Kerala SET Unit 7: Political Institutions in India Part II

Created by

Dr. S. H. Sarkar

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1. What is the required majority of parliament for passing constitutional amendment in France? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 2/3 of each house

B) 1/2 of each house

C) 3/5 of in joint session

D) 2/3 of National Assembly

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2. Which among the following was not a constituent of Janatha Party in 1977? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Socialist Party

B) Congress (O)

C) Bharatiya Jan Sangh

D) None of the Above

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3. In which year the Supreme Court was established in UK? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 2009

B) 2012

C) 2014

D) 2010

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4. In which case, the Supreme Court held that “the Indian Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles”. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Waman Rao Case

B) Keshavananda Bharati Case

C) Golak Nath Case

D) Minerva Mills Case

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5. Which Article of the Constitution empowers the President to declare emergency in India? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Article 352

B) Article 74

C) Article 356

D) Article 53

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6. The idea of ‘Residual Powers’ in the Indian constitution is adopted from ------- (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Canadian Constitution

B) Soviet Constitution

C) South African Constitution

D) French Constitution

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7. Identify the wrong pair (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Article 54 - Amendment with ratification of state legislature

B) Article 4 - Amendment with special majority

C) Article 315 - Amendment with special majority

D) Article 162 - Amendment with ratification of state legislature

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8. Find out the parliamentary committee which is generally chaired by an opposition member. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Joint Committee on Office of Profit

B) Public Accounts Committee

C) Estimates Committee

D) Committee on Public Undertakings

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9. Identify the case which established the ‘basic structure of the constitution’ (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) A. K Gopalan Vs State of Kerala

B) Golaknath Vs State of Punjab

C) Minerva Mills Ltd Vs The Union of India

D) Kesavanda Bharati Vs State of Kerala

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10. Which among the following is not a recommendation of Sarkaria Commission? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Five year tenure for Governor

B) Establishment of LokPal

C) Establishment of Inter State Council

D) Use of Art.356 only as last resort

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11. Which among the following articles speak about the advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Article 143

B) Article 32

C) Article 123

D) Article 226

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12. Who was the first recognized leader of Opposition in the Indian Lok Sabha? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Jayapraksh Narayanan

B) Alladi Krishna Swami Ayyer

C) Ram Subhag Singh

D) Dr Sacchidanand Sinha

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13. When did the Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) 15th August 1945

B) 9th December 1946

C) 26th January 1946

D) 30th November 1946

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14. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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15. How many items contained in the 11th ‘Schedule to the Constitution of India’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) 27

B) 28

C) 29

D) 30

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16. Zero-base budgeting was first developed in (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Germany

B) Britain

C) USA

D) France

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17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Reservation of a State Bill for the assent of the President is a discretionary power of the Governor.

Reason (R): The President of India can disallow or return a Bill passed by a State Legislature for reconsideration.

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

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18. The practice of nomination of members to Rajya Sabha was borrowed from the Constitution of: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) Ireland

D) South Africa

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19. Which commission suggested the creation of Local Finance Commission? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Administrative Reforms Commission

B) Ashok Mehta Commission

C) G. V. K. Rao Commission

D) L. M. Singhvi Commission

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20. Which are the new Articles inserted in the Constitution of India by 101st Amendment Act? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

1. Article 246 A

2. Article 269 A

3. Article 279 A

4. Article 286 A

A) l & 2

B) 1, 2 & 3

C) 2 & 3

D) l, 2, 3 & 4

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21. Dual Federalism implies that (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) National and State Governments retain separate spheres of action.

B) National and State Governments are independent.

C) National and State Governments are expected to collaborate in pursuit of the interests of the public.

