union government [legislature & executive] Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11 [SSC Steno 2011]

Which of the following items is under the State List?

a) Defence

b) Education

c) Agriculture

d) Criminal Law

Answer: (c)

There are 66 subjects defined and enlisted under the List - II of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, which form the exclusive domain of each one of the State Governments within India, and thus effectively ousting the domain of the Central (Union) Government in framing laws under these subjects.

Agriculture, including agricultural education and research; protection against pests and prevention of plant diseases, is one such subject.

Question : 12

Who among the following has the power to form a new State within the Union of India?

a) President

b) Supreme Court

c) Prime Minister

d) Speaker of Lok Sabha

Answer: (a)

Question : 13 [NDA 1995]

Who among the following are appointed by the President of India?

  1. Governors of States.
  2. The Chief Justice and Judges of High Courts.
  3. The Chief Justice and the Judges of the Supreme Court.
  4. The Vice-President.

a) I and II

b) II, III and IV

c) I, II and III

d) I, III and IV

Answer: (c)

Question : 14

Consider the following statements; In the electoral college for the Presidential election in India:

  1. The value of the vote of an electoral member of Legislative Assembly equals.

    $\text"State population"/\text"No.of elected MLAs of the state"$ × 100

  2. The value of the vote of an electing member of parliament equals

    $\text"Total value of the votes of all elected MLAs"/\text"Total no. of elected MPs"$.

  3. There were more than 5000 members in the latest elections.
Which of these statements is/are correct?

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) 3 only

Answer: (a)

The value of the vote of an electing member of a parliament can be calculated by dividing the total value of the votes of all elected MLAs by the total number of elected MPs.

Question : 15 [SSC SAS 2010]

Who can initiate the impeachment of the President?

a) $1/3$rd members of any State Legislature

b) Half of the State Legislatures

c) $1/4$th members of either House of Parliament

d) Half of the members of either House of Parliament

Answer: (c)

The President may be removed before the expiry of the term through impeachment. A President can be removed for violation of the Constitution of India. The process may start in either of the two houses of the Parliament. The house initiates the process by levelling the charges against the President.

The charges are contained in a notice that has to be signed by at least one-quarter of the total members of that house. The notice is sent up to the President and 14 days later, it is taken up for consideration.

A resolution to impeach the President has to be passed by a special majority (the two-thirds majority of the total members present and voting and a simple majority of the total membership of the originating house). It is then sent to the other house. The other house investigates the charges that have been made

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