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Q701.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about National Human Rights Commission, India is/are correct ? 1. It can intervene in court proceedings involving human rights violations with the approval of the court 2. It can undertake research in the field of human rights 3. It cannot investigate human rights violation on its own initiative Select the answer using the code given below :

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

The NHRC can join court cases on human rights with the court's approval and can promote research, but statement 3 is wrong because it can act on its own.

Q704.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IMedium

One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is

  1. A.the final goal of a stateless society
  2. B.class struggle
  3. C.abolition of private property
  4. D.economic determinism
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Correct answer: A. the final goal of a stateless society

Both Gandhi and Marx saw the State as an instrument of coercion and imagined an ideal society in which it would no longer be needed.

Q705.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2017, GS Paper IEasy

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

  1. A.Rights are claims of the State against the citizens.
  2. B.Rights are privileges which are incorporated in the Constitution of a State.
  3. C.Rights are claims of the citizens against the State.
  4. D.Rights are privileges of a few citizens against the many.
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Correct answer: C. Rights are claims of the citizens against the State.

A right is a claim that the individual makes and that the State recognises and is bound to respect. In political theory, rights mark out an area of freedom that the State must not enter and conditions it must secure.

Q707.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2018, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements :

1. The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

2. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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

Parliament can add a law to the Ninth Schedule by a constitutional amendment, but such a law is not beyond judicial review.

Q708.Indian PolityMedium

In Government of NCT of Delhi versus Union of India (2018), the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

  1. A.may take decisions independently of the Council of Ministers on every subject
  2. B.has no independent decision-making power and is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, except on reserved subjects and matters of discretion
  3. C.is the constitutional head of a full-fledged state
  4. D.can dissolve the Legislative Assembly on his own without reference to the President
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Correct answer: B. has no independent decision-making power and is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, except on reserved subjects and matters of discretion

The five-judge Bench read Article 239AA as a scheme of representative government and held that the Lieutenant Governor has no independent decision-making power; he must act on the aid and advice of the elected Council of Ministers except on public order, police and land, and where a law requires him…

Q711.Indian PolityHard

The category of Union Territories was created, and the classification of states into Parts A, B, C and D abolished, by which amendment?

  1. A.The 1st Amendment, 1951
  2. B.The 7th Amendment, 1956
  3. C.The 14th Amendment, 1962
  4. D.The 42nd Amendment, 1976
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Correct answer: B. The 7th Amendment, 1956

Acting on the report of the States Reorganisation Commission, Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, which ended the four-fold classification of Part A, B, C and D states and left a single class of states together with a new class called Union…

Q712.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following Union Territories is not covered by the President's power to make regulations under Article 240?

  1. A.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  2. B.Lakshadweep
  3. C.Chandigarh
  4. D.Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
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Correct answer: C. Chandigarh

Article 240(1) names the territories for which the President may make regulations for peace, progress and good government: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Puducherry, the last only while its assembly stands dissolved or suspended.

Q713.Indian PolityMedium

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into force on which date, creating two Union Territories?

  1. A.5 August 2019
  2. B.9 August 2019
  3. C.31 October 2019
  4. D.26 January 2020
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Correct answer: C. 31 October 2019

The Act was passed in August 2019 but the appointed day on which the former state was reorganised into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with a legislative assembly, and the Union Territory of Ladakh, without one, was 31 October 2019.

Q714.Indian PolityMedium

Article 239A, which allows Parliament to create a local legislature or Council of Ministers for a Union Territory, was inserted for which territory and by which amendment?

  1. A.Delhi, by the 69th Amendment of 1991
  2. B.Puducherry, by the 14th Amendment of 1962
  3. C.Lakshadweep, by the 7th Amendment of 1956
  4. D.Jammu and Kashmir, by the 103rd Amendment of 2019
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Correct answer: B. Puducherry, by the 14th Amendment of 1962

The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962 absorbed the former French settlements into India and inserted Article 239A so that Parliament could give such a territory a legislature and a Council of Ministers; Parliament then passed the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, under which the Puducherry assembly of thirty elected…

Q715.Indian PolityEasy

Who functions as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh?

  1. A.The Governor of Punjab
  2. B.The Governor of Haryana
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
  4. D.An officer of the Indian Administrative Service appointed by the Union Home Ministry
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Correct answer: A. The Governor of Punjab

Article 239(2) allows the President to appoint the Governor of a state as the administrator of an adjoining Union Territory, and under it the Governor of Punjab has been given additional charge as the Administrator of Chandigarh.

Q717.Indian PolityMedium

Which three subjects of the State List are kept outside the legislative competence of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi?

  1. A.Public health, education and local government
  2. B.Public order, police and land
  3. C.Police, prisons and agriculture
  4. D.Land, water and electricity
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Correct answer: B. Public order, police and land

Article 239AA(3)(a) lets the Delhi assembly make laws on the State List and the Concurrent List as they apply to the territory, but excludes Entries 1, 2 and 18 of the State List, which are public order, police and land, along with Entries 64, 65 and 66 so far as…

Q718.Indian PolityEasy

Article 239AA, which gives the National Capital Territory of Delhi its special status, was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment Act?

  1. A.The 14th Amendment, 1962
  2. B.The 61st Amendment, 1988
  3. C.The 69th Amendment, 1991
  4. D.The 74th Amendment, 1992
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Correct answer: C. The 69th Amendment, 1991

The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB, renamed the Union Territory of Delhi as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and provided it with a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers.

Q720.Indian PolityMedium

Which of the following is not a ground of disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution?

  1. A.A member voluntarily giving up membership of the party on whose ticket the member was elected
  2. B.A member voting in the House against the direction of the party without prior permission
  3. C.An independent member joining a political party after being elected to the House
  4. D.A member who, on being elected Speaker of the House, gives up membership of the party
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Correct answer: D. A member who, on being elected Speaker of the House, gives up membership of the party

Paragraph 5 of the Tenth Schedule expressly exempts a person who, on being elected Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or of a Legislative Assembly, or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or of a Legislative Council, gives up membership of the party, and the exemption…