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Q481.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following subjects under the Constitution of India :

I. List I-Union List, in the Seventh Schedule

II. Extent of the executive power of a State

III. Conditions of the Governor's office

For a constitutional amendment with respect to which of the above, ratification by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States is required before presenting the bill to the President of India for assent?

  1. A.I and II only
  2. B.II and III only
  3. C.I and III only
  4. D.I, II and III
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Correct answer: A. I and II only

Both the lists of the Seventh Schedule and the extent of a State's executive power are federal provisions named in the proviso to Article 368(2), so changing them needs ratification by half the State Legislatures.

Q483.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The mobile app 'cVIGIL' is helpful in

  1. A.conducting free and fair e-tendering process in government offices
  2. B.fighting against corruption in public services
  3. C.removing garbage from the municipal areas
  4. D.reporting violation of model code of conduct in election-bound States
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Correct answer: D. reporting violation of model code of conduct in election-bound States

cVIGIL is the Election Commission of India's app for citizens to report poll-code violations. The name stands for vigilant citizen.

Q484.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following conditions laid down in the Constitution of India for the issue of a writ of Quo-Warranto is not correct?

  1. A.The office must be public and it must be created by a Statute
  2. B.The office must be a substantive one
  3. C.There has been a contravention of the Constitution or a Statute in appointing such person to that office
  4. D.The appointment is in tune with a statutory provision
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Correct answer: D. The appointment is in tune with a statutory provision

Quo Warranto lies only when the appointment breaks the law; an appointment in tune with a statutory provision gives the court nothing to correct.

Q485.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not the necessary condition for the issue of a writ of Quo Warranto?

  1. A.The office must be a public office.
  2. B.The office must be created by the Statute or by the Constitution itself.
  3. C.The office must not be a substantive one.
  4. D.There has been a contravention of the Constitution or a Statute in appropriating such person to that office.
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Correct answer: C. The office must not be a substantive one.

For Quo Warranto the office must be a substantive one, so saying it must not be substantive is not a condition at all.

Q486.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments has enormously strengthened the powers of the Speaker/Chairman of the Houses of the Parliament/State Legislatures?

  1. A.61st Amendment which reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years
  2. B.Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment
  3. C.Repealing of many of the provisions of 42nd Amendment by 44th Amendment
  4. D.73rd Amendment that conferred extensive powers on Panchayat Bodies
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Correct answer: B. Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment

The 1985 amendment made the presiding officer of each House the authority who decides whether a member is disqualified for defection.

Q487.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following is NOT a correct feature of a Money Bill ?

  1. A.It can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha
  2. B.A Deputy Speaker can also certify a Money Bill in case of office of Speaker falling vacant
  3. C.A Speaker's authority is final as to whether a bill is Money Bill or not
  4. D.It can be referred to a joint committee of the two Houses
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Correct answer: D. It can be referred to a joint committee of the two Houses

A Money Bill cannot be sent to a joint committee, because the Rajya Sabha has only a recommendatory role in it.

Q488.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements with regard to the Preamble to the Constitution of India is not correct?

  1. A.The term 'Secular Democratic Republic' was not there in the Preamble originally.
  2. B.The Preamble contains the basic structure of the Constitution of India.
  3. C.By itself, the Preamble is not enforceable in a court of law.
  4. D.The Supreme Court has held that the Preamble cannot be considered as an aid to the legal interpretation of the Constitution, where the language is ambiguous.
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Correct answer: D. The Supreme Court has held that the Preamble cannot be considered as an aid to the legal interpretation of the Constitution, where the language is ambiguous.

The Supreme Court has held the opposite: where the language of the Constitution is ambiguous, the Preamble is a valuable aid to interpreting it.

Q489.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IHard

Which one of the following statements about 'personal liberty' is not correct?

