This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Defence > Chiefs > Cds – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cds Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Electoral college for electing the Vice-President shall consist of A) Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament. B) Nominated members of both the Houses of Parliament. C) All members of the state legislative assemblies as well of UT Legislative Assemblies. D) Both 1 & 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 & 2. 2. Which constitutional article abolished the Privy Purses A) Article 363A. B) Article 392. C) Article 364. D) Article 374. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 363A. 3. Who made a law for conduction of services and tenure of the office of Election Commissioners and Regional Election Commissioner A) Chief Election Commissioner. B) President. C) Parliament. D) State Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 4. The Governor of a State is appointed by the President on the advice of the A) Vice- President. B) Chief Minister. C) Chief Justice. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prime Minister. 5. Which Independent State merged into Indian Union with the consent of the people? A) Goa. B) Sikkim. C) Jammu & Kashmir. D) Hyderabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikkim. 6. The Indian State is regarded as federal because the Indian Constitution provides for A) Strong Central Government. B) Sharing of power between Center and States. C) Residue Powers provide to Central Government. D) Head of the State is elected for a fixed period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharing of power between Center and States. 7. The system of Public Interest Litigation has been introduced in India A) By political parties. B) By judicial initiatives. C) By parliamentary Act. D) Through constitutional amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By judicial initiatives. 8. Who among the following created the office of the District Collector in India? A) Lord Cornwallis. B) Warren Hastings. C) The Royal Commission on Decentralisation. D) Sir Charles Metcalfe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warren Hastings. 9. The administrative and operational control of the Armed Forces is exercised by the A) Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs with Prime Minister as the Chairman. B) Ministry of Defence. C) Three Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force Staff. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Defence. 10. The High Court of West Bengal (Calcutta) has got the additional jurisdiction to hear cases from A) Arunachal Pradesh. B) Mizoram. C) Tripura. D) Andaman and Nicobar islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andaman and Nicobar islands. 11. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President A) In consulation with the Judges of the supreme court and the High Court. B) Alone. C) In consulation with the Governor. D) In consulation with the Judges of the supreme court alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alone. 12. What happens when Rajya Sabha recommends some amendments to a Money Bill? A) The Lok Sabha must implement the amendments. B) A joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajy Sabha is called. C) The Lok Sabha may proceed with or without the amendments. D) The Lok Sabha has to return the bill to Rajaya Sabha within fourteen days for reconsideration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lok Sabha may proceed with or without the amendments. 13. The concept of 'Fundamental Duties' was taken from the constitution of A) Canada. B) USA. C) Soviet Union. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soviet Union. 14. During Lal Bahadur Shastri time, how many times President Rule was imposed A) Fifteen. B) Four. C) Ten. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 15. In the Concurrent list, how many subjects have been included A) 45. B) 47. C) 42. D) 43. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 47. 16. The Financial emergency is declared by the President on which ground? A) Breakdown of constitutional machinery. B) Threat of war. C) War. D) Credit Goodwill is under threat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credit Goodwill is under threat. 17. After 44th Constitutional Amendment provisions relating with election in Part XV of the Constitution of India have been retained in how many Articles A) 324-329A. B) 224-228. C) 324-329. D) 324-327. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 324-329. 18. Which one of the following recommended a change in the pattern of Dyarchy introduced under the Act of 1919? A) Butler Commission. B) Simon Commission. C) Sapru Commission. D) Muddiman Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simon Commission. 19. The ideal of Welfare State' in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its A) Fundamental Rights. B) Seventh Schedule. C) Preamble. D) Directive Principles of State Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive Principles of State Policy. 20. Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly established in July 1946? A) K.M. Munshi. B) J.B. Kripalani. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Vallabhbhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 21. Which article guarantees freedom to manage religious affairs? A) Art. 32. B) Art. 21A. C) Art.19. D) Art. 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Art. 26. 22. The Statutory Status was given to the erstwhile Minorities Commission in the year: A) 1993. B) 1978. C) 1990. D) 1994. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1994. 23. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, Constitution of Parliament has been defined A) 82. B) 80. C) 79. D) 81. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 79. 24. .....is the most fundamental of Fundametal Rights A) Personal Liberty. B) Religious rights. C) Minority rights. D) Right to equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Liberty. 25. In the Govt. of India Act 1935, provincial list included which kind of subjects A) Police. B) Provincial Public Service. C) Education. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 26. After which report, President promulgates President Rule in the State A) Chief Minister. B) Prime Minister. C) Governor. D) Union Home Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Governor. 27. The total number of central universities in India in April 2015 was A) 27. B) 8. C) 43. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 43. 28. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about a Judge of the Supreme Court of India? 1) A Judge of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President of India. 2) He holds office during the pleasure of the President. 3) He can be suspended, pending an inquiry. 4) He can be removed for proven misbehaviors or incapacity. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: A) 1, 2 and 3. B) 1, 3 and 4. C) 1 and 3. D) 1 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 and 4. 29. The President is bound by the A) Article 74(1). B) Article 74(2). C) Article 74(3). D) Article 74(4). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 74(1). 30. Who of the following held the Office of the Vice President of India for two full terms? A) S. Radhakrishnan. B) Shankar Dayal Sharma. C) Krishna Kant. D) K R Narayanan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S. Radhakrishnan. 