Polity & governance: practice set 5

Mr. X, a senior officer, was overseeing a critical vaccination programme during a pandemic. He found that a private service provider responsible for vaccine distribution was compromising on quality to make profits. Despite immense pressure to manage the issue due to vested interests, he raised his voice based on the principles of public administration which he learnt during various training programmes attended across his career. He reported the issue to the appropriate vigilance authority and halted the contract to ensure citizen welfare.

Which one among the following principles of public administration was most strongly demonstrated by Mr. X’s actions?

Consider the following statements about the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Parliament of India:

1. 1.Although members of this Committee are elected from both Houses of Parliament, the Chairperson of this Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
2. 2.Twenty members are elected by the Rajya Sabha and ten members by the Lok Sabha.
3. 3.No Minister, except for the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, is eligible to be a member of this Committee.
4. 4.Members are elected for a fixed term of two years from the date they enter their office.

Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct?

Consider the following statements about Lokpal:

1. I.The power of Lokpal applies to public servants of India, but not to the Indian public servants posted outside India.
2. II.The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a Member of the Parliament or a Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, and only the Chief Justice of India, whether incumbent or retired, has to be its Chairperson.
3. III.The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a person of less than forty-five years of age on the date of assuming office as the Chairperson or Member, as the case may be.
4. IV.Lokpal cannot inquire into the allegations of corruption against a sitting Prime Minister of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages?

1. 1.Konkani
2. 2.Manipuri
3. 3.Nepali
4. 4.Maithili

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Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, has the Supreme Court of India placed the Right to Privacy?

Which of the following statements about the Ethics Committee in the Lok Sabha are correct?

1. 1.Initially it was an ad-hoc Committee.
2. 2.Only a Member of the Lok Sabha can make a complaint relating to unethical conduct of a member of the Lok Sabha.
3. 3.This Committee cannot take up any matter which is sub-judice.

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Consider the following statements:

1. 1.It is the Governor of the State who recognizes and declares any community of that State as a Scheduled Tribe.
2. 2.A community declared as a Scheduled Tribe in a State need not be so in another State.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Finance Bill and Money Bill in the Indian Parliament, consider the following statements:

1. 1.When the Lok Sabha transmits Finance Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it can amend or reject the Bill.
2. 2.When the Lok Sabha transmits Money Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it cannot amend or reject the Bill, it can only make recommendations.
3. 3.In the case of disagreement between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, there is no joint sitting for Money Bill, but a joint sitting becomes necessary for Finance Bill.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to the writs issued by the Courts in India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Mandamus will not lie against a private organisation unless it is entrusted with a public duty.
2. 2.Mandamus will not lie against a Company even though it may be a Government Company.
3. 3.Any public minded person can be a petitioner to move the Court to obtain the writ of Quo Warranto.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

We adopted parliamentary democracy based on the British model, but how does our model differ from that model?

1. 1.As regards legislation, the British Parliament is supreme or sovereign but in India, the power of the Parliament to legislate is limited.
2. 2.In India, matters related to the constitutionality of the Amendment of an Act of the Parliament are referred to the Constitution Bench by the Supreme Court.

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Which one of the following best defines the term 'State'?

What is the position of the Right to Property in India?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.Aadhaar metadata cannot be stored for more than three months.
2. 2.State cannot enter into any contract with private corporations for sharing of Aadhaar data.
3. 3.Aadhaar is mandatory for obtaining insurance products.
4. 4.Aadhaar is mandatory for getting benefits funded out of the Consolidated Fund of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Preamble to the Constitution of India is

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The 44th Amendment to the Constitution of India introduced an Article placing the election of the Prime Minister beyond judicial review.
2. 2.The Supreme Court of India struck down the 99th Amendment to the Constitution of India as being violative of the independence of judiciary.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of

With reference to the Legislative Assembly of a State in India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Governor makes a customary address to Members of the House at the commencement of the first session of the year.
2. 2.When a State Legislature does not have a rule on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha rule on that matter.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In India, which of the following review the independent regulators in sectors like telecommunications, insurance, electricity, etc.?

1. 1.Ad Hoc Committees set up by the Parliament
2. 2.Parliamentary Department Related Standing Committees
3. 3.Finance Commission
4. 4.Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
5. 5.NITI Aayog

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With reference to the Parliament of India, which of the following Parliamentary Committees scrutinizes and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules, by-laws, etc. conferred by the Constitution or delegated by the Parliament are being properly exercised by the Executive within the scope of such delegation?

Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen?

1. 1.A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties.
2. 2.They are correlative to legal duties.

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The mind of the makers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following?

Right to vote and to be elected in India is a

Out of the following statements, choose the one that brings out the principle underlying the Cabinet form of Government:

Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

With reference to the ‘Gram Nyayalaya Act’, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. 1.As per the Act, Gram Nyayalayas can hear only civil cases and not criminal cases.
2. 2.The Act allows local social activists as mediators/reconciliators.

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