Indian Polity & Constitution MCQs

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The constituent assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of constitution. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the chairperson of the Provincial Constitution Committee.

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Prorogation is end of a session. A prorogation puts an end to a session. The time between the Prorogation and reassembly is called Recess. Prorogation is end of session and not the dissolution of the house in case of Lok Sabha, as Rajya Sabha does not dissolve.
While adjournment is done by presiding officers (speaker / deputy speaker in Lok Sabha and Chairman / Deputy chairman in Rajya Sabha), prorogation is done by President. Dissolution of Lok Sabha is also done by president.

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An ordinance can be promulgated by the President of India on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet / Council of Ministers.

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The Council of Ministers of the Parliament of India decides the Foreign policy of India. Indian foreign policy today is facing enormous problems in dealing with our neighbours and in other strategic issues.

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Officially, there are 6 minorities in India viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. The commission is made up of a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson and five members. Unlike other bodies like NCSC and NCST, NCM has no constitutional backing or status.

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The Government of India Act of 1919 made the Indian Legislature bicameral. The act introduced bicameralism and direct elections for the first time in India. The act created a new office, Secretary of State for India, and a new office of Viceroy.

The act created a bicameral legislature with two chambers:

• Legislative Assembly: The lower house with 145 members serving three-year terms
• Council of States: The upper house with 60 members serving five-year terms

The act also provided for the classification of central and provincial subjects and kept income tax as a source of revenue for the central government. The act was later repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act of 1976.

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JVP committee was set up by the Congress to study the recommendations of Linguistic Provinces Commission (Dar Commission) . It comprised Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya. The committee gave its report on 1 April 1949 and said that time was NOT suitable for formation of new provinces. However, it also accepted presence of strong public sentiment towards linguistic states in the country.

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Before Goa, Daman and Diu became part of India, a Tribunal the Relacao was highest court in these territories. In 1963, this Tribunal the Relacao was abolished and a court of judicial commissioner was established under Goa Daman and Diu (Judicial Commissioner’s Court) Regulation 1963. The Judicial Commissioner’s Court was the highest court of appeal and revision for the Union Territory. In 1981, the parliament passed High Court of Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa Daman and Diu) Act, 1981 act to extend the Jurisdiction of High Court at Bombay to Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and abolish the then existing court of Judicial Commissioner.

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The most important condition to decide for the validity of nomination of a College student, who seeks to be elected to the Municipal Council of his / her City is that the name of the student should figure in Voter list.

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On 24 August 2017, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, ruled that the right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.