D) National and State Governments have the same function

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22. Who said that ‘a good government can never be a substitute for self-government’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Swami Dayanand

B) Lord Minto

C) Lord Rippon

D) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

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23. The term ‘Double jeopardy’ is implied in which Article of the Constitution of India. (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Article 20 (l)

B) Article 20 (2)

C) Article 21 (1)

D) Article 21 (2)

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24. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Article 243J - Audit Accounts of Panchayat

B) Article 243 ZE - Committee for Metropolitan Planning

C) Article 243 K - Duration of Panchayat

D) Article 243 R - Composition of Municipalities

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25. Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution of India in the year (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) 1984

B) 1985

C) 1986

D) 1987

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26. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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27. Which one of the following is the comment made by Ivor Jennings about Directive Principles of State Policy? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Manifesto of aims and aspirations

B) A variable dustbin of sentiments

C) Pious Aspirations

D) Mere moral homily

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28. How many Articles and Schedules had in the Draft Constitution of India? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) 315 Articles and 13 Schedules

B) 315 Articles and 8 Schedules

C) 395 Articles and 8 Schedules

D) 385 Articles and 13 Schedules

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29. Who among the following declared that the Indian constitution is ‘first and foremost a social document’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Granville Austin

B) B. R. Ambedkar

C) Jawaharlal Nehru

D) A.V. Dicey

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30. ‘Hyde Amendment’ is related to: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Nuclear Promotion

B) Global Trade

C) Anti-Terrorism

D) Chemical Weapons

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31. "Secularism is when you do not remember one’s religion or caste"- Who said this? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) B. R. Ambedkar

B) Zakir Hussain

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Jawaharlal Nehru

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32. Reasonable restrictions on the rights of Indian citizens can be imposed by: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) President

B) Parliament

C) Supreme Court

D) Union Cabinet

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33. Arrange the following reports in their chronological order (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

1. Appleby Report

2. Gorewala Report

3. Santhanam Committee Report

4. First Administrative Reforms Commission Report

A) 2, 1, 4, 3

B) 2, 1, 3, 4

C) 1, 2, 3, 4

D) 1, 2, 4, 3

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34. Which of the following recommended Performance Budgeting in India? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Estimates Committee

B) Appleby

C) Gorwala

D) Administrative Reforms Commission

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35. The resolution for the creation of State Legislative Council in a state must be passed by State Assembly by a (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Simple majority

B) Two-third majority

C) Two-third majority of present and voting

D) Majority of the total and two-third majority of present and voting

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36. In the Federation envisaged in the Government of India Act of I935, residuary powers were given to the: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Federal Legislature

B) Provincial Legislature

C) Governor General

D) Provincial Governors

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37. Who labelled the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution as a ‘Body of Hindus’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Churchill

B) Simon

C) Atlee

D) Jinnah

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38. Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

V. P. Singh
R. Venkataraman
Y. B. Chavan
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee

A) 2 and 3

B) 1, 3 and 4

C) 2 and 4

D) 1, 2, 3 & 4

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39. India borrowed the expression ‘Procedure established by Law’ from the constitution of: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Japan

B) Germany

C) Canada

D) Ireland

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40. The Committee on Administrative Arrangement for Rural Development (CAARD) was set up in I985 under the Chairmanship of: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) L. M. Singhvi

B) G. V. K. Rao

C) Hanumantha Rao

D) H. L. Saikia

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41. Who remarked India as a “Unitary State with subsidiary federal features rather than a federal state with subsidiary unitary features” '? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) K. C. Wheare

B) Granville Austin

C) Ivor Jennings

D) A.V. Dicey

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42. Which one of the following tax is levied by the union and collected and appropriated by the states in India? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Passenger and Goods tax

B) Estate Duty

C) Stamp Duty

D) Taxes on Newspapers

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43. Indian Constitution borrowed the term ‘Equal Protection of Law’ from ______. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Britain

B) USA

C) Japan

D) Ireland

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44. The commission which recommended that Union Government maypersuade the State Government for Constitution of an All India Service for Education: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Radhakrishnan Commission

B) Y. K Alagh Commission

C) Sarkaria Commission

D) Kothari Commission

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45. The Article of the Constitution of India which provides for adult suffrage: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Article 327

B) Article 326

C) Article 325

D) Article 324

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46. The commission which recommended for the creation of special officer for Linguistic Minorities in India: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) State Reorganisation Commission

B) Dar Commission

C) First Administrative Reforms Commission

D) Sarkaria Commission

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47. Which one of the following is not a fundamental duty under Article 51 (A)? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Protection of environment

