UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 33 - UPSC MCQ

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. 24th Amendment: Asserted the right of the Parliament to amend any part of the Constitution incluing Part III

2. 39th Amendment: Election of President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker is beyond the purview of the Judiciary

3. 42nd Amendment: Political defections made illegal and reservations for SC/ST extended for another 10 years

4. 70th Amendment: Granting of Statehood to the Union Territory of Delhi

The Upper Chamber of the State Legislature, besides other members, consists of

Consider the following features;

1. Village Panchayats have now been brought under the direct supervision of the Governor

2. Finance Commission of the State, now determines the distribution of taxes and levies between the state and panchayats.

3. Panchayats are now entitled to recieve grants-inaid directly from the Central government.
4. 1/3 of the seats in the Panchayats are now reserved for women.

Q. According to the 73rd Amendment of the Constitution, which of these are correct features of villege panchayats?

Consider the following events

1. Nationalisation of Banks
2. Pokhran-I
3. Statehood to Goa
4. Passing of the Hindu Code Bill

The correct chronological order of these events is:

Which one of the following statements related to Money Bills is NOT correct?

Match List I (Parties) with List II (Trade Unions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Consider the following statements:

A: A voluntary organisation files a Public Interest Litigation on Supreme Court on behalf of the workers at the construction site of the Asiad Games.

R: The Indian Constitution has provided for the Public Interest Litigation.

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

Consider the following:
Balance of power refers to

1. an actual state of affairs in which power is distributed among several nations with approximate equality.

2. an implicit understanding among several rulers of great powers that the perpetuation of the existing power distribution benefits them mutually.

3. a situation in which nuclear powers threaten mutual annihilation.

4. a just equilibrium in power among the members of the family of nations.

Q. Which of the above statements are correct?

Which one of the following is NOT correct about 'Dyarchy' introduced by the Government of India Act of 1919?

Consider the following statements:

1. In extraordinary circumstances, the normal distribution of power between the Centre and the states is either suspended or the powers of the Union Parliament are extended over State subjects.

2. The Indian Constitution vests the residuary power in the Union Parliament and the final decision as to whether a particular matter falls under the residuary power or not is that of the Supreme Court.

3. The Union Government has the power to give directions to the state government to ensure due compliance with Union laws.

4. If the Legislature of two or more states so resolve, Parliament can make laws with respect to any matters included in the state list relating to those states.

Q. Which of these describe the nature of Indian Federalism?

Consider the following Bills:
1. Bills for the formation of the new States or recognisation of state boundaries.
2. Money Bills
3. State Bills imposing restrictions upon the freedom of trade.
4. Bills involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India

According to the Constitution of India, for introduction of which of these Bills, previous sanction or recommendation of the President of India is required?

Which one of the following combinations has all federal states?

Match List I and List II and select the correct answer:

Consider the following statements:

1. Economic issues could only by understood in the context of the political reality
2. Political questions of resource ownership, power and distribution determine the process of development
3. Production and distribution are closely related

Q. Which of these was/were implied in the political economy approach of 1960s and 1970s?

Consider the following statements with regard to the powers enjoyed by the governor of a state of India:

1. he addresses the Legislative Assembly of the State at the commencement of the first session of each year

2. He can send messages to the Legislative Assembly with respect to a Bill pending in the Assembly at that time

3. He can summon, prorogue and dissolve the Legislative Assembly of the State

4. He can give assent to a Bill to curtail the powers of the State High Court

Q. Which of these are correct?

Consider the following statements with regard to the Chief Minister of a State in India:

1. He/she is appointed by the Governor of the State.
2. He/she and his/her Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Governor

3. He/she must communicate to the Governor all the decisions of Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the State and proposals for legislation.

4. If the Governor of the State so requires, the Chief Minister shall submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on whcih a decision has been taken by a ministers but which has not been considered by the Council of Ministers.

Q. Which of these is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with regard to the Advocate-General of a state in India:

1. He/She is appointed by the President of India
2. He/She can take part in the procedings of the State Legislative Assembly
3. His/her salary is paid from the Consolidated Fund of India
4. He/She advises the State government on legal matters

Q. Which of these is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about secularism:
1. It promotes religious philosophy
2. It separates religion from politics
3. It denies state support to religious organisations
4. It oppose religious ideas and ideology

Q. Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to the Government of India Act, 1935?

Who of the following is the author of Paumacariyam,a Jaina version of Rama story ?

In early medieval India, what were Ghatikas?

With reference to the temple architec-ture of Orissa, consider the following' statements :

1. The shrine of Mukteswara temple of Bhubaneswar is entered through the only torana so far known in the temples of Bhubaneswar.

2. The Jagamohan of the Lingaraja temple of Bhubaneswar has two balustraded windows, a feature which is unique to Orissa.

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

Consider the following statements:

1. In the first general elections, the Communist Party of India contested half of the seats of Lok Sabha.
2. The Swatantra Party won one-fifth of the seats in Lok Sabha in 1962 general elections

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

When the decision to convene the first session of the Constituent Assembly was announced

1. Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha became the provisional president of the Assembly.
2. The invitation letters to attend the Assembly were issued by the ' Viceroy, Lord Waved.

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?