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System of governance & relations - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    Who is the Chairman of the Inter-State Council established under Article 263?
    1. President of India
    2. Vice-President of India
    3. Union Home Minister
    4. Prime Minister of India
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  2. Question 2

    Who chairs the meetings of the Zonal Councils in India?
    1. Prime Minister
    2. President
    3. Union Home Minister
    4. Chief Minister of the host state
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  3. Question 3

    Which list contains subjects like Police, Public Health, Agriculture, and Water (subject to Union control provisions)?
    1. Union List
    2. State List
    3. Concurrent List
    4. Residuary List
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  4. Question 4

    Subjects like Criminal Law, Marriage and Divorce, Forests, Education (added by 42nd Amendment), and Economic and Social Planning fall under which list?
    1. Union List
    2. State List
    3. Concurrent List
    4. Residuary List
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  5. Question 5

    UPSC CDS (2020)
    The concept of the Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from the Constitution of which country?
    1. United States of America
    2. Canada
    3. Australia
    4. United Kingdom
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  6. Question 6

    Which feature of the Indian Constitution supports the concept of 'Cooperative Federalism'?
    1. All India Services
    2. Integrated Judiciary
    3. Inter-State Council (Article 263)
    4. Emergency Provisions
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  7. Question 7

    UPSC CSE Prelims 2022
    The total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Union Council of Ministers shall not exceed:
    1. 10% of the total members of Lok Sabha
    2. 15% of the total members of Lok Sabha
    3. 10% of the total members of Parliament
    4. 15% of the total members of Parliament
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  8. Question 8

    The system of 'dual executive' (nominal and real) is a feature of:
    1. Federal System
    2. Unitary System
    3. Presidential System
    4. Parliamentary System
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  9. Question 9

    A person who is not a member of either House of Parliament can be appointed as a Minister, but must become a member of either House within:
    1. Three months
    2. Six months
    3. Nine months
    4. One year
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  10. Question 10

    Which feature promotes harmony between the Legislature and Executive in a Parliamentary System?
    1. Separation of Powers
    2. Judicial Review
    3. Fixed Tenure of Executive
    4. Ministers being members of the Legislature
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  11. Question 11

    UPSC CSE Prelims (2017)
    The federal system adopted in the Indian Constitution is based on the model of the Constitution of:
    1. Australia
    2. United States
    3. Canada
    4. Switzerland
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  12. Question 12

    BPSC (2019)
    What is common between the Indian and Canadian federal system?
    1. Dual citizenship
    2. Equal status of states
    3. Strong Centre
    4. States have separate constitutions
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CGL Tier-I (2022)
    Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliamentary system represents:
    1. The people directly
    2. The civil services
    3. The judiciary
    4. The states of the Indian Union
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  14. Question 14

    UPSC CSE Prelims (2019)
    Lok Sabha represents:
    1. States of the Indian Union
    2. Council of Ministers
    3. The people of India
    4. Scheduled Tribes only
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CGL Tier-I (2020)
    Which of the following is known as the “House of the People”?
    1. Rajya Sabha
    2. Lok Sabha
    3. Vidhan Parishad
    4. State Legislative Assembly
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  16. Question 16

    CDS (2021)
    Which house of Parliament is directly elected by the people of India?
    1. Rajya Sabha
    2. Lok Sabha
    3. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
    4. Neither of the two
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  17. Question 17

    BPSC (2018)
    The Lok Sabha represents which principle of democracy?
    1. Independence of Judiciary
    2. Federalism
    3. Separation of Powers
    4. Popular Sovereignty
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  18. Question 18

    What does the Lok Sabha reflect in the Indian federal structure?
    1. Equal representation to all states
    2. Representation of people based on population
    3. Representation of Union Territories only
    4. Proportional representation of minorities
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  19. Question 19

    UPSC CDS (2019)
    Which country is considered the first and oldest federation in the world?
    1. United States of America
    2. Switzerland
    3. Canada
    4. Australia
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  20. Question 20

    The Constitution of India is nither purely federal nor purely unitary but is a combination of both, who said this?
    1. K. C. Wheare
    2. Ivor Jennings
    3. Moriis Jones
    4. D. D. Basu
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