MCQ for mcq-test-15-6th-september-2023

Consider the following statements:

1. The Electoral College for the Vice President’s election is comprised of all members of Parliament.

2. A contender for the position of Vice President must be eligible to be elected to the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha.

3. The Constitution of India specifies the ground of removal of the Vice President for violation of the constitution.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the co-operative societies in India:

1. The term “co-operative societies” is a subject enumerated in the Concurrent List of the seventh schedule of the Constitution.

2. Only the Parliament has the authority to enact legislation governing multi-state cooperative societies.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to panchayat raj institutions:

1. The question regarding the disqualification of a member of panchayat is decided by the Governor of the State after consultation with the State Election Commission.

2. The chairperson of a panchayat at the village level shall be elected in such a manner as the state legislature determines.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act does not apply to which of the following group of states?

Which of the following functional items are placed within the purview of Panchayats under the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution?

1. Minor Forest produce

2. Regulation of slaughterhouses and tanneries

3. Khadi, village and cottage industries

4. Public distribution system

5. Slum improvement and upgradation

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements with reference to the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992:

1.  Not less than half of the total number of offices of chairpersons in the panchayats at each level must be reserved for women.

2. It provides for the reservation of seats for backward classes in the proportion of their population in every panchayat.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

What was the exact status of India between 15^th August 1947 and 26^th January 1950?

With reference to 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992, consider the following statements:

1. A Gram Sabha consists of all individuals who are aged 18 years and above.

2. The Chairpersons of the Panchayat at the village, intermediate and district levels are elected from amongst the elected members.

3. It bars the interference by courts in the electoral matters of panchayats. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

With reference to ‘conjugal rights’ in India, consider the following statements:

1. These are available only to married couples in India.

2. The laws for such rights are gender-neutral as they allow both wife and husband to seek restitution of conjugal rights.

3. Both personal laws and criminal laws recognize the conjugal rights of a person.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to provisions of Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996, consider the following statements:

1. Gram Sabha is responsible for the identification of beneficiaries for poverty alleviation programmes. 

2. Gram Panchayat does the actual planning and implementation of developmental projects in the Scheduled Areas.

3. The reservation for the Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats shall not be more than one-third of the total number of seats.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Which of the following is/are the correct reasons for India being a ‘Republic’ unlike Britain?

1. In India, the head of the state is always elected for a fixed period.

2. India is neither a dependency nor a dominion of any other nation.

3. Political sovereignty in India rests with the people.

4. There is absence of any privileged class in India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements with reference to aspects of Liberty:

1. Negative liberty seeks to define and defend a sacred area in which no external authority can interfere.

2. Positive liberty recognizes that one can be free only outside society, not inside and thus enables individual development.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. While the Prime Minister of Britain can be a member of the Lower House of Parliament only, the Prime Minister of India can be a member of any of the two Houses of Parliament.

2. Like in Britain, the Union Ministers in India are required to countersign acts assented by the President of India.

3. While the nature of Indian polity is a republic, it is not the same in case of Britain.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to Indian Polity, consider the following statements:

1. The word ‘minority' was explicitly defined for the first time in the Nehru Report of 1928.

2. Institutions administered by minorities are not eligible to receive aid from the State.

3. Minority Institutions are not mandated to provide reservations to weaker sections under Article 15 of the Constitution.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Indian polity, consider the following statements:

1. No arrest warrant can be issued against the ‘Prime Minister of India’ during the term of his office.

2. Civil proceedings can be instituted against the ‘President of India’, during the term of his office.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

“This refers to a system of governance that is under military control. The military chiefs assume the control of the state, although they do not impose rules on the citizens. In these states, the Government and the military are constitutionally the same entity. The military’s state role is supported by the constitution and the citizenry.” This is the most likely description of:

Which of the following provisions in the Constitution of India are associated with Affirmative Action?

1. Article 15

2. Article 16

3. Article 21

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

With reference to ‘United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’, consider the following statements:

1. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights is the investigative body of the UNHRC.

2. Its members are elected by the UN General Assembly based on equitable geographical distribution.

3. In 2021, it recognized the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, for the first time.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: 

1. In Authoritarianism, the state controls all aspects of public as well as private life.

2. In Oligarchy, there is essentially a hereditary rule by a small number of people.

3. Technocracy is a form of government in which experts in technology control all the decision-making.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Panchayat (Extension of the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 or PESA, the Gram Sabha has the power

1. to exercise control over money lending to the Scheduled Tribes.

2. to enforce prohibition or to regulate or restrict the sale and consumption of any intoxicant.

3. to prevent alienation of land in the Scheduled Areas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements best describes ‘Constitutional Morality’?

Which of the following personalities were not members of the Constituent Assembly of India?

1. Sarojini Naidu

2. Frank Anthony

3. Purnima Banerjee

4. M.A. Jinnah

5. M.N. Roy

6. Durgabai Deshmukh

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consider the following statements:

1. It was created in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

2. Article 5 of the treaty deals with the ‘principle of collective defense’.

3. NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time after the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.

4. Major non-NATO ally (MNNA) status given by the USA provides a country Economic privilege but not Military privileges.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

‘Lublin Triangle’, recently seen in the news, refers to 

Consider the following statements:

1. Ministers of State at Union level can attend the Cabinet meetings as a matter of their right.

2. The 91st Amendment Act, 2003 curbed Prime Minister’s discretion to appoint any number of Ministers in the Council of Ministers.

3. The Cabinet Secretariat functions directly under the supervision of the Union Cabinet Ministers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?