This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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 (20 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;7. B) 14;6. C) 15;7. D) 15;6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) October 2, 1953. B) October 1, 1953. C) April 1, 1953. D) January 5, 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 States. B) The Centre. C) The Constitution. D) The President. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Community Government. B) Coalition Government. C) Federal Government. D) Unitary 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) Stock Exchanges: Concurrent List. C) Post Office Savings Bank: Union List. D) Public Health: State List. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Hill areas. C) Backward areas. D) Union Territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) A Constituent Assembly set up by Parliament. C) A Constituent Assembly set up by the State. D) Its State Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) In no circumstance. B) If it was made before the Central law. C) If it had got the President's assent before the enactment of the Central law. D) If it had got the President's consent before being introduced as a Bill in the State Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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 State Law prevails. B) The Union Law prevails. C) The matter is resolved by the Supreme Court. D) The law which had been passed first would prevail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Union Law prevails. 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