1.The writ issued to an authority to do its public duty is –
(a) Prohibition
(b) Mandamus
(c Habeas Corpus
(d) Quo Warranto
2. Which of the following taxes can be levied by the corporation ?
(a) Theatre tax
(b) Education Tax
(c) Property tax
(d) All of the above
3. The powers of the units in a federation are
(a) Derived
(b) Original
(c) Delegated
(d) Not original
4. Which of the following parts of our Constitution is related to the Directive Principles of State Policy ?
(a) Part VI
(b) Part V
(c) Part IV
(d) Part IX
5. The concurresnt list contains
(a) 66 subjects
(b) 47 subjects
(c) 53 subjects
(d) 42 subjects
6. The Directive Principles do not apply to –
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Nagaland
(c) Assam
(d) Mizoram
7. Which one of the following is not a civil right ?
(a) Equality before law
(b) Right to life
(c) Right to work
(d) Right to resist
8. The Indian President does not enjoy
(a) Qualified Veto
(b) Suspensive Veto
(c) Pocket Veto
(d) Absolute Veto
9. Indicate the list in which Fisheries fall
(a) Concurrent List
(b) State List
(c Union List
(d) None of the above
10. Which among of the following Articles deals with the Grants-in-Aid ?
(a) Article 287
(b) Article 275
(c) Article 332
(d) Article 264
11. Which one of the following states does not passess a bicameral legislature ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Punjab
12. Which one of the following states has a separate Constitution ?
(a) Ngaland
(b) West Bengal
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) None of the above
13. Ordinance of the Governor has to be passed by the assembly within
(a) 10 weeks
(b) 8 weeks
(c) 11 weeks
(d) 6 weeks
14. What is the number of the members of a Finance Commission including the Chairman ?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 3
15. The controversial 42nd Amendment was passé d in :
(a) 1976
(b) 1975
(c) 1981
(d) 1982
16. The Electoral system of India is largely based on the pattern of
(a) U.S.A
(b) France
(c) Britain
(d) None of these
17. The Community Development Programme is implemented at he –
(a) Regional Level
(b) District Level
(c) Village Level
(d) Block Level
18. In regard to Amendment the Indan Constitution can be described as –
(a) Flexible
(b) More rigid than flexible
(c) More flexible than rigid
(d) Rigid
19. Who can impose reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental Rights ?
(a) The Supreme Court
(b) The Parliament
(c) The Supreme Court and High Court
(d) The President
20. What is described as the essence of the Constitution ?
(a) Judicial Review
(b) Directive Principles
(c) Fundamental Rights
(d) Preamble
21. What is the general basis for making grants in-aid by the centre to the states ?
(a) Budgetary need of the states
(b) Availability of resources
(c) Efforts in collection of taxes
(d) Plan priorities
22. Who has the final say about whether a bill is a Money Bill or not ?
(a) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(b) The Chief Justice of India
(c) The President of India
(d) The Chairman of the Rajya sabha
23. The Preventive Detention act has a restraining effect on –
(a) Right of Religion
(b) Right of Equality
(c) Right of Freedom
(d) Right of Constitution Remedies
24. The first linguistic stste, born in 1953, was
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Saurashtra
(d) Maharashtra
25. The position of a minority is comparatively secure in a –
(a) Military regime
(b) Fascist democracy
(c) Liberal democracy
(d) Theocratic state