Polity-Civics Test-2 - Defence MCQ

According to Article 12 of the Constitution of India, the term 'State' can be used to denote the union and state governments, the Parliament and state legislatures and all local or other authorities within the territory of India or under the control of the Indian government.

Article 324 of Constitution of India deals with Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission and it allot symbol to political parties.

Article 324 of Constitution of India deals with Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission and it allot symbol to political parties.

The Look East policy was developed by P.V. Narasimha Rao government.

USA is the first country to have the written constitution.

Karnataka has 28 seats in Lok Sabha.

Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.

The President administers the oath of office and secrecy to the Vice-President.

The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party based in West Bengal . Founded on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress, the party is led by its founder and current Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee.

In June 1948, the Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of S K Dhar to examine the feasibility of this. The commission submitted its report in December 1948 and recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenience rather than linguistic factor

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. The Parliament is composed of the President of India and the houses. It is bicameral with two houses: the RajyaSabha (Council of States) and the LokSabha (House of the People).

The executive power is vested mainly in the President of India, as per Article 53 (1) of the constitution. Thus President of India is the executive head of State of India.

The Governor of the States of India is appointed by the President of India for a period of five years.

Literally, ‘Certiorari’ means-To be certified (or) to be informed. It can be issued by Supreme Court or any High Court for quashing the order already passed by an inferior court, quasi-judicial body or or judicial tribunal.

President is not a member of any of the two houses of Parliament.

Article 352 of Indian Constitution has provisions for National Emergency. According to it, if President is satisfied that there exist a grave emergency whether due to war or external aggression or armed rebellion, then President can proclaim emergency to that effect.

The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of resignation to the deputy speaker of Lok Sabha.

As highest court in the State, a High Court supervises the subordinate courts in the State.

List of amendments of the Constitution of India. As of January 2020, there have been 104 amendments to the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950. There are two types of amendments to the Constitution of India which are governed by Article 368.

National Disaster Management Authority has been constituted with the Prime Minister of India as its Chairman, a Vice Chairman with the status of Cabinet Minister, and eight members with the status of Ministers of State.