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Question 1
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Subjects of national importance such as defence, railway, banking are listed under the _________.

A
State List

B
Union List

C
Concurrent List

D
Residual List
Solution
- Subjects of national importance are placed under Union list.
Defense - Internal and External security
Railways- Transportation and Logistics
Banking - Hold on Money supply and Financial system of the country.
They are included in this list because we need a uniform policy on these matters throughout the country. The Union Government alone can make laws relating to the subjects mentioned in the Union List.
Question 2
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The Constitution has rested the residuary powers with the centre. But the final authority to decide whether a matter falls under residuary powers or not rests with __________.

A
The Parliament

B
The President

C
The Rajya Sabha

D
The Supreme Court

Solution

The Constitution of India has vested the ‘residuary powers’ with the Centre. But, the final authority to decide whether a matter falls under the list of residuary powers or not, rests with the Supreme Court because it is the judiciary which decides whether any matter falls under residuary list or not. The Judiciary is the final authority to pronounce verdict on the issue like any other issue.
Question 3
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Residuary powers are those which are _________________.

A
Included in Central List

B
Included in State List

C
Included in Concurrent List

D
Not included in any of the above lists

Solution

(1)Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List.
(2) Such power shall include the power of making any law imposing a tax not mentioned in either of those Lists.
Question 4
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Select the countries that follow coming together federal system

A
The USA, China, Australia

B
India, Spain, Belgium, Canada

C
The USA, Switzerland,Australia

D
China and India only

E
None of these
Question 5
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Federalism is a system of government where ___________________.

A
Usually there are two levels of government

B
There is only one government

C
State governments depend and get powers from the centre

D
Central government is vested with most of the powers

Solution

Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state.
Question 6
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The Union Government has exclusive powers on subjects in __________.

A
The Union List

B
The Concurrent List

C
The State List

D
Both 1 and 2

Solution

Union List includes subjects of national importance such as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency. They are included in this list because we need a uniform policy on these matters throughout the country. The Union Government alone can make laws relating to the subjects mentioned in the Union List.
Question 7
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India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for ________.

A
Dual citizenship

B
Dual judiciary

C
Sharing power between states and centre

D
A written Constitution

Solution

Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state. Both these levels of governments enjoy their power independent of the other.
In India, we have a three-tier government, i.e. government at the central level, state level and local level.
Question 8
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Which of the following statements is not the federal characteristic of the constitution?

A
Division of powers between the union and states.

B
Independent supreme court as a federal court.

C
The upper House of the parliament represents the states of the union.

D
None of the above.

Solution

There are two or more levels (or tiers) of government.
The jurisdictions of the respective levels or tiers of government are specified in the constitution. So the existence and authority of each tier of government is constitutionally guaranteed.
Courts have the power to interpret the constitution and the powers of different levels of government. The highest court acts as an umpire if disputes arise between different levels of government in the exercise of their respective powers.
Question 9
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How many times has Belgium ammended its constitution?

A
23 Times

B
29 Times

C
24 Times

D
25 Times

Solution

The Belgian Constitution has been amended 29 times since the coordinated text of 17 February 1994 was published in the Belgian Official Journal: once in 1996, three times in 1997, four times in 1998, twice in 1999 and in 2000, once in 2001, twice in 2002 and in 2004, and three times in 2005 and in 2007, once in 2008 and five times in 2012. The most recent change to the Constitution took place by revision of article 12 of 24 October 2017.
Question 10
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On the subject of income tax ___________.

A
The union government have more powers than state governments

B
The stare government has more powers than the union government

C
Both the Union and the State government have equal rights

D
Only the union government has powers

Solution

India has a three-tier tax structure, wherein the constitution empowers the union government to levy income tax, tax on capital transactions, sales tax, service tax, customs and excise duties and the state governments to levy sales tax on intrastate sale of goods, tax on entertainment and professions, excise duties on manufacture of alcohol, stamp duties on transfer of property and collect land revenue.

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Question 1

State List

Union List

Concurrent List

Residual List

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Question 2

The Parliament

The President

The Rajya Sabha

The Supreme Court

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Question 3

Included in Central List

Included in State List

Included in Concurrent List

Not included in any of the above lists

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Question 4

The USA, China, Australia

India, Spain, Belgium, Canada

The USA, Switzerland,Australia

China and India only

None of these

Question 5

Usually there are two levels of government

There is only one government

State governments depend and get powers from the centre

Central government is vested with most of the powers

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Question 6

The Union List

The Concurrent List

The State List

Both 1 and 2

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Question 7

Dual citizenship

Dual judiciary

Sharing power between states and centre

A written Constitution

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Question 8

Division of powers between the union and states.

Independent supreme court as a federal court.

The upper House of the parliament represents the states of the union.

None of the above.

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Question 9

23 Times

29 Times

24 Times

25 Times

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Question 10

The union government have more powers than state governments

The stare government has more powers than the union government

Both the Union and the State government have equal rights

Only the union government has powers

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