the United
Sol.488.(c) ₹20 lakh.                        (d) national population register                 Kingdom, and the United States) to veto
Q.489. Which of the following states has     Sol.493.(c) Census. In the British Empire,       any "substantive" resolution.
the highest number of Legislative            the '1872 Indian Census' was India's first        Q.499. As per the Constitution of India,
Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituencies       census under British Viceroy Lord Mayo.          every person who is arrested and
SSC MTS 13/10/2021 (Afternoon)               The first complete census was taken in            detained in custody shall be produced
(a) Rajasthan     (b) Maharashtra            1881.                                            before the nearest magistrate within a
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
                                             Q.494. Electoral roll is commonly known          period of ______ hours of such arrest
Sol.489.(c) Uttar Pradesh has the            as:                                              excluding the time necessary for the
highest number of Legislative Assembly       SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Evening)                     journey from the place of arrest to the
(Vidhan Sabha) Constituencies. Uttar         (a) election count (b) voter's list              court of the magistrate.
Pradesh has 403 members in its               (c) election list  (d) serial list               SSC MTS 02/11/2021 (Afternoon)
Assembly.                                                                                     (a) six           (b) thirty-six
                                             Sol.494.(b) voter's list. An electoral roll is   (c) twenty-four   (d) twelve
Q.490. The ______ states that no woman       a compilation that lists persons who are
                                             entitled to vote for particular elections in     Sol.499.(c) Twenty four hours . other
shall be arrested after sunset and before
                                             a particular jurisdiction.                       guidelines: -The arrested person has the
sunrise. except under exceptional
                                                                                              right that his/her relative/friend is
circumstances.                               Q.495. The National Commission for               informed     about    the arrest. The
SSC MTS 14/10/2021 (Morning)                 Scheduled Tribes came into existence as          information of the arrest should also be
(a) Probation of Offenders Act               a separate commission in which of the            sent through the district legal aid
(b) Indian Penal Code                        following year?                                   committee.
(c) Police Act                               SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Morning)
(d) Code of Criminal Procedure               (a) 2000 (b) 2006 (c) 2004 (d) 2002              Q.500. In which of the following sections
                                                                                               of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
Sol.490.(d) The Code of Criminal             Sol.495.(c) 2004. Preceding commission            is Chandigarh defined as a Union
Procedure. It was enacted in 1973 and        - National Commission for Scheduled               Territory?
came into force on 1 April 1974.             Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1978.                SSC MTS 02/11/2021 (Evening)
Q.491. A Panchayat continues for ______      Article 334 provides for the reservation         (a) Section 3     (b) Section 6
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Sol.500.(c) Section 4 .                      Sol.505.(a) Repealed. The meaning of           (a) four (b) one (c) three (d) two
                                             Repeal is to rescind or annul by
Q.501. In which of the following years       authoritative act; especially : to revoke or   Sol.509.(d) two years. Vidhan Parishad
was the origin and enactment of the          abrogate by legislative enactment.             or Legislative Council is a permanent
Indian Age of Consent Act passed?                                                           body, which can be formed or abolished
SSC CGL 16/08/2021(Afternoon)                Q.506. The Indian Forest Act 1927 was          when the Legislative Assembly passes a
(a) 1834 (b) 1901 (c) 1891 (d) 1889          enacted after repealing which of the           special resolution.
                                             following Indian forest acts?
Sol.501.(c) 1891. Through this act, the                                                     Q.510. Which was the first part of India
                                             SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Morning)
age limit of girls for marriage was raised                                                  to hold an election based on universal
                                             (a) Indian Forest Act, 1882
from 10 to 12. Hence, the marriage of                                                       adult franchise?
                                             (b) Indian Forest Act, 1922
girls under the age of 12 was prohibited                                                    SSC CHSL 09/08/2021 (Morning)
                                             (c) Indian Forest Act, 1865
by law.                                                                                     (a) Assam          (b) Tripura
                                             (d) Indian Forest Act, 1878
                                                                                            (c) Manipur        (d) Bihar
Q.502. Who is the ex-officio President of
                                             Sol.506.(d) Indian Forest Act, 1878. The
the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG), set                                                   Sol.510.(c) Manipur (June 1948).
