Grassroots democracy is related to...

Grassroots democracy is related to...

1.     Writs are issued by?
    (A) Supreme Court        (B) High Court
    (C) The President    
    (D) Supreme Court and High Courts
2.     Panchayat Raj system is based on the principle of:
    (A) Centralization        
    (B) Decentralization
    (C) Both of these
    (D) None of these
3.     The winning candidate in the Election of President of India should secure:
    (A) Majority number of votes polled
    (B) Sixty six percent of votes polled
    (C) Fifty percent of votes polled
    (D) More than fifty percent and majority of the total votes polled
4.     The Supreme Court of India was set up:
    (A) By the Constitution
    (B) By a law of Parliament
    (C) By a Presidential Order        (D) By the Act of 1947
5.    Which of the following is presided by a non-member?
    (A) LokSabha    (B) RajyaSabha
    (C) VidhanSabha    (D) VidhanParishad
6.     Who served as India's first ambassador to the Soviet Union?
    (A) K.M.Panikkar        (B) V.K.Krishna Menon
    (C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit        (D) Prof.Mahalanobis
7.     Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution ensures social and economic democracy?
    (A) Emergency Provisions
    (B) Centre-State relations
    (C) Directive Principles of State policy
    (D) None of the above
8.     The Second Chief Election Commissioner of India was?
    (A) Sukumar Sen
    (B) S.P. SenVerma
    (C) K.V.K. Sundaram        (D) T. Swaminathan
9.     The Government of India Act-1935 was based on:
    (A) Simon Commission        (B) Lord Curzon Commission
    (C) Dimitrov Thesis        (D) Lord Clive's report
10.     Who can impose reasonable restrictions over fundamental rights?
    (A) Council of Ministers        (B) Parliament
    (C) People    (D) Cabinet
11.     Which one of the following is issued by the court in case of an illegal detention of a person?
    (A) Habeas Corpus         (B) Mandamus
    (C) Certiorari    
    (D) Quo Warranto
12.    Who was the first to use the term State?
    (A) Hobbes    (B) Plato
    (C) Aristotle    (D) Machiavelli
13. Who presently serving State Chief Minister has been in office continuously for the longest period?
    (A) Aravind Kejriwal         (B) Raghubar Das
    (C) M.L.Khattar            (D) P.K.Chamling
14. Who had Played Key role in the formation of Lokpal bill in India?
    (A) Vikpin Hazarika        (B) Anna Hajare
    (C) Baba Amte            (D) medha patkar
15. The Mandal Commissions Report refers to:
    (A) The Other Backward Classes
    (B) The Scheduled Tribes
    (C) The Minorities        (D) The Scheduled castes
16. How many Fundamental Rights were granted initially?
    (A) Six    (B) Seven
    (C) Four     (D) Five
17. Total assembly segments in Delhi are?
    (A) 50        (B) 60
    (C) 70        (D) 40
18. Democratic Centralism is an important feature of a:
    (A) Communist state         (B) Democratic state
    (C) Totalitarian state         (D) Socialist state
19.     Shadow Cabinet is the feature of Administrative system of:
    (A) Britain     (B) USA
    (C) France    (D) Japan
20. The concept of "Rule of Law" is a special feature of constitutional system of:
    (A) Britain    (B) U.S.A
    (C) France    (D) Switzerland
21.  Comptroller and Auditor General of India acts as a friend, Philosopher and Guide for:
    (A) Public Accounts Committee     (B) Estimates Committee
    (C) Finance ministry         (D) Committee on public undertakings
22. The Ministry sometimes referred to as Green Ministry in India is Ministry of:
    (A) Agricultural and Rural Development
    (B) Environment and Forests
    (C) Surface and Transport        
    (D) Urban Development and Landscaping
23.  Special status to Jammu and Kashmir is given by the Indian Constitution under the article:
    (A) 364    (B) 368
    (C) 370     (D) 377
24. The method of amending the Constitution by popular veto is founded in:
    (A) Britain    (B) Switzerland
    (C) Russia    (D) India
25.    Grassroots democracy is related to:
    (A) Devolution of powers        (B) Decentralisation of power
    (C) Panchayati Raj System         (D) All of the above
26.  Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in:
    (A) 1972    (B) 1986
    (C) 1964    (D) 1956
27.  Who acts as the channel of communication between the President and the Council Ministers?
    (A) Chairman, RajyaSabha    
    (B) Speaker of LokSabha
    (C) Vice-President    
    (D) Prime Minister
28.  In India, woman had never been a Chief Minister in the State of:
    (A) Tamil Nadu
    (B) Rajasthan
    (C) Uttar Pradesh
    (D) Maharashtra
29.    The number of subjects incorporated in the Union List is
    (A) 97         (B) 102
    (C) 82        (D) 89
Key

1.D    2.B    3.D    4.A
5.B    6.C    7.C    8.C
9.A    10.B    11.A    12.D
13.D    14.B    15.A    16.B
17.C    18.A    19.A    20.A
21.A    22.B    23.C    24.B
25.D    26.A    27.D    28.D
29.A