Indian Politics problems
- 1. 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
Correct Answer: 370
- 2. Which of these is an example of government corruption?
Options- A. tax revenue
- B. contracting
- C. cronyism
- D. all the above Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
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.
- 3. 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 Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
- 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.
Correct Answer: Checks and Balances
Explanation:
A procedure or method called Checks and Balances stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
- 4. Which political process is necessary for redistricting?
Options- A. Gerrymandering
- B. Filibuster
- C. Census
- D. Election Also asked in: Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: Census
Explanation:
Redistricting 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 fairness
The 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.
- 5. Separation of judiciary from executive is enjoined by
Options- A. Directive principle
- B. Judicial decision
- C. Seventh schedule
- D. Preamble Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: Directive principle
- 6. The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for
Options- A. economic equity
- B. domestic tranquility
- C. common defense
- D. justice Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: economic equity
Explanation:
The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for economic equity.
- 7. 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 Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: how to create lower federal courts
- 8. 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 Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 16 years
- 9. 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 Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
- 10. Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of Constiuent Assembly
Options- A. B.Shiva Rao
- B. B.R.Ambedkar
- C. Sachchidananda Sinha
- D. B.N.Rau Discuss
Correct Answer: B.N.Rau
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