                                             Indian Forest Act of 1878 divided Indian
up in 1949, which functions as the                                                          Maharaja of Manipur Bodhchandra Singh
                                             forests into reserved forests (completely
national group of the Inter-Parliamentary                                                   signed the instrument of accession with
                                             government-controlled),         protected
Union (IPU) and the main branch of the                                                      the Indian government on the assurance
                                             forests (partially government-controlled)
Commonwealth                Parliamentary                                                   that the internal autonomy of Manipur
                                             and village forests (controlled by
Association (CPA) in India?                                                                 would be maintained.
                                             abutting villages).
SSC CGL 16/08/2021(Afternoon)
(a) Prime Minister                           Q.507. ______ is a set of norms and            Q.511. Bangladesh was a part              of
(b) Vice President                           guidelines to be followed by the political     Pakistan from ______ to ______.
(c) President                                parties and contesting candidates during       SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Morning)
(d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha                 election time.                                 (a) 1947; 1962    (b) 1947; 1971
                                             SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Afternoon)                (c) 1947; 1958    (d) 1947; 1989
Sol.502.(d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha .
                                             (a) Constitutional Norms                       Sol.511.(b) 1947 to 1971. After
Q.503. In 1977, who became then              (b) Constitutional Rules                       separation from India in 1947 Pakistan
President of the Janata Party, which         (c) Code of Conduct                            was formed so Bangladesh also became
formed a coalition government at the         (d) Rigging                                    a part of Pakistan after the separation. In
centre with Morarji Desai as the Prime
                                             Sol.507.(c) Code of Conduct is a set of        1971 Bangladesh was finally separated
Minister?
                                             rules outlining the norms, rules, and          from Pakistan into an autonomous
SSC CGL 18/08/2021 (Afternoon)
                                             responsibilities or proper practices of an     country. India also helped Bangladesh to
(a) Charan Singh
                                             individual party or an organisation. The       become an autonomous state.
(b) George Fernandes
(c) Chandra Shekhar                          Model Code of Conduct comes into force         Q.512. On the night of ______ 1975, Indira
(d) Madhu Dandavate                          immediately on the announcement of the         Gandhi recommended the imposition of
                                             election schedule by the commission for        Emergency to president Fakhruddin Ali
Sol.503.(c) Chandra Shekhar. He was          the need of ensuring free and fair             Ahmed.
President of the Janata Party from 1977      elections . Its main purpose is to ensure      SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)
to 1988. Chandra Shekhar was sworn in        that ruling parties, at the Centre and in      (a) 1st June     (b) 22nd May
as the ninth Prime Minister of India on      the States, do not misuse their position       (c) 25th June    (d) 1st July
November 10, 1991 and remained in            of advantage to gain an unfair edge.
office until June 21, 1991, for a period                                                      Sol.512.(c) 25th June. The third
spanning 223 days.                           Q.508. In which year did the Central           emergency of India started at the mid
                                             Government of India appoint the States         night of 25th june 1975 and was extended
Q.504. In which of the following states      Reorganisation Commission?                     till 23 march 1977. Main reason for this
does the Governor have special               SSC CHSL 05/08/2021 (Morning)                  emergency was “internal disturbances”.
responsibility under Article 371H of the     (a) 1958 (b) 1953 (c) 1950 (d) 1951            First emergency of India was started on
Constitution with respect to law and
                                             Sol.508.(b) 1953. The States                   26 October 1962 (India-China war).
order and in discharge of his functions in
                                             Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was            Second emergency was during the
relation thereto?
                                             constituted by the Central Government of       India-Pakistan war from 3-17 December
SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning)
                                             India in December 1953 to recommend            1971.
(a) Nagaland (b) Sikkim
(c) Mizoram (d) Arunachal Pradesh            the reorganisation of state boundaries.
                                             States    Reorganisation      Commission
Sol.504.(d) Arunachal Pradesh.               consisted of Fazal Ali, K. M. Panikkar and
                                             H. N. Kunzru. Its main recommendations
Q.505. Which of the following is the
                                             were to organise states on a language
expanded form of the abbreviation 'Rep.'
                                             basis as well as the boundaries of state
used in the text of the Constitution of
                                             could reflect the linguistic aspects also.
India?
SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Evening)                 Q.509. One-third of the members of the
(a) Repealed     (b) Republic                Vidhan Parishad retire every ______ years.
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(c) Report       (d) Representative          SSC CHSL 06/08/2021 (Morning)
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