B) Protection of Socio-cultural minorities

C) Safeguard Public property

D) Develop Scientific temper

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48. The first Public Service Commission in India was set up by: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) The Regulating Act of 1773

B) Government of India Act of 1909

C) Government of India Act of 1919

D) Government of India Act of 1935

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49. Indian Institute of Public Administration was founded on the recommendation of______. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Gorewala

B) Santhanam

C) First Administrative Reforms Commission

D) Appleby

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50. Which of the following is the oldest committee of Parliament of India? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Privilege Committee

B) Estimates Committee

C) Public Accounts Committee

D) Business Advisory Committee

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51. The office of Collector was created in India by-----. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Warren Hastings

B) Dalhousie

C) Cornwallis

D) Rippon

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52. Which of the following pairs is wrong? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Article 243 J – Audit Accounts of Panchayat

B) Article 243 ZE – Committee for Metropolitan Planning

C) Article 243 K – Duration of Panchayat

D) Article 243 R – Composition of Municipalities

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53. The Constitutional case which prompted Parliament of India to enact 24th Constitution Amendment Act: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Berubari case

B) Shankari Prasad case

C) Kesavananda Bharati case

D) Golaknath case

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54. A writ issued by a Court to some inferior authority to transfer the matter to it or to some other superior authority for its proper consideration is called (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Certiorari

B) Mandamus

C) Quo Warranto

D) Prohibition

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55. Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India makes special provisions in regards to the administration of tribal areas in: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram

B) Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur

C) Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

D) Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh

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56. Merit system of selection was introduced in India by- (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Lord Macaulay

B) Lord Clive

C) Lord Wellington

D) Lord Irwin

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57. The Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution of India contains ______ items. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) 26

B) 27

C) 28

D) 29

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58. Assertion (A): The Supreme Court of India is bound by its own judgements.

Reason (R): The Highest Court binds all subordinate courts by its own judgements.

(KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is true but R is false

D) A is false but R is true

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59. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Prime Minister’s Office

B) Speaker of Loksabha

C) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

D) Secretary General of Loksabha

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60. The maximum number of votes which can be cast in an Electronic Voting Machine: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) 5000 votes

B) 4820 votes

C) 3840 votes

D) None of these

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61. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

C) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3

D) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

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62. “The Constituent Assembly of India was a one party body in an essentially one party country. The Assembly was the Congress and the Congress was India” – Who made this statement? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Granville Austin

B) Morris Jones

C) Alexandrowitz

D) K. C.Wheare

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63. By which amendment fundamental duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 24th

B) 74th

C) 43rd

D) 42nd

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64. First ASEAN summit was conducted at: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Bali

B) Kulalampur

C) Singapore

D) Bangkok

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65. Which among the following states have unicameral legislature? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

1. China

2. Bangladesh

3. New Zealand

4. Demark

A) 1, 2 & 3

B) 3 & 4

C) 1, 2, 3 & 4

D) 2 only

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66. The Simon commission was appointed to study the constitutional reforms in India in: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 1931

B) 1930

C) 1928

D) 1935

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67. The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was established in India in the year ----- (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 1954

B) 1970

C) 1966

D) 1984

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68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): The Rajamannar Committee recommended the abolition of the IAS and IPS.

Reason (R): The IAS and IPS violate the principles of federalism and ministerial responsibility at the state level.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is true but R is false.

D) A is false but R is true.

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69. Who among the following described the Prime Minister of England as ‘primus inter pares’? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Lord Morley

B) Blackstone

C) A. V Dicey

D) Hermen Finer

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70. Sikkim was admitted to the Indian Union in the year (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 1947

B) 1950

C) 1960

D) 1975

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71. What is the role of British House of Lords in the matter of a finance bill? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Delaying power of 15 days

B) Delaying power of one month

C) Delaying power of 3 months

D) None of the above

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72. What is the subject matter of Article 45 of Indian Constitution? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Free Education

B) Uniform Civil Code

C) Panchayati Raj

D) Equal pay

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73. How many Articles were there in the draft constitution prepared by Drafting Committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 395

