SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Polity - 5 - SSC CGL MCQ

The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences.

Article 16 of the Indian Constitution deals with equality of opportunity in matters of public employment. It states that no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent. place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect or, any employment or office under the State.

Democracy is a political system whereby people elect their representatives who then administer the region/ nation. Despotism is a way of ruling in which the leader has total, unchecked power. It can also describe tyranny, the wielding of power through cruelty and terror.

John Locke in his Second Treatise of Civil Government, Chapter 6, said that the end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
According to him. in all the states of created beings capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

Judges in a High Court are appointed by the President of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the governor of the state. The Constitution confers the power of appointment of judges on the President of India.

The authority to alter the boundaries of states in india rests with the Parliament.

Seventh Schedule gives allocation of powers an d functions between Union & States. It contains 3 lists
1. Union List (For central Govt.) 97 Subjects.
2. States List (Powers of State Govt.) 66 subjects
3. Concurrent List (Both Union & States) 47 subjects.

The provisions of Financial Emergency are enshrined under Article 360 of the Constitution. This provision provides a safeguard for the Union Government if any threat exists to the financial stability of India. If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen whereby the financial stability or credit of India or of any part of the territory thereof is threatened, he may by a Proclamation make a declaration to that effect.

The current age of retirement for Supreme Court judges is 65 years while High Court Judges is 62 years.

The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, on 17th May, 1993.

Some countries, Such as Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Switzerland and the United States, link their bicameral systems to their federal political structure.

Socialism is an economic system char acterised by social ownership and/or cannot of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy.

The Court was established in Nagpur, but after the reorganisation of states on 1 November 1956, it was moved to Jabalpur.

K. T. Shah said that the Directive principles of state policy are just like ‘a cheque on bank payable at the convenience of the bank’.

Article 312 provides that an All India Service can be created only if the Council of State declares by a resolution supported by not less than a two-thirds majority that it is necessary in the national interest to create one or more such All india Services.

As per the provision of the article 341(1) of the Constitution, The President may with respect to any State or Union Territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public
notification, specify the castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that State or Union Territory, as the case may be.

The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Kochi. It is located in Ernakulam.

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, popular ly known as Dadasaheb, was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, an later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

The Social Contract theory deals with the origin of the state.

Article 143 of the In dian Constitution confers upon the Supreme Court advisory jurisdiction. The President may seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact of public importance on which he thinks it expedient to obtain such an opinion.

Appointment and r emoval of top officials is the m ost effective means of executive control of administration.

Violation of rule of law arises mostly from lack of checks and balances. The concept of Rule of Law permeates into the Indian Legal System through the Constitution.
Part III of the Constitution of India acts as a restraint on the various organs exercising powers.

The 44^th amendment of the Constitution was enacted by the Janata Government mainly to nullify some of the amendments made by the 42^nd Amendment Act, 1976. This amendment act has introduced safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency.

The Fundamental Rights can be suspended during the Emergency under Article 359 of the Constitution by the President of India.

Indian sub-continent context, communalism has come to be associated  with tensions and clashes between different religious communities in various regions. The major reason for the growth of communalism in modern India is educational and economic backwardness of minority groups.

• The constitution says that once a high court judge has retired, he cannot practice law in any court or before any authority in India except the Supreme Court and the other High Courts.
• This means that a retired High Court judge cannot practice in lower courts and the same High Court from which he has retired.

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to protect women from domestic violence. It was brought into force by the Indian government from 26 October 2006.

Three cricketer s from India (Navjot Singh Sidh u, Mohammad Azharuddin, Kirti Azad), have represented India in test matches, are presently Lok Sabha members.

The Pitt’s India Act, 1784 was passed by the British Parliament to correct the defects of the Regulating Act of 1773. This act resulted in dual control of British possessions in India by the British government. This act continued in effect until 1858. The act provided for the appointment of a Board of Control, and provided for a joint government of British India by the Company and the Crown with the government holding the ultimate authority.

The Constitution of In dia establishes a federal structure to the Indian government, declaring it to be a “Union of States”. Part XI of the Indian constitution specifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive powers between the Central government and the States of India.