Political Science Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is the constitutional power located enabling the central government to legislate on cow slaughter?

Correct Answer: D) Art 48 in the directive principles.

2. Right to Information Act came into being in the year ..... .

Correct Answer: C) 2005.

3. Who administers the oath of office to the president?

Correct Answer: A) Chief Justice of India.

4. The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court is

Correct Answer: C) 5.

5. The nature of the anti-Imperialist struggle was

Correct Answer: B) Initially constitutional and by large non-violent.

6. Ninetieth Amendment concerns which of the following?

Correct Answer: A) Bodoland Territorial Council.

7. The President of India takes oath

Correct Answer: D) To preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law of the country.

8. Which of the following is not included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?

Correct Answer: D) Right to information.

9. The member of a State Public Service Commission can be removed on the ground of misbehavior only after an enquiry has been conducted by the

Correct Answer: A) Supreme Court of India.

10. The interval between two sessions of parliament must not exceed

Correct Answer: B) 6 months.

11. The maximum strenght of Rajya Sabha is

Correct Answer: A) 250.

12. Who among the following formulated the Dickie Bird Plan?

Correct Answer: A) Lord Mountbatten.

13. In Which of these States reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies, has not been provided?

Correct Answer: A) Panjab.

14. Indian Constitution has divided the powers and function of the state into

Correct Answer: B) Three lists.

15. The number of subjects in the Union List of the Indian Constitution is

Correct Answer: C) 97.

16. The President holds office for a term of five years

Correct Answer: B) Form the date of his entering the office.

17. Which one of the following thinkers proposed the criterion of falsifiability as the measure of scientific truth?

Correct Answer: C) Karl Popper.

18. Which of the following sets of Article deals with emergency provision?

Correct Answer: D) Article 352, 356 and 336.

19. Which is an extra-Constitutional body?

Correct Answer: C) Planning Commission.

20. When and under whose Prime Ministership was the New Economic Policy first divised and implemented in India?

Correct Answer: B) 1985, Rajiv Gandhi.