This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > 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 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. More taxes will affect to ..... A) Farmers. B) Small business. C) Workers. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 2. Taxes are used for ..... A) All are correct. B) Schools. C) Hospitals. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All are correct. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu? A) 1969. B) 1970. C) 1968. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1969. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. The first State to become bifurcated after independence was: A) Madras. B) Bombay. C) Punjab. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madras. 12. Which Articles of Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centre and the States? A) Articles 268 to 281. B) Articles 278 to 291. C) Articles 289 to 295. D) Articles 168 to 171. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articles 268 to 281. 13. The Union list contains: A) 47 subjects. B) 97 subjects. C) 63 subjects. D) 92 subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 97 subjects. 14. The provisions regarding division of taxes between Union and the States: A) Can be suspended during National Emergency. B) Can be suspended during Financial Emergency. C) Can be suspended only with the consent of the majority of State legislatures. D) Cannot be suspended under' any circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be suspended only with the consent of the majority of State legislatures. 15. 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. 16. The Union Territories are administered by the: A) Parliament. B) Union Council of Ministers. C) President, through administrators appointed by him. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President, through administrators appointed by him. 17. The State of Bombay was bifurcated into Maharashtra and Gujarat on May 1, in the year: A) 1958. B) 1959. C) 1962. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1960. 18. Under the Constitution, the residuary powers vest with the: [Delhi Police 1994] A) President. B) Supreme Court. C) Union Government. D) State Governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union Government. 19. An indirect tax is charged on A) Profits. B) Gains. C) Spending. D) Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spending. 20. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesFederal QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesCentre And The States Relations Quiz 1Centre And The States Relations Quiz 3Centre And The States Relations Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books