Indian Polity Previous Year Questions (PYQ) with Answers – Page 14

Under Article 199(3), if a question arises whether a bill is a Money Bill, the decision of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is final.

These three provisions keep judges free from pressure by the other organs of government, while the oath given by the President is only a formality.

Article 21 protects life and personal liberty, and the Supreme Court reads 'life' as a life with dignity, not mere survival.

The Rajya Sabha has both members nominated by the President and members elected indirectly, so statements A and C are both true.

The Panchayat Samiti is the middle tier of Panchayati Raj and works at the block level.

Article 120 fixes the language of Parliament, and its proviso lets the presiding officer allow a member to speak in the mother tongue.

It was passed in 1951 to undo court rulings that had used Fundamental Rights to strike down land reform and other laws.

The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 changed so many parts of the Constitution that it is called the 'Mini Constitution'. It was passed during the Emergency under Indira Gandhi's government on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.

Article 361 gives this personal immunity to only two offices, the President of India and the Governor of a State.

Article 64 makes the Vice President of India the ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha. Because he chairs a House he is not a member of, he has no ordinary vote and casts only a deciding vote when there is a tie.

It orders the person or authority holding someone to produce that person before the court, and if the detention is found unlawful the person is set free.

All its 30 members are elected by the Lok Sabha alone, so the Rajya Sabha has no seat on it.

It is the one false statement, because the Constitution creates only the Attorney General, not the Solicitor General. Article 76 provides for the Attorney General for India, the chief legal advisor to the Government and the highest law officer.

Article 243ZD was inserted by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992, which added Part IX-A on Municipalities.

The 42nd Amendment of 1976, passed on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, added a new Part IV-A with a single Article 51A listing ten Fundamental Duties of citizens, such as respecting the Constitution, the National Flag and the National Anthem, protecting the environment and developing the scientific temper.

The Directive Principles of State Policy are placed in Part IV of the Constitution, from Article 36 to Article 51.

Article 89 covers the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States.

Article 343(1) says the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script, and that the international form of Indian numerals shall be used for official purposes.

Article 2 lets Parliament admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.

Article 80 lays down how the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha, is composed.