…….was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha:
Hukam Singh
G.S. Dhillon
G.V. Mavalankar
None of the above
The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held in:
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
New Delhi
In …….the first general elections for the Lok Sabha were held:
1942
1952
1953
1954
The Panchayati Raj comes in:
State List
Concurrent List
Union List
None of the above
President’s rule at the Centre can be imposed during:
External Emergency
Internal Emergency
Both (1) and (2)
At no time
…….is not a writ issued only by a superior court to an inferior court
Certiorari
Mandamus
Prohibition
The Speaker of Lok Sabha
Who decides a bill is a “Money Bill”?
President
Prime Minister
Public Accounts Committee
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Appointment for All-India Services are made by the:
U.P.S.C.
Prime Minister
Home Minister
President
The Residuary Powers under the Indian Constitution rest with:
States
Parliament
President
Prime Minister
The President of India is:
Directly elected
Indirectly elected
Nominated by Parliament
None of the above
For the office of the President of India, a candidate must be sponsored by at least ten electors and seconded by:
Twenty electors
Twenty-one electors
Fifteen electors
Ten electors
In the lection of the President the voting strength of the two Houses of Parliament is …. To that of the legislative Assemblies of all the States taken together:
Double
Equal
Three times more
None of the above
The election of the President is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the:
Single transferable vote
Double transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote
Double non-transferable vote
The President of India can be removed by:
Vice-President of India
The Council of Ministers
Impeachment on grounds of violation of the Constitution by Parliament
None of the above
Civil suits can be brought against the President only after giving him a written notice of at least:
Three months
One month
Two months
Six months
……can ask the foreign diplomats to leave the country by declaring them as person-non-grata:
The Foreign Secretary
The Prime Minister
The Foreign Minister
The President
Al the international treaties and agreements are concluded by India on behalf of the……..and are subject to his final signature:
The Foreign Secretary
The Prime Minister
The Foreign Minister
The President
The Indian Constitution envisages of emergencies:
Four types
Six types
One type
Three types
During the various kinds of emergencies the power of the President is:
Greatly decreased
Greatly increased
Greatly curbed
None of the above
The President can suspend the operation of……during emergency:
Fundamental rights
Directive Principles
Both of the above
None of the above
In case of Financial emergency the President can direct to observe such cannons of financial property as he may desirable:
The Union only
The States only
The Union as well as the States
None of the above
The president….. order the reduction of the salaries of the Supreme Court and High Court Judges during the Financial emergency:
Cannot
Can
There is no provision of reducing the salaries
None of the above
Which of the following Amendment Act lays down, “There will be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as the head to aid and advice the President who shall in the exercise of his functions act in accordance with such advice”?
42nd Amendment Act
44th Amendment Act
52nd Amendment Act
62nd Amendment Act
The post of the Vice-President was created by:
President’s order
Parliament Act
The Constitution
None of the above
The Vice-President is elected by the members of:
Lok Sabha only
Rajya Sabha only
Both the Houses of Parliament
None of the above