SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Polity - 2 - SSC CGL MCQ

The words socia list and secular were added to preamble to the constitution by the 42^nd Amendment.

Plebiscite clicits the Public opinion on a Bill.

Fraternity means spirit of brotherhood.

NITI full form is National Institution for Transforming India and it replaced the planning commission.

The main purpose of inclusion of Directive Principles in the constitution of India is to establish socio-economic democracy.

Panchayati Raj is based on the Principle of decentralisation of power.

Speaker of Lok Sabha is empowered to preside over the joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The Sixty first Amendment of the constitution of India, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok, Sabha and to the Legislative assemblies of states from 21 years to 18 years.

The Vice President of India is elected by the members of Parliament in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Political Parties absensce from the Democracy makes its functioning impossble.

As per the procedure laid out by ar ticle 368 for amendment of the Constitution, an amendment can be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill in either House of Parliament. The Bill, passed by the required majority, is then presented to the President who shall give his assent to the Bill.

The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed from the Irish Constitution. The makers of the Constitution of India were influenced by the Irish nationalist movement. Hence, the Directive Principles of the Indian constitution have been greatly influenced by the Directive Principles of State Policy.

Represen tative democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. It is an element of both the parliamentary and the presidential systems of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Lok Sabha of India.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, ch airman of the Drafting Committee, presenting the final draft of the Indian Constitution to Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 25 November 1949. Drafting committee was set up on August 29, 1947. It was this committee that was entrusted with the task of preparing in a draft of the new constitution.

Bills which exclusively con tain provisions for imposition and abolition of taxes, for appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund, etc., are certified as Money Bills. Money Bills can be introduced only in
LokSabha.It is only the speaker of the LokSabha, who has the right to decide whether a Bill is Money Bill or not.

Discretionary powers of the Governor means the powers which she/he exercises as per one’s own individual judgement or without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers.

The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President.

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th January 1950. The article 324 to 329 of the Indian constitution deals with powers, function, tenure, eligibility, etc. of the commission and the member.

The Contingency Fun d of India established under Article 267 (1) of the Constitution is in the nature of an imprested which is placed at the disposal of the President to enable him/her to make advances to meet urgent unforeseen expenditure, pending authorization by the Parliament.

Political Science is a science of Political Engineering. political engineering is the designing of political institutions in a society and often involves the use of paper decrees, in the form of laws, referenda, ordinances, or otherwise, to try to achieve some desired effect.

State has four essential elements. These are: (1) population, (2) territory, (3) government, (4) sovereignty (or independence). The first two elements constitute the physical or material basis of the state while the last two form its political and spiritual basis.

In a parliamentary government, the key features are:

• Executive emerges from the legislature: The executive branch, which includes the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, is drawn from the members of the legislative branch (parliament). This means that the executive is a part of the legislature and has its support.
• Executive is responsible to the legislature: The executive is accountable to the parliament for its actions and decisions. This means that the executive must maintain the confidence of the majority of the members in the legislative house to stay in power. If the executive loses the support or confidence of the parliament, it must either resign or call for new elections.
• Separation of powers is not strict: In a parliamentary government, the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches is not as strict as in a presidential system. The executive and legislative branches are interconnected, and their functions often overlap.
• Head of government is different from the head of state: The head of government (Prime Minister) is different from the head of state (such as a monarch or president). The head of state has a largely ceremonial role and does not participate in the day-to-day functioning of the government.

In summary, the correct answer is C: the executive emerge from and is responsible to the legislature. This is because, in a parliamentary government, the executive branch is formed by members of the legislature and must maintain the confidence of the parliament to stay in power.

The Indian Preamble borrowed its ideals of Liber ty, Equality and Fraternity from the French Constitution.
The Indian state came to be recognized as the ‘Republic of India’ in the lineage of the Constitution of France.

The term “politics” was first used by Aristotle.

President order: NeelamSanjiva Reddy(from 25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982),GianiZail Singh (from 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987), RamaswamyVenkataraman (from 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992), Shankar Dayal Sharma (from 25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997).

Distributive justice is a concept that addresses the ownership of goods in a society. It assumes that there is a large amount of fairness in the distribution of goods.

The reorganisation of states on lin guistic basis was done in 1956.

Bodo, Dongri, Maithili, and Santhali were added by the 92^nd Amendment Act of 2003.

G. V Mavalankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Nagaland is a state in Northeast India. The state capital is Kohima. Nagaland became the 16^th state of India from 1 December 1963.