Indian Polity GK Questions with Answers – Page 57

Article 163 says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at its head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in the few matters where the Constitution requires him to act in his own discretion.

The Right against Exploitation is given by Articles 23 and 24 in Part III of the Constitution. Article 23 forbids traffic in human beings, begar and other forms of forced labour, and lets the State impose compulsory service for a public purpose without discrimination.

The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 made free and compulsory education a fundamental right. It inserted Article 21A, under which the State shall provide free and compulsory education to every child between the ages of six and fourteen years.

Article 234 of the Constitution says that appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service of a state are made by the Governor, following rules framed after consulting the State Public Service Commission and the High Court of that state.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 defines a deaf person in its schedule as one having 70 dB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

The makers of the Constitution took the scheme of a federation with a strong centre from Canada, and with it the rule that subjects not listed in any of the three lists stay with the Union; Article 248 and entry 97 of the Union List carry that rule.

When a bill passed by a state legislature is presented to the Governor, Article 200 gives four courses: give assent, withhold assent, return the bill for reconsideration if it is not a money bill, or reserve it for the consideration of the President.

The Representation of the People Act was passed in 1951, before the first general election. Parliament made two laws under Articles 327 and 328.

It lays down the composition of a state's Legislative Council. Under Article 171 the Council cannot have more than one third of the strength of the Legislative Assembly and never fewer than forty members.

The Janata Party government led by Morarji Desai set up the Second Backward Classes Commission in 1978.

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act was passed in 1951, a little over a year after the Constitution came into force.

This article vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission of India. Article 324 falls in Part XV of the Constitution, which covers elections.

The Vice President of India holds office for a term of five years from the date of entering upon the office.

The Fundamental Duties were added on the recommendation of this committee, set up in 1976. The Swaran Singh Committee suggested that the Constitution should spell out the duties of citizens alongside their rights.

Article 167 lists the duties of the Chief Minister towards the Governor.

Part IX of the Constitution of India is headed 'The Panchayats'. It was inserted by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, which came into force on 24 April 1993, now marked as National Panchayati Raj Day, and it runs from Article 243 to Article 243-O. Part IX gives panchayats a…

Taxes on lands and buildings is entry 49 of the State List, so it is not in the Concurrent List.

The Fundamental Rights in Part III of the Indian Constitution were drawn from the Bill of Rights, the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

The Chief Election Commissioner holds office for six years from the date he takes charge, or until he turns sixty-five, whichever comes first; the other Election Commissioners serve on the same terms.

The Eighty-ninth Amendment Act, 2003 split the old joint commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate bodies.