Whose provision is there in Article 360 of the Constitution?
(A) Invoking Financial Emergency
(B) About Finance Commission
(C) About the Attorney General of India
(D) None of these
Article 360 of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to invoke financial emergency. Grounds of declaration – If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen due to which the financial stability or credit of India or any part of its territory is threatened.
What is the name of the committee planning for democratic decentralization?
(A) Mahadevan Committee
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(C) Kothari Committee
(D) Balwantrai Mehta Committee
The 1957 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was the benchmark in the country's history of democratic decentralization, which gave birth to the very basics of the Panchayati Raj system in India.
Under the provision of which article of the constitution Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan etc. decorations are provided by the Government of India?
(A) Article 23
(B) Article 20
(C) Article 19
(D) Article 18
Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are titled under Article 18(1) of 'the Constitution of India. 2. Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended only once.
Whom does the Vice President inform about the resignation of the President to?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) General
(C) Lok Sabha Speaker
(D) None of these
If the President resigns, the Vice-President informs the Speaker of Lok Sabha about the President's resignation. In draft article 45, 1948, it was mentioned the President may hand over his resignation to the Vice-President and the Speaker of Lok Sabha. It was accepted in 1950 without amendment as article 56.
When was Goa given the status of 25th state?
(A) January 25, 1971 AD
(B) 20 February, 1987 AD
(C) May 30, 1987 AD
(D) January 21, 1972 E.
Dayanand Bandodkar was elected as the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu. Goa became India's 25th state on 30th May 1987.
When did Sikkim become the 22nd state of India?
(A) January 25, 1971 AD
(B) January 21, 1972 AD
(C) 26 April, 1975 AD
(D) 22 April, 1976 AD
On 16 May 1975, Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union, and the monarchy was abolished. To enable the incorporation of the new state, the Indian Parliament amended the Indian Constitution.
What was the number of members of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 4
(D) 8
The Drafting Committee consisted of 7 members. It was set up on August 29, 1947. The committee was responsible for preparing the draft of the Indian Constitution.
Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) Dr. B R Ambedkar
(B) Dr. B. N. Rao
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) None of these
The chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. It consisted of eight members.
At what time the Constitution of India was prepared?
(A) 2 years, 11 months and 18 days
(B) 2 years, 10 months and 18 days
(C) 2 years, 9 months and 11 days
(D) 2 years, 11 months and 11 days
The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950. The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary features.
Who was elected as the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Dr. B R Ambedkar
(C) Dr. B. N. Rao
(D) None of these
Dr Rajendra Prasad was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly.
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