B) 315

C) 426

D) 324

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74. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

B) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

C) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

D) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

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75. In which Case did the Supreme Court of India observed that ‘Parliament has no Power to Amend Fundamental Rights’? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) A K Gopalan Vs State of Madras

B) Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India

C) Keshavananda Bharati Vs. State of Kerala

D) Golaknath Vs State of Punjab

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76. Who among the following acted as returning officer for the election of President of India 2017? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Chief Election Commissioner

B) Secretary General of Lok Sabha

C) Chief Justice of India

D) Speaker of Lok Sabha

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77. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India appointed? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Article 148

B) Article 124

C) Article 141

D) Article 32

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78. Which among the following is an item in the State List under 7th Schedule of Indian Constitution? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Taxes on agricultural income

B) Insurance

C) Legal, Medical and other professions

D) Electricity

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79. India borrowed the idea of ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ from which constitution? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Japan

B) Germany

C) Canada

D) Ireland

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80. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with Cabinet Responsibility? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Art.58

B) Art.84

C) Art.75

D) Art.114

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81. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with distribution of legislative powers as specified in the 7th schedule? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) 146

B) 246

C) 123

D) 222

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82. The ‘Union Powers committee’ in the constituent Assembly of India was chaired by: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) B. R. Ambedkar

C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

D) Dr Rajendra Prasad

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83. Match List I with List II: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

B) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4

C) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

D) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

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84. The case in which the Supreme court of India invoked the concept of ‘prospective over ruling’ (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Golaknath Vs State of Punjab

B) Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India

C) Keshavananda Bharati Vs. State of Kerala

D) A K Gopalan Vs State of Madras

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85. The article of the Indian constitution which deals with Procedure established by law: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Article.14

B) Article.20

C) Article.19

D) Article.21

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86. The first administrative Reforms committee of India was chaired by: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) K. Hanumanthaiah

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Morarji Desai

D) Veerappa Moily

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87. Match List I with List II: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

B) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

C) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

D) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

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88. Which among the following is not a qualification for Vice-president of India? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Completed age of 35

B) Citizen of India

C) Member of either House of Parliament

D) None of the above

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89. The Constitutional Amendment Act in India depicted as a Mini Constitution: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) 24th

B) 42nd

C) 44th

D) 73rd

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90. The Anglo Indian member of the Constituent Assembly of India: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) George Baker

B) Joss Fernandez

C) George Fernandez

D) Frank Anthony

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91. Identify the states in India having legislative council from the list: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

1. Bihar

2. UP

3. Karnataka

4. Maharashtra

A) 1, 2 and 3 only

B) 3 and 4 only

C) 1, 2, 3 and 4

D) 2 and 4 only

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92. The Mountbatten plan for Indian independence was proposed in ------. (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) 1947

B) 1946

C) 1942

D) 1935

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93. Which article of the Indian constitution mentioned National Judicial appointment Commision? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) 142A

B) 134A

C) 124 A

D) 23A

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94. Which of the following is not appropriate for imposing National Emergency? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) War

B) External Aggression

C) Internal Disturbance

D) Internal Armed rebellion

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95. The Lok Sabha elections in India which resulted in Hung parliament: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) 11 th

B) 10 th

C) 13 th

D) None of these

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96. Who among the following have no right to speak in a State Legislative Assembly? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Governor

B) Chief Justice

C) Advocate General

D) Speaker

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97. The Hoover Commission (1949) is related to (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Right to Information

B) Good Governance

C) Panchayathi Raj

D) Performance Budget

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98. Which part of the Indian constitution deals with Union Public Service Commission? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Part 14

B) Part 3

C) Part 21

D) Part 4

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99. Which among the following cases is closely associated with Article 21 of Indian Constitution? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India

B) S R Bommai case

C) Golak Nath Vs State of Punjab

D) James Martin Vs State of Kerala

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100. Who among the following is associated with the partition of Bengal? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Lord Bentick

B) Lord Mountbatten

C) Lord Ashley

D) Lord Curzon

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