Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 59

It comes from the Directive Principles of State Policy, which no court can enforce. Article 39(a) asks the State to direct its policy towards securing that citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood.

The Central Vigilance Commission was created in 1964 by a government resolution, on the advice of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption headed by K. Santhanam.

Article 231 lets Parliament, by law, set up a common High Court for two or more States, or for two or more States and a Union Territory.

An excess grant is asked for when money has actually been spent on a service during a financial year in excess of the amount granted for it; the demand is made after the year is over, and by convention the Public Accounts Committee first examines the excess and recommends its…

Local self-government transfers power and functions to elected bodies of the people at the village, block, district and town levels.

Section 19 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 carves out a special procedure for the armed forces: the Commission may either not proceed with the complaint or seek a report from the Central Government, and after receiving that report it may make its recommendations; the Government must inform…

In Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, the candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins, even without a majority.

The Fifth Schedule lets the Governor make regulations for the peace and good government of a Scheduled Area, and it names three matters such a regulation may cover: it may prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of the Scheduled Tribes, regulate the allotment of land…

The Tenth Schedule covers nominated members too, but its merger exception protects a member who refuses a merger and sits as a separate group.

This is the rule laid down in Article 233 of the Constitution. Appointment, posting and promotion of district judges in a state are made by the Governor, who must consult the High Court that exercises jurisdiction over that state.

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…

The Bharatiya Janata Party was founded on 6 April 1980, after the Janata Party broke up. Its ancestor was the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, started by Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951.

Paragraph 5(2) of the Fifth Schedule allows the Governor of a State to make regulations for the peace and good government of a Scheduled Area, and expressly permits regulations that prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of Scheduled Tribes.

The Inter-State Council was constituted in 1990 by a presidential order acting on this commission's report on centre-state relations. Article 263 empowers the President to set up such a council to inquire into disputes between states, discuss subjects of common interest and make recommendations.

India has a single integrated judiciary arranged in three levels: the Supreme Court at the apex, the High Courts at the level of the States, and the subordinate or district courts below them.

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 inserted the Ninth Schedule along with Article 31B. Courts had begun striking down zamindari abolition and other land reform laws for violating the right to property.

The 35th Amendment of 1974 made Sikkim an "associate State" of the Indian Union. Sikkim had been an Indian protectorate under the Chogyal.

In this 1992 case, also called the Mandal case, the Supreme Court held that the creamy layer must be kept out of OBC reservation.

The Rule of Law Index is published by the World Justice Project, an independent organisation based in Washington, D.C. The World Justice Project ranks countries on how far the rule of law is followed in practice, based on surveys of households and legal experts.

The Tenth Schedule lets a nominated member join a party within six months, and it sets no deadline for the presiding officer's decision.