301.

The Idea of Amendment of Constitution,Organisation and Independence of Superme

Court and Powers of President, Position and duties of Vice-President is taken from which
country and Preamble?
i. USA
302. The provision of Concurrent list,Trade and Commerce is taken from?
i. Australia
303. The Provision of single citizenship is taken from which country?
i. Canada
304. Under which article,Executive power is vested with the President?
i. Article 53(1)
305. Under which article the Supreme command of defence forces is with the President?
i. Article 53(2)
306. Which Article has the provision for the impeachment of the President?
i. Article 61
307. According to which Constitutional amendment the size of the Council of Ministers
shall not exceed 15% of total number of the members in Lok Sabha?
i. 92nd Consititutional Amendment
308. How many deputy Prime Ministers have been made so far?
i. 7
309. Which article has the provision for the Vice President?
i. Article 63
310. Under Which Article the Government of India can sue or be sued for any executive
action of the State?
i. Article 300
311. Proceedings against Government of India and Government of State?
i. Article 361
312. Maximum duration for which the ordinance may last is how many months?
i. Seven and half months
313. Presidential Pardon is mentioned in which article?
i. Article 72
314. Which article has the provision for the Qualification of the Member of Parliament ?
i. Article 84
315. Which article has the provision for the disqualifications for Member of Parliament?
i. Article 102
316. Joint session of Parliament is mentioned in which article of constitution of India?
i. Article 108
317. Ordinary bill is mentioned in which article of constitution?
i. Article 107
318. Anti defection law was passed under which amendment act?
i. 52nd Amendment
319. Who chaired the First Finance Commission ?
i. Mr. K.C Neogi
320. Which Article states that the Supreme Court shall be Court of Record and shall have
all the powers of the court ?
i. Article 129
321. Which Article enables the High Court to issue writs for the enforcement of
fundamental rights and also other ordinary legal rights?
i. Article 226
322. Which Part of the Indian Constitution is called the Magna Carta of India?
i. Part II(contains Fundamental Rights)
323. Which amendment abolished the Right to Property as Fundamental Right and now
its only a legal right?
i. 44th Amendment
324. Rights which are available only to the citizens of India are?
i. Article 15,16,19,29 and 30
325. What is called as the Guardian of the Fundamental Rights?
i. Supreme Court of India
326. Which article holds all pre-constitutional laws void to the extent that they would
clash with the Fundamental Rights from the date of commencement of the Constitution?
i. Article 13
327. Which Article has legal right but not a constitutional right,which has provisions for
the Right to Property ?
i. Article 31
328. Which article has the Power of Parliament to modify Fundamental Rights?
i. Article 33
329. Which case held that a single individual constitutes a class?
i. Chiranjit Lal Chaudhary vs Union of India
330. In which case the Supreme Court upheld implementation of separate reservation for
other backward classes in central government jobs?
i. Indra Shawney vs Union of India and ors.
331. What was the landmark judgement in which Right to information was recognised as
as part of Fundamental Right to Speech and expression?
i. Secretary,Ministry of I&B Vs Cricked Association,Bengal
332. The cases of monetary limit of sum of 20,000 was removed by which constitutional
amendment?
i. 30th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1972
333. Which article authorises the President to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court in
the two categories of matters?
i. Article 143
334. Raj Bhavan is official residence of whom?
i. Governor
335. What is the salary of Governor increased after 2008?
i. 1.10 lakh per month
336. Who is the Principal channel of communication between the governor and the
council of ministers?
i. Chief Minister
337. Who is the Chairman of the State Planning Board?
i. Chief Minister
338. Who is the Chief spokesman of the state government?
i. Chief Minister
339. Who acts as a vice-chairman of the concerned zonal council by rotation,holding
office of one year at a time?
i. Chief Minister
340. By which amendment,the number of ministers including the Chief Minister in a state
shall not be less than 12?
i. 91st Amendment Act
341. Salaries and allowances of ministers shall be determined by whom?
i. State Legislature
342. What is the highest decision making formulating body of the state government?
i. Cabinet
343. The counterpart of Ministries of Centre with respect of State is?
i. Departments
344. How many members of Anglo-Indian Community are nominated by the Governor?
i. 1
345. Under which amendment act, the provision for nomination of one member of anglo-
Indian Committee is extended till 2020?
i. 95th Amendment Act
346. Which state has adopted a bicameral legislature by its own constitution?
i. Jammu and Kashmir
347. When did the institution of high court of originate in India?
i. 1862
348. Fourth High Court was established in which year?
i. High Court of Allahabad in 1866
349. Which amendment act authorised the Parliament to establish a common high court
for two or more states or for two or more states and a union territory?
i. Seventh Amendment Act
350. How many High Courts are there in India?
i. 24
351. How many common High Courts are there in India?
i. 3
352. Which is the only Union Territory having a high Court?
i. Delhi
353. What abolished the original criminal jurisdiction of Calcutta,Bombay and Madras
High Courts?
i. Criminal Procedure Code,1973
354. In Which case Supreme Court held that the writ jurisdiction of both the high court
and Supreme Court constitute a part of basic structure of the constitution?
i. Chandra Kumar Case
355. In which year the Supreme Court ruled that tribunals are subject to the writ
jurisdiction of the high courts?
i. 1997
356. Who is the highest Judicial Authority in the district?
i. District Judge
357. In a district,at the lowest level which court is in the Civil side?
i. Court of Munsif
358. In a district,at the lowest level which court is in the Criminal side?
i. Court of Judicial Magistrate
359. Which subjects were surrendered by Jammu and Kashmir to the Dominion of India?
i. Defence,External Affairs and Communications
360. Which part of Constitution (dealing with the state government) is not applicable to
Jammu and Kashmir?
i. Part VI
361. When was the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir adopted ?
i. 17 November 1957
362. When did the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir sat for the first time?
i. 31 October 1951
363. Under the original Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir; head of state and head of
government were designated as what?
i. Sadar-i-Riyasat (President) and Wazir-i-Azam (Prime Minister)
364. When was the first time Governor’s Rule imposed ?
i. 1964
365. What is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?
i. Urdu
366. Under the chairmanship of whom, the Group of Interlocutors for Jammu and
Kashmir was appointed by Central Government?
i. Dileep Padgaonkar, an eminent journalist
367. Which article makes special provisions for Nagaland?
i. Article 371-A
368. Under which article, President is empowered to provide for the creation of a
committee of the Assam Legislative Assembly consisting of members elected from the tribal
areas ?
i. Article 371-B
369. Which Article has the provision for Manipur?
i. Article 371-C
370. Which constitutional amendment made Sikkim a full-fledged State?
i. 36th Constitutional Amendment Act
371. Which Article has special provisions for Mizoram?
i. 371G
372. Which Article has special provisions for Arunanchal Pradesh?
i. 371H
373. Which article has special provision for Goa?
i. 371I
374. Which article has special provision for Karnataka?
i. 371 J
375. Through which amendment,Panchyati Raj was constitutionalised?
i. 73rd Constitutional Amendment
376. Who chaired the committee that was appointed to examine the working of the
Community Development Programme and National Extension Service?
i. Balwant Rai G Mehta
377. What is democratic decentralisation popularly known as?
 i. Panchayati Raj
378. Which was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj?
i. Rajasthan
379. Who was appointed by the Planning Commission as the Chairperson of the
Committee on Adminstrative Arrangement for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation
Programmes?
i. G.V.K. Rao
380. Who chaired the committee on ‘Revitalisation of Panchayati Raj for Institutions for
Democracy and Development’?
i. L M Singhvi
381. Which constitutional Amendment Bill was introduced to constitutionalise Panchayati
Raj Institution ?
i. 64th Constitutional Amendment
382. Which amendment act added a new Part to the Constitution of India entitled as “
The Panchayats”?
i. 73rd Amendment Act
383. Which Part was entitled as “The Panchayat”?
i. Part IX
384. What is the foundation of the Panchayati Raj System?
i. Gram Sabha
385. Which states are exempted from 73rd Amendment Act?
i. Jammu and Kashmir,Nagaland ,Meghalaya and Mizoram
386. How many types of urban local governments are there in India?
i. 8
387. Through which constitutional amendment,the urban government was
constitutionalised?
i. 74th constitutional amendment
388. Where was India’s first municipal corporation?
i. Madras,1687-88
389. When were the Municipal Corporations in Bombay and Calcutta were set up?
i. 1726
390. Whose resolution on financial decentralisation visualised the development of local
self-government?
i. Lord Mayo
391. Whose resolution has been hailed as the Magna Carta of local sel-government?
i. Lord Ripon
392. When was the Royal Commission in decentralisation appointed and who chaired it?
i. 1971,Chaired by Hobhouse
393. When was Cantonments Act was passed?
i. 1924
394. Which Act added a Part in Constitution which was entitled “The Municipalities”?
i. 74th Amendment Act
395. What Part was added by the 74th Amendment Act?
i. Part IX-A
396. How many types of Municipalities are provided under 74 th Amendment Act?
 a. 3
397. Who heads the Municipal Corporation?
i. Mayor
398. When was the Central Council of Local Government set up?
i. 1954
399. Who is the Chairman of the Central Council of Local Government?
i. Union Minister for Urban Development
400. Dadra and Nagar Haveli ,and Daman and Diu are under jurisdiction of which High
Court?
i. Bombay High Court