This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Federal > Relations > Centre And The States Relations – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Centre And The States Relations Quiz 2 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Central Government's exclusive powers are enumerated in the: A) Federal List. B) Union List. C) Concurrent List. D) State List. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union List. 2. The vesting of 'residuary' powers in the central government by the Constitution of India indicates [Asstt Commdt 2010] A) Unitary character of Indian polity. B) That India is a federal polity. C) That India is quasi federal. D) That India is neither federal nor unitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That India is quasi federal. 3. A special category State invariably [CDS 2011] A) Has harsh terrain. B) Has poor infrastructure. C) Has low literacy rate. D) Is a border State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has poor infrastructure. 4. Taxes can be ..... A) Local. B) Regional. C) National. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 5. A change in distribution of powers between the Centre and the States can be done by: A) The Central Government. B) The federating units by themselves. C) Amending the Constitution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amending the Constitution. 6. The distribution of power between Centre and the States is based on the scheme provided in: A) Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909. B) Indian Independence Act, 1947. C) Montague-Chelmsford Act, 1919. D) Government of India Act, 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government of India Act, 1935. 7. What was the status of Sikkim at the commencement of the Constitution? A) A part B State. B) An independent kingdom attached to India by a special treaty. C) An independent State. D) A part C State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An independent kingdom attached to India by a special treaty. 8. In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India gave verdicts which have a direct bearing on the Centre-State relations? [CDS 2011] A) Keshavananda Bharati case. B) Vishakha case. C) S. R. Bommai case. D) Indira Sawhney case. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. R. Bommai case. 9. Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched? [NDA 2011] A) State List: Agriculture. B) Concurrent List: Marriage. C) Residuary List: Education. D) Union List: Banking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Residuary List: Education. 10. GST was implemented in India from A) 1st January 2017. B) 1st July 2017. C) 1st March 2017. D) 1st April 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st July 2017. 11. Which of the following Union Territories attained statehood in February, 1987? A) Goa. B) Arunachal Pradesh. C) Pondicherry. D) Daman and Diu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goa. 12. Which of the following items comes under the Concurrent List? A) Trade Unions. B) Citizenship. C) Inter-State rivers. D) Local Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade Unions. 13. Which of the following did India acquire from France? A) Yanam. B) Mahe. C) Karaikal. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. Indirect Taxes are those whose burden ..... to others. A) Shifted. B) Not shifted. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifted. 15. The highest GST rate applicable now is A) 100%. B) 28%. C) 18%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28%. 16. Which of the following taxes is exclusively and totally assigned to the Central Government by the Constitution [CDS 1992] A) Estate Duty. B) Sales Tax. C) Corporation Tax. D) Taxes on Railway fares and freight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxes on Railway fares and freight. 17. Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under: [IFS 1993] A) State List. B) Concurrent List. C) Union List. D) No list mentioned in the Seventh Schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State List. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesFederal QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesCentre And The States Relations Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books