Polity-Civics Test-3 - NDA MCQ

Tribunals were added in the Constitution by Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 as Part XIV-A, which has only two articles viz. 323-A and 323-B. While article 323-A deals with Administrative Tribunals; article 323-B deals with tribunals for other matters.

India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, also held the foreign minister post throughout his 17-year premiership of the country; he remains the country's longest-serving foreign minister.

The National Diet is the official name of Japan's legislature. It is a bicameral legislature--one with two houses."The National Diet of Japan is Japan's bicameral legislature.

The principal task of the Defence Ministry is to obtain policy directions of the Government on all defence and security related matters and communicate them for implementation by all defence forces. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is defence minister of india.

The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces vests in the President. The responsibility for national defence rests with the Cabinet.

The Parliament can make laws on any subject of the three lists (including the State List) for the union territories. This power of Parliament also extends to Puducherry and Delhi, which have their own local legislatures.

Article 171 of the constitution of India defines the composition of the councils.The minimum age to become member of vidhanparishad is 30 years.

Republic means a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

President can Nominate 12 members in Rajya sabha.

Money Bill can only originate in loksabha and in money bill Rajya sabha has no control over it.

The Chairman is elected by the council itself from amongst its members.

Indira Gandhi tops the chart of Indian Prime Minister's who imposed the most number of President's rule upon states. During her tenure as the Indian PM from 1966- 77, and 1980- 84, it was imposed for a total of fifty times.

Features Of Cabinet System In India-

I. There is a constitutional head of the Government.

II. The President acts only on advice given by the Council of Ministers, the responsibility for the President’s action is of the Council of Ministers.

III. In the cabinet system of government, an inner ring in the Council of Ministers, acts as the policy making part of the ministry.

Article 75 says only that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the president. The Constitution does not contain any specific procedure for the selection and appointment of the Prime Minister.

Article 75 says that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President.

The President usually appoints the leader of the largest party or coalition in the Lok Sabha as the Prime Minister and asks him to seek a vote of confidence in the House within a month and prime minister is the leader of majority in the parliament.

Prime Minister presides over the meeting of council of ministers and influences its decisions. Prime Minister stands at the head of the council of ministers, the other ministers cannot function when the Prime Minister resigns or dies.

Chairperson of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
 

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is an entity of the Government of India.

• It works for the protection of human rights in the Country. 

• It was established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act, and it is a statutory body.

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is composed of a Chairperson and other members is as follows.

The 44th amendment of the constitution took place in 1978 and article 359 was amended and it provided that article 20 &21 could not be suspended even during declaration of emergency.