Comprehensive collection of questions from Indian Polity & Governance asked in recent state service examinations. Each question is verified with official answer keys and step-by-step bilingual solutions.
During an emergency, the duration of a State Legislative Assembly can be extended by:
According to Article 352 of the Indian Constitution, 'National Emergency' can be proclaimed under which of the following circumstances?
Assertion (A): The Indian Constitution is fundamentally federal in character. Reason (R): Article 352 contains provisions for the breakdown of constitutional machinery in States. Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Under which Article of the Indian Constitution is it the duty of the Union Government to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance?
Within what period must a proclamation of emergency be approved by Parliament?
The President of India has the power to suspend:
The President can declare a National Emergency on the grounds of:
Under which Article of the Constitution can the President of India suspend the enforcement of fundamental rights (other than Articles 20 and 21)?
Under which of the following Articles does the Indian Constitution provide for an Inter-State Council?
Can the States of the Indian Union raise foreign loans directly under the Constitution?
On the recommendation of which of the following Commissions/Committees was the Inter-State Council established in India?
Under which of the following taxes has the maximum total amount payable by an individual been restricted by the Constitution?
An Inter-State Council can be established by:
In whom are the residuary powers vested in the Indian Constitution?
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
In India, to whom among the following are powers conferred to enact legislation regarding infants and minors, as well as economic and social planning?
The main agency for the resolution of financial/federal disputes between the Centre and the States is:
In which of the following years did the Sarkaria Commission, entrusted with the mandate to recommend changes in Centre-State relations, submit its report?
Consider the following statements: In India, taxes on transactions in stock exchanges and futures markets: 1. Are levied by the Union. 2. Are collected by the States. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In what specific context have Centre-State relations been referred to as "Municipal Relations"?
Under the constitutional provisions of tax devolution in India, which of the following taxes is entirely levied and collected by the States?
The Sarkaria Commission was set up to review which of the following relations?
The distribution of legislative powers between the Centre and the States is contained in which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution?
Centre-State relations in India depend on: 1. Constitutional provisions 2. Conventions and practices 3. Judicial interpretations 4. Mechanisms for dialogue Select the correct answer using the code given below:
The recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission are related to: