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Question : 16

Judicial Review’s Doctrine of Partial Annulment is related to which article of the Constitution?

a) Article 32

b) Article 141

c) Article 13

d) Article 246

Answer: (c)

Article 13 of the Indian Constitution deals with Judicial review.

Question : 17

Which of the following special powers have been conferred on the Rajya Sabha by the Constitution of India?

a) To pass a resolution empowering the Parliament to make laws in the State List and to create one or more All India Services

b) To change the existing territory of a State and to change the name of a State

c) To amend the election procedure of the President and to determine the pension of the President after his/her retirement

d) To determine the functions of the Election Commission and to determine the number of Election Commissioners

Answer: (a)

The Constitution of India empowering the Parliament to make laws in the State List and to create one or more All India Services.

Question : 18 [SSC CHSL 2008]

What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha ?

a) Six years

b) Five years

c) Three years

d) Four years

Answer: (a)

The Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member is elected for a term of six years.

Question : 19 [SSC SO 2008]

The President of India enjoys emergency powers of

a) three types

b) five types

c) four types

d) two types

Answer: (a)

A state of emergency in India refers to a period of governance under an altered constitutional setup that can be proclaimed by the President of India when he/she perceives grave threats to the nation from internal and external sources or from financial situations of crisis.

The President can declare three types of emergencies:

  1. National emergency (caused by war, external aggression or armed rebellion in the whole of India or a part of its territory),
  2. State emergency (declared on the failure of constitutional machinery in a state) and
  3. Financial emergency (if the President is satisfied that there is an economic situation in which the financial stability or credit of India is threatened).

Question : 20

To be eligible to be appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India,how long a person should have practised in a High Court?

a) 15 Years

b) 12 Years

c) 10 Years

d) 5 Years

Answer: (c)

Article 124 (3) of the constitution prescribes that for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court a person must be;

  1. a citizen of India,
  2. has been a judge of any High Court for at least 5 years, or
  3. has been an advocate in a High Court for 10 years or is in the opinion of the President a distinguished jurist.

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