TSPSC Prelims Mock Test - 3 - TSPSC (Telangana) MCQ

• Language: Urdu

• Reasoning: Urdu is the Additional Official Language of Telangana as per the Telangana Official Languages Act, 1966.


• Historical Significance: Urdu has a long history in the region and is widely spoken and understood by a significant portion of the population.


• Cultural Importance: Urdu is an integral part of the cultural heritage of Telangana and plays a vital role in preserving and promoting the linguistic diversity of the state.


• Government Recognition: The Government of Telangana has officially recognized Urdu as an Additional Official Language to ensure the representation and communication needs of Urdu-speaking citizens are met.

Article 12 has defined the term for the purposes of Part III. According to it, the State includes the following:

(a) Government and Parliament of India i.e. executive and legislative organs of the Union government.

(b) Government and legislature of states i.e. executive and legislative organs of state government.

(c) All local authorities i.e. municipalities, panchayats, district boards, improvement trusts, etc.

(d) All other authorities i.e. statutory or non-statutory authorities like LIC, ONGC, SAIL, etc.

Thus, State has been defined in a wider sense so as to include all its agencies. It is the actions of these agencies that can be challenged in the courts as violating the Fundamental Rights.

According to the Supreme Court, even a private body or an agency working as an instrument of the State falls within the meaning of the ‘State’ under Article 12. High Court does not comes under article 12 of Indian constitution.

administrative officers cannot act in violation of the policies adopted by the legislature. It is the responsibility of the ministers to retain political control over the administration.

Statement 2 is incorrect. Administrative machinery in India comprises of Permanent Executive. It is not composed of the Political appointees of the government in power. India has established professional administrative machinery. At the same time, this machinery is made politically accountable. The bureaucracy is also expected to be politically neutral. This means that the bureaucracy will not take any political position on policy matters.

Statement 3 is incorrect. Other than the civil servants belonging to the State services, All India Services officers like IAS, IPS and IFS work under the supervision of the State governments but they can be removed only by the Central government.

An IAS or IPS officer is assigned to a particular State, where he or she works under the supervision of the State government. However, the IAS or IPS officers are appointed by the central government, they can go back into the service of the central government and most importantly, only the central government can take disciplinary action against them. This means that the key administrative officers of the States are under the supervision and control of the central government.

According to article 311, no person who is a member of a civil service of the Union or an all-India service or a civil service of a State or holds a civil post under the Union or a State shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed.

President is also part of the Parliament. The President of India is an integral part of the Union Parliament.

The Indian Parliament comprises of President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The President in his role as head of legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.

Statement 2 is correct. The President can be removed from office only by Parliament by following the procedure for impeachment. This procedure requires a special majority. The only ground for impeachment is violation of the Constitution.

Statement 3 is incorrect. Constitutionally, the President has a right to be informed of all important matters and deliberations of the Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister is obliged to furnish all the information that the President may call for. The President often writes to the Prime Minister and expresses his views on matters confronting the country.

Besides this, there are at least three situations where the President can exercise the powers using his or her own discretion.

• The President can send back the advice given by the Council of Ministers and ask the Council to reconsider the decision. In doing this, the President acts on his (or her) own discretion.

• Pocket Veto - The President has veto power by which he can withhold or refuse to give assent to Bills (other than Money Bill) passed by the Parliament.

  There is no mention in the Constitution about the time limit within which the President must send the bill back for reconsideration. This means that the President can just keep the bill pending with him without any time limit. This gives the President an informal power to use the veto in a very effective manner. This is sometimes referred to as ‘pocket veto’.

• Appointment of the PM during hung assembly.

• The authority who has detained the person is not under any obligation to provide the reasons for the detention to be held before his arrest but is recommended to do so as soon as possible, thus giving the detained person with an incentive to be represented. So, statement 1 is not correct.

• Firstly, a person may be taken to preventive custody only for three months at the first instance. If the period of detention is extended beyond three months, the case must be referred to an Advisory Board consisting of persons with qualifications for appointment as Judges of the High Courts. It is implicit, that the period of detention may be extended beyond three months, only on approval by the Advisory Board. So, statement 2 is not correct.

  Therefore option (d) is the correct answer

• In the Berubari Union case (1960), Supreme Court recognized the significance of the Preamble. Supreme Court mentioned that assistance from Preamble could be taken in the interpretation of articles that are ambiguous or capable of more than one meaning. Hence statement 1 is correct.

• It also mentioned that Preamble shows general purposes behind several provision in the constitution and is thus a key to the minds of the makers of the constitution. However, Supreme Court specifically mentioned that the Preamble is not a part of the constitution.

• In Kesavananda Bharati Case (1973), Supreme Court rejected the earlier opinion and held that Preamble is a part of the Constitution. It observed that Constitution should be read and interpreted in the light of the grand and noble vision expressed in the Preamble. The Supreme Court also held that the Preamble could be amended as long as basic features of the Constitution enshrined in the Preamble are not amended.

• In the LIC of India Case (1995) also, Supreme Court again held that the Preamble is an integral part of the constitution. Hence statement 2 is correct.

The Indian Constitution originally had 10 Fundamental Duties. However, with the 86th Amendment in 2002, a new duty was added, making the total count of Fundamental Duties 11.

Directive Principles are non-justiciable, which means they are not enforceable by the courts. However, they are fundamental in the governance of the country.