31. Article 21 of the Fundamental Rights deals with which subject A) Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech,. B) Protection in respect of conviction of offence. C) Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases. D) Protection of life and personal liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protection of life and personal liberty. 32. The Judges of the Supreme Court can be removed from office by the A) President. B) Chief Justice of India. C) Prime Minister. D) President on request of Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President on request of Parliament. 33. In which Supreme Court Judgement, it has been pronounced that Parliament cannot enlarge its own powers by making itself new Constitution A) Sasanka vs. Union of India. B) Kesavananda vs. State of Kerala. C) Minerva Mills vs. Union of India. D) Sankari Prasad vs. Union of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerva Mills vs. Union of India. 34. Which part is described by Dr.Ambedkar most criticised part of the Constitution? A) Part III. B) Part IV. C) Part II. D) Part IX. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part III. 35. Under which Chief Justice of India, the Constitution Bench described the basic structure of the Constitution for the first time A) Mr. Justice J. M. Shelat. B) Mr. Justice J. S. Verma. C) Mr. Justice C. J. Sikri. D) Mr. Justice K. V. Chandrachud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Justice C. J. Sikri. 36. Consider the following statements: Identify the statement which implies natural justice. A) Natural justice is an inalienable right of a citizen. B) A reasonable opportunity of being heard must be given. C) Justice delayed is justice denied. D) The principle of natural justice is followed by the Courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural justice is an inalienable right of a citizen. 37. Which constitutional organ has the power to amend Constitution of India A) Legislative. B) Judiciary. C) Executive. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament. 38. Whose prior permission is required before the money bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha? A) Chief Justice of India. B) Speaker of Lok Sabha. C) President of India. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President of India. 39. During T. N. Seshan period as Chief Election Commissioner, who was the other Commissioner in the Election Commission A) M. S. Gill. B) G. V. Krishnamurthy. C) A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A & B. 40. In the State List, how many subjects are included A) 64. B) 65. C) 66. D) 63. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66. 41. Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both? A) State Forest Department. B) District Collector/Deputy Commissioner. C) Tahsildar /Block Development Officer / Mandai Revenue Officer. D) Gram Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gram Sabha. 42. Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection? A) Second Schedule. B) Eighth Schedule. C) Tenth Schedule. D) Fifth Schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tenth Schedule. 43. Which act separated Burma and Aden from India? A) Government of India Act1919. B) Indian Independence act 1947. C) Government of India Act1935. D) Indian Councils Act 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act1935. 44. For Election to the lok sabha, a nomination paper can be field by A) Any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a Constituency. B) Any citizen of India. C) A resident of the Constituency from which the election to be contested. D) Anyone residing in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a Constituency. 45. The Union Council of Ministers is appointed by the A) Parliament. B) President of India according to his discretion. C) President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister. D) Prime Minister of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister. 46. Which of the following is / are the function/functions of the Cabinet Secretariat? 1. Preparation of agenda for Cabinet Meetings 2. Secretarial assistance to Cabinet Committees 3. Allocation of financial resources to the Ministries Select the correct answer using the code given below. A) 1 only. B) 2 and 3 only. C) 1 and 2 only. D) 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 and 2 only. 47. A person who is not a member of Parliament can be appointed as a Minister by the President for a maximum period of A) 12 months. B) 6 months. C) 3 months. D) 9 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 months. 48. The term of the Indian President is A) 10 years. B) 5 years. C) 7 years. D) 6 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 years. 49. In whom are the powers of Judicial Review vested in India A) All the courts. B) Supreme Court and all the High Courts. C) President. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supreme Court and all the High Courts. 50. National Commission for SC and ST shall be made by which constitutional institution A) Judiciary. B) Parliament. C) Executive. D) State Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 51. Which of the following are the discretionary powers given to the Governor of a State? 1. Sending a report to the President of India for imposing the President? s rule 2. Appointing the Ministers 3. Reserving certain bills passed by the State Legislature for consideration of the President of India 4. Making the rules to conduct the business of the State Government Select the correct answer using the code given below. A) 1 nd 2 only. B) 1 and 3 only. C) 2, 3 and 4 only. D) 1, 2, 3 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 and 3 only. 52. The President gives his resignation to the A) Prime Minister. B) Parliament. C) Vice President. D) Chief Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vice President. 53. The Constitutional remedies under the Article 32 can be suspended by the A) Parliament. B) President. C) Supreme Courts. D) Central cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parliament. 54. Prohibiton and certiorari are writs issued against A) Government. B) Individuals. C) Legislature. D) Courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courts. 55. Under Article 333, how many members from the Anglo-Indian Community can be nominated by the Governor in the Legislative Assembly A) 4. B) 3. C) 8. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 56. Consider the following statements: I. National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission. II. The Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India. III. The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? A) 1 only. B) 2 and 3 only. C) 1 and 3 only. D) 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 and 3 only. 57. Under which Constitutional Article, President has the right to address and send message to the Parliament A) 83. B) 86. C) 84. D) 85. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 86. 58. Chairman of Constitution Drafting Committee at the time of independence was A) J.L. Nehru. B) S. Radhakrishnan. C) Sardar Patel. D) B.R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B.R. Ambedkar. 59. Consider the following statements: 1. The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business. 2. All executive actions of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Prime Minister. Which of the statements given above is / are correct? A) 1 only. B) 2 only. C) Both 1 and 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 only. 60. Which Constitutional Article mentions transfer of certain cases for Supreme Court A) Article 138. B) Article 139C. C) Article 139A. D) Article 139B. 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