Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 107

In his closing speech to the Constituent Assembly on 25 November 1949, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar warned that on 26 January 1950 India was going to enter into a life of contradictions.

Article 126 provides that when the office of Chief Justice of India is vacant, or when the Chief Justice is by reason of absence or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office, the duties shall be performed by such one of the other judges of the Court as…

The Preamble reads 'Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic', so 'socialist' comes before 'secular', while the order of ideals is justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Until then the UAPA allowed the Government to notify only an organisation as a terrorist organisation; the UAPA (Amendment) Act, 2019 added the power to notify an individual as a terrorist and to enter that name in the Fourth Schedule of the Act.

The six freedoms of Article 19, such as speech and expression, assembly and movement, are guaranteed only to citizens of India.

Article 44 of the Constitution, placed in Part IV among the Directive Principles of State Policy, says that the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.

No Directive Principle asks the State to protect personal laws; on the contrary, Article 44 asks it to secure a Uniform Civil Code for all citizens.

The Committee of Privileges of the Lok Sabha has fifteen members, nominated by the Speaker, and it examines questions of privilege referred to it and recommends what action the House should take.

Acting as a check on democratic rule, especially when members are nominated or indirectly elected, is a criticism of second chambers, not one of their benefits.

Sedition as it stood in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code has not been carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Under Article 131 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court alone can hear disputes between the Government of India and one or more States, or between two or more States, and such a case starts directly in the Supreme Court.

Article 315 provides for a Public Service Commission for the Union and a Public Service Commission for each State, and allows two or more States to ask Parliament for a Joint Public Service Commission.

Defending President's Rule in the Constituent Assembly, Ambedkar said he hoped such Articles would never be called into operation and would remain a 'dead letter', used only as a last resort.

Part IX-B was inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011, which came into force on 15 February 2012, and it gives constitutional status to co-operative societies.

Maithili was added to the Eighth Schedule by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003, along with Bodo, Dogri and Santali; this was the most recent addition to the list.

In 1977 every other nomination was rejected and he was declared elected unopposed, the only President of India chosen in that manner.

The National Commission for Women was created by an Act of Parliament, and that Act gives it both the review and the advisory roles named in the question.

The statement is not correct, because an adjournment motion can be moved only on a matter that primarily concerns the Union Government, not one within a State Government's jurisdiction.

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2006. Popularly called the Forest Rights Act, it recognises the rights of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers over the land they cultivate and the forest produce they use.

Pairs I, II and IV are correct; pair III is wrong because Part X deals with the Scheduled and Tribal Areas.