Politics MCQ Questions with answers

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The parliament of India passed the (Thirteen Amendment) Act, 1962, and inserted Article 371 (1) on the eve of the creation of the new state of Nagaland. The Amendment was necessitated to fulfill the aspiration of the people of the then Naga Hills — Tuensang Area and to facilitate the creation of the 16th State of Indian Union.

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Jurisdiction over two or more states.

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All appointments to All India Services are made by the President of India. The All India Services comprises Civil Services of India, namely the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). The members of these services are recruited by the Union government, but their services are placed under various State cadres, and they have the liability to serve both under the State and under the Centre.

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Planning process in India has seen lop-sided development which has been one of the catalysts of regionalism and demand for greater share in resource appropriation. States have been demanding greater autonomy in political as well as economic spheres.

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In contrast with a state's Vidhan Sabha (Legislative. Assembly), the Legislative Council is a permanent body and cannot be dissolved., each Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) serves for a six-year term, with terms staggered so that the terms of one-third of a Council's members expire every two years. This arrangement parallels that for the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

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73rd and 74th amendment implemented in 1993 under period of PV Narsimha Rao ( 1991-1996), 9th Prime minister of India.

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Article 40 of the Constitution which enshrines one of the Directive Principles of State Policy lays down that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.CorrectArticle 29- Protection of interest of minorities. Article 30 — Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institution. Article 101 Vacation of seats in both houses.

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Article 40 Organisation of village Panchayats. Article 21 Protection of life and personal liberty. Article 246 Subject matter of laws made by parliament and by the legislature of states.

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K.V. K. Sundaram way an Indian civil servant who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948-58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India (December 20, 1958 - September 30, 1967). Sulcumar Sen (1950-1958) was the first.

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The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was a body constituted by the Central Government of India in 1953 to recommend the reorganization of state boundaries along the linguistic lines. Some of its recommendations were implemented in the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the single most extensive change in. state boundaries since the independence of India in 1947.