Previous Year Papers - Indian Polity - 3 - UPSC MCQ

The National Capital Regional Plan covers areas in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and the National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi. The Union Minister for Urban Development is the Chairman of NCR Planning Board.

The correct answer is D as kinds of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality is the economic equality  Laissez faire was found incompatible with economic redistribution and so found opposed to economic equality.

option A:  The Constitution originally provided for the right to property under Articles 19 and 31. Article 19 guaranteed to all citizens the right to acquire, hold and dispose of property. Article 31 provided that “no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.” It also provided that compensation would be paid to a person whose property has been taken for public purposes. The Forty-Forth Amendment of 1978 deleted the right to property from the list of fundamental rights.

option B

The Fundamental Duties of the citizen were added to the constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976. Fundamental duties obligate all citizens to respect the national symbols of india, including the constitution to cherish its heritage, preserve its composite culture and assist in its defense.

Indian laws have always recognized the workers right to strike. The Supreme Court of India has invariably maintained the “right to strike” as not a fundamental right, but a legal right that workers can exercise as part of collective bargaining, wage bargaining and dispute resolution. However, several court rulings have also been in opposition to the right to strike, be it by political parties or trade unions. Some favourable court rulings on the workers’ right to strike are: the Gujarat Steel Tubes v. Mazdoor Sabha AIR 1980 SC 1896, where the right to strike was held as integral to collective bargaining and as supported by social justice. Indian laws comprising sections 22, 23, and 24 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 imply that industries, such as hospitals, government departments, educational institutions and clubs, have the right to strike. Strikes may be legal or illegal, based on the procedure for strike, and it is decided by the judiciary. 

The correct option is C.
On October 13, 2010, during the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India had appointed an eminent Group of Interlocutors—Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M.M. Ansari—to hold a sustained dialogue with all shades of opinion in the State and “identify the political contours of a solution and the roadmap towards it”. They submitted their report to the Government on October 12, 2011.
 

The   correct answer is A as  Vice-President acts as president when a vacancy occurs in the office of President due to his resignation, death, removal or otherwise. (Article 65). While acting or discharging the functions of President, the Vice - President does not perform the duties of chairman of Rajya Sabha.