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  1. Article 359 of the Constitution authorizes the president of India to suspend the right to move any court for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights during :

  2. A.

     A National Emergency

    B.

     A failure of constitutional machinery in States

    C.

     A financial emergency

    D.

     None of Above


  3. The correct chronological order of the formation of Haryana, Sikkim, Arunanchal Pradesh and Nagaland as full states of Indian Union is :

  4. A.

     Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pardesh-Nagaland

    B.

     Nagaland-Arunachal Pradesh- Haryana-Sikkim

    C.

     Nagaland-Haryana-Arunachal Pradesh-Sikkim

    D.

     Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh


  5. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as :

  6. A.

     Crossing the floor

    B.

     Yielding the floor

    C.

     Point of Order

    D.

     Calling Attention Motion


  7. By which Constitutional Amendment Act was the number of Lok sabha seats increased from 525 to 545 ?

  8. A.

     The Twentieth Amendment Act, 1966.

    B.

     The Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976.

    C.

     The Forty-fourth Amendment Act, 1978.

    D.

     Thirty-first Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973.


  9. The first Backward Class commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :  

  10. A.

     Deepak Katole

    B.

     S.K.Kharventhan

    C.

     Kaka Kalelkar

    D.

     Shakeel-uz-Zaman Ansari


  11. The disqualification of the Members of Parliament and state legislatures on the ground of defection has been provided in :

  12. A.

     Tenth schedule of the Constitution.

    B.

     Eleventh schedule of the Constitution.

    C.

     Seventh schedule of the Constitution.

    D.

     Twelfth schedule of the Constitution.


  13. The provisions of Concurrent List, freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse and joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament are borrowed from :  

  14. A.

     UK Constitution

    B.

     Australian Constitution.

    C.

     US Constitution

    D.

     Irish Constitution


  15. Article 169 of the Constitution makes the provision for the abolition or creation of :  

  16. A.

     Specifies the number of seats for the Lok Sabha

    B.

     Specifies the number of seats for the Rajya Sabha

    C.

     Specifies Fundamental Duties

    D.

     Legislative Councils in States


  17. Which part of the Constitution of India deals with special provisions to SCs, STs, OBCs and Anglo-Indians ?

  18. A.

     Part 16 (Article 330 to 342).

    B.

     Part 6 (Article 152 to 237).

    C.

     Part 18 (Article 352 to 360).

    D.

     Part 14A (Article 323A to 323B).


  19. The Inter State Council was established in 1990 in pursuance of the recommendation made by :  

  20. A.

     Mukherjee Commission (1999)

    B.

     Sarkaria Commission (1983-87).

    C.

     Mandal Commission (1980).

    D.

     Khosla Commission (1990)