Free Polity Misc - 13 Practice Test - IAS 

Question 1

The eleventh schedule of the constitution contains

A. Subjects on which the Panchayats enjoy administrative control
B. Subjects on which the municipalities enjoy administrative control
C. Duties of the Indian citizens
D. None of the above

SOLUTION

Solution : A

 

Question 2

If the finance minister fails to get the annual budget passed in the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister has to

A. Compel the finance minister to resign
B. Submit resignation of his cabinet
C. Refer it to the joint session of the two houses of Parliament
D. Form another cabinet with different members

SOLUTION

Solution : B

 

Question 3

Which amendment of the constitution provided constitutional status to the municipalities

A. 52nd amendment
B. 56th amendment
C. 74th amendment
D. 76th amendment

SOLUTION

Solution : C

 

Question 4

How many subjects, over which the municipalities have been given administrative control, have been listed in the twelfth schedule?

A. 18
B. 20
C. 21
D. 29

SOLUTION

Solution : A

 

Question 5

Who is the chairman of the national development council

A. The President
B. The vice-President
C. The Prime Minister
D. Chairman of the Planning Commission

SOLUTION

Solution : C

 

Question 6

Who was the first chairman of the Planning Commission?

A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Gulzari lai nanda
C. K c neogy
D. Shriman narayanan

SOLUTION

Solution : A

 

Question 7

The Planning Commission was set up in

A. March 1950
B. March 1951
C. April 1952
D. April 1953

SOLUTION

Solution : A

 

Question 8

The Planning Commission of India is

A. A constitutional body
B. An independent and autonomous body
C. Statutory body
D. A non-statutory body

SOLUTION

Solution : D

 

Question 9

The term 'fourth estate' refers to

A. Backward classes residing in a state
B. Parliament
C. The judiciary
D. The press

SOLUTION

Solution : D