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Questions : An ’office of profit’ which disqualifies a person from being a member of the Union or State Legislature does not include the office held under:

(a) a local authority

(b) a State Government

(c) the Government of India

(d) All of the above

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

The Parliament can legislate on subjects given in the Union List only in consultation with the State Government for the State of :

a) Kerala

b) Jammu & Kashmir

c) Assam

d) Rajasthan

Answer: (b)

Article 370 of the Indian constitution grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.

As per Article 370 of the Constitution of India, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution:

  1. the power of Parliament to make laws for the said State shall be limited to those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List which, in consultation with the Government of the State, are declared by the President to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of India as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that State; and
  2. such other matters in the said Lists, as, with the concurrence of the Government of the State, the President may by order specify. This article specifies that except for Defence, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Communications, (matters specified in the instrument of accession) the Indian Parliament needs the State Government’s concurrence for applying all other laws.

Thus the state’s residents lived under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to other Indians.

Question : 2

Who held the office of the Vice-President of India for two consecutive terms?

a) Mr. R. Venkataraman

b) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

c) Dr. Radhakrishnan

d) Mr. V.V. Gir

Answer: (c)

Dr. Radhakrishnan held the office of the Vice-President of India for two consecutive terms. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

Question : 3

The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as

a) Speaker

b) Vice President

c) Chairman

d) President

Answer: (a)

Chairman of Lok sabha is designated as speaker.

Question : 4

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  • Assertion (A): Money bills originate only in the Lower House of Parliament.
  • Reason (R): The Lower House of the Parliament is a popularly elected body.
Codes :

a) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) A is true but R is false

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

d) A is false but R is true

Answer: (c)

Procedure for a Money Bill:

Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha (the directly elected ‘people’s house’ of the Indian Parliament). Money bills passed by the Lok Sabha are sent to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament, elected by the state and territorial legislatures or appointed by the President).

The Rajya Sabha may not amend money bills but can recommend amendments.

Question : 5

Consider the following facts about the Comptroller and auditor general of India, and choose the correct answer:

  1. CAG is a constitutional body.
  2. CAG has absolute power to audit accounts of all the functionaries of Central and States’ governments as well as of private corporate bodies.

a) Only 2 is correct

b) Only 1 is correct

c) 1 and 2 both are correct

d) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian parliament separately, by special majority.

a) Money Bill

b) Finance Bill

c) ordinary Bill

d) Constitution Amendment Bill

Answer: (d)

The Constitutional amendment bill must be passed by each house of the Indian Parliament separately by special majority.

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