  1. A.State does not have the authority to deprive any person within the territory of India of his/her personal liberty without any rational basis.
  2. B.Basis of depriving a person of his/her personal liberty must be in accordance with procedures established by law.
  3. C.Personal liberty can be secured by the judicial writ of Habeas Corpus.
  4. D.The majority view of the Supreme Court in A. K. Gopalan vs. State of Madras case invented 'due process of law'.
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Correct answer: D. The majority view of the Supreme Court in A. K. Gopalan vs. State of Madras case invented 'due process of law'.

In A. K. Gopalan vs. State of Madras (1950) the majority rejected 'due process of law' and read Article 21 narrowly, so the statement is wrong.

Q490.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Sikkim became an Associate State of the Indian Union through

  1. A.the Constitution (36th Amendment) Act, 1975
  2. B.the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956
  3. C.the Constitution (35th Amendment) Act, 1974
  4. D.the Constitution (5th Amendment) Act, 1955
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Correct answer: C. the Constitution (35th Amendment) Act, 1974

It created the special status of "associate state" for Sikkim, a step short of full statehood. Sikkim had been an Indian protectorate since 1950.

Q492.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IHard

Who among the following warned his colleagues that the Constituent Assembly was British made and was "working the British plan as the British should like it to be worked out"?

  1. A.Somnath Lahiri
  2. B.B. R. Ambedkar
  3. C.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
  4. D.B. N. Rau
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Correct answer: A. Somnath Lahiri

The Communist member from Bengal attacked the Constituent Assembly as a body created under the British Cabinet Mission Plan. The Constituent Assembly was set up in 1946 under the Cabinet Mission Plan, and its members were elected indirectly by the provincial assemblies, not by universal adult franchise.

Q493.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper IHard

Consider the following statements:

With reference to the Constitution of India, if an area in a State is declared as Scheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule

I. the State Government loses its executive power in such areas and a local body assumes total administration

II. the Union Government can take over the total administration of such areas under certain circumstances on the recommendations of the Governor

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.I only
  2. B.II only
  3. C.Both I and II
  4. D.Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: D. Neither I nor II

A Fifth Schedule area stays under the State's executive power, and the Union can only give directions about it, not take over its administration.

Q495.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements:

I. The Constitution of India explicitly mentions that in certain spheres the Governor of a State acts in his/her own discretion.

II. The President of India can, of his/her own, reserve a bill passed by a State Legislature for his/her consideration without it being forwarded by the Governor of the State concerned.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.I only
  2. B.II only
  3. C.Both I and II
  4. D.Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: A. I only

Article 163 speaks expressly of functions the Governor exercises in his or her discretion, but only the Governor can reserve a State bill for the President.

Q496.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Statement I : In India, a majority of the members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the State Legislatures. Statement II : Members of the Rajya Sabha elected by the State Legislative Assemblies need to have their domicile in the concerned State.

  1. A.Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
  2. B.Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  3. C.Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D.Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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Correct answer: C. Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Most Rajya Sabha members are chosen by MLAs, but no domicile is needed. Under Article 80, the Rajya Sabha can have at most 250 members: 12 nominated by the President and up to 238 representatives of the States and Union Territories.

Q499.Indian PolityMedium

The Union Territories are dealt with in which Part of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Part VI
  2. B.Part VII
  3. C.Part VIII
  4. D.Part IX
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Correct answer: C. Part VIII

Part VIII, Articles 239 to 242, deals with the Union Territories: Article 239 provides that every Union Territory shall be administered by the President through an administrator, Article 239A allows Parliament to create a legislature for a Union Territory, Article 239AA makes special provision for the National Capital Territory of…

Q500.Indian PolityMedium

Part XVII of the Indian Constitution contains provisions relating to which subject?

  1. A.Elections
  2. B.Official Language
  3. C.Tribunals
  4. D.Services under the Union and the States
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Correct answer: B. Official Language

Part XVII, Articles 343 to 351, deals with language: Article 343 makes Hindi in the Devanagari script the official language of the Union, Article 344 provides for an Official Language Commission and a Committee of Parliament, Articles 345 to 347 deal with the official languages of the States, Article 348…