This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Federal > Relations > Centre And The States Relations – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Centre And The States Relations Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Sarkaria Commission dealing with the Centre-State .relationship has not laid down which of the following regarding the appointment of Governors? A) A politician from the ruling party at the Centre should not be appointed to a State run by some other party. B) The person should not be too closely connected with the politics of the State where he is to be posted. C) He should have travelled extensively in and out of India. D) He should be eminent in some walk of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He should have travelled extensively in and out of India. 2. Corporation Tax: [IAS 1995] A) Is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States. B) Is levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively. C) Is levied and appropriated by the States. D) Is levied by the Union and shared by the Union and the States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively. 3. The States Reorganisation Act created ..... States and ..... Union Territories. A) 14;6. B) 15;7. C) 15;6. D) 14;7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14;6. 4. GST is known as; A) Goods and Services Tax. B) Goods and Services Taxation. C) Gold and Services Tax. D) Gold and Sanctions Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goods and Services Tax. 5. When did the first linguistic State of Andhra come into existence? A) January 5, 1953. B) October 1, 1953. C) October 2, 1953. D) April 1, 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) October 1, 1953. 6. The largest contribution to the total combined annual tax revenue of the Centre States and Union Territories in India is made by: [SBI PO 1990] A) Sales tax. B) Income and Corporation Tax. C) Custom duties. D) Union Excise duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Union Excise duties. 7. The executive power relating to concurrent subjects remain with: A) The President. B) The States. C) The Constitution. D) The Centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Centre. 8. Which of the following States and the year of their creation is incorrectly matched? A) Andhra Pradesh: 1956. B) Maharashtra: 1960. C) Arunachal Pradesh: 1987. D) Goa: 1987. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh: 1956. 9. The authority empowered to make laws in respect of matters not enumerated in any of three lists is/are: A) State Legislatures. B) Union Parliament. C) Union Parliament and State Legislatures. D) The Advocate General of the States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union Parliament. 10. Which of the following government has two or more levels? A) Unitary Government. B) Coalition Government. C) Federal Government. D) Community Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal Government. 11. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [IAS 2004] A) Forests: Concurrent List. B) Public Health: State List. C) Post Office Savings Bank: Union List. D) Stock Exchanges: Concurrent List. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stock Exchanges: Concurrent List. 12. Union Parliament has the power to legislate on the subjects of all three lists in respect of: A) Scheduled areas. B) Union Territories. C) Backward areas. D) Hill areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union Territories. 13. The system of Panchayati Raj involves: A) Village, State and Union levels. B) Village, District and State levels. C) Village, Block and District levels. D) Village and State levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Village, Block and District levels. 14. Which of the following is not included in the State List in the Constitution of India? A) Police. B) Prison. C) Law and Order. D) Criminal Procedure Code. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Criminal Procedure Code. 15. Classification of taxes ..... A) Direct-Indirect. B) Legal-Criminal. C) Cheap-expensive. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct-Indirect. 16. Jammu and Kashmir has a Constitution framed by: A) The Constituent Assembly which framed India's Constitution. B) Its State Legislature. C) A Constituent Assembly set up by Parliament. D) A Constituent Assembly set up by the State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Constituent Assembly set up by the State. 17. Select the incorrect answer ..... A) Taxes are voluntary fees. B) Taxes are paid by individuals and corporations. C) Taxes are enforced by the government. D) Taxes finance government activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxes are voluntary fees. 18. ..... taxes are generally not shifted and are paid in lump sum for the whole year. A) Direct. B) Indirect. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. 19. When can a State law on a subject in the Concurrent List get precedence over a Central law on the same subject: A) If it was made before the Central law. B) If it had got the President's consent before being introduced as a Bill in the State Legislature. C) In no circumstance. D) If it had got the President's assent before the enactment of the Central law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If it had got the President's assent before the enactment of the Central law. 20. In the case of a conflict between the Centre and a State in respect of a subject included in the Concurrent List: A) The law which had been passed first would prevail. B) The State Law prevails. C) The matter is resolved by the Supreme Court. D) The Union Law prevails. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Union Law prevails. 21. More taxes will affect to ..... A) Farmers. B) Small business. C) Workers. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 22. Taxes are used for ..... A) All are correct. B) Schools. C) Hospitals. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All are correct. 23. Both Union and State Legislature can legislate on: A) Criminal law and procedure. B) Marriage, contracts and torts. C) Economic and social planning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Which of the following is regarded as an essential function of the State? [Central Excise 1994] A) To run schools for education. B) To provide defence against external attacks. C) To prevent diseases. D) To maintain good roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide defence against external attacks. 25. Which one of the following is not administered by a Lieutenant Governor? A) Delhi. B) Puducherry. C) Chandigarh. D) Andaman and Nicobar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandigarh. 26. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu? A) 1971. B) 1969. C) 1968. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1969. 27. Which one among the following pairs of level of government and legislative power is not correctly matched? [CDS 2011] A) Central government: Union List. B) Local governments: Residuary powers. C) State governments: State List. D) Central and State governments: Concurrent List. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Local governments: Residuary powers. 28. Tax whose burden can be shifted to others A) Direct Tax. B) Indirect Tax. C) Both. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Tax. 29. Indirect taxes are imposed on ..... and ..... whereas the direct taxes are imposed on ..... A) Goods and Service, Facilities. B) Goods and Service, Person. C) Goods and Person, Service. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goods and Service, Person. 30. Which of the following is in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India? [IAS 1993] A) Population control and family planning. B) Public health and sanitation. C) Capitation taxes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population control and family planning. 31. The first State to become bifurcated after independence was: A) Assam. B) Bombay. C) Punjab. