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Federalism Test - 16

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Question 1
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India borrowed the idea of federal system with a strong centre from __________.

A
USA

B
Canada

C
Australia

D
New Zealand
Solution
- India borrowed the idea of federal system with a strong centre from Canada.
- The Canadian constitution has a qasi-federal form of government federal system with strong central government. The same is the case with India.
- We have taken the idea of residual powers from Canada.
Question 2
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Which of the following lists contains the subject for legislative purposes ?

A
The union list

B
The state list

C
The concurrent list

D
All the above

Solution

Union list consists of 100 items on which the parliament has exclusive power to legislate including: defence, armed forces, arms and ammunition, atomic energy, foreign affairs, war and peace, citizenship, extradition, railways, etc.
State list consists of 61 items.Uniformity is desirable but not essential on items in this list: maintaining law and order, police forces, healthcare, transport, land policies, electricity in state, village administration, etc.
Concurrent list consists of 52 items.Uniformity is desirable but not essential on items in this list: Marriage and divorce, transfer of property other than agricultural land, education, contracts, bankruptcy and insolvency, trustees and trusts, civil procedure, etc.
Question 3
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A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on it by ________________.

A
The Central Government

B
The Central and State Government both

C
The State Government

D
The President and the Prime Minister together

Solution

Concurrent List includes subjects of common interest to both the Union Government as well as the State Governments, such as education, forest, trade unions, marriage, adoption and succession. Both the Union as well as the State Governments can make laws on the subjects mentioned in this list.
Question 4
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Which of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation ?

A
A single citizenship

B
Three lists in the Constitution

C
Dual judiciary

D
A federal supreme court to interpret the Constitution

Solution

America is a strictly federal state with an independent federal court to interpret the constitution and state courts. India has integrated the Judicial system with the Supreme court at the top. It is considered as equivalent to federal court (earlier called as a federal court by the Act of 1935) which interprets the constitution and enforces it.
Question 5
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'Residuary Powers' means those powers which are ___________________.

A
Delegated by the centre to the states

B
Enjoyed by the king or the president only

C
Delegated by the state to the centre

D
Retained by the centre or the state for themselves after division of powers between the centre and the unit states in a federation

Solution

These are the powers retained by a government authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.Residuary powers reside with Central government in India for passing any legislation on any subject.
Residuary powers remain with the Centre.
Question 6
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The Constitution of India was amended in 1992 to make the third-tier of democracy more effective. As a result, at least one-third of all positions in the local bodies are reserved for women. This is because ___________.

A
Women are good at managing resources

B
Women had inadequate representation in decision-making bodies

C
We have many powerful women leaders

D
Women are obedient and would follow the constitutional provisions well

Solution

The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts added the third -tier to the Indian federalism, and also gives one-third reservation to women at the local level political institutions, but the reservation is lesser than the percentage of women's population in India.
Question 7
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Idea of concurrent list in Indian constitution was borrowed from ___________.

A
England

B
America

C
Australia

D
Russia
Solution
- Idea of concurrent list in Indian constitution was borrowed from Australia.
- There are 52 subjects in concurrent list of VII schedule of Indian Constitution.
- Both the union as well as the state governments can make laws on the subjects mentioned in the Concurrent list.
Question 8
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Which of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

A
It provides equal representation to the states in the Rajya Sabha

B
It provides for an independent judiciary

C
It has a written constitution

D
It divides the powers between the centre and the states

Solution

India has a written constitution. The constitution provides executive powers to the President, legislative powers to the Parliament and judicial powers to the Judiciary. Indian judiciary performs its tasks independently. Part XI of Indian constitution specifies the distribution of legislative, executive and judiciary powers between the central government and the states. However, allocation of seats to states for representation in the Rajya Sabha is based on population of each state. Hence, Option A is not a feature of Indian federalism.
Question 9
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The _______ in an Indian village provides an example of direct democracy.

A
Gram Panchayat

B
Zila Parishad

C
Gram Sabha

D
None of these
Question 10
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The Constitution of India vents the residuary powers in _______________.

A
The States

B
The Union Government

C
The Union and State Governments jointly

D
None of the above

Solution

Article 248 vests the residuary powers in the parliament. It says that Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or the State List.

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Question 1

USA

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

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Question 2

The union list

The state list

The concurrent list

All the above

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Question 3

The Central Government

The Central and State Government both

The State Government

The President and the Prime Minister together

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Question 4

A single citizenship

Three lists in the Constitution

Dual judiciary

A federal supreme court to interpret the Constitution

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Question 5

Delegated by the centre to the states

Enjoyed by the king or the president only

Delegated by the state to the centre

Retained by the centre or the state for themselves after division of powers between the centre and the unit states in a federation

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Question 6

Women are good at managing resources

Women had inadequate representation in decision-making bodies

We have many powerful women leaders

Women are obedient and would follow the constitutional provisions well

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Question 7

England

America

Australia

Russia

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Question 8

It provides equal representation to the states in the Rajya Sabha

It provides for an independent judiciary

It has a written constitution

It divides the powers between the centre and the states

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Question 9

Gram Panchayat

Zila Parishad

Gram Sabha

None of these

Question 10

The States

The Union Government

The Union and State Governments jointly

None of the above

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