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- Question
Which political process is necessary for redistricting?
Options- A. Gerrymandering
- B. Filibuster
- C. Census
- D. Election
- Correct Answer
- Census
ExplanationRedistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.
The state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor.
Redistricting has to follow certain criteria to be accepted:
* compactness
* contiguity
* equal population
* preservation of existing political communities
* partisan fairness
* racial fairnessThe practice of gerrymandering involves the manipulation of district drawing in aims to leave out, or include, specific populations in a legislator's district to ensure his/her reelection.
Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing district lines to achieve political gain for legislators.
- 1. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Options- A. State governments
- B. Every 4 years of President election
- C. Members of congress
- D. Checks and Balances Discuss
- In the United States, there are three branches of government: The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
- Each has its own responsibilities and at the same time they work together to make the country run smoothly and to assure that the rights of citizens are not ignored or disallowed.
- There is a clear separation of powers between them.
- Checks and Balances limit the power within each branch.
- Each branch can stop and/or override processes within other branches in manners that are outlined in federal laws, regulations, and the constitution.
- This way, their powers are balanced because the branches of government have the responsibility to check each other.
- 2. Which of these is an example of government corruption?
Options- A. tax revenue
- B. contracting
- C. cronyism
- D. all the above Discuss
- 3. Which Article of the Constitution of India accords Special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir?
Options- A. 311
- B. 324
- C. 356
- D. 370 Discuss
- 4. Under which of the following conditions are citizenship be provided in India? 1. One should be born in india 2. Either of whose parents was born in India 3. Who has been ordinary resident of India for not less than five years
Options- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1,2 and 3
- D. Either 1 or 2 or 3 Discuss
- 5. Which one of the following liberty is not embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution of India?
Options- A. Liberty of Thought
- B. Liberty of Expression
- C. Liberty of Belief
- D. Economic Liberty Discuss
- 6. Separation of judiciary from executive is enjoined by
Options- A. Directive principle
- B. Judicial decision
- C. Seventh schedule
- D. Preamble Discuss
- 7. The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for
Options- A. economic equity
- B. domestic tranquility
- C. common defense
- D. justice Discuss
- 8. An unanswered Constitutional question about the judicial branch is
Options- A. how to create a Supreme Court
- B. who should approve judges and justices
- C. who should appoint judges and justices
- D. how to create lower federal courts Discuss
- 9. What is the adult voting age in between years of 1950-87 in India?
Options- A. 16 years
- B. 18 years
- C. 21 years
- D. 24 years Discuss
- 10. The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and __________.
Options- A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- B. Lord Irwin
- C. Subhash Chandra Bose
- D. B. R. Ambedkar Discuss
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Correct Answer: Checks and Balances
Explanation:
A procedure or method called Checks and Balances stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Correct Answer: cronyism
Explanation:
Cronyism is the practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends, family relatives or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations.
Correct Answer: 370
Correct Answer: Either 1 or 2 or 3
Correct Answer: Economic Liberty
Correct Answer: Directive principle
Correct Answer: economic equity
Explanation:
The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for economic equity.
Correct Answer: how to create lower federal courts
Correct Answer: 16 years
Correct Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
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