Q 1 – When was States Reorganisation Commission formed ?
(A) In 1951
(B) In 1963
(C) In 1997
(D) In 1953
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 2 – How many Union Territories are there in the Indian Federation?
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 5
(D) 3
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Q 3 – Which of the following falls under the Concurrent List?
(A) Trade
(B) Adoption
(C) Agriculture
(D) Foreign affairs
Ans. Option (B) is correct
Q 4 – What status has been given to Hindi by the Constitution of India?
(A) Regional language
(B) Official language
(C) National language
(D) Community
Ans. Option (B) is Correct.
Q 5 – Who is the head of urban local government ?
(A) Sarpanch
(B) Ward Commissioner
(C) Mukhiya
(D) Mayor
Ans. Option (D) is correct
Q 6 – In which year, a major step was taken towards decentralisation?
(A) In 1994
(B) In 1989
(C) In 1992
(D) In 1997
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Study the picture and answer the following:
Q 7 – Which one of the following options best signifies this cartoon ?
(A) The State representatives are begging before the Central Government.
(B) The Central Government is undermining the spirit of federalism.
(C) A lady is distributing food to the beggars.
(D) None of the above.
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Study the given cartoon and answer the Following
Q 8 – Which one of the following leaders is shown in this cartoon?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) I. K. Gujral
(C) H. D. Deve Gowda
(D) A. B. Vajpayee
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 9 – Analyse the information given below, considering one of the following correct options:
It includes subjects of National importance such as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking communications and currency. They are included in this list because we need a uniform policy on these matters throughout the country.
(A) State List
(B) Concurrent List
(C) Union List
(D) Enrolment List
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 10 – Analyse the information given below, considering one of the following correct options:
It includes subjects of common interest to both the Union Government as well as the State Governments, such as education, forest, trade unions, marriage, adoption and succession. Both the Union as well as the State Governments can make laws on the subjects mentioned in this list.
(A) Concurrent List
(B) Union List
(C) State List
(D) Government List
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 11 – Which of the following pair is incorrect ?
(A) State government – State List
(B) Central government – Union List
(C) Central and State government List – Concurrent List
(D) Local government – Residuary powers.
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 12 – Major steps towards decentralization taken in 1992 were :
(A) To hold regular elections of local government bodies.
(B) At least one-third of all positions are reserved for men.
(C) State Election Commission has been created in each state.
(D) The state governments are required to share some powers and revenue with local government bodies.
Ans. Option (B) is correct
Directions : In the following questions, A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is False
(D) A is false and R is True
Q 13 – Assertion (A) : When power is taken away from Central and State government and given to local government, it is called decentralization
Reason (R) : The basic idea behind decentralization is that there are a large number of problems and issues which are best settled at the local level.
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 14 – Assertion (A) : Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.
Reason (R) : Usually, a federation has one level of government.
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 15 – Assertion (A) : India has a federal system.
Reason (R) : Under a unitary system, either there is only one level of government or the sub-units are subordinate to central government.
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Q 16 – Assertion (A) : Hindi is identified as the only official language of India.
Reason (R) : It helped in creating supremacy of Hindi speaking people over others.
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 17 – Assertion (A) : Belgium and Spain have ‘holding together’ federation.
Reason (R) : A big country divides power betweenconstituent states and national government.
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 18 – Assertion (A) : The subjects which are not included in Union List, State List and Concurrent List are considered as residuary subjects.
Reason (R) : The subjects included those that came after constitution was made and thus could not be classified.
Ans. Option (A) is correct
Q 19 – Assertion (A) : Zilla Parishad Chairperson is the political head of the Zilla Parishad.
Reason (R) : Mayor is the head of municipalities.
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Q 20 – Assertion (A) : Third-tier of government is local government.
Reason (R) : It made democracy stumble.
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 21 – What was the first and major test for democratic politics in our country?
(A)The creation of linguistic states
(B) The creation of the language policy
(C) The creation of new federal states
(D)The creation of new federal territories
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 22 – A candidate in an examination conducted for the Central Government positions has to opt for which language?
(A) Hindi
(B) English
(C) Both Hindi and English
(D) Any of the 21 languages recognized Scheduled Languages by the Constitution
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 23 – Which non- Hindi speaking State demanded that the use of English should continue after 1965?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Chennai
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
Ans. . Option (C) is correct.
Q 24 – How many languages are included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
(A) 21 languages
(B) 20 languages
(C) 25 languages
(D) 22 languages
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state. Both these levels of governments enjoy their power independent of the other. In this sense, federations are contrasted with unitary governments. Under the unitary system, either there is only one level of government or the sub-units are subordinate to the central government. The central government can pass on orders to the provincial or the local government. But in a federal system, the central government cannot order the state government to do something. State government has powers of its own for which it is not answerable to the central government. Both these governments are separately answerable to the people.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
Q 25 – Usually, a federation has levels of government.
(A) three
(B) four
(C) two
(D) five
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 26 – Which of the following types of government is responsible for the whole country?
(A) State government
(B) Central government
(C) Local government
(D) Community government
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Q 27 – Central and State governments are separately answerable to the____________
(A) people
(B) none
(C) President
(D) each other
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 28 – Under which of the following systems, the Central government can pass on orders to the provincial government?
(A) Federal system
(B) Monarchy
(C) Unitary system
(D) Dictatorship
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Q 29 – Which of the following subjects comes under ‘Residuary’ subjects?
(A) Education
(B) Trade
(C) Banking
(D) Computer software
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 30 – Which of the following states has its own Constitution?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Kerala
Ans. Option (B) is correct.
Q 31 – Who has the power to legislate on ‘Residuary’ subjects?
(A) Central government
(B) State government
(C) Community government
(D) Local government
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 32 – Indians who are not permanent residents of cannot buy land or house here.
(A) Kerala
(B) Assam
(C) Jammu & Kashmir
(D) Bihar
Ans. Option (C) is correct.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
Q 33 – How many languages are spoken in India?
(A) More than 1200
(B) More than 1100
(C) More than 1400
(D) More than 1300
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 34 – Bhojpuri, Magadhi, _____________ , Rajasthan and many others were grouped under ‘Hindi’
(A) Bundelkhandi
(B) Urdu
(C) Kashmiri
(D) Bengali
Ans. Option (A) is correct.
Q 35 – How many languages are included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 21
(D) 22
Ans. Option (D) is correct.
Q 36 – In terms of India is perhaps the most diverse country in the world.
(A) population
(B) languages
(C) forests
(D) religions
Ans. Option (B) is correct.