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras. 32. Which Articles of Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centre and the States? A) Articles 278 to 291. B) Articles 289 to 295. C) Articles 168 to 171. D) Articles 268 to 281. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articles 268 to 281. 33. The Union list contains: A) 47 subjects. B) 63 subjects. C) 97 subjects. D) 92 subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 97 subjects. 34. The provisions regarding division of taxes between Union and the States: A) Can be suspended during Financial Emergency. B) Cannot be suspended under' any circumstances. C) Can be suspended only with the consent of the majority of State legislatures. D) Can be suspended during National Emergency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be suspended only with the consent of the majority of State legislatures. 35. The residuary powers of legislation in case of Jammu and Kashmir belong to: A) Parliament. B) The State Legislature. C) Governor. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The State Legislature. 36. The Union Territories are administered by the: A) President, through administrators appointed by him. B) Parliament. C) Union Council of Ministers. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President, through administrators appointed by him. 37. The State of Bombay was bifurcated into Maharashtra and Gujarat on May 1, in the year: A) 1958. B) 1960. C) 1962. D) 1959. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1960. 38. Under the Constitution, the residuary powers vest with the: [Delhi Police 1994] A) Supreme Court. B) Union Government. C) State Governments. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union Government. 39. An indirect tax is charged on A) Spending. B) Profits. C) Income. D) Gains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spending. 40. A proclamation of Emergency by the President: A) Cannot apply to Jammu and Kashmir. B) Shall have effect in Jammu and Kashmir only on the concurrence of the State Legislature. C) Shall apply to Jammu and Kashmir only on endorsement by its Governor. D) Has to be separately issued for Jammu and Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shall have effect in Jammu and Kashmir only on the concurrence of the State Legislature. 41. With reference to the Finance Commission of India, which of the following statements is correct? [CSAT 2011] A) It encourages the inflow of foreign capital for infrastructure development. B) It facilitates the proper distribution of finances among the Public Sector Undertakings. C) It ensures transparency in financial administration. D) None of the statements A, B and C given above is correct in this context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the statements A, B and C given above is correct in this context. 42. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been specifically termed as 'municipal relations'? [IAS 1994] A) Centre's control of the State in financial matters. B) Centre's control of the State in administrative sector. C) Centre's control of the State in the legislative sphere. D) Centre's control of the State in planning process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Centre's control of the State in planning process. 43. What can the President do if the States fail to comply with the directives of Central Government: A) He can dissolve State Legislature and order fresh elections. B) He can send reserve police to the State to secure compliance. C) He can declare the breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State and assume responsibility for the governance of the State. D) Any of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can declare the breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State and assume responsibility for the governance of the State. 44. Which of the following does not give correctly the name of the original State out of whose territory the new State was created? A) Andhra Pradesh from the State of Madras. B) Arunachal Pradesh from Assam. C) Meghalaya from Assam. D) Goa from Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goa from Maharashtra. 45. Railways is a subject on the: [Teachers' Exam 1994] A) Concurrent List. B) Union List. C) Residual List. D) State List. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union List. 46. The Concurrent List contains: A) 68 subjects. B) 47 subjects. C) 38 subjects. D) 42 subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 47 subjects. 47. An amendment of the Constitution of India can extend to Jammu and Kashmir: A) Automatically. B) Only if ratified by State Legislature. C) By an order of the President under Article 370. D) Under no circumstance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By an order of the President under Article 370. 48. English is the official language of which of the following States? [Railways 1995; MBA 1994] A) Manipur. B) Nagaland. C) Karnataka. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagaland. 49. In the Constitution of India, the word 'Federal' is used in [Asstt Commdt 2011] A) Nowhere. B) Part III. C) The Preamble. D) Article 368. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nowhere. 50. Which one of the following was an associate State of India before becoming a full fledged State? [CDS 1992] A) Sikkim. B) Meghalaya. C) Mizoram. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikkim. 51. Agricultural Income Tax is assigned to the State Governments by: [IAS 1995] A) The Inter-State Council. B) The Finance Commission. C) The National Development Council. D) The Constitution of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Constitution of India. 52. Which subject was transferred from State List to Concurrent List by the 42nd amendment of the Constitution? [Teachers' Exam 1993] A) Agriculture. B) Irrigation. C) Education. D) Local Self Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education. 53. The idea of incorporation of the Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from the Constitution of: A) Ireland. B) Britain. C) Australia. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 54. Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament? [IAS 2010] A) The Union Finance Minister. B) The Prime Minister of India. C) The Speaker of Lok Sabha. D) The President of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The President of India. 55. The State List contains: A) 66 subjects. B) 103 subjects. C) 69 subjects. D) 97 subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 66 subjects. 56. For those Union Territories, which have no Legislative Councils of their own, laws are passed by: A) Appointed Administrator. B) Parliament. C) Union Ministry. D) President, through the appointed Administrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President, through the appointed Administrator. 57. Talking about "direct taxes" ..... A) Taxpayer pays it from his own resources. B) Are less predictable. C) VAT (Value Addition Tax) is an example. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxpayer pays it from his own resources. 58. The old name of which State/Union Territory is wrongly given? A) Karnataka - Mysore. B) Tamil Nadu - Madras. C) Lakshadweep - Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindiv Islands. D) Meghalaya - Eastern Hill Province. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meghalaya - Eastern Hill Province. 59. Which of the following tax is not subsumed in GST A) Entry Tax. B) Entertainment Tax. C) Stamp Duty. D) VAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stamp Duty. 60. In India both direct and indirect taxes are levied by the Central and State Government. Which of the following is levied by the State Governments? [Railway Apprentices' Exam 1993] A) Excise Duty on liquor. B) Customs Duty. C) Capital gains Tax. D) Corporation Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excise Duty on liquor. Next →Related QuizzesFederal QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesCentre And The States Relations Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books