Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 110

The provisions on citizenship and elections came into force on 26 November 1949, the day the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution.

When the Federal Court of India became the Supreme Court of India on 26 January 1950, Justice H. J. Kania, who had been Chief Justice of the Federal Court, became the first Chief Justice of India.

The 42nd Amendment of 1976 changed 'unity of the Nation' to 'unity and integrity of the Nation', but it did not touch the words on liberty.

The National Security Act, 1980 permits preventive detention for a maximum of twelve months from the date of detention, though the detaining authority may order a shorter period and extend it within that ceiling.

Article 243K(4) says that, subject to the Constitution, the Legislature of a State may by law make provision for all matters relating to elections to the Panchayats.

Article 39(c), a directive in Part IV, requires the State to direct its policy towards ensuring that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment, and Article 39(b) asks that the ownership and control of material…

Article 324(1) vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission, as a body. Under Article 324 the Commission conducts elections to Parliament, the State legislatures and the offices of President and Vice-President.

Article 122 says that the validity of any proceedings in Parliament shall not be called in question in any court on the ground of an alleged irregularity of procedure, and that an officer or member in whom power over procedure or order is vested is not subject to the jurisdiction…

The Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects on which the state legislature may give powers and responsibilities to the Panchayats. The Eleventh Schedule was added by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, along with Part IX on Panchayats.

Article 1 says that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States, and the Drafting Committee chose that phrase with care.

Article 395 repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with the laws that amended or supplemented the 1935 Act.

The chairman of the Union Public Service Commission is removed by the President under Article 317, and for misbehaviour only after the Supreme Court has held an inquiry on the President's reference and reported against him.

The Speaker does not vote in the first instance; under Article 100 the Speaker has only a casting vote when there is a tie.

Article 117 deals with financial bills, which are a separate class and are not Money Bills under Article 110.

The 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 added the Tenth Schedule, which holds the anti-defection law.

The correct answer is B, Maharashtra, which set up its Lokayukta in 1971 and so was the first State where the institution actually began to work.

Under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, a party recognised as a state party in four or more states qualifies as a national party.

Retired Karnataka High Court judge K. S. Puttaswamy challenged the Aadhaar scheme in 2012, and his petition led to the 2017 ruling that privacy is a Fundamental Right.

The Indian Penal Code was drafted on the recommendation of the First Law Commission, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 repealed and replaced it.

Statements 1 and 2 describe the Lok Sabha's privilege procedure correctly, while statement 3 overstates the freedom from arrest. Under the Rules of Procedure of the Lok Sabha, the Speaker may refer any question of privilege to the Committee of Privileges on his own, without a motion from a member.