Indian Polity & Constitution MCQs

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Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha and it remains in office till it enjoys confidence of majority of the members in Lok Sabha. Thus, a motion of no-confidence is moved to remove the council of ministers and thus oust the government from office.
Following are conditions of No-confidence motion:

• No-confidence motion can be moved only in Lok Sabha {or state assembly as the case may be}. It is not allowed in Rajya Sabha {or state legislative council}
• It is moved against the entire Council of Ministers and not individual ministers or private members.
• It needs support of at least 50 members when introduced in Lok Sabha.

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Speaker can vacate his office by addressing a resignation letter to Deputy Speaker; Deputy speaker can vacate office by addressing a resignation letter to Speaker.

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Article 124(4) of the constitution, President can remove a judge on proved misbehaviour or incapacity when parliament approves with a majority of the total membership of each house in favour of impeachment and not less than two thirds of the members of each house present. For initiating impeachment proceedings against a judge, at least 50 members of Rajya Sabha or 100 members of Lok Sabha shall issue the notice as per Judges (Inquiry) Act,1968. Then a judicial committee would be formed to frame charges against the judge, to conduct the fair trial and to submit its report to parliament. When the judicial committee report finds the judge guilty of misbehaviour or incapacity, further removal proceedings would be taken up by the parliament if the judge is not resigning himself. No judge of Supreme Court has been removed through impeachment process so far.

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As per the current norms, the maximum limit of election expenses per candidate is as follows:
Lok Sabha Constituencies

• 70 Lakh for all States except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim.
• 54 Lakh for Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim = 54.00 Lakhs
• 70 Lakh for NCT of Delhi
• 54 Lakh for other Union Territories.

Assembly Constituencies

• 28 Lakh for bigger states and NCT of Delhi
• 20 Lakh for smaller states and UTs.

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The 42nd constitutional amendment acts is known for establishment of administrative tribunals in India. Administrative Tribunals Act owes its origin to Article 323-A of the Constitution of India.

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A bill which affects the meaning and scope of Tax on Agriculture Income, can only be introduced in the parliament on recommendation of the President of India.

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The judgement reversed Supreme Court’s earlier decision which had upheld Parliament’s power to amend all parts of the Constitution, including Part III related to Fundamental Rights. The judgement left Parliament with no power to curtail Fundamental Rights.
Parliament passed the 24th Amendment in 1971 to abrogate the Supreme Court judgement. It amended the Constitution to provide expressly that Parliament has the power to amend any part of the Constitution including the provisions relating to Fundamental Rights. This was done by amending articles 13 and 368 to exclude amendments made under article 368, from article 13’s prohibition of any law abridging or taking away any of the Fundamental Rights.
 

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The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state of Rajasthan in Nagaur district on 2 Oct 1959. During the 1950s and 60s, other state governments adopted this system as laws were passed to establish panchayats in various states. The second state was Andhra Pradesh, while Maharashtra was the ninth state.

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The constitution of India does not specifically mention the freedom of press. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution ensures to all its citizens the liberty of expression. Freedom of the press has been included as part of freedom of speech and expression under the Article 19 of the UDHR. The Indian Constitution, while not mentioning the word “press”, provides for “the right to freedom of speech and expression” (Article 19(1) a).

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As of today, six states have Legislative Councils. These are  Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Andhra Pradesh had a Legislative Council from 1958, abolished it in 1985, and reconstituted it in 2007.