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

Question : 1 [FCI Asst Grade-II 2012]

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 given below:

  1. J. L. Nehru was in his fourth term as the PM of India at the time of his death.
  2. J.L. Nehru represented Rae Bareilly constituency as a Member of Parliament.
  3. The first non-congress PM of India assumed office in the year 1977.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1 and 3 only

Answer: (d)

J.L Nehru was in PM’s office for the 4th term represented ‘Phulpur’ near Allahabad as a member of Parliament.

Morarji Desai of the Janta party was the first non-congress PM of India assumed office on March 24, 1977.

Question : 5

Which of the following corporations, for the purpose of auditing, are kept completely out of the purview of CAG of India?

  1. Industrial Finance Corporation
  2. Food Corporation of India
  3. Central Warehousing Corporation
  4. Life Insurance Corporation of India
  5. Reserve Bank of India
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a) 1, 2, 4 and 5

b) 1, 2 and 5

c) 2, 3 and 4

d) 2, 4 and 5

Answer: (d)

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