Indian Polity & Constitution MCQs

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The Emergency Provisions of the Indian Constitution have been borrowed from Germany. The part 18 of Indian constitution deals with the emergency provisions. Under the emergency provisions, if the President is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India or of any part of the territory thereof is threatened, whether by war or external aggression or armed rebellion, he may, by Proclamation, make a declaration to that effect in respect of the whole of India or of such part of the territory thereof as may be specified in the Proclamation.

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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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Article 58 of the constitution lays down the qualifications of a president in India. These qualifications are:

• He should be a citizen of India,
• He must have completed the age of 35 years
• He must be qualified to become a Lok Sabha member.
• He should not hold any office of profit under Union or state government.

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Part XX of the Constitution of India has only one article that is Article 368 that deals with the amendment of the Constitution.

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Part IXA of the constitution deals with municipalities i.e. urban local government.

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Article 30 is called a Charter of Education Rights. Madarsas are administrated by the Article 30.
Article 30 mandates that all minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Article 30 provides an absolute right to the minorities that they can establish their own linguistic and religious institutions and at the same time can also claim for grant-in-aid without any discrimination.

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According to the Article 85 of Indian constitution, the maximum permissible time gap between two sessions of the parliament can be 6 months.

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Supreme court of India has given a landmark guideline spelled out the restrictions on the Union Government’s power to dismiss a state government as per the Article 356 of the Indian Constitution in S R Bommai Case.

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The Parliament is vested with the residuary powers of legislation. Article 248 (2) of the Constitution of India says that the Parliament has exclusive power to make any law.

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The Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Nyaya Panchayat are all Panchayati Raj Institutions. Whereas Gram Cooperative Society is not a Panchayati